Chromosome-level genome assembly of the diploid blueberry Vaccinium darrowii provides insights into its subtropical adaptation and cuticle synthesis

• Main Authors: Cui, Fuqiang, Ye, Xiaoxue, Li, Xiaoxiao, Yang, Yifan, Hu, Zhubing, Overmyer, Kirk, Brosché, Mikael, Yu, Hong, Salojärvi, Jarkko
• Other Authors: School of Biological Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Science::Biological sciences; Vaccinium Darrowii; Blueberry
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/161024
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Vaccinium darrowii is a subtropical wild blueberry species that has been used to breed economically important southern highbush cultivars. The adaptive traits of V. darrowii to subtropical climates can provide valuable information for breeding blueberry and perhaps other plants, especially against t...