Characterization and phylogenetic analysis of the complete plastome of Alopecurus japonicus (Gramineae), an annual weed

Xiu-Xiu Guo; Chen Dai; Rong Wang; Xiao-Jian Qu; Xue-Jie Zhang

doi:10.1080/23802359.2019.1704189

Characterization and phylogenetic analysis of the complete plastome of Alopecurus japonicus (Gramineae), an annual weed

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2020 Jan 7;5(1):396-397. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2019.1704189.

Authors

Xiu-Xiu Guo¹, Chen Dai¹, Rong Wang¹, Xiao-Jian Qu¹, Xue-Jie Zhang¹

Affiliation

¹ Key Lab of Plant Stress Research, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Ji'nan, PR China.

Abstract

Alopecurus japonicus is a weed in summer crop field, which is harmful to wheat crops. The complete plastome of A. japonicus was reported in this study. The genome was 136,408 bp in length, consisting of an 80,512 bp large single-copy region, a 12,836 bp small single-copy region, and two 21,530 bp inverted repeat regions. The GC content of this plastome was 38.3%. A total of 112 genes were annotated for the plastome of A. japonicus, containing 78 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 30 tRNAs, and 4 rRNAs. Phylogenetic analysis showed that A. japonicus was sister to Alopecurus aequalis.

Keywords: Alopecurus japonicus; phylogenomics; plastome.

Grants and funding

The study was financially supported by Shandong Provincial Agricultural Elite Varieties Project [2019LZGC017], and Investigation on Undergrowth Herbs of Forestry Department of Shandong Province.