Draft Genome Resource for Macrophomina phaseolina Associated with Charcoal Rot in Sorghum

Neeraj Purushotham, Ashley Jones, Barsha Poudel, Jamila Nasim, Dante Adorada, Adam Sparks, Benjamin Schwessinger, Niloofar Vaghefi*

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    Abstract

    Macrophomina phaseolina is a soil-borne phytopathogenic fungus that causes charcoal rot in several plant species, including sorghum. We constructed a draft genome of M. phaseolina isolate BRIP 70780a from sorghum, using long-read native DNA from MinION sequencing, which was error-corrected using short-read Illumina MiSeq reads. The draft genome, consisting of 22 contigs with an N50 of 4,257,441 bp, 99.3% complete benchmarking universal single-copy orthologs, and 14,471 genes, is a valuable resource to aid future studies in population genomics and molecular diagnostic marker development for rapid detection of the pathogen.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)724-726
    Number of pages3
    JournalMolecular Plant-Microbe Interactions
    Volume33
    Issue number5
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - May 2020

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