Chromosome-level genome assembly and population genomic resource to accelerate orphan crop lablab breeding
In: Nat Commun, 2023
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Under-utilised orphan crops hold the key to diversified and climate-resilient food systems. Here, we report on orphan crop genomics using the case of Lablab purpureus (L.) Sweet (lablab) - a legume native to Africa and cultivated throughout the tropics for food and forage. Our Africa-led plant genome collaboration produces a high-quality chromosome-scale assembly of the lablab genome. Our assembly highlights the genome organisation of the trypsin inhibitor genes - an important anti-nutritional factor in lablab. We also re-sequence cultivated and wild lablab accessions from Africa confirming two domestication events. Finally, we examine the genetic and phenotypic diversity in a comprehensive lablab germplasm collection and identify genomic loci underlying variation of important agronomic traits in lablab. The genomic data generated here provide a valuable resource for lablab improvement. Our inclusive collaborative approach also presents an example that can be explored by other researchers sequencing indigenous crops, particularly from low and middle-income countries (LMIC).
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Chromosome-level genome assembly and population genomic resource to accelerate orphan crop lablab breeding
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Njaci, Isaac ; Waweru, Bernice ; Kamal, Nadia ; Muktar, Meki Shehabu ; Fisher, David ; Gundlach, Heidrun ; Muli, Collins ; Muthui, Lucy ; Maranga, Mary ; Kiambi, Davies ; Maass, Brigitte L. ; Emmrich, Peter M. F. ; Domelevo Entfellner, Jean-Baka ; Spannagl, Manuel ; Chapman, Mark A. ; Shorinola, Oluwaseyi ; Jones, Chris S. |
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Zeitschrift: | Nat Commun, 2023 |
Veröffentlichung: | Nature Publishing Group UK ; Nature Portfolio, 2023 |
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