Sugar beet long-read reference assembly of genotype KWS2320.

ABSTRACT: Sugar beet (Beta vulgaris ssp. vulgaris) is an important crop plant serving as a major source of sugar, particularly in Europe. Sugar beet research using the genotype KWS2320 has a long-standing history, and many datasets and studies exist that use this genotype as a reference. Here, we present a high-quality genome sequence of sugar beet genotype KWS2320 based on long-read sequencing data as well as an evidence-based gene set employing billions of mRNA (messenger RNA)-seq reads as transcript evidence. The assembly, referred to as RefBeet-3.0, was built using Pacific Biosciences data and was integrated with Bionano optical maps, Oxford Nanopore data, and various additional genomic resources. RefBeet-3.0 comprises 648 Mb in nine pseudochromosomes and further sequences with a t

SUBMITTER: Dohm JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12614215 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature