Description

Finger millet (Eleusine coracana) is an annual herbaceous plant widely grown as a cereal crop in the arid and semiarid areas in Africa and Asia. It is a tetraploid and self-pollinating species probably evolved from its wild relative Eleusine africana.

Finger millet is native to the Ethiopian and Ugandan highlands. Interesting crop characteristics of finger millet are the ability to withstand cultivation at altitudes over 2,000 metres (6,600 ft) above sea level, its high drought tolerance, and the long storage time of the grains.

Whole Genomes

Whole Genome Sequences & Annotations for Eleusine coracana

• Eleusine coracana KNE796-S

S genes

Eleusine coracana KNE796-S S genes

Query	Chromosome	Size(bp)	Coordinates	tBLASTn Hit	tBLASTn %ID	Domain
DUF247I-S	BQKI01000085.1	18079453	17201219-17202907	Cfungigraminus	63	DUF247
DUF247II-S1Ψ	BQKI01000007.1	28293131	25146095-25147603	Bdecipiens	59	DUF247
DUF247II-S2Ψ	BQKI01000085.1	18079453	17189097-17189579	Bdecipiens	63	DUF247
HPS10-S	BQKI01000085.1	18079453	17199750-17199859, 17199954-17200116	ShybridS3	63	-
DUF247I-Z1Ψ	BQKI01000009.1	23026135	2500678-2501115	AatlanticaDUF247I-Z	71	DUF247
DUF247I-Z2Ψ	BQKI01000079.1	25899519	2309413-2310468	Pvirgatum	64	DUF247
DUF247II-ZΨ	BQKI01000009.1	23026135	2496883-2497203	AlongiglumisDUF247II-Z	63	DUF247
HPS10-Z	BQKI01000009.1	23026135	2498875-2499055, 2499151-2499257	Ecrus-galliZ2	63	-

Downloads

The Eleusine coracana S gene sequences are available in FASTA format.

CDS and Protein (FASTA file)

S-gene_Eleusine_coracana

Publications

Devos KM, Qi P, Bahri BA, Gimode DM, Jenike K, Manthi SJ, Lule D, Lux T, Martinez-Bello L, Pendergast TH 4th, Plott C, Saha D, Sidhu GS, Sreedasyam A, Wang X, Wang H, Wright H, Zhao J, Deshpande S, de Villiers S, Dida MM, Grimwood J, Jenkins J, Lovell J, Mayer KFX, Mneney EE, Ojulong HF, Schatz MC, Schmutz J, Song B, Tesfaye K, Odeny DA. Genome analyses reveal population structure and a purple stigma color gene candidate in finger millet. Nat Commun. 2023 Jun 21;14(1):3694. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-38915-6.

Hittalmani S, Mahesh HB, Shirke MD, Biradar H, Uday G, Aruna YR, Lohithaswa HC, Mohanrao A. Genome and Transcriptome sequence of Finger millet (Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn.) provides insights into drought tolerance and nutraceutical properties. BMC Genomics. 2017 Jun 15;18(1):465. doi: 10.1186/s12864-017-3850-z.

Hatakeyama M, Aluri S, Balachadran MT, Sivarajan SR, Patrignani A, Grüter S, Poveda L, Shimizu-Inatsugi R, Baeten J, Francoijs KJ, Nataraja KN, Reddy YAN, Phadnis S, Ravikumar RL, Schlapbach R, Sreeman SM, Shimizu KK. Multiple hybrid de novo genome assembly of finger millet, an orphan allotetraploid crop. DNA Res. 2018 Feb 1;25(1):39-47. doi: 10.1093/dnares/dsx036.