biostudies-literatureUnknown13Roopa Sowjanya PIndian Council of Agricultural ResearchPomegranate is an important fruit crop for ensuring livelihood and nutrition security in fragile semi-arid regions of the globe having limited irrigation resources. This is a high-value, nutritionally rich, and export-oriented agri-commodity that ensures high returns on investment to growers across the world. Although it is a valuable fruit crop, it has received only a limited genomics research outcome. To fast-track the pomegranate improvement program, <i>de novo</i> whole-genome sequencing of the main Indian cultivar 'Bhagawa' was initiated by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research-National Research Center on Pomegranate (ICAR-NRCP). We have demonstrated that a combination of commercially available technologies from Illumina, PacBio, 10X Genomics, and BioNano Genomics could be used Frontiers in plant science947164https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9521485biostudies-literatureReference quality genome sequence of Indian pomegranate cv. 'Bhagawa' (<i>Punica granatum</i> L.).PMC9521485Marathe ARReddy UKShilpa PPatil GPSangnure VRRoopa Sowjanya PBabu DKMundewadikar DMSharma JNatarajan PSingh VNfalseReference quality genome sequence of Indian pomegranate cv. 'Bhagawa' (<i>Punica granatum</i> L.).Pomegranate is an important fruit crop for ensuring livelihood and nutrition security in fragile semi-arid regions of the globe having limited irrigation resources. This is a high-value, nutritionally rich, and export-oriented agri-commodity that ensures high returns on investment to growers across the world. Although it is a valuable fruit crop, it has received only a limited genomics research outcome. To fast-track the pomegranate improvement program, <i>de novo</i> whole-genome sequencing of the main Indian cultivar 'Bhagawa' was initiated by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research-National Research Center on Pomegranate (ICAR-NRCP). We have demonstrated that a combination of commercially available technologies from Illumina, PacBio, 10X Genomics, and BioNano Genomics could be used 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z20222026-05-27T19:13:54.928Z2025-05-18T12:50:04.526ZS-EPMC95214853618604410.3389/fpls.2022.947164