A chromosome-scale genome assembly of Timorese crabgrass (Digitaria radicosa): a useful genomic resource for the Poaceae.

ABSTRACT: Timorese crabgrass (Digitaria radicosa) is a grass species commonly found in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Digitaria species have high intraspecific and interspecific genetic and phenotypic diversity, suggesting their potential usefulness as a genetic resource. However, as the only high-quality reference genome available is for a tetraploid Digitaria species, a reference genome of the diploid species D. radicosa would be a useful resource for genomic studies of Digitaria and Poaceae plants. Here, we present a chromosome-level genome assembly of D. radicosa and describe its genetic characteristics; we also illustrate its usefulness as a genomic resource for Poaceae. We constructed a 441.6 Mb draft assembly consisting of 61 contigs with an N50 contig length of 41.5 Mb, using PacBio HiFi long r

SUBMITTER: Minoji K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11631527 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature