Vigna radiata Genome sequencing

Mungbean (Vigna radiata L.) is a fast-growing warm-season legume crop which widelydistributed in Asia. A large amount of self-shading of mungbean plants could reduce itsseed yield. Thus, modification of leaflet type could affect leaf canopy and improve yield.In this study, a classical locus, lobed leaflet margins (lma) in mungbean wasinvestigated, which was controlled by a semi-dominant allele. In order to map the lma,the whole genomes of AL127 carrying lma and another accession Sulu with ovalleaflets were re-sequenced. 236,998 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and8,896 Insertion/Deletions (InDels) were identified between the two accessions. Usingthe validated InDel markers, lma was mapped to a syntenic region about 730 kb onchromosome 3 in mungbean.