1. Draft genome sequence of Sclerospora graminicola, the pearl millet downy mildew pathogen
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S. Chandra Nayaka, Om Vir Singh, Pankaj Kaushal, Rakesh K. Srivastava, Swati Puranik, T.A. Anoop, H. Shekar Shetty, M. Nagaraju, C. Tara Satyavathi, P. B. Kavi Kishor, A.V.S.K. Mohan Katta, V. B. Reddy Lachagari, Rattan Yadav, Boney Kuriakose, Pranav Pankaj Sahu, M. Milner Kumar, and Navajeet Chakravartty
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0301 basic medicine ,Whole genome sequencing ,biology ,business.industry ,lcsh:Biotechnology ,Sclerospora graminicola ,Sequence assembly ,Virulence ,biology.organism_classification ,Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology ,Biotechnology ,03 medical and health sciences ,030104 developmental biology ,Graminicola ,lcsh:TP248.13-248.65 ,Downy mildew ,business ,Gene ,Pathogen - Abstract
Sclerospora graminicola pathogen is the most important biotic production constraints of pearl millet in India, Africa and other parts of the world. We report a de novo whole genome assembly and analysis of pathotype 1, one of the most virulent pathotypes of S. graminicola from India. The draft genome assembly contained 299,901,251 bp with 65,404 genes. This study may help understand the evolutionary pattern of pathogen and aid elucidation of effector evolution for devising effective durable resistance breeding strategies in pearl millet. Keywords: Sclerospora graminicola, Pathotype 1, Pearl millet, Downy mildew, Whole genome sequence
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- 2017