Table 2. A comparison of the results from RNA-seq and from qRT-PCR analyses of differentially expressed genes.

Gene ID	Up/Down-regulated	Fold Change (RNA-seq)	Fold Change (qRT-PCR)	Function Annotation
MDP0000501598	Up	2.07	4.35	Transcription
MDP0000303449	Up	2.19	1.63	Cell wall-related
MDP0000585239	Up	3.44	2.77	Defense
MDP0000129445	Up	4.85	3.28	Ubiquitin-related
MDP0000227287	Down	−2.00	−1.25	Secondary Metabolism
MDP0000279459	Down	−58.13	−3.70	Unknown
MDP0000859492	Down	−4.76	−1.23	Unknown
MDP0000478473	Down	−2.27	−0.99	Defense