Raphanus raphanistrum x Raphanus sativus isolate:Single Maternal Line Genome sequencing

For agriculturally important plants, pollination and herbivory are two considerations that play into the success of crop yields. Both factors are also important in natural environments where invasive plants and their effect on species interactions may alter the native ecology. The California wild radish (Raphanus sativus x raphanistrum), a hybrid derived from an agriculturally important crop and a nonnative cultivar is common in California having recently replaced wild populations of both progenitors. Here we provide the genome assembly of the California Wild Radish displaying modest improvement to currently existing genomes for agronomically important crucifers. A genome provides the tools to dissect the genomic architecture of traits related to herbivory and pollination using natural variation in the wild as well as the ability to infer demographic and selective history in the context of hybridization.