Table 7.
Details of genome organization and other characteristics of underused crops.
| Species | Ploidy level | Chr. no. | Approx. genome size |
Genes annotated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eleusine coracana | Allotetraploid | 36 | 1.6 Gb | 85,243 |
| Setaria italica | Diploid | 18 | 513 Mb | 38,801 |
| Chenopodium quinoa | Allotetraploid | 36 | 1.5 Gb | 62,512 |
| Amaranthus sp. | Diploid | 32, 34 | 466 Mb | 23,059 |
| Fagopyrum esculentum | Diploid | 16 | 540 Mb | 35,816 |
| Fagopyrum tataricum | Diploid | 16 | 540 Mb | 33,366 |