10.60507/FK2/IHEIMY Shittu, Moyosore Priscilla Moyosore Priscilla Shittu https://orcid.org/0009-0002-6464-7420 University of Bonn Pucker, Boas Boas Pucker https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3321-7471 University of Bonn bonndata 2026 Agricultural Sciences Medicine, Health and Life Sciences Other Pucker, Boas Boas Pucker University of Bonn 2026-09-18 2026-09-18 10.60507/FK2/IHEIMY/DPGAX2 10.60507/FK2/IHEIMY/XCPFR5 10.60507/FK2/IHEIMY/1RUD7R 10.60507/FK2/IHEIMY/GVGESQ 10.60507/FK2/IHEIMY/CWACAK 10.60507/FK2/IHEIMY/DRTMYL 10.60507/FK2/IHEIMY/47QDJF 10.60507/FK2/IHEIMY/P26MTR 10.60507/FK2/IHEIMY/IBKZDQ 10.60507/FK2/IHEIMY/PMZHHY 10.60507/FK2/IHEIMY/WFHWI6 10.60507/FK2/IHEIMY/FYEAEK 28469541 27922655 28534992 28137574 28230477 29413842 25873812 26165867 38637481 39683138 37590433 4669 application/zip application/zip application/zip application/zip application/zip application/zip application/zip application/zip application/zip application/zip application/zip text/plain 1.0 Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The genome annotation of 11 Manihot esculenta (cassava) cultivars retrieved from the NCBI genome database. We predicted gene models using the homology-based annotation tool GeMoMa, using Jatropha curcas and Hevea brasiliensis, both close relatives of cassava within the Euphorbiaceae, as reference gene models. This annotation resource was generated to support a comparative genomics investigation into the genetic basis of intraspecific pigmentation differences in cassava, with a particular focus on the MYB-bHLH-WD40 (MBW) regulatory complex controlling anthocyanin biosynthesis (R2R3-MYB and R3-MYB activators/repressors and their bHLH partners). This data publication contains the coding sequences, predicted polypeptide sequences, and structural annotations (GFF3) for each of the 11 cultivars.