Genome-scale analyses and characteristics of putative pathogenicity genes of Stagonosporopsis cucurbitacearum, a pumpkin gummy stem blight fungus.

ABSTRACT: Outbreaks of gummy stem blight (GSB), an emerging seed pumpkin disease, have increased in number and have become more widespread in recent years. Previously we reported that Stagonosporopsis cucurbitacearum (Sc.) is the dominant fungal cause of pumpkin seedling GSB in Northeast China, where it has greatly reduced crop yields in that region. Here, high-throughput whole-genome sequencing and assembly of the Sc. genome were conducted toward revealing pathogenic molecular regulatory mechanisms involved in fungal growth and development. Zq-1 as representative Sc. strain, DNA of Zq-1was prepared for genomic sequencing, we obtained 5.24 Gb of high-quality genomic sequence data via PacBio RS II sequencing. After sequence data was processed to filter out low quality reads, a hierarchical genome-ass

SUBMITTER: Zhao Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7581720 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature