Subject	Biological sciences
Specific subject area	Genetics: General Plant Science: General
Type of data	Tables Figures FASTA/FASTAQ files
How the data were acquired	Samples used for the analysis were collected from two fig varieties, Dottato and Petrelli, and one profig at two different timepoints, April and July, obtaining fiorone and fico for each genotype, respectively. Total RNA was extracted according to the RNeasy Plant Mini Kit (QIAGEN®) instructions for the two stages with three different biological replicas, and for each of its three technical replicates. RNA quality and quantity were assessed by Nanodrop 2000 (Thermo Scientific, USA) and checked on 1.5% agarose gel [1], while RNA integrity was evaluated with Bioanalyzer 2100 and TapeStation 4200. Samples with a RIN higher than 8 were used for sequencing. The TruSeq Standard mRNA kit (Illumina USA) was used for library construction, and HiSeq 2000 Illumina system was used for RNA sequencing using a paired-end sequencing technique (2 × 100 bp).
Data format	Raw Analyzed
Description of data collection	Two fig cultivars, Dottato (also known as ‘Kadota’) and Petrelli (San Pedro Type), and a caprifig tree were sampled at two timepoints, April and July in the fig repository at the “P. Martucci” experimental station in Valenzano (Bari) of University of Bari “Aldo Moro” equipped with environmental and soil sensors [2]. For each stage and variety three different biological replicas were used, and for each of its three technical replicates
Data source location	Department of Soil, Plant and Food Sciences, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Bari, Italy Via G. Amendola 165/A, 70126 Bari, Italy Locations of the durum wheat field of Valenzano (metropolitan city of Bari –Italy): lat. 41.0438° N, long. 16.8842° E, elevation 85 m above sea level.
Data accessibility	Repository name: NCBI Data identification number: PRJNA623468 Direct URL to data: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/biosample?Db=biosample&DbFrom=bioproject&Cmd=Link&LinkName=bioproject_biosample&LinkReadableName=BioSample&ordinalpos=1&IdsFromResult=623468 The genotypes on the NCBI database were reported as fiorone (harvested in April) and fico (harvested in July) [3]. The specification of each genotype (petrelli, Dottato and profig) is reported under the Organism section. Repository name: Mendeley Data identification number: DOI:10.17632/cmf387rt4c.1 Direct URL to data: https://data.mendeley.com/datasets/cmf387rt4c/1 Newly obtained genome (GTF file) and sequences' Gene Ontology annotations of Ficus carica were reported in the repository [4]
Related research article	I. Marcotuli, A. Mazzeo, P. Colasuonno, R. Terzano, D. Nigro, C. Porfido, A. Tarantino, R. Aiese Cigliano, W. Sanseverino, A. Gadaleta, G. Ferrara, Fruit Development in Ficus carica L.: Morphological and Genetic Approaches to Fig Buds for an Evolution From Monoecy Toward Dioecy. Front. Plant Sci.(2020) 11:1208. doi:10.3389/fpls.2020.01208