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Research article - Peer-reviewed, 2021

Draft genome assemblies for tree pathogens Phytophthora pseudosyringae and Phytophthora boehmeriae

Thorpe, Peter; Vetukuri, Ramesh; Hedley, Pete; Morris, Jenny; Whisson, Maximilian A; Welsh, Lydia R. J.; Whisson, Stephen

Abstract

Species of Phytophthora, plant pathogenic eukaryotic microbes, can cause disease on many tree species. Genome sequencing of species from this genus has helped to determine components of their pathogenicity arsenal. Here, we sequenced genomes for two widely distributed species, Phytophthora pseudosyringae and Phytophthora boehmeriae, yielding genome assemblies of 49 and 40Mb, respectively. We identified more than 270 candidate disease promoting RXLR effector coding genes for each species, and hundreds of genes encoding candidate plant cell wall degrading carbohydrate active enzymes (CAZymes). These data boost genome sequence representation across the Phytophthora genus, and form resources for further study of Phytophthora pathogenesis.

Keywords

tree pathogen; Phytophthora; oomycete; effector; RXLR

Published in

G3
2021, Volume: 11, number: 11, article number: jkab282

    UKÄ Subject classification

    Agricultural Science

    Publication identifier

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/g3journal/jkab282

    Permanent link to this page (URI)

    https://res.slu.se/id/publ/113607