Fragaria viridis
     Green strawberry / 绿色草莓

Taxonomy: Angiosperms / Eudicots / Rosids / Rosales / Rosaceae

Introduction

1.Fragaria viridis is a species of strawberry native to Europe and central Asia. It has fruits with fine flavour.
2. They have surprisingly little of the usual strawberry aroma, but a refreshing acidity, and sometimes ripen without becoming red.
3. When they are plucked from the plant, the calyx will usually adhere and they will detach with a noticeable snapping sound.
4. It is diploid, having 2 pairs of these chromosomes for a total of 14 chromosomes.

Genome statistics

Variety mature individual in Xinjiang
Assembled genome size219 Mb
N50 contig length3.5 Mb
N50 of scaffolds 29.2 Mb
Longest scaffold length10.00 Mb
BUSCO evaluation88.5%
Chromosome number2n=14
Genome-sequencing depth473 X
Sequencing technologyPacBio SMRT and Hi-C

Reference

Feng, C. et al. Tracing the Diploid Ancestry of the Cultivated Octoploid Strawberry. Molecular Biology and Evolution 38, 478-485 (2021)