title: DNA short-read WGS of Fagus sylvatica: ITF_09
design: A set of 3 freshly harvested intact leaves were used for spectroscopy measurements and then placed in a coffee or tea filter and dried on silica gel. From these leaves, ca. 50 mg of undamaged, dry lamina was selected and stored in tubes at -20 deg C until grinding to a fine powder with steel beads using a Qiagen TissueLyser bead mill. DNA was extracted from the ground tissue using a Norgen Plant and Fungi genomic DNA extraction kit according to the manufacturers' protocol with modifications to reduce RNA contamination and to improve lysis, yield, and purity (see associated publication).