Complete chloroplast genome sequence of historical olive (Olea europaea subsp. europaea) cultivar Mehras, in Jordan

Nizar Haddad; Hussein Migdadi; Mohammad Brake; Salam Ayoub; Wisam Obeidat; Yahya Abusini; Abeer Aburumman; Banan Al-Shagour; Eman Al-Anasweh; Monther Sadder

doi:10.1080/23802359.2020.1860712

Complete chloroplast genome sequence of historical olive (Olea europaea subsp. europaea) cultivar Mehras, in Jordan

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2021 Jan 19;6(1):194-195. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2020.1860712.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ National Agricultural Research Center - NARC, Amman, Jordan.
² College of Food and Agricultural Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
³ Science Faculty, Jerash University, Jerash, Jordan.
⁴ School of Agriculture, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan.

Abstract

The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Olea europaea subsp. europaea cultivar Mehras was determined using high-throughput sequencing technology. Chloroplast genome was 155,897 bp in length, containing a pair of 25,742 bp inverted repeat (IR) regions, which were separated by large and small single-copy regions (LSC and SSC) of 86,622 and 17,791 bp, respectively. The chloroplast genome contained 130 genes (85 protein-coding, 37 tRNA, and eight rRNA). GC content was 37.8%. We performed phylogenetic analysis with other isolates. The analysis showed that O. e. subsp. europaea cultivar Mehras has an ancient common ancestor with cultivated olives in Italy, Spain, and Cyprus.

Keywords: Mehras; olive; plastome.