Table 1.

Illumina sequencing data after quality filtering as input for assembly (a) and assembly results (b) for Beta patula and B.v. maritima

(a)
	Input data
	Beta patula		Beta vulgaris ssp. maritima
	Insert size (kbp)	Filtered pairs (million)	Insert size (kbp)	Filtered pairs (million)
Paired‐end	0.6	336	0.6*	390
Mate‐pair	2.5	56	2.5*	30
	4	17	2.5	41
	5	58	5*	35
	6	27	5	42
	9	28	10	22

(b)
	Assembly results
	Beta patula	Beta vulgaris ssp. maritima
Total size	624 Mbp	590 Mbp
Sequences ≥ 500 bp	41 354	28 626
N50 size	271 kbp	176 kbp
N50 number	654	887
N90 size	20 kbp	24 kbp
N90 number	2905	4177
Avg. seq. length	15 kbp	21 kbp
Longest sequence	1.68 Mbp	2.42 Mbp

Asterisks refer to data sets generated with previous work (Capistrano‐Gossmann et al., ²⁰¹⁷). In (b), only scaffolds and contigs of length 500 bp or larger were considered.