Eragrostis tef

Overview

Genus Eragrostis
Species tef
Common Name Teff, Williams lovegrass, or annual bunch grass
Abbreviation E. tef
Ploidy Allotetraploids 
Chromosome Number 2n=4x=40
Genome Size 700 Mb
Genome Assemblies 2
Cross Reference NCBI taxon: 110835

Organism Image

Description

Teff, also known as Eragrostis tef, Williams lovegrass, or annual bunch grass, is an annual grass, a species of lovegrass native to the Horn of Africa, notably to both Eritrea and Ethiopia. It is cultivated for its edible seeds, also known as teff. Teff was one of the earliest plants domesticated. It is one of the most important staple crops in Ethiopia and Eritrea.

Whole Genomes

Whole Genome Sequences & Annotations for Eragrostis tef

S genes

Eragrostis tef Salk_teff_dabbi_3.0 S genes

QueryChromosomeSize(bp)CoordinatestBLASTn HittBLASTn %IDDomain
DUF247I-S1Ψ2A3542588516547076-16548158Pvirgatum64DUF247
DUF247I-S22B3063364113934951-13936612Pvirgatum65DUF247
DUF247II-SΨ2A3542588516556070-16556345Pvirgatum62DUF247
HPS10-S12A3542588516548994-16549123,
16549350-16549459
Pvirgatum60-
HPS10-S22B3063364113941664-13941826,
13941942-13942048
Pvirgatum59-
DUF247I-Z17A264595002638547-2640109LpZDUF247-I_chromosome258DUF247
DUF247I-Z27B233834622307379-2308995LpZDUF247-I_chromosome258DUF247
DUF247II-Z17A264595002634780-2636447Shybrid57DUF247
DUF247II-Z2Ψ7B233834622302636-2303658Efulvus63DUF247
HPS10-Z17A264595002637270-2637370,
2637456-2637606
LpsZ_contig453859-
HPS10-Z27B2338346222621978-22622084,
22622151-22622289
LpsZ_chromosome259-

Downloads

The Eragrostis tef S gene sequences are available in FASTA format.

CDS and Protein (FASTA file) S-gene_Eragrostis_tef

Publications

Cannarozzi G, Plaza-Wüthrich S, Esfeld K, Larti S, Wilson YS, Girma D, de Castro E, Chanyalew S, Blösch R, Farinelli L, Lyons E, Schneider M, Falquet L, Kuhlemeier C, Assefa K, Tadele Z. Genome and transcriptome sequencing identifies breeding targets in the orphan crop tef (Eragrostis tef). BMC Genomics. 2014 Jul 9;15(1):581. doi: 10.1186/1471-2164-15-581.

VanBuren R, Man Wai C, Wang X, Pardo J, Yocca AE, Wang H, Chaluvadi SR, Han G, Bryant D, Edger PP, Messing J, Sorrells ME, Mockler TC, Bennetzen JL, Michael TP. Exceptional subgenome stability and functional divergence in the allotetraploid Ethiopian cereal teff. Nat Commun. 2020 Feb 14;11(1):884. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-14724-z.

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