Comparative Transcriptome Analysis Identified Potential Genes and Transcription Factors for Flower Coloration in Kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus L.)

The biochemical compounds in kenaf leaves and flowers mainly consist of flavonoids, including flavonoid glycosides floral anthocyanins. In the present study, we performed comparative transcriptome analysis using RNA-sequencing identified putative genes involved flower coloration different developmental stages three mutants Baekma (white flower), Jangdae (ivory Bora (purple flower). A total 36.1 Gb reads were generated for two accessions 38,601 representative transcripts with an average length 1350 bp yielded, which 33,057 (85.64%) annotated against databases. Expression profiling 1044 472 differentially expressed (DEGs) among young bud full bloom stages, respectively. KEGG enrichment these DEGs revealed that pathway was “biosynthesis secondary metabolites”, phenylpropanoid biosynthesis biosynthesis. Consequently, investigated related to pathway, included 45 from a 1358. Our results provide useful information understanding gene functions kenaf, will be further studies.