Whole transcriptome of tobacco leaf disks infected with downy mildew

Tobacco downy mildew, also called blue mold, causes economic losses worldwide in tobacco-growing regions. There are few crop protection chemicals available for tobacco growers and chemical resistance has been reported. Whole transcriptome analysis of the obligate pathogen, Peronospora tabacina, has been limited. The objective of this project was to obtain the whole transcriptome of P. tabacina during infection of its host; leaf tissue was sampled at two time points following infiltration of mature tobacco leaves with P. tabacina spores.