Musa ABB Group strain:Dajiao Transcriptome or Gene expression

Musa (banana and plantain) is an important genus for the global export market and in local markets where it provides staple food for approximately 400 million people. Existing data indicates that plantain (Musa paradisiaca ABB Group) has obviously superior stress resistance (drought, chilling, disease, etc.) compared to banana (Musa acuminata AAA Group). In order to identify resistance genes/proteins from plantain for following banana breeding programs, here we report the use of next-generation massively parallel sequencing technologies and de novo transcriptome assembly to gain a comprehensive overview of the plantain transcriptome.

芭蕉属（Musa，涵盖香蕉与大蕉）是全球出口市场与本地市场的重要作物类群，可为约4亿人口提供主食。现有研究数据表明，相较于香蕉（Musa acuminata AAA 类群），大蕉（Musa paradisiaca ABB 类群）具备显著更优的抗逆性，包括抗旱、抗寒、抗病等。为从大蕉中挖掘抗逆基因/蛋白以服务后续香蕉育种项目，本研究采用新一代大规模并行测序技术与从头转录组组装方法，对大蕉转录组展开全面解析。