Scientific Data (Sep 2024)

A chromosome-scale reference genome of grasspea (Lathyrus sativus)

  • Marielle Vigouroux,
  • Petr Novák,
  • Ludmila Cristina Oliveira,
  • Carmen Santos,
  • Jitender Cheema,
  • Roland H. M. Wouters,
  • Pirita Paajanen,
  • Martin Vickers,
  • Andrea Koblížková,
  • Maria Carlota Vaz Patto,
  • Jiří Macas,
  • Burkhard Steuernagel,
  • Cathie Martin,
  • Peter M. F. Emmrich

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03868-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Abstract Grasspea (Lathyrus sativus L.) is an underutilised but promising legume crop with tolerance to a wide range of abiotic and biotic stress factors, and potential for climate-resilient agriculture. Despite a long history and wide geographical distribution of cultivation, only limited breeding resources are available. This paper reports a 5.96 Gbp genome assembly of grasspea genotype LS007, of which 5.03 Gbp is scaffolded into 7 pseudo-chromosomes. The assembly has a BUSCO completeness score of 99.1% and is annotated with 31719 gene models and repeat elements. This represents the most contiguous and accurate assembly of the grasspea genome to date.