High-throughput sequencing of black pepper root transcriptome.

GORDO, S. M. C.; PINHEIRO, D. G.; MOREIRA, E. C. O.; RODRIGUES, S. M.; POLTRONIERI, M. C.; LEMOS, O. F. de; SILVA, I. T. da; RAMOS, R. T. J.; SILVA, A.; SCHNEIDER, H.; SILVA JUNIOR, W. A.; SAMPAIO, I.; DARNET, S.

High-throughput sequencing of black pepper root transcriptome.

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Black pepper (Piper nigrum L.) is one of the most popular spices in the world. It is used in cooking and the preservation of food and even has medicinal properties. Losses in production from disease are a major limitation in the culture of this crop. The major diseases are root rot and foot rot, which are results of root infection by Fusarium solani and Phytophtora capsici, respectively. Understanding the molecular interaction between the pathogens and the host's root region is important for obtaining resistant cultivars by biotechnological breeding. Genetic and molecular data for this species, though, are limited. In this paper, RNA-Seq technology has been employed, for the first time, to describe the root transcriptome of black pepper.