Near-Complete Genomes of Two Trichoderma Species: A Resource for Biological Control of Plant Pathogens

Yi Zhou; Yilian Wang; Kai Chen; Yuanzheng Wu; Jindong Hu; Yanli Wei; Jishun Li; Hetong Yang; Maarten Ryder; Matthew D. Denton

doi:10.1094/MPMI-03-20-0076-A

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions (Aug 2020)

Near-Complete Genomes of Two Trichoderma Species: A Resource for Biological Control of Plant Pathogens

Yi Zhou,
Yilian Wang,
Kai Chen,
Yuanzheng Wu,
Jindong Hu,
Yanli Wei,
Jishun Li,
Hetong Yang,
Maarten Ryder,
Matthew D. Denton

Affiliations

Yi Zhou: China-Australia Joint Laboratory for Soil Ecological Health and Remediation, Ecology Institute, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Shandong 250013, China
Yilian Wang: China-Australia Joint Laboratory for Soil Ecological Health and Remediation, Ecology Institute, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Shandong 250013, China
Kai Chen: China-Australia Joint Laboratory for Soil Ecological Health and Remediation, Ecology Institute, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Shandong 250013, China
Yuanzheng Wu: China-Australia Joint Laboratory for Soil Ecological Health and Remediation, Ecology Institute, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Shandong 250013, China
Jindong Hu: China-Australia Joint Laboratory for Soil Ecological Health and Remediation, Ecology Institute, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Shandong 250013, China
Yanli Wei: China-Australia Joint Laboratory for Soil Ecological Health and Remediation, Ecology Institute, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Shandong 250013, China
Jishun Li: China-Australia Joint Laboratory for Soil Ecological Health and Remediation, Ecology Institute, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Shandong 250013, China
Hetong Yang: China-Australia Joint Laboratory for Soil Ecological Health and Remediation, Ecology Institute, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Shandong 250013, China
Maarten Ryder: China-Australia Joint Laboratory for Soil Ecological Health and Remediation, Ecology Institute, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Shandong 250013, China
Matthew D. Denton: China-Australia Joint Laboratory for Soil Ecological Health and Remediation, Ecology Institute, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Shandong 250013, China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-03-20-0076-A
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 33, no. 8
pp. 1036 – 1039

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Trichoderma species are widely used to control fungal and nematode diseases of crops. To date, only one complete Trichoderma genome has been sequenced, T. reesei QM6a, a model fungus for industrial enzyme production, while the species or strains used for biological control of plant diseases are only available as draft genomes. Previously, we demonstrated that two Trichoderma strains (T. afroharzianum and T. cyanodichotomus) provide effective control of nematode and fungal plant pathogens. Based on deep sequencing using Illumina and Pacbio platforms, we have assembled high-quality genomes of the above two strains, with contig N50 reaching 4.2 and 1.7 Mbp, respectively, which is greater than those of published draft genomes. The genome data will provide a resource to assist research on the biological control mechanisms of Trichoderma spp.

Published in Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

ISSN: 0894-0282 (Print); 1943-7706 (Online)
Publisher: The American Phytopathological Society
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Science: Microbiology; Science: Botany
Website: https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/journal/mpmi

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