Fragaria nilgerrensis
     Huangmao strawberry / 黄毛草莓

Taxonomy: Angiosperms / Eudicots / Rosids / Rosales / Rosaceae

Introduction

1.Fragaria nilgerrensis is a species of wild strawberry native to southern and southeast Asia.
2. Its fruit are white to light pink, with poor flavour, and the fruit is of no commercial value.
3. It is similar in appearance to F. moupinensis.
4. It is diploid, having 2 pairs of these chromosomes for a total of 14 chromosomes.

Genome statistics

Variety mature individual from Zhongdian, Yunnan, China
Assembled genome size270.3 Mb
N50 contig length8.51 Mb
Number of scaffolds 257
Scaffold N5038.3 Mb
Assembly of genome97.91%
Chromosome number2n=14
Repeats region of assembly 43.40%
Sequencing technologyPacBio SMRT and Hi-C

Reference

Zhang, J. et al. The high‐quality genome of diploid strawberry (Fragaria nilgerrensis) provides new insights into anthocyanin accumulation. Plant Biotechnology Journal 18, 1908-1924 (2020).