Characterization of the complete chloroplast genome of the L. cv. Atlantic (Solanaceae).

Potato ( L.), a species of the family Solanaceae, is the fourth most important food crop worldwide. L. cv. Atlantic, a main fried special potato, has a dry matter content of 19%-23% and a starch content of 16.26% in the tuber. In order to support more molecular data for the taxony of , the complete chloroplast (cp) genome sequence of L. cv. Atlantic was determined using next-generation sequencing. In leaves, the chloroplast genome accounts for 5.49% of the total genome. The entire cp genome was determined to be 155,296 bp in length. It contained large single-copy (LSC) and small single-copy (SSC) regions of 85,737 and 18,373 bp, respectively, which were separated by a pair of 25,593 bp inverted repeat (IR) regions. The genome contained 132 genes, including 87 protein-coding genes, 37 tRNA genes, and eight rRNA genes. The overall GC content of the genome is 37.9%. A phylogenetic tree reconstructed by 64 chloroplast genomes reveals that L. cv. Atlantic is most closely related to L. cv. Desiree.