Figure 1

Comparison of differential gene expression associated with sucrose content, culm development and drought responses in sugarcane. Genes were identified as associated with sucrose content if they were differentially expressed when high Brix or low Brix pools of plants were compared. Genes regulated during culm development were identified by comparing Mature and Immature Internodes. The drought-responsive genes were found to be induced or repressed by drought after 24, 72 or 120 h of water deficit. The figure represents a Venn diagram of the three differential expression data sets. Technical replicates range from 2 to 16 since genes are spotted several times in the same array. The credibility level used to define outliers was 0.96 in all three data sets.