Complete mitochondrial genome of plant pathogen Monilinia fructicola (Sclerotiniaceae, Helotiales)

Abstract

Monilinia fructicola is a plant pathogenic fungus usually causing brown rot in the stone fruit crops. Here, the complete mitochondrial genome of M. fructicola is first reported, and the length of the circular genome was 163,790 bp and the content of GC was 31%. Meanwhile, it contained 28 transfer RNA (tRNA) genes, 30 protein-coding genes (PCGs) with many intron sequences and 2 ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes. Phylogenetic analysis with 15 Leotiomycetes species indicated that M. fructicola was clustered in the Sclerotiniaceae family and was closely narrowed to Botryotinia fuckeliana and Sclerotinia scleroticrum. In addition, the valuable gene information of the mitochondrial genome was provided, and the study on the control of this destructive pathogen would be facilitated.

Keywords

• monilinia fructicola
• pathogenic fungus
• mitochondrial genome
• phylogenetic analysis