Banana genome sequencing

The Banana Genome Hub

Banana is one of the world's favorite fruits and one of the most important crops for developing countries. The banana reference genome sequence (Musa acuminata) was recently released. Given the taxonomic position of Musa, the completed genomic sequence has particular comparative value to provide fresh insights about the evolution of the monocotyledons. The study of the banana genome has been en...

Genome-wide sequencing data reveals virulence factors implicated in banana Xanthomonas wilt.

Banana Xanthomonas wilt is a newly emerging disease that is currently threatening the livelihoods of millions of farmers in East Africa. The causative agent is Xanthomonas campestris pathovar musacearum (Xcm), but previous work suggests that this pathogen is much more closely related to species Xanthomonas vasicola than to X. campestris. We have generated draft genome sequences for a banana-pat...

Genome Sequencing

The concept of genome sequencing is quite simple. Break your genome up into many different small fragments, clone those fragments into a cloning vector, isolate many clones, and sequence each clone. All of the techniques used for sequencing are well established. These are the same techniques that scientists used for the past twenty years to characterize many different individual genes. Using th...

Whole Genome Sequencing: An Efficient Approach in Food Safety Management System

Whole genome sequencing of a banana wild relative Musa itinerans provides insights into lineage-specific diversification of the Musa genus

Crop wild relatives are valuable resources for future genetic improvement. Here, we report the de novo genome assembly of Musa itinerans, a disease-resistant wild banana relative in subtropical China. The assembled genome size was 462.1 Mb, covering 75.2% of the genome (615.2Mb) and containing 32, 456 predicted protein-coding genes. Since the approximate divergence around 5.8 million years ago,...