Table S1. Primers for validated gene expression in adventitious root formation Genes Sense-primer Antisense-primer Cycles Protein binding/ubiquitin-protein ligase 1 RAR1 Chalcone synthase Aquaporin Non-symbiotic hemoglobin protein PPO1 Phosphoserine aminotransferase Heat shock protein alcohol dehydrogenases Maact CCACATCACTTTTCACGA CTTTGCTCCATTGCTCTC 40 TTTCCACCCTCTCATTCG CGAGGAAGGTGTCGTTGG CGAGGAAGGTGTCGTTGG CAACAGGGAAATAGCACC TCCCCACTCCCACAACAA GTAGCCATCGGCGAGAGA GTAGCCATCGGCGAGAGA TCAGGGTAATGAGGAGCC 40 40 40 40 GCGTCAAGTTCCCAATAA ATGGAGATGAGCCACAGA ACTTCCTCTTCGTCCTCC ACGGCGTAGTCATCGGGG 40 40 GGCTCATTGATAATACGC GCGGATGACGCAACGGAT GTTCCTGCTCGTAGTCCAA CTGTCCCTGCCTACTTCA ATTCATCACTCACTCGGT CCATGCTATTCTCCGTCTC 40 40 40 Table S2. Overview of sequencing and assembly. Sequences S0 S1 S2 Number of raw reads Average lengths (bp) The total length (G) Number of fail reads Trimmed reads Number of reads after trimming Percentage trimmed Avg. length after trimming (bp) 74,975,982 101 7.66 2148 17,998,658 74,973,834 24.0% 90.7bp 74,977,304 101 7.66 2702 17,999,742 74,974,602 24.0% 90.7 bp 87,424,447 101 8.89 598 16,964,392 87,423,809 24.0% 90.2 bp Table S3. Contig analysis statistics Contig S0 S1 S2 Number of contigs 69,058 69,087 66,557 Length of all contigs (nt) 49.9 M 49.9 M 50.1 M Average contig size (bp) 722 722 753 Range of contig length (bp) 134-11304 114-11,303 122-20,054 Table S4. Uniprot annotation analysis statistics Sequences S0 S1 S2 Uniprot annotaion 39,504 39,497 31,868 Unknow contig 29,554 29,590 34,689 Annotation rate (%) 57.20 57.17 47.88 Table S5. The main GO terms in the libraries of S0 S1 and S2 stages GO_term Main five cellular component terms cell cell part organelle macromolecular complex organelle part Main five molecular function terms binding catalytic activity transporter activity structural molecule activity nucleic acid binding transcription factor activity Main five biological process terms metabolic process cellular process biological regulation regulation of biological process localization GO_id gene_number in S0 gene_number in S1 gene_number in S2 GO:0005623 GO:0044464 GO:0043226 GO:0032991 GO:0044422 9,861 9,861 4,160 2,163 1,260 9,853 9,853 4,160 2,153 1,252 7,693 7,693 3,456 1,439 871 GO:0005488 GO:0003824 GO:0005215 GO:0005198 GO:0001071 15,926 14,014 1,633 878 627 15,931 13,980 1,623 877 627 13,900 11,183 1,173 534 521 GO:0008152 GO:0009987 GO:0065007 GO:0050789 GO:0051179 16,028 14,027 2,699 2,658 2,639 16,007 14,006 2,699 2,658 2,623 13,032 12,144 2,155 2,132 1,913 Table S6. Unique pathways in S1 and S2 stages PATHWAY_I D PATHWAY_DES Unique pathway in the S1 stage ko02030 Bacterial chemotaxis Biosynthesis of siderophore group nonribosomal ko01053 peptides ko00905 Brassinosteroid biosynthesis ko00473 D-Alanine metabolism ko00472 D-Arginine and D-ornithine metabolism ko00351 DDT degradation ko00621 Dioxin degradation ko04512 ECM-receptor interaction ko00642 Ethylbenzene degradation ko02040 Flagellar assembly ko04640 Hematopoietic cell lineage ko00550 Peptidoglycan biosynthesis ko02060 Phosphotransferase system (PTS) ko00622 Xylene degradation Unique pathway in the S2 stage ko01051 Biosynthesis of ansamycins ko04975 Fat digestion and absorption ALL_KO_numbe r in the pathway Contig_ Singlet_NUM 26 16 32 1 8 5 2 7 13 56 7 37 78 37 75 20 5 7 1 2 1 1 5 4 1 7 6 1 2 0 2 2 ko00532 Glycosaminoglycan biosynthesis - chondroitin sulfate 21 1 Figure S1. Morphological changes during Adventitious roots formation. Each stage from the beginning to the end was referring to initial formation of callus, initial formation of callus, induction of Adventitious roots, root-like protuberances formation and elongation of Adventitious roots. Figure S2. Contig size distribution. Figure S3. Changes in gene expression in samples at different stages. Numbers of up-regulated and down-regulated genes are summarized. Figure S4. GO categories of the DEGs in the S1 vs S2 stages Figure S5. Confirmation of the expression profiles of selected genes by qRT-PCR