Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions (2020) 33, 724-726

Neeraj Purushotham, Ashley Jones, Barsha Poudel, Jamila Nasim, Dante Adorada, Adam Sparks, Benjamin Schwessinger and Niloofar Vaghefi (2020)
Draft genome resource for Macrophomina phaseolina associated with charcoal rot in sorghum
Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 33 (5), 724-726
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.
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Database assignments for author(s): Adam H. Sparks

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
molecular biology - genes

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Macrophomina phaseolina	Sorghum (crop)