Table 1 Summary of the SS_SBa Sugarcane BAC library

Germplasm Cloning vector

Sugarcane variety SP80-3280 pAGIBAC1

Partial digest enzyme

HindIII

Number of clones

36,864

Number of 384-well plates

96

Number of analyzed clones

192

Average insert size (kb)

125

Minimum insert size (kb)

29

Maximum insert size (kb)

293

Number of high quality BES

378

Average BES read length (bp)*

944

Chloroplast contamination (%)

0.5

Mitochondrial contamination

None

Number of monoploid genome equivalents**

5-6 X