Transcriptome profiling of Epichloe bromicola-colonized and endophyte-free barley (Hordeum vulgare cv. Kenpi 26) spikes at 20 days after pollination
Barley (Hordeum vulgare cv. Kenpi 26) plants with and without Epichloe bromicola colonization were compared to investigate how endophyte colonization affects grain size through hormone signaling. Spike tissues were collected at 20 days after pollination from field-grown plants in Gansu Province, China, and subjected to paired-end RNA sequencing (n = 3 per group).