The complete chloroplast genome of dalmatian pyrethrum (Tanacetum cinerariifolium (Trevir.) Sch. Bip. (Asteraceae)), the source of the natural insecticide pyrethrin

Abstract

Tanacetum cinerariifolium is an endemic species of the eastern Adriatic coast that synthesizes the natural insecticide pyrethrin. We have characterized the complete chloroplast genome of the species and analyzed its phylogeny within the Asteraceae family. The complete chloroplast genome of T. cinerariifolium has a size of 150,136 bp, including a large single-copy (LSC) region of 82,717 bp, a small single-copy (SSC) region of 18,411bp, and a pair of inverted repeats (IRs) of 24,504 bp. The chloroplast genome of T. cinerariifolium encodes 108 genes, including 77 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 27 tRNA genes, and 4 rRNA genes. Phylogenetic analyses based on the complete chloroplast genomes placed T. cinerariifolium in a sister position to species of the genera Artemisia and Chrysanthemum.

Keywords:

• Tanacetum cinerariifolium
• chloroplast genome
• phylogeny

Ethic statement

The collection of plant material was carried out in accordance with guidelines provided by national regulations and permitted by the authority of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Energy of the Republic of Croatia (UP/I-612-07/17-48/47, 517-07-1-1-1-17-6; 21. April 2017).

Author contributions

AT and ZŠ contributed to the conception and design of the study, analysis, and interpretation of the data. AT wrote the first version of the manuscript. ZL, MG, JJ, FV, and ZŠ critically reviewed the article regarding its intellectual content. ZL collected biological samples. All authors read, discussed, and approved the final version and all authors agree to be accountable for all aspects of the work.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

Data availability statement

The genome sequence data that support the findings of this study are openly available in GenBank of NCBI at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov under the accession no. MZ984207. The associated BioProject, SRA, and Bio-Sample numbers are PRJNA799694, SRR17714824, and SAMN25207243, respectively.

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Funding

This research has been funded by the project KK.01.1.1.01.0005 Biodiversity and Molecular Plant Breeding, Center of Excellence for Biodiversity, and Molecular Plant Breeding (CoE CroP-BioDiv), Zagreb, Croatia.