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, Khalid, Norzulaani, Biswas, Manosh Kumar, Mutha, Naresh V. R., Mohd Yusuf, Yusmin, Gan, Han Ming, Harikrishna, Jennifer Ann
• Format: Article
• Published: MDPI 2022
• Subjects: Q Science (General); QD Chemistry
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/41891/; 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...