An updated fruit transcriptome and the identification of the candidate genes involved in fruit abscission induced by carbohydrate stress in litchi
Three randomly selected 9-year-old litchi trees (Litchi chinensis Sonn. cv. Wuye) growing in an orchard in South China Agricultural University (Guangzhou, China) were chosen. Ten fruit-bearing shoots with similar diameter located in different directions from each tree were tagged.Three of ten were used to monitor the fruit abscission dynamic and the others were used to harvest samples. Sampling was harvested at 0, 2, 4 and 7 days after treatment.