Description

Platycodon grandiflorus, a herbaceous perennial with bell-shaped flowers, belongs to the bellflower family, Campanulaceae. P. grandiflorus roots have been used as a popular food additive with therapeutic effects and also as a traditional medicine to treat respiratory diseases (bronchitis, asthma, tonsillitis, and pulmonary tuberculosis) and cold-related symptoms in East Asia for >2000 years

Scientific classitication

Family: Campanulaceae

Genus: Platycodon

Common Name

Jie Geng

Reference

Kim, J., Kang, S. H., Park, S. G., Yang, T. J., Lee, Y., Kim, O. T., ... & Lee, K. (2020). Whole-genome, transcriptome, and methylome analyses provide insights into the evolution of platycoside biosynthesis in Platycodon grandiflorus, a medicinal plant. Horticulture research, 7(1), 1-12.

  • SUMMARY

  • Sequence Method

    Illumina HiSeq, PacBio

  • Assembly Method

    Nextdenovo2.0

  • Genome Size

    532 Mb

  • Genome Coverage

    146x

  • Scaffolds

    2981

  • Contigs

    2484

  • N50

    527,227