WGS sequencing and Genome Assembly of spinacia oleracea, spinacia tetrandra and spinacia turkestanica

The cultivated spinacia oleracea 'Viroflay', and two male wild species, spinacia turkestanica and s. tetrandra were sequenced using both illumina and Oxford Nanpore Technology (ONT) reads. After sequencing and filtering, the Nanopore reads were assembled and polished using the illumina reads. After assembly, the two wild species s.turkestanica and s.tetrandra were scaffolded using Dovetail Omni-C illumina reads to a chromosome scale assembly. The spinacia oleracea 'Viroflay' was assembled in chromosome scale scaffolds using only ONT reads and polished using illumina reads.