Draft genome sequence of Oryza sativa elite indica cultivar RP Bio-226

Rice cultivars show diversity in various factors influencing yield like nitrogen use efficiency, root development, and stress tolerance (Suryapriya et al., 2009; Singh et al., 2014; Begum et al., 2015; Mickelbart et al., 2015). For better understanding of the factors influencing yield of specific rice cultivars it is necessary to apply the high throughput genomic methods like whole genome sequencing, RNA-seq, smallRNA-seq, and ChIP-Seq. Improved Samba Mahsuri (RP Bio-226) is a bacterial leaf blight resistant indica rice cultivar developed through marker assisted selection from BPT5204 and SS1113. It is widely cultivated in Southern India because of its high yield, premium grain quality, and excellent cooking qualities. For understanding this cultivar in terms of nitrogen use efficiency recently we have sequenced the urea nutrition responsive transcriptome of this cultivar (Reddy and Ulaganathan, 2015). Further, with the aim of studying the genomic basis of yield of RP Bio-226 cultivar, we have sequenced the genome and analyzing it. Here we report the genomic dataset available publicly.