I am planning to extract RNA from a rice sample using a kit from Roche. Has anyone used it already and has feedback about the kit for isolating RNA from a rice sample?
I use Z6-extraction buffer (8 m guanidinium-HCl, 20 m m MES, 20 m m EDTA, 50 m mβ-mercaptoethanol, pH 7.5) in combination with phenol extraction and the kit from ROCHE (upper phase and equal roche kit binding buffer after centrifugation) and works well with all type of plants. I don't recommend Qiagen common kit alone in any plant with the exception of Arabidopsis.