Description

Lycium barbarum is a shrub native to China, with present-day range across Asia and southeast Europe. It is one of two species of boxthorn in the family Solanaceae from which the goji berry or wolfberry is harvested, the other being Lycium chinense.

Common names of the plant in English include Chinese wolfberry, barbary matrimony vine, red medlar or matrimony vine. In the United Kingdom it is also known as Duke of Argyll's tea tree after Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll who introduced it in the country in the 1730s.

The shrub is an important commercial crop in northern China, especially in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. Its Chinese name is Ningxia gǒuqǐ.

Whole Genomes

Whole Genome Sequences & Annotations for Lycium barbarum

• Lycium barbarum 'Lr01 (Isolate)' ASM1917538v2

S genes

Lycium barbarum 'Lr01 (Isolate)' ASM1917538v2 S genes

Query	Chr	Size(bp)	Coordinates	BLASTn Hit	BLASTn %ID	Domain
SLF15	Chr2	153603042	1587244-1585988	Solanum tuberosum DM8.1, SLF15	83.0	F-box domain
SLF14	Chr2	153603042	26956105-26954924	Solanum pennellii BK009220.1, SLF14	80.2	F-box domain
SLF12	Chr2	153603042	29094388-29095557	Solanum tuberosum DM8.1, SLF12	83.3	F-box domain
SLF	Chr2	153603042	64474002-64475171	Nicotiana alata EF420258.1, NaDD8-S2	84.7	F-box domain
SLF3	Chr2	153603042	72743525-72744691	Petunia hybrida AB932976.1, S7-SLF3	80.8	F-box domain
S-RNase	Chr2	153603042	77811799-77811557, 77811447-77811019	Lycium barbarum XM_060341500.1, ribonuclease S-F11-like	100.0	Ribonuclease T2 family
SLF4	Chr2	153603042	79971484-79972662	Petunia inflata KJ670477.1, S3-SLF4	81.0	F-box domain
SLF5	Chr2	153603042	105238862-105240028	Petunia hybrida AB933076.1, S0m-SLF5	82.0	F-box domain
SLF5-2	Chr2	153603042	106312249-106313415	Petunia hybrida AB933076.1, S0m-SLF5	82.0	F-box domain
SLF-2	Chr2	153603042	111823113-111824294	Nicotiana alata EF420257.1, NaDD7-S2	83.1	F-box domain
SLF18	Chr2	153603042	113743275-113744393	Solanum tuberosum DM8.1, SLF18-2	83.6	F-box domain

Downloads

The Lycium barbarum S gene sequences are available in FASTA format.

CDS and Protein (FASTA file)

S-gene_Lycium_barbarum

Publications

Wu Y, Li D, Hu Y, Li H, Ramstein GP, Zhou S, Zhang X, Bao Z, Zhang Y, Song B, Zhou Y, Zhou Y, Gagnon E, Särkinen T, Knapp S, Zhang C, Städler T, Buckler ES, Huang S. Phylogenomic discovery of deleterious mutations facilitates hybrid potato breeding. Cell. 2023 May 25;186(11):2313-2328.e15. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2023.04.008.

Zhao J, Xu Y, Li H, An W, Yin Y, Wang B, Wang L, Wang B, Duan L, Ren X, Liang X, Wang Y, Wan R, Huang T, Zhang B, Li Y, Luo J, Cao Y. Metabolite-based genome-wide association studies enable the dissection of the genetic bases of flavonoids, betaine and spermidine in wolfberry (Lycium). Plant Biotechnol J. 2024 Jan 9. doi: 10.1111/pbi.14278.

Cao YL, Li YL, Fan YF, Li Z, Yoshida K, Wang JY, Ma XK, Wang N, Mitsuda N, Kotake T, Ishimizu T, Tsai KC, Niu SC, Zhang D, Sun WH, Luo Q, Zhao JH, Yin Y, Zhang B, Wang JY, Qin K, An W, He J, Dai GL, Wang YJ, Shi ZG, Jiao EN, Wu PJ, Liu X, Liu B, Liao XY, Jiang YT, Yu X, Hao Y, Xu XY, Zou SQ, Li MH, Hsiao YY, Lin YF, Liang CK, Chen YY, Wu WL, Lu HC, Lan SR, Wang ZW, Zhao X, Zhong WY, Yeh CM, Tsai WC, Van de Peer Y, Liu ZJ. Wolfberry genomes and the evolution of Lycium (Solanaceae). Commun Biol. 2021 Jun 3;4(1):671. doi: 10.1038/s42003-021-02152-8.