The complete chloroplast genome of weedy rye Secale cereale subsp. segetale

Tianyu Du; Yiyu Hu; Yanqing Sun; Chuyu Ye; Enhui Shen

doi:10.1080/23802359.2022.2080600

The complete chloroplast genome of weedy rye Secale cereale subsp. segetale

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2022 Jun 2;7(6):959-960. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2022.2080600. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Tianyu Du^{1

2}, Yiyu Hu², Yanqing Sun², Chuyu Ye², Enhui Shen^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Shandong (Linyi) Institute of Modern Agriculture of Zhejiang University, Linyi, China.
² Institute of Crop Sciences, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
³ The Rural Development Academy, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.

Abstract

Weedy rye (Secale cereale subsp. segetale Zhukov 1928) is a problematic weed species in wheat field. However, it can potentially provide valuable genetics resources to increase the genetic variations and introduce desirable genes for rye and wheat breeding. Here, we assembled the complete chloroplast genome of S. cereale subsp. segetale. The chloroplast genome is 137,051 bp in length, containing a large single copy region (81,090 bp), a small single copy region (12,795 bp) and two separated inverted repeat regions (21,583 bp). A total of 131 unique genes were annotated, consisting of 82 protein-coding genes, 41 tRNA genes, and 8 rRNA genes. The phylogenetic analysis showed that Secale cereale subsp. segetale (weedy rye) and S. cereale subsp. cereale (rye) clustered together as sisters to other Secale species.

Keywords: Chloroplast genome; Secale cereale subsp. segetale; phylogenetic analysis; weedy rye.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [2021QN81013] to E Shen; the Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Modern Crop Production; and the Innovation Method Project of China [2018IM0301002].