Fig. 8

The relationship between miRNAs and their target genes. The abundance of target gene transcripts present in the degradome were detected by qRT-PCR and compared with the abundances of the relevant miRNA obtained from the RNA sequencing data. a-c miRNA/target pairs involving JN177 genes responsive to stress. d-g miRNA/target pairs which were differentially abundant in plants exposed to salinity stress. h-l miRNA/target pairs which were differentially abundant in plants exposed to alkalinity stress. For each pair, the left hand histogram shows miRNA abundance as estimated from the sequence data, and the right hand one the target’s transcript abundance. qRT-PCR data are given in the form mean ± s.d. (n = 3). *, **: means differed significantly at, respectively, P < 0.05 and < 0.01, as determined by the Student’s t-test