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Review Article|08 Oct 2019|OPEN
Genome sequences of horticultural plants: past, present, and future
Fei Chen1 , , Yunfeng Song2 , Xiaojiang Li2 , Junhao Chen3 , Lan Mo3 , Xingtan Zhang2 , Zhenguo Lin4 and Liangsheng Zhang,5 ,
1College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
2College of Crop Science, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
3State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, School of Forestry and Biotechnology, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou 311300, China
4Department of Biology, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO 63103, USA
5Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Haixia Applied Plant Systems Biology and Quality Science and Processing Technology in Special Starch, Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Genetics & Breeding and Multiple Utilization of Crops, College of Crop Science, Fuzhou, China
*Corresponding author. E-mail: feichen@njau.edu.cn,fafuzhang@163.com

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

Abstract

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.