Genome Assembly and Annotation for Phoenix roebelenii

The field of ornamental plant genomics has witnessed an increase in sequencing of whole genome of ornamental plants in the last ten years. Phoenix roebelenii (pygmy date palm) is popular ornamental plant which is grown both indoor and outdoor. Pygmy date palm is a tropical and subtropical plant which belongs to the family Arecaceae. This plant is resistant to pests, tolerant to soil variation, and drought tolerant. Therefore, it is of interest to report the complete nuclear genome and organelle sequences of Phoenix roebelenii. The draft nuclear genome sequence constitutes 462,152,837 bps with 7,019 scaffolds. In total, 35.11% of repeats, 42,388 genes and 480 tRNA genes were predicted. The organelle genome sequences - chloroplast genome sequence and mitochondrial genome sequence were also reported in the study. The chloroplast genome consists of 125,222 bps and the mitochondrial genome consists of 482,735 bps.