Table 1. Distribution of the sequenced reads in the control, wilt- and salt-stressed chickpea libraries.

Library	Control		Wilt Stress		Salt Stress
	Total	Unique	Total	Unique	Total	Unique
Total number of sequences	15,744,289	6,103,870	7,007,282	2,677,947	6,418,892	3,353,754
Sequences remaining after 3′ adaptor removal (TCGTAT)	14,782,514	5,033,168	6,412,190	2,130,060	5,761,024	2,683,044
Sequences remaining after size-range filtering (16 to 30 nt)	14,689,499	5,005,568	6,192,469	2,054,560	5,584,159	2,627,840
SSR/TR	1414	757	222	216	359	307
t/rRNA	720,912	35,136	645,529	37,632	538,049	32,987
Putative small RNA population	13,940,841	4,946,095	5,546,371	2,016,408	5,034,576	2,584,961