Mangifera indica cultivar:Amrapali Genome sequencing and assembly

Mango (Mangifera indica L.), a member of the family Anacardiaceae is an allotetraploid fruit tree with small genome size of 439 Mbp packed in 20 chromosomes (2n = 40). Vavilov has suggested Indo-Burma region as the centre of origin of mango. Mukherjee considered origin of genus Mangifera probably in Burma, Siam, Indo-china and the Malay Peninsula, but the birth of common mango in Assam-Burma region. The commercial varieties of mango have originated largely in India through selection of variants resulting from recombination and segregation of characters in the progenies and then spread to the rest of the world. Mango is known as 'king of fruits' in India for its rich taste, flavor, color, huge variability and varied end usage. With annual production of 18 Mt from an area of 2.50 Mha, India is the largest producer of mango in the world. This genomic resource will fast track the mango varietal improvement for higher productivity, disease resistance and superior quality for various end-usage in India and abroad.

杧果（Mangifera indica L.，俗称芒果）隶属于漆树科（Anacardiaceae），是一种异四倍体（allotetraploid）果树，其基因组规模为439兆碱基对（Mbp），包含20条染色体（2n = 40）。瓦维洛夫（Vavilov）提出印缅地区为芒果的起源中心。慕克吉（Mukherjee）则认为芒果属（Mangifera）的起源地大概率位于缅甸、暹罗、印度支那及马来半岛，而普通栽培芒果的起源地则为阿萨姆-缅甸区域。商业栽培芒果品种大多起源于印度，通过对杂交后代中因性状重组与分离产生的变异株进行选育而来，随后传播至全球各地。在印度，杧果因风味浓郁、色泽鲜亮、遗传变异丰富且用途多元，被誉为‘果中之王’。印度目前以250万公顷的种植面积实现年产1800万吨杧果，是全球最大的杧果生产国。本基因组资源将助力快速推进杧果品种改良进程，可为印度及全球范围内提升杧果产量、增强抗病性以及培育适配多元用途的优良品质提供支撑。