The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Pennisetum centrasiaticum, a widespread grass in Tibet, China

Litian Zhang; Demei Liu; Yushou Ma; Shihai Yang; Xiaoli Wang; Yanlong Wang; Ruizhen Dong

doi:10.1080/23802359.2021.1903355

The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Pennisetum centrasiaticum, a widespread grass in Tibet, China

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2021 Jun 28;6(8):2105-2106. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2021.1903355. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Litian Zhang^{1

2

3}, Demei Liu⁴, Yushou Ma¹, Shihai Yang³, Xiaoli Wang¹, Yanlong Wang¹, Ruizhen Dong^{1

4}

Affiliations

¹ Qinghai Academy of Animal and Veterinary Science/State Key Laboratory of Plateau Ecology and Agriculture, Qinghai University, Xining, China.
² Tibet Yunwang Industrial Co., Ltd, Shigatse, China.
³ Shigatse Baiyacheng Agricultural Products Processing Co., Ltd, Shigatse, China.
⁴ China and Qinghai Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Molecular Breeding Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining, China.

Abstract

The complete chloroplast genome of Pennisetum centrasiaticum was sequenced and reported here. The total genome size was 138,294 bp in length, containing a large single-copy region of 81,229 bp, a small single-copy region of 12,419 bp, and a pair of inverted repeat regions of 22,288 bp. The GC content of P. centrasiaticum chloroplast genome was 38.6%. It encodes a total of 119 unique genes, including 81 protein-coding genes, 34 tRNA genes, and four rRNA genes. Phylogenetic analysis showed a strong sister relationship with Cenchrus ciliaris and Cenchrus purpureus. Our findings provide fundamental information for further evolutionary and phylogenetic researches of P. centrasiaticum.

Keywords: Pennisetum centrasiaticum; chloroplast genome; phylogenetic analysis.

Grants and funding

This work was financially supported by Thousand Talents Plan for High-end Innovative Talents in Qinghai Province.