The complete genome sequence of Melia azedarach Linn. (Meliaceae): a multi-purpose pesticide species

Boyong Liao; Jing Tan; Wei Zhou; Yi Wang; Yongquan Li; Xiaoyang Chen

doi:10.1080/23802359.2020.1815600

The complete genome sequence of Melia azedarach Linn. (Meliaceae): a multi-purpose pesticide species

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2022 Jun 20;7(6):1103-1105. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2020.1815600. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Boyong Liao¹, Jing Tan¹, Wei Zhou², Yi Wang¹, Yongquan Li¹, Xiaoyang Chen²

Affiliations

¹ College of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
² College of Forestry and Landscape Architecture, Guangdong Key Laboratory for Innovative Development and Utilization of Forest Plant Germplasm, State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.

Abstract

The plant genus Melia has two or four species in the modern world, and is a natural source of a traditional pesticide, Toosendanin. In this study, we report the complete chloroplast genome of Melia azedarach, assembled from whole-genome high-throughput sequencing data, as a resource for future studies on the taxonomy and evolution of Melia. The chloroplast genome was 160,393 bp in length, with a large single-copy region of 87,598 bp, a small single-copy region of 18,709 bp, separated by two inverted repeat regions of 27,043 bp each. It was predicted to contain a total of 133 genes, with an overall GC content of 37.37%. Phylogenetic analysis placed M. azedarach closest to Azadirachta sp. in Meliaceae.

Keywords: Melia azedarach; Meliaceae; automated assembly; complete chloroplast genome; pesticide species.

Grants and funding

This study was financially supported by The Forestry Science and Technology Innovation Project in Guangdong Province [2011KJCX002, 2020KJCX011], The project of innovation and enhancement for ZUAE [KA2005408A2)], Guangdong Natural Science Foundation [2018A030310156, 2019A1515011137], People’s Republic of China.