Draft genome sequence of two monosporidial lines of the Karnal bunt fungus Tilletia indica Mitra (PSWKBGH-1 and PSWKBGH-2).

Authors: Sharma, Pradeep and Tiwari, Ratan and Saharan, M S and Sharma, Indu and Kumar, Jitender and Mishra, Shefali and Muthusamy, Senthilkumar K and Gupta, R K and Jaiswal, Sarika and Iquebal, M A and Angadi, U B and Kumar, Neeraj and Fatma, Samar and Rai, Anil and Kumar, Dinesh

Karnal bunt disease caused by the fungus Tilletia indica Mitra is a serious concern due to strict quarantines affecting international trade of wheat. We announce here the first draft assembly of two monosporidial lines, PSWKBGH-1 and -2, of this fungus, having approximate sizes of 37.46 and 37.21 Mbp, respectively. Copyright © 2016 Sharma et al.

Journal: Genome announcements
DOI: 10.1128/genomeA.00928-16
Year: 2016

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