Table 5 Examples of deduced duplexes of Brachypodium distachyon sRNAs and their downregulated targets in Serendipita indica

BdsRNA 1

NA

CCA68723

Related to phenylalanine ammonia-lyase

− 5.1

BdsRNA 2

1.43

CCA69635

Probable acetyl-CoA synthetase

− 2.19

BdsRNA 3

0.04

CCA72153

Putative mitochondrial carnitine O-acetyltransferase

− 2.94

BdsRNA 4

0.58

CCA68099

Probable protein required for hyphal anastomosis HAM2

− 1.38

BdsRNA 5

0.59

CCA69082

Related to serine/threonine-protein kinase

− 1.65

BdsRNA 6

0.039

CCA67801

Probable isocitrate lyase

− 2.34

BdsRNA 7

4.37

CCA68918

Probable ADH1-alcohol dehydrogenase I

− 4.42

BdsRNA 8

NA

CCA77975

Related to peroxisomal membrane protein 4

− 2.39

CCA68099

Probable protein required for hyphal anastomosis HAM2

− 1.38

BdsRNA 9

0.029

CCA73455

Related to phosphoprotein phosphatase 2C

− 0.89

BdsRNA 10

1.39

CCA72944

Protein TOXD

− 2.73

CCA72668

Hypothetical protein

− 1.68

CCA74115

Probable nucleolar rRNA processing protein GAR1

− 0.93

BdsRNA 11

0.19

CCA77931

Related to iron transport protein

− 2.4

BdsRNA 12

0.48

CCA68412

Related to ECM32-DNA dependent ATPase/DNA helicase B

− 1.96

BdsRNA 13

1.06

CCA75416

Related to estradiol 17 beta-dehydrogenase 4

− 2.12

BdsRNA 14

NA

CCA73650

Related to chitinase

− 1.37

BdsRNA 15

0.49

CCA77900

Related to LSB5-possible role in the regulation of actin cytoskeletal organization

− 1.27

BdsRNA 16

0.62

CCA69912

Related to acyl-CoA dehydrogenase

− 2.28

BdsRNA 17

0.88

CCA70015

Related to CAT1

− 1.84

BdsRNA 18

NA

CCA68373

Probable subtilisin-like serine protease

− 0.91

BdsRNA 19

1.38

CCA72980

Hypothetical protein

− 2.59

CCA67021

Probable VID27-involved in vacuole import and degradation

− 0.93

BdsRNA 20

0.1

CCA73174

Related to ECM4-involved in cell wall biogenesis and architecture

− 2.48