Genome Assemblies

Mints

 

Apple mint – Mentha suaveolens

mint plant

  • We assembled the genome of diploid Mentha suaveolens (Pl 557898 or CMEN 13), obtained from the USDA Mint Germplasm Collection (Corvallis, OR, USA).

  • Download links and methods details

  • Associated publication with genetic map information: Tsai et al, 2021

  • Genome Assembly Data Note publication

  • This work was funded by Mars Wrigley

Water mint – Mentha aquatica

watermint

  • We assembled the genome of a hybrid polyploid mint called Mentha aquatica (Pl 617488 or CMEN 678), obtained from the USDA Mint Germplasm Collection (Corvallis, OR, USA).

  • The assembly files have been posted on FigShare. 

  • This work was funded by the Mint Industry Research Council (MIRC).

 

 

 

Horse mint – Mentha longifolia

longifolia mint

  • The genome of diploid horse mint, Mentha longifolia  (Pl 557767 or CMEN 585), obtained from the USDA Mint Germplasm Collection (Corvallis, OR, USA) was sequenced previously (see Vining et al, 2022.)

  • Genome assembly files can be found on the Mint Genomic Resources page from Markus Lange Laboratory website (WSU).

  • Our laboratory has assembled the genome of another clone of Mentha longifolia (PI 557755 or CMEN 17), also obtained from the USDA Mint Germplasm Collection (Corvallis, OR, USA). The assembly files can be found here. The association publication was accepted on October 7, 2025 and the link will be updated shortly. This work was funded by Mars Wrigley.

 

 

Peppermint – Mentha piperita Black Mitcham

Black Mitcham plant

  • We are in the process of assembling the genome of elite peppermint Black Mitcham.

 

 

 

Spearmint – Mentha spicata

spearmint plant

  • We are also finalizing the genome of Mentha spicata l. var. crispa Schr. (PI 557802), obtained from the USDA Mint Germplasm Collection (Corvallis, OR, USA).

  • Stay tuned…

 

 

 

 

Potato

 

potato flowers
Tetraploid Potato – Red Polenta
  • We assembled the genome of tetraploid potato variety “Red Polenta” (PI310467)
  • This was obtained from the USDA Potato Germplasm Collection (Sturgeon Bay, WI)
  • This work was funded by NSF IOS 1956429 to LC and IMH.

 

 

 

 

Other Plant Genomes

 

persimmons
Diploid Persimmon – Dyospyros lotus
  • We assembled the genome of diploid persimmon, Diospyros lotus.
  • This works was published in 2020: Akagi et al, PLoS Genetics, 2020.
  • Data is available from the PersimmonDB hosted by the
  • This work was funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) IOS award under Grant No. 1457230 (to IMH and LC).