Description

Eleusine indica, the Indian goosegrass, yard-grass, goosegrass, wiregrass, or crowfootgrass, is a species of grass in the family Poaceae. It is a small annual grass distributed throughout the warmer areas of the world to about 50 degrees latitude. It is an invasive species in some areas. Eleusine indica is closely related to Eleusine coracana (finger millet or African finger millet), and the diploid E. indica is likely an ancestor of the allotetraploid E. coracana. Seeds of E. indica are edible and are sometimes used as a famine food, but yields are low. It is an important weed of cultivated crops, lawns, and golf courses. It thrives in disturbed areas with compacted soils in full sun. Both tillage and herbicides are used in its control. This low-growing grass is capable of setting seed even when closely mown. Some populations have evolved resistance to certain herbicides, including glyphosate. Eleusine indica performs C4 photosynthesis and therefore can grow in hot climates and in the hotter months of the temperate zone. Its seeds germinate later in spring than most other temperate zone weeds, such as crabgrasses. Though usually considered an annual, it may survive for more than a year in climates not subject to frost.

Whole Genomes

Whole Genome Sequences & Annotations for Eleusine indica

• Eleusine indica ASM3037835v1

S genes

Eleusine indica ASM3037835v1 S genes

Query	Chromosome	Size(bp)	Coordinates	tBLASTn Hit	tBLASTn %ID	Domain
DUF247II-SΨ	3	63742515	39275110-39276441	Ttriandra	60	DUF247
DUF247I-ZΨ	9	42109816	2281031-2281468	Pnotatum	59	DUF247
DUF247II-Z	9	42109816	2277238-2278836	Onivara	67	DUF247
HPS10-Z	9	42109816	2279251-2279431, 2279528-2279634	DexilisZ2	32	-

Downloads

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

CDS and Protein (FASTA file)

S-gene_Eleusine_indica

Publications

Zhang H, Hall N, Goertzen LR, Bi B, Chen CY, Peatman E, Lowe EK, Patel J, McElroy JS. Development of a goosegrass (Eleusine indica) draft genome and application to weed science research. Pest Manag Sci. 2019 Oct;75(10):2776-2784. doi: 10.1002/ps.5389.

Zhang C, Johnson NA, Hall N, Tian X, Yu Q, Patterson EL. Subtelomeric 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase copy number variation confers glyphosate resistance in Eleusine indica. Nat Commun. 2023 Aug 11;14(1):4865. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-40407-6.