RNA-seq of Camellia sinensis leaves infected by Pestalotiopsis trachicarpicola for 3 days
15 plants at each treatment group were pooled together to avoid variations in individual plants. Leaf samples were ground into fine powder under the protection of liquid nitrogen. About 100 mg powder of each tea leaf was used for RNA extraction. Total RNA was extracted using Trizol reagent (Invitrogen, CA, USA) following the manufacturer's procedure. We performed the sequencing on Illumina NovaSeq 6000 (LC Bio Technology CO.,Ltd. Hangzhou, China) to yield 2 x 150 bp paired-end raw reads following the vendor's recommended protocol.