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Horticulture Research 6,
Article number: 112 (2019)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41438-019-0195-6
Views: 994
Received: 10 Apr 2019
Revised: 27 Jul 2019
Accepted: 10 Aug 2019
Published online: 08 Oct 2019
Review Article Open Access Published: 08 October 2019 Genome sequences of horticultural plants: past, present, and future Fei Chen, Yunfeng Song, Xiaojiang Li, Junhao Chen, Lan Mo, Xingtan Zhang, Zhenguo Lin & Liangsheng Zhang Horticulture Research volume 6, Article number: 112 (2019) | Download Citation Article metrics 1570 Accesses 2 Altmetric Metrics details Abstract Horticultural plants play various and critical roles for humans by providing fruits, vegetables, materials for beverages, and herbal medicines and by acting as ornamentals. They have also shaped human art, culture, and environments and thereby have influenced the lifestyles of humans. With the advent of sequencing technologies, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of sequenced genomes of horticultural plant species in the past decade. The genomes of horticultural plants are highly diverse and complex, often with a high degree of heterozygosity and a high ploidy due to their long and complex history of evolution and domestication. Here we summarize the advances in the genome sequencing of horticultural plants, the reconstruction of pan-genomes, and the development of horticultural genome databases. We also discuss past, present, and future studies related to genome sequencing, data storage, data quality, data sharing, and data visualization to provide practical guidance for genomic studies of horticultural plants. Finally, we propose a horticultural plant genome project as well as the roadmap and technical details toward three goals of the project.