Complete chloroplast genome sequence of ‘Field Muskmelon,’ an invasive weed to China

Abstract

Cucumis melo L. var. agrestis Naud., commonly known as ‘Field Muskmelon,’ is an annual invasive weed in many parts of China. However, there is very little available information about the chloroplast genome of this species. Here, we first report and characterize its complete chloroplast genome sequence based on Illumina paired-end sequencing data. The complete plastid genome was 155,402 bp, which contained inverted repeats (IR) of 25,514 bp separated by a large single-copy (LSC) and a small single copy (SSC) of 86,287 bp and 18,087 bp, respectively. The complete chloroplast genome contains 133 genes, comprising 87 protein-coding genes, 37 tRNA genes, 8 rRNA genes and 1 pseudogene. The overall GC content of the plastome is 36.9%. The phylogenetic analysis of 16 selected chloroplast genomes demonstrated that C. melo var. agrestis Naud was close to congeneric species C. xhytivus.