Table 1 Total number and percentage of differentially expressed (DE) genes for each comparison between two root area classes (RACs); lowest (RAC-1) and highest (RAC-4), and between control and fire blight (FB) infected samples at two time points after infection. The percentage of DE genes was calculated by comparing against total expressed genes (n = 35,224) in the transcriptome dataset. The genes were defined as DE based on the p-value < 0.01 and log2Fold change of 1.5 from likelihood ratio test statistics using DESeq2. In the RAC-1 vs RAC-4 comparisons, the induced genes have comparatively higher gene expression in RAC-1, whereas repressed genes have comparatively higher gene expression in RAC-4

From: Root system traits impact early fire blight susceptibility in apple (Malus × domestica)