Characteristics of complete chloroplast genome of a high-quality forage on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Medicago archiducis-nicolai Sirj. (Fabaceae：Trifolieae)

Jiuxiang Xie; Chengbo Liang; Zongren Li; Zhongke Ji; Weiyou Ou; Hua Liu; Haichun Wang; Kazhuocairang; Zhiqiang Hou

doi:10.1080/23802359.2020.1861558

Characteristics of complete chloroplast genome of a high-quality forage on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Medicago archiducis-nicolai Sirj. (Fabaceae：Trifolieae)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2021 Jan 19;6(1):217-219. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2020.1861558.

Authors

Jiuxiang Xie¹, Chengbo Liang¹, Zongren Li¹, Zhongke Ji², Weiyou Ou³, Hua Liu³, Haichun Wang³, Kazhuocairang⁴, Zhiqiang Hou¹

Affiliations

¹ State Key Laboratory of Plateau Ecology and Agriculture, College of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry, Qinghai University, Xining, China.
² Forest Station of Youganning Town, Henan Mongolian Autonomous County, Youganning, China.
³ Qinghai Provincial General Grassland Station, Xining, China.
⁴ Grassland comprehensive professional team of Henan Mongolian Autonomous County, Youganning, China.

Abstract

Medicago archiducis-nicolai Sirj. is a well-known high-quality forage as its good palatability and strong tolerance to drought, cold and saline-alkali stress. Here, the complete chloroplast genome sequence of M. archiducis-nicolai was reported. The size of the complete chloroplast genome is 127,072 bp in length. The chloroplast genome has no inverted repeat (IR) regions, which is very common in the family Fabaceae. The M. archiducis-nicolai chloroplast genome encodes 106 genes: 72 protein-coding genes, 30 tRNAs, and 4 rRNAs. The phylogenetic analysis result strongly suggested that M. archiducis-nicolai is a distinct lineage in Medicago, being sister to highly supported clade composed of three species (M. hybrida, M. papillosa and M. sativa).

Keywords: Fabaceae; Medicago archiducis-nicolai; chloroplast genome; phylogenetic analysis.

Grants and funding

This research was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Qinghai Province [2017-ZJ-706], National Natural Science Foundation of China [31760622]. National international science and technology cooperation special project [2015DFG31870].