The genome of the Syracusan female lemon sequenced in Italy
Fresh Lemon
Italy
Published Dec 1, 2021
Tridge summary
The University of Catania and the Edmund Mach Foundation have sequenced the lemon genome for the first time. The results of the research - also supported by the Council for Agricultural Research and Analysis of Agricultural Economics (CREA-OFA, Acireale site) and by the Hunan Agricultural University (China) - were published in the scientific journal “Tree Genetics and Genomes ". From today, therefore, the genetic code of the lemon, the “Femminello Siracusano” variety, is available to the international scientific community. Knowledge of the exact location and function of genes (about 35 thousand) will provide researchers from all over the world with useful information for the study of characteristics of agronomic interest. The work benefited from the integration of the skills of the two main bodies involved (FEM and UNICT), concerning sequencing techniques on the one hand (the FEM has already sequenced the genomes of numerous species, grapevine, apple, strawberry, raspberry, pear, walnut, but also Drosophila suzukii, Plasmopara viticola and silver fir) and on the other, the deep knowledge of citrus germplasm as well as the study of important characters of agronomic interest through functional genomic approaches (by UNICT).
Original content
The University of Catania and the Edmund Mach Foundation have sequenced the lemon genome for the first time. The results of the research - also supported by the Council for Agricultural Research and Analysis of Agricultural Economics (CREA-OFA, Acireale site) and by the Hunan Agricultural University (China) - were published in the scientific journal “Tree Genetics and Genomes ". From today, therefore, the genetic code of the lemon, the “Femminello Siracusano” variety, is available to the international scientific community. Knowledge of the exact location and function of genes (about 35 thousand) will provide researchers from all over the world with useful information for the study of characteristics of agronomic interest. The work benefited from the integration of the skills of the two main bodies involved (FEM and UNICT), concerning sequencing techniques on the one hand (the FEM has already sequenced the genomes of numerous species, grapevine, apple, strawberry, raspberry, pear, ...
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