Actinidia chinensis (Hort16a) fruit maturity and ethylene induced ripening series
Samples from Actinidia chinensis (Hort16a) fruit containing the core, inner pericarp, outer pericarp and skin tissues. Samples were taken during the 2011 growing season at eight points covering maturation and with ethylene induced ripening. The transcriptome was assessed over fruit maturation at four points namely 140 days after full bloom (DAFB), 168DAFB, 175DAFB and 224DAFB. The transcriptome was also assessed with ethylene induced ripening at 224DAFB (control- no treatment) and at 1, 2, and 4 days after ethylene treatment. Paired-end libraries of mRNA were selected by PolyA selection and sequenced on a Illumina HiSeq2000 platform.