The chromosome-level reference genome assembly for Dendrobium officinale and its utility of functional genomics research and molecular breeding study

• Main Authors: Zhitao Niu (Author), Fei Zhu (Author), Yajuan Fan (Author), Chao Li (Author), Benhou Zhang (Author), Shuying Zhu (Author), Zhenyu Hou (Author), Mengting Wang (Author), Jiapeng Yang (Author), Qingyun Xue (Author), Wei Liu (Author), Xiaoyu Ding (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2021-07-01T00:00:00Z.
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Dendrobium officinale, an important medicinal plant of the genus Dendrobium in Orchidaceae family, has been used as traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) for nearly thousands of years. Here, we report the first chromosome-level reference genome of D. officinale, based on PacBio long-reads, Illumina sho...