Kentucky Bluegrass Transcriptomics Data for Wax and Osmotic Stress Traits

Data Sheet 6 contains integrative transcriptomics and phenotyping data from a study of three Kentucky bluegrass cultivars. The dataset, authored by Xue You and shared on figshare in May 2026, includes results from de novo transcriptome assembly identifying 228,310 unigenes and differential expression analysis highlighting a candidate 1R-MYB gene linked to epidermal wax traits and osmotic-stress responses.

Use Cases

• Identify differentially expressed genes associated with wax crystal density based on pairwise comparisons mentioned in the description.
• Analyze enrichment of hormone signal transduction pathways in stress response based on the transcriptomics results.
• Validate candidate gene expression concordance with phenotypic gradients using the provided qRT-PCR and overexpression data.
• Study the relationship between root architecture traits and ROS accumulation under osmotic stress based on the transgenic line experiments.

Strengths

• Dataset is derived from a de novo transcriptome assembly with a BUSCO completeness score of 76.8%.
• Analysis includes pairwise comparisons revealing between 7,257 and 29,713 differentially expressed genes.
• Results are supported by multiple experimental methods, including SEM, qRT-PCR, and transgenic overexpression.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The description notes that direct quantification of wax composition and cuticular water-loss assays are required for mechanistic causality, suggesting the dataset may be intermediate.

Provenance

Source

figshare, author Xue You.

Collection Method

Comparative phenotyping and de novo transcriptomics across three Kentucky bluegrass cultivars.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-05 20 04:34:27; freshness should be verified.

Geography

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