A chromosome-level genome assembly of <i>Agave hybrid</i> NO.11648 provides insights into the CAM photosynthesis.

"data availability data generated during this study have been deposited into national genomics data center under the project accession number prjca016359 ( https://ngdc cncb ac cn/gsub/ ). data availability data generated during this study have been deposited into national genomics data center under the project accession number prjca016359"

"Conflict of interest statement: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest."

"This study was sponsored by the Earmarked fund for the China Agriculture Research System (grant No. CARS-19), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant No. 31801679), Guangdong Provincial Team of Technical System Innovation for Sugarcane Sisal Hemp Industry (grant No. 2023KJ104-03), Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation (grant Nos 2021A1515012421 and 2022A1515011841), Hainan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (321QN300 and 323MS099), and Central Public-interest Scientific Institution Basal Research Fund for Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences (grant Nos. 1630062019016, 1630062020015, 1630062022002, and 1630062021015)."