Conserving a threatened North American walnut: a chromosome-scale reference genome for butternut (Juglans cinerea).

ABSTRACT: With the advent of affordable and more accurate third-generation sequencing technologies, and the associated bioinformatic tools, it is now possible to sequence, assemble, and annotate more species of conservation concern than ever before. Juglans cinerea, commonly known as butternut or white walnut, is a member of the walnut family, native to the Eastern United States and Southeastern Canada. The species is currently listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List due to decline from an invasive fungus known as Ophiognomonia clavigignenti-juglandacearum (Oc-j) that causes butternut canker. Oc-j creates visible sores on the trunks of the tree which essentially starves and slowly kills the tree. Natural resistance to this pathogen is rare. Conserving butternut is of utmost priority due to its cri

SUBMITTER: Guzman-Torres CR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10849370 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature