Abstract
The Sweetleaf ( Stevia rebaudiana: Asteraceae) is widely grown for use as a sweetener. We present the whole genome sequence and annotation of this species. A total of 146,838,888 paired-end reads consisting of 22.2G bases were obtained by sequencing one leaf from a commercially grown seedling. The reads were assembled by a de-novo method followed by alignment to related species. Annotation was performed via GenMark-ES. The raw and assembled data is publicly available via GenBank: Sequence Read Archive ( SRR6792730) and Assembly ( GCA_009936405).
Highlights
The Sweetleaf (Stevia rebaudiana: Asteraceae) is cultivated commercially for use as a sweetener
The sweetness is due to various steviol glycosides, primarily stevioside and rebaudioside
Stevia rebaudiana has been used as a sweetener for centuries in Brazil and Paraguay (Misra et al, 2011)
Summary
The Sweetleaf (Stevia rebaudiana: Asteraceae) is cultivated commercially for use as a sweetener. Keywords Stevia rebaudiana, Sweetleaf, genome, assembly, annotation 2. Andrew Miller , University of Illinois, Illinois, USA Illinois Natural History Survey, Illinois, USA This article is included in the Genome Sequencing gateway. 3. Dawson White , Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, USA
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