Time-series RNA-seq on potato root tissue infected by two populations of Globodera pallida

In this experiment we follow the infection of potato by Globodera pallida populations AMPOP02 and Rookmaker. The goal of the experiment was twofold: (i) to follow the expression of effectors in the nematode, (ii) to follow the transcriptional response of the potato plant. In this experiment, we inoculated 14 day old potato cuttings of the variety Seresta with AMPOP02, Rookmaker, or a mock-infection. Root tissue was harvested at 1, 3, 6 and 9 days post infection. Also, a subsample of the pre-parasitic juveniles used as the inoculum was kept for each batch. The experiment contains four time-separated batches. RNA extraction was done in Wageningen. Sequencing was performed by BGI Hong Kong.