The genome of woodland strawberry (Fragaria vesca)

The International Strawberry Sequencing Consortium reports the draft genome of the woodland strawberry (Fragaria vesca). The genome of this diploid species should serve as a reference genome for the Fragaria genus, as the cultivated strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa) is an octoploid where F. vesca is predicted to be a subgenome donor. The woodland strawberry, Fragaria vesca (2n = 2x = 14), is a versatile experimental plant system. This diminutive herbaceous perennial has a small genome (240 Mb), is amenable to genetic transformation and shares substantial sequence identity with the cultivated strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa) and other economically important rosaceous plants. Here we report the draft F. vesca…

• UD
  U.S. Department of Agriculture
• UO
  University of Florida
• OS
  Oregon State University
• NI
  National Institutes of Health
• DF
  Directorate for Biological Sciences
• CS
  Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service

  Award: VA-135816
• IO
  Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida
• AR
  Agricultural Research Service
• BA
  Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
• NH
  New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station