The Complete Genome Sequence of Curcuma longa (Zingiberaceae, Zingiberales), Turmeric

Zainab El Ouafi; Stacy Pirro; Najib Al Idrissi; Hassan Ghazal

doi:10.56179/001c.73625

The Complete Genome Sequence of Curcuma longa (Zingiberaceae, Zingiberales), Turmeric

Biodivers Genomes. 2023 Mar:2023:10.56179/001c.73625. doi: 10.56179/001c.73625. Epub 2023 Mar 17.

Authors

Zainab El Ouafi^{1

2}, Stacy Pirro³, Najib Al Idrissi^{1

2}, Hassan Ghazal^{1

2

4}

Affiliations

¹ Laboratory of Genomics, Bioinformatics and Digital Health, Mohammed VI University of Sciences and Health, Casablanca, Morocco.
² Laboratory of Genomics, Bioinformatics and Digital Health, Mohammed VI Center for Research and Innovation, Rabat, Morocco.
³ Iridian Genomes, Bethesda, MD 20817, USA.
⁴ National Center for Scientific and Technical Research (CNRST), Rabat, Morocco.

Abstract

Curcuma longa is a perennial native to India and Southeast Asia. We present the whole genome sequence of this species. Illumina paired-end reads were assembled by a de novo method followed by a finishing step. The raw and assembled data are publicly available via GenBank: Sequence Read Archive (SRR11229490) and assembled genome (JAOBBC000000000).

Keywords: genome; turmeric; viridiplantae.

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