Table 3 Summary of the microarray data available for sugarcane and Sorghum

Sugarcane ESTs nylon arrays I

GPL210

1,536

12

Plantlet samples exposed to cold for up to 48 h

Saccharum hybrid cv.SP80-3280

[112]

SUCAST Sugarcane 2208 v1.0 (cDNA microarray)

GPL3799

2,208

16

Roots from six plants harvested 6, 12, 24 and 48 h after exposure to phosphate starvation

Saccharum hybrid cv.SP80-3280

[113]

8

Response to herbivory by Diatraea saccharalis

28

Hormone treatment

8

Response to N₂-fixing endophytic bacteria association

Saccharum hybrid cv.SP70-1143

12

Leaves collected 24, 72 and 120 h after exposure to drought conditions for the control and experimental groups

Saccharum hybrid cv.SP90-1638

SUCAST 1920v3 (cDNA microarray)

GPL1376

1,920

26

The abundance of transcripts among six different sugarcane tissues (flowers, roots, leaves, lateral buds, 1st and 4th internodes)

Saccharum hybrid cv.SP80-3280

[114]

4

Leaves from sugarcane population segregated in relation to high and low brix

Affymetrix Sugarcane Genome Array

GPL3844

6,024

12

Leaves of sugarcane in response to sugar accumulation in meristem, internodes 1 to 3, internode 8, internode 20

Saccharum hybrid cv.Q117

[115]

8

Cold-girdles were attached to sugarcane leaves (n = 4) for a period of 56 h prior to harvest

Saccharum hybrid cv.N19

[116]

SUCEST-FUN Agilent 44k (oligo array)

GPL14862

21,902

6

Leaves were collected 24, 72 and 120 h after exposure to drought conditions for the control and experimental groups

Saccharum hybrid cv.SP90-1638

[86]

cDNA microarray

http://fungen.org/Sorghum.htm

12,982

118

Seedlings exposed to high salinity, osmotic stress, and ABA for 3 and 27 h

Seedlings of Sorghum bicolor L. Moench cv BTx623

[117]

12,982

>102

Seedlings exposed to salicylic acid, methyl jasmonate, and the ethylene precursor aminocyclopropane for 3 and 27 h

Seedlings of S. bicolor L. Moench cv BTx623

[118]

cDNA glass slide

Not available

672

>6

Herbivory with Schizaphis graminum

Seedlings of S. bicolor ATx399 _ RTx430

[119]

3,508

>4

Herbivory with Schizaphis graminum

Seedlings of S. bicolor M627 and Tx7000

[120]

Sorghum Agilent 44k (oligo array)

GPL15369

41,977

12

Leaves were collected 24, 72 and 120 h after exposure to drought conditions for the control and experimental groups

Grain of S. bicolor L. sweet Keller cv BTx623

[74]