Kiwifruit Root Cadmium Stress Responses via Transcriptomic and Hormonal Analysis

A 20.2 MB Excel file containing transcriptomic and physiological data from a study on cadmium stress in kiwifruit rootstock Actinidia valvata. Author Miaofeng Gu published the dataset on figshare under a CC-BY-4.0 license, with a last update timestamp of 2026-04-28. The data was generated using an Agrobacterium rhizogenes-mediated hairy root transformation system and includes differential gene expression and hormone quantification results.

Use Cases

• Identify differentially expressed genes under cadmium stress based on transcriptomic profiling mentioned in the description
• Analyze changes in plant hormone levels (IAA, IBA, ABA, JA, SA, GA) under cadmium stress based on hormonal quantification
• Study enrichment of stress response pathways like 'Plant hormone signal transduction' and 'MAPK signaling pathway' based on the transcriptomic analysis
• Validate the efficiency of a hairy root transformation system for functional gene verification in kiwifruit and related Ericales species

Strengths

• Dataset integrates multi-omics data, combining transcriptomics, hormone profiling, and physiological validation as described
• Transformation system achieved transgenic root production within a specific 3–5 week timeframe
• Experimental design included a precise cadmium concentration (25 µM Cd²⁺) and an early 2-hour observation time point

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale analyses
• The dataset is relatively small at 20.2 MB, potentially limiting the depth of raw sequencing data included

Provenance

Source

figshare, author Miaofeng Gu

Collection Method

Data generated via an Agrobacterium rhizogenes-mediated hairy root transformation system, transcriptomic profiling, and hormonal quantification of Cd²⁺-treated roots.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-28 05:24:37; freshness should be verified