Whole-genome sequencing reveals genetic diversity, population structure, and core collection construction in Korean peach (<i>Prunus persica</i>) germplasm.

ABSTRACT: Peach (Prunus persica) is an important temperate fruit crop and a model species for genomic research due to its diploid genome, short juvenile period, and relatively small genome size. Despite advances in next-generation sequencing (NGS), most peach genome-wide studies focused on a limited number of elite cultivars, and thus, the diversity of conserved germplasm is underrepresented. In Korea, a large number of peach genetic resources are maintained at the National Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Science (NIHHS), a branch of the Rural Development Administration (RDA), but no genome-scale core collection has been developed to date. This study aimed to perform whole-genome sequencing (WGS) on 445 peach accessions conserved in Korea between 2020 and 2025 using the Illumina NovaSeq

SUBMITTER: Bae SH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12631232 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature