Table 1.

Differential gene expression profile on five crop residues

	BS	CS	RS	SS	WS
Upregulated genes	656	888	738	524	742
“Common” ratea	65.5%	48.4%	58.3%	82.1%	58.0%
“No-carbon” rateb	60.7%	63.6%	62.6%	57.6%	62.1%
Downregulated genes	76	253	117	141	101
“Common” rate	72.4%	21.7%	47.0%	39.0%	54.5%
“No-carbon” rate	60.5%	78.3%	63.2%	46.1%	63.4%

BS barley straw, CS corn straw, RS rice straw, SS soybean straw, WS wheat straw.

^aGenes commonly regulated by all five straws versus sucrose as a sole carbon source; “no-carbon” data were derived from a reference [20].

^bGenes regulated in the no-carbon condition versus sucrose as a sole carbon source.