First draft genome and transcriptome of Cercosporidium personatum, causal agent of late leaf spot disease of peanut.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Two main fungal leaf spot diseases occur in peanut, namely early leaf spot (ELS) and late leaf spot (LLS), these cause a yearly average of $44 million losses. Limited genetic information, 3534 bp of sequencing, exists about the causal agent of LLS, Cercosporidium personatum (syn. Nothopassalora personata, syn. Phaeoisariopsis personata). The extremely slow growth of this fungus, approximately 1 cm colony in 6 months, and challenges in nucleic acid extractions have hindered research on LLS. Our goal in this work is to provide a reference genome for research on this pathogen.

Results

Whole genome and transcriptome sequencing of the LLS fungus were obtained. A total of 233,542,110 reads of the genome were de novo assembled resulting in 1061 scaffolds, and estimated ge

SUBMITTER: Arias RS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10122357 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature