A highly contiguous reference genome assembly for Colletotrichum falcatum pathotype Cf08 causing red rot disease in sugarcane.

ABSTRACT: Among the biotic factors, which affect the productivity and quality of sugarcane, red rot disease caused by the fungal pathogen, Colletotrichum falcatum is the most devastating that cause enormous loss to millers as well as cane growers. We present a highly contiguous genome assembly of C. falcatum pathotype Cf08 which is virulent to popular sugarcane varieties grown in more than 3 million hectares in sub-tropical India. By performing long read sequencing on PacBio RSII system, 56.06 Mb assemblies with 238 contigs having N50 of 0.51 Mb and L50 of 34 was produced. A BUSCO completeness score of 97.24% (including 4.1% fragmented) of the entire C. falcatum Cf08 nuclear genome, greatly improved contiguity compared to an existing highly fragmented draft of C. falca

SUBMITTER: Chandra A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7914311 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature