De Novo Assembly and Phasing of Dikaryotic Genomes from Two Isolates of Puccinia coronata f. sp. avenae, the Causal Agent of Oat Crown Rust

Oat crown rust, caused by the fungus Pucinnia coronata f. sp. avenae, is a devastating disease that impacts worldwide oat production. For much of its life cycle, P. coronata f. sp. avenae is dikaryotic, with two separate haploid nuclei that may vary in virulence genotype, highlighting the importance...

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Main Authors: Marisa E. Miller, Ying Zhang, Vahid Omidvar, Jana Sperschneider, Benjamin Schwessinger, Castle Raley, Jonathan M. Palmer, Diana Garnica, Narayana Upadhyaya, John Rathjen, Jennifer M. Taylor, Robert F. Park, Peter N. Dodds, Cory D. Hirsch, Shahryar F. Kianian, Melania Figueroa, Antonio Di Pietro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2018-02-01
Series:mBio
Online Access:http://mbio.asm.org/cgi/content/full/9/1/e01650-17