library_construction_protocol: Total rice root RNA was extracted with TRIzol (Invitrogen, https://www.thermofisher.com/de/de/home.htmL) using a Direct-zol RNA Miniprep Plus Kit following the manufacturer's instructions (ZYMO RESEARCH; USA). The cDNA libraries were constructed following standard Illumina protocols and paired‐end sequenced on an Illumina HiSeq 4000 machine by the Bioscience core lab of KAUST.