Table 1. Categories of initial assemblies and classification of novel lncRNAs from B. napus post infection with S. sclerotiorum.

Class code	After initial assemblies		After final processing		Description
	Transcript no.	%	Transcript no.	%
=	43,714	70.42	-	-	Complete match of intron chain
C	393	0.63	-	-	Contained by a reference transcript
J	4,127	6.64	173	5.43	Potentially novel isoform (Atleast one splice junction is shared with a reference transcript)
O	579	0.93	76	2.38	Generic exonic overlap with a reference transcript
U	12,542	20.20	2,821	88.68	Intergenic transcript
X	716	1.15	111	3.48	Exonic overlap with reference on the opposite strand
Total	62,071	100%	3,181	100%