Genome Sequence of the Biocontrol Agent Coniothyrium minitans Conio (IMI 134523)

• Main Authors: Denise Patel, Taiwo A. Shittu, Riccardo Baroncelli, Sreenivasaprasad Muthumeenakshi, Thomas H. Osborne, Thamarai K. Janganan, Surapareddy Sreenivasaprasad
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: The American Phytopathological Society 2021-02-01
• Series: Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-05-20-0124-A

Coniothyrium minitans (synonym, Paraphaeosphaeria minitans) is a highly specific mycoparasite of the wide host range crop pathogen Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. The capability of C. minitans to destroy the sclerotia of S. sclerotiorum has been well recognized and it is available as a widely used biocontrol product Contans WG. We present the draft genome sequence of C. minitans Conio (IMI 134523), which has previously been used in extensive studies that formed part of a registration package of the commercial product. This work provides a distinctive resource for further research into the molecular basis of mycoparasitism to harness the biocontrol potential of C. minitans.