Adam L Healey, Mervyn Shepherd, Graham J King, Jakob B Butler, Jules S Freeman, David J Lee, Brad M Potts, Orzenil B Silva-Junior, Abdul Baten, Jerry Jenkins, Shengqiang Shu, John T Lovell, Avinash Sreedasyam, Jane Grimwood, Agnelo Furtado, Dario Grattapaglia, Kerrie W Barry, Hope Hundley, Blake A Simmons, Jeremy Schmutz, René E Vaillancourt, Robert J Henry
Corymbia citriodora is a member of the predominantly Southern Hemisphere Myrtaceae family, which includes the eucalypts (Eucalyptus, Corymbia and Angophora; ~800 species). Corymbia is grown for timber, pulp and paper, and essential oils in Australia, South Africa, Asia, and Brazil, maintaining a high-growth rate under marginal conditions due to drought, poor-quality soil, and biotic stresses. To dissect the genetic basis of these desirable traits, we sequenced and assembled the 408 Mb genome of Corymbia citriodora, anchored into eleven chromosomes...
May 10, 2021: Communications Biology