Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions (Feb 2021)

Genome Sequence of the Biocontrol Agent Coniothyrium minitans Conio (IMI 134523)

  • Denise Patel,
  • Taiwo A. Shittu,
  • Riccardo Baroncelli,
  • Sreenivasaprasad Muthumeenakshi,
  • Thomas H. Osborne,
  • Thamarai K. Janganan,
  • Surapareddy Sreenivasaprasad

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-05-20-0124-A
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 34, no. 2
pp. 222 – 225

Abstract

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Coniothyrium minitans (synonym, Paraphaeosphaeria minitans) is a highly specific mycoparasite of the wide host range crop pathogen Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. The capability of C. minitans to destroy the sclerotia of S. sclerotiorum has been well recognized and it is available as a widely used biocontrol product Contans WG. We present the draft genome sequence of C. minitans Conio (IMI 134523), which has previously been used in extensive studies that formed part of a registration package of the commercial product. This work provides a distinctive resource for further research into the molecular basis of mycoparasitism to harness the biocontrol potential of C. minitans.