Genome assembly and analysis of the Flavonoid and Phenylpropanoid Biosynthetic Pathways in Fingerroot Ginger (Boesenbergia rotunda)

• Main Authors: Taheri, Sima, Teo, Chee How, Heslop-Harrison, John S., Schwarzacher, Trude, Tan, Yew Seong, Wee, Wei Yee, Norzulaani, Khalid, Biswas, Manosh Kumar, Mutha, Naresh V. R., Yusmin, Mohd-Yusuf, Gan, Han Ming *, Harikrishna, Jennifer Ann
• Format: Article
• Published: MDPI 2022
• Subjects: QH Natural history; QH426 Genetics
• Online Access: http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/3136/; https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/23/13/7269; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms23137269

Boesenbergia rotunda (Zingiberaceae), is a high-value culinary and ethno-medicinal plant of Southeast Asia. The rhizomes of this herb have a high flavanone and chalcone content. Here we report the genome analysis of B. rotunda together with a complete genome sequence as a hybrid assembly. B. rotunda...