Tree peony (Paeonia rockii) with the same genetic origin was grown in the wild tree peony germplasm repository at Yangling, Shaanxi Province, China. They were identified by Professor Li-xin Niu from Northwest A&F University. The voucher specimens of Paeonia rockii were deposited into the Herbarium of the National Oil Peony Engineering Technology Research Center, China. Different tissues including the root, stem, leaf, calyx, petal, stamen, pistil, and developing seeds (20, 40, 60, 80, and 100 days after flowering) were collected for transcript level analysis. All the samples were immediately frozen in liquid nitrogen and stored at -80 ℃ for further studies. Arabidopsis thaliana (ecotype Columbia-0) and Nicotiana benthamiana plants used for transformation were grown in growth chambers at 21/25 ℃ (day/night) with a 16 h light/8 h dark.
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