The complete chloroplast genome sequence of cultivated Prunus persica cv. 'Sovetskiy'.

The peach (Prunus persica L. Batsch) is one of the important stone fruit crops in the Crimea Peninsula and the southern part of Russia. The complete chloroplast genome of the peach cultivar 'Sovetskiy' is published in this paper. The chloroplast genome size is 157,756 bp. It contains 126 genes, including 81 protein-coding genes (PCGs), eight ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes, and 37 transfer RNA (tRNA) genes. The chloroplast genome also contains a large single-copy region of 85,960 bp, a small single-copy (SSC) region of 19,045 bp, and two inverted repeats regions of 26,375 bp and 26,372 bp. The overall base composition of the genome in descending order is 31.2% - A, 32.1% - T, 18.7% - C, and 18.0% - G. The total GC content of the chloroplast genome is 36.7%. Maximum-likelihood phylogenetic analysis involving nine chloroplast genomes of the Prunus genus revealed a separate cluster for P. persica and its possible landrace - P. ferganensis.