Tamarindus indica telomere-to-telomere genome reveals tartaric acid accumulation in fruit

doi:10.1016/j.pld.2025.12.011

Plant Diversity ›› 2026, Vol. 48 ›› Issue (02): 429-432.DOI: 10.1016/j.pld.2025.12.011

Tamarindus indica telomere-to-telomere genome reveals tartaric acid accumulation in fruit

Zhidong Li^a,b,c,d, Shenghao Wang^a,c, Shuling Wang^a,c, Chong Wang^a,c, Hongbin Zhang^a,c, Fei Chen^a,c, Wenquan Wang^a,c

a. State Key Laboratory of Tropical Crop Breeding, College of Breeding and Multiplication (Sanya Institute of Breeding and Multiplication), Hainan University, Sanya 572025, China;
b. State Key Laboratory of Tropical Crop Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Resources of Rubber Tree, State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Cultivation and Physiology for Tropical Crops, Rubber Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou 571101, China;
c. College of Tropical Agriculture and Forestry, Hainan University, Danzhou 571737, China;
d. Sanya Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Sanya 572025, China

Received:2025-09-16 Revised:2025-12-17 Online:2026-05-19 Published:2026-03-25
Contact: Zhidong Li,E-mail:184514@hainanu.edu.cn;Fei Chen,E-mail:chenfei@hainanu.edu.cn;Wenquan Wang,E-mail:wangwenquan@itbb.org.cn
Supported by:
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (32172614), Hainan Province Science and Technology Special Fund (ZDYF2023XDNY050), Hainan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (324RC452).

Tamarindus indica telomere-to-telomere genome reveals tartaric acid accumulation in fruit

Zhidong Li^a,b,c,d, Shenghao Wang^a,c, Shuling Wang^a,c, Chong Wang^a,c, Hongbin Zhang^a,c, Fei Chen^a,c, Wenquan Wang^a,c

a. State Key Laboratory of Tropical Crop Breeding, College of Breeding and Multiplication (Sanya Institute of Breeding and Multiplication), Hainan University, Sanya 572025, China;
b. State Key Laboratory of Tropical Crop Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Resources of Rubber Tree, State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Cultivation and Physiology for Tropical Crops, Rubber Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou 571101, China;
c. College of Tropical Agriculture and Forestry, Hainan University, Danzhou 571737, China;
d. Sanya Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Sanya 572025, China

通讯作者: Zhidong Li,E-mail:184514@hainanu.edu.cn;Fei Chen,E-mail:chenfei@hainanu.edu.cn;Wenquan Wang,E-mail:wangwenquan@itbb.org.cn
基金资助:
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (32172614), Hainan Province Science and Technology Special Fund (ZDYF2023XDNY050), Hainan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (324RC452).

Abstract

Key words: Tamarindus indica, Telomere-to-telomere genome, Tartaric acid

关键词: Tamarindus indica, Telomere-to-telomere genome, Tartaric acid

Zhidong Li, Shenghao Wang, Shuling Wang, Chong Wang, Hongbin Zhang, Fei Chen, Wenquan Wang. Tamarindus indica telomere-to-telomere genome reveals tartaric acid accumulation in fruit[J]. Plant Diversity, 2026, 48(02): 429-432.

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