Averrhoa carambola is commonly known as star fruit because of its peculiar shape,and its fruit is a rich source of minerals and vitamins.It is also used in traditional medicines in countries such as India,China,the Ph...Averrhoa carambola is commonly known as star fruit because of its peculiar shape,and its fruit is a rich source of minerals and vitamins.It is also used in traditional medicines in countries such as India,China,the Philippines,and Brazil for treating various ailments,including fever,diarrhea,vomiting,and skin disease.Here,we present the first draft genome of the Oxalidaceae family,with an assembled genome size of 470.51 Mb.In total,24,726 protein-coding genes were identified,and 16,490 genes were annotated using various well-known databases.The phylogenomic analysis confirmed the evolutionary position of the Oxalidaceae family.Based on the gene functional annotations,we also identified enzymes that may be involved in important nutritional pathways in the star fruit genome.Overall,the data from this first sequenced genome in the Oxalidaceae family provide an essential resource for nutritional,medicinal,and cultivational studies of the economically important star-fruit plant.展开更多
The fall armyworm(FAW),Spodoptera frugiperda,is a destructive pest native to America and has recently become an invasive insect pest in China.Because of its rapid spread and great risks in China,understanding of FAW g...The fall armyworm(FAW),Spodoptera frugiperda,is a destructive pest native to America and has recently become an invasive insect pest in China.Because of its rapid spread and great risks in China,understanding of FAW genetic background and pesticide resistance is urgent and essential to develop effective management strategies.Here,we assembled a chromosome-level genome of a male FAW(SFynMstLFR)and compared re-sequencing results of the populations from America,Africa,and China.Strain identification of 163 individuals collected from America,Africa and China showed that both C and R strains were found in the American pop-ulations,while only C strain was found in the Chinese and African populations.Moreover,population geno-mics analysis showed that populations from Africa and China have close relationship with significantly genetic differentiation from American populations.Taken toge-ther,FAWs invaded into China were most likely origi-nated from Africa.Comparative genomics analysis displayed that the cytochrome p450 gene family is extremely expanded to 425 members in FAW,of which 283 genes are specific to FAW.Treatments of Chinese populations with twenty-three pesticides showed the variant patterns of transcriptome profiles,and several detoxification genes such as AOX,UGT and GST spe-cially responded to the pesticides.These findings will be useful in developing effective strategies for manage-ment of FAW in China and other invaded areas.展开更多
基金supported by funding from the National Key R&D Program of China(No.2019YFC1711000)the Shenzhen Municipal Government of China(grants JCYJ20170817145512476 and JCYJ20160510141910129)+1 种基金the Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Genome Read and Write(grant 2017B030301011)the NMPA Key Laboratory for the Rapid Testing Technology of Drugs.
文摘Averrhoa carambola is commonly known as star fruit because of its peculiar shape,and its fruit is a rich source of minerals and vitamins.It is also used in traditional medicines in countries such as India,China,the Philippines,and Brazil for treating various ailments,including fever,diarrhea,vomiting,and skin disease.Here,we present the first draft genome of the Oxalidaceae family,with an assembled genome size of 470.51 Mb.In total,24,726 protein-coding genes were identified,and 16,490 genes were annotated using various well-known databases.The phylogenomic analysis confirmed the evolutionary position of the Oxalidaceae family.Based on the gene functional annotations,we also identified enzymes that may be involved in important nutritional pathways in the star fruit genome.Overall,the data from this first sequenced genome in the Oxalidaceae family provide an essential resource for nutritional,medicinal,and cultivational studies of the economically important star-fruit plant.
基金This study was financially supported by the Yunnan Eco-friendly Food International Cooperation Research Center(YEFICRC)Project of Yunnan Provincial Key Programs(Grant No.2019ZG009)the National Key R&D Program of China(Grant No.2019YFD0300101)+3 种基金the Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Genome Read and Write(Grant No.2017B030301011)the Key Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(KJZD-SW-L07)the Youth Innovation Promotion Association,CAS(No.2016080)Key-Area Research and Development Program of Guangdong Province(No.2020B020224002)。
文摘The fall armyworm(FAW),Spodoptera frugiperda,is a destructive pest native to America and has recently become an invasive insect pest in China.Because of its rapid spread and great risks in China,understanding of FAW genetic background and pesticide resistance is urgent and essential to develop effective management strategies.Here,we assembled a chromosome-level genome of a male FAW(SFynMstLFR)and compared re-sequencing results of the populations from America,Africa,and China.Strain identification of 163 individuals collected from America,Africa and China showed that both C and R strains were found in the American pop-ulations,while only C strain was found in the Chinese and African populations.Moreover,population geno-mics analysis showed that populations from Africa and China have close relationship with significantly genetic differentiation from American populations.Taken toge-ther,FAWs invaded into China were most likely origi-nated from Africa.Comparative genomics analysis displayed that the cytochrome p450 gene family is extremely expanded to 425 members in FAW,of which 283 genes are specific to FAW.Treatments of Chinese populations with twenty-three pesticides showed the variant patterns of transcriptome profiles,and several detoxification genes such as AOX,UGT and GST spe-cially responded to the pesticides.These findings will be useful in developing effective strategies for manage-ment of FAW in China and other invaded areas.
