Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions (May 2020)

Draft Genome Sequences of Two Phytoplasma Strains Associated with Sugarcane Grassy Shoot (SCGS) and Bermuda Grass White Leaf (BGWL) Diseases

  • Kiran Kirdat,
  • Bhavesh Tiwarekar,
  • Vipool Thorat,
  • Nitin Narawade,
  • Dhiraj Dhotre,
  • Shivaji Sathe,
  • Yogesh Shouche,
  • Amit Yadav

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-01-20-0005-A
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 33, no. 5
pp. 715 – 717

Abstract

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We performed whole-genome sequencing of two phytoplasmas associated with sugarcane grassy shoot (SCGS) and Bermuda grass white leaf diseases. These are the first draft genomes of SCGS phytoplasma (strain SCGS) and ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma cynodontis’ (strain LW01) and may help to delineate these phytoplasmas at a finer taxonomic level.

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