The complete chloroplast genome of Agave sisalana

Xinli Yang; Xing Huang; Shibei Tan; Tao Chen; Xu Qin; Helong Chen; Jingen Xi; Kexian Yi

doi:10.1080/23802359.2021.1935345

The complete chloroplast genome of Agave sisalana

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2021 Jun 4;6(7):1855-1856. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2021.1935345.

Authors

Xinli Yang¹, Xing Huang^{2

3

4}, Shibei Tan^{2

3

4}, Tao Chen⁵, Xu Qin⁵, Helong Chen^{2

3

4}, Jingen Xi^{2

3

4}, Kexian Yi^{2

3

4}

Affiliations

¹ College of Tropical Crops, Hainan University, Haikou, PR China.
² Environment and Plant Protection Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou, PR China.
³ Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management on Tropical Crops, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Haikou, PR China.
⁴ Hainan Key Laboratory for Monitoring and Control of Tropical Agricultural Pests, Haikou, PR China.
⁵ Guangxi Subtropical Crops Research Institute, Nanning, PR China.

Abstract

Agave sisalana is one of the Agave cultivars for sisal fiber production around the tropical areas of the world. In the present study, we successfully sequenced and assembled its chloroplast genome. The full size of the genome is 157,268 bp with a GC content at 37.85%. The genome is constructed with a large single copy region (LSC, 85,894 bp), a pair of inverted repeat regions (IR, 26,573 bp) and a small single copy region (SSC, 18,228 bp). Besides, 86 protein-coding genes, 38 tRNAs and 8 rRNAs are annotated on the chloroplast genome. Phylogenetic result reveals that A. sisalana is closely related with A. americana and A. H11648.

Keywords: Agave sisalana; chloroplast genome; phylogenetic tree.

Grants and funding

This research was supported by Hainan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China [320RC698], Guangxi Key R&D Program [GuiKe-AB20297007], the earmarked fund for China Agriculture Research System [CARS-16] and Central Public-interest Scientific Institution Basal Research Fund for Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences [1630042021017].