Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions (Jan 2021)

High-Quality Genome Resource of the Pathogen of Diaporthe (Phomopsis) phragmitis Causing Kiwifruit Soft Rot

  • Xiaojie Wang,
  • Hongjie Dong,
  • Jianbin Lan,
  • Yuanyuan Liu,
  • Kuan Liang,
  • Qi Lu,
  • Zemin Fang,
  • Pu Liu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-08-20-0236-A
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 34, no. 2
pp. 218 – 221

Abstract

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Diaporthe spp. are critical plant pathogens that cause wood cankers, wilt, dieback, and fruit rot in a wide variety of economic plant hosts and are regarded as one of the most acute threats faced by the kiwifruit industry worldwide. Diaporthe phragmitis NJD1 is a highly pathogenic isolate of soft rot of kiwifruit. Here, we present a high-quality genome-wide sequence of D. phragmitis NJD1 that was assembled into 28 contigs containing a total size of 58.33 Mb and N50 length of 3.55 Mb. These results lay a solid foundation for understanding host-pathogen interaction and improving disease management strategies.