De novo Whole-Genome Assembly of Moringa oleifera Helps Identify Genes Regulating Drought Stress Tolerance.

ABSTRACT: Abiotic stresses, especially drought stress, are responsible for heavy losses in productivity, which in turn poses an imminent threat for future food security. Understanding plants' response to abiotic stress at the molecular level is crucially important for mitigating the impacts of climate change. Moringa oleifera is an important multipurpose plant with medicinal and nutritional properties and with an ability to grow in low water conditions, which makes the species an ideal candidate to study the regulatory mechanisms that modulate drought tolerance and its possible use in agroforestry system. In the present communication, we report whole-genome sequencing (WGS) of this species and assemble about 90% of the genome of M. oleifera var. Bhagya into 915 contigs with a N50 value

SUBMITTER: Shyamli PS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8712769 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature