Understanding physiological and molecular mechanisms of citrus rootstock seedlings in response to alkaline stress by RNA-Seq

Citrus junos Sieb. ex Tanaka is a rootstock that is tolerant to alkaline stress and iron deficiency. Trifoliate orange (Poncirus trifoliata (L.) Raf.), the most widely used rootstock in China, is sensitive to alkaline stress. To investigate the molecular mechanism underlying the tolerance of C. junos to alkaline stress, RNA-seq was empolyed to profile the leaf and root transcriptomes of C. junos and P. trifoliata seedlings.