Table 1.

Summary statistics of small RNA libraries

Library	Tissue	Description	Raw trimmed	Genome matched
			Reads	Reads	Distinct	t/r/sn/snoRNA
C0LY	Leaf	Young	27 870 710	17 840 547	1 021 881	6 783 580
C0LM	Leaf	Mature	26 211 889	16 604 542	473 673	7 452 607
C0LSeE	Leaf	Early senescence	28 700 595	17 875 180	212 951	6 434 947
C0LSeL	Leaf	Late senescence	29 146 047	11 853 598	97 227	12 456 070
C0SY	Silique	Young	33 654 351	30 804 353	4 071 246	8 612 996
C0SM	Silique	Mature	43 310 733	38 683 184	6 700 592	7 112 309
C0SSeE	Silique	Early senescence	22 880 129	20 049 781	3 957 517	3 251 398
C0SSeL	Silique	Late senescence	74 829 453	64 627 925	8 320 789	13 003 515

Genome-matched abundance and distinct represent sequences, which remained after removal of t/r/sn/snoRNAs.