Table 1. RNA sequencing statistics of ripe and unripe banana cv. Nendran samples.

Sample Name	Total Read Count	Read Count after rRNA removal	QC Pass %	Aligned Read Count	Aligned %	Unaligned %
NEN-Ripe	96,013,558	95,320,622	99.28	8,99,28,387	94.34	5.66
NEN-Unripe	107,849,342	107,351,986	99.54	9,91,05,193	92.32	7.68