PRJNA667278
Medicinal Cannabis Genome Assembly
A new high-quality improved genome sequence assembly (~900 Mb) has been generated from the Medicinal Cannabis strain Cannbio-2, that produces a balanced ratio of cannabidiol and delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol using long-read sequencing. The assembly was ordered into chromosome-scale pseudomolecules using a reference genome assembly approach, annotated and compared to the existing genome assemblies. The Cannbio-2 genome sequence assembly was found to be the most complete genome sequence available based on nucleotides assembled and BUSCO evaluation in Cannabis sativa with a comprehensive genome annotation.