an ideal platform to accurately characterize and utilize genetic variation in the primary gene
pool of hybrid crops. Here we report three platinum grade de-novo, near gap-free,
chromosome-level reference genome assemblies from the active breeding germplasm in
pearl millet with a high degree of contiguity, completeness, and accuracy. An improved Tift
genome (Tift23D2B1-P1-P5) assembly has a contig N50~ 7,000-fold (126 Mb) compared to …