Complete genome assembly of the Xian rice variety IR64 as a valuable source in genomics and breeding research

doi: 10.1016/j.jgg.2025.11.010

• Min Li ^a     , 
• Tingting Sheng ^a , 
• Linjun Yu ^a , 
• Shuyue Zheng ^a , 
• Shijiao Li ^a , 
• Shuran Zhou ^a , 
• Fengcai Wu ^a , 
• Fan Zhang ^b,c , 
• Chaopu Zhang ^a , 
• Erbao liu ^a , 
• Yingyao Shi ^a , 
• Xue Mi ^d , 
• Xueru Zhang ^d , 
• Zhikang Li ^a,b,e , 
• Yanru Cui ^f     , 
• Wensheng Wang ^b,c    

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  a. College of Agronomy, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, Anhui 230036, China;

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  b. State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Resources and Breeding, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China;

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  c. National Nanfan Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Sanya, Hainan 572024, China;

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  d. Wuhan Onemore-tech Co., Ltd, Wuhan, Hubei 430000, China;

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  e. Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Genome Analysis Laboratory of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518120, China;

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  f. College of Agronomy, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, Hebei 071000, China