Fig. 5

Tissue specific expression profiles of SuSy genes. a Heat maps showing log2-scaled RPKM values for the tissue specific expression profiles of SuSy genes 1, 2, 4 and 7 in the sugarcane hybrid genotypes Q208^A and KQ228^A denoted by Q and K, respectively for SuSy1, SuSy2, SuSy4, and SuSy7. RNA-Seq reads from leaf 1, leaf 5, (1st visible dewlap leaf and 5th leaf), top, middle and bottom (denoting the three different regions of internode/culm), and root tissues were used for obtaining the expression values of the four SuSy genes in RPKM. b A schematic representation of the over-all pattern of SuSy gene expression in different tissues