Draft genome of incense tree Aquilaria crassna

Lign
aloes or incense trees in the genus Aquilaria (Thymelaeaceae) are native
to the forests of southeast Asia and can produce agarwood. Among the twenty
species in this genus that have been assessed for the IUCN Red List, thirteen
of them are threatened with extinction. Nevertheless, only

the genomic resource of Aquilaria sinensis
and Aquilaria agallocha are currently available. Here, we present a draft genome assembly for the critically
endangered Aquilaria crassna, a lign aloe distributed throughout southeast Asia,
based on 10X Genomics linked-read. The 777.3 Mb genome assembly has a scaffold N50 of 40kb and is of
reasonably high completeness, with 89.8%
BUSCO score. Comparative analyses of terpenoid pathway and WRKY transcription
factor genes were carried out. This study
enriches the genomic resources for trees
in the genus Aquilaria of economic and conservation values.