Data on identification of conserved and novel miRNAs in Elettaria cardamomum

Abstract

Elettaria cardamomum (L.) Maton, or small cardamom referred as ‘queen of spices’, is a perennial herbaceous rhizomatous monocot of the family Zingiberaceae. Cardamom seeds and fruits are the economically significant parts and effectively used as a traditional medicine, food additive and flavoring agent. In the present study, using Ion Proton next generation sequencing technology we performed the small RNA sequencing, conserved and novel miRNA predictions of a wild and five cultivar genotypes of cardamom. Small RNA sequencing generated a total of 5,451,328 and 2,756,250 raw reads for wild and cultivar cardamom respectively. The raw data was submitted to SRA database of NCBI under the accession numbers and SRX2273863 (wild) and SRX2273862 (cultivars). The raw reads were quality filtered and predicted conserved and novel miRNAs for wild and cultivar cardamom. The predicted miRNAs, miRNA-targets and functional annotations might provide valuable insights into differences between wild progenitor and cultivated cardamom.

Transcriptome Analysis of Melocactus glaucescens (Cactaceae) Reveals Metabolic Changes During in vitro Shoot Organogenesis Induction

“…This finding indicates that many metabolic pathways are activated during shoot organogenesis induction. The families of transcription factors found to be upregulated in this study (i.e., NF-Y, MYB, ERF, E2F, LBD, and NAC) are akin to those identified during plant organogenesis, further confirming the role of these regulators in vegetative regeneration (Cheong et al, 2002;Bao et al, 2009;Cervantes-Pérez et al, 2018;Nadiya et al, 2018;Pal et al, 2018;Xi et al, 2019).…”

“…Transcriptome data offer an efficient way to discover genes or gene families encoding enzymes or transcription factors involved in various morphophysiological pathways (Xiao et al, 2013;Nadiya et al, 2018;Ebenezer et al, 2019), thus providing a valuable resource for the molecular characterization of biosynthetic pathways and gene regulatory networks involved in plant development (Pal et al, 2018). Nevertheless, transcriptome analysis remains relatively unexplored in most non-model plants.…”

Zingiberaceae plants/curcumin consumption and multiple health outcomes: An umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta‐analyses of randomized controlled trials in humans

“…Zingiberaceae is a large family of monocotyledons, mainly distributed in tropical and subtropical areas. Zingiberaceae plants are known around the world as spices because of their distinctive smell and taste (Nadiya, Anjali, Thomas, Gangaprasad, & Sabu, 2017). At present, more widely used in the world are Zingiber officinale Roscoe (ginger), Curcuma longa L. (turmeric), Elettaria cardamomum L. Maton (cardamom), Alpinia officinarum Hance (galangal), and Kaempferia parviflora Wall.…”