Njaci, I.* ; Waweru, B.* ; Kamal, N. ; Muktar, M.S.* ; Fisher, D.* ; Gundlach, H. ; Muli, C.* ; Muthui, L.* ; Maranga, M.* ; Kiambi, D.* ; Maass, B.L.* ; Emmrich, P.M.F.* ; Domelevo Entfellner, J.B.* ; Spannagl, M. ; Chapman, M.A.* ; Shorinola, O.* ; Jones, C.S.*
Chromosome-level genome assembly and population genomic resource to accelerate orphan crop lablab breeding.
Nat. Commun. 14:1915 (2023)
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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Purpureus L. Sweet; Read Alignment; Web Server; Hi-c; Sequence; Tool; Diversity; Protein; Transcriptome; Domestication
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2023
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2041-1723
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Bioinformatics Community of Practice training grant from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)
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2023-10-06