Genome Resource of Podosphaera xanthii , the Host-Specific Fungal Pathogen That Causes Cucurbit Powdery Mildew

• Published in: Molecular plant-microbe interactions Vol. 34; no. 4; pp. 457 - 459
• Main Authors: Kim, Seunghwan, Subramaniyam, Sathiyamoorthy, Jung, Myunghee, Oh, Eun-A, Kim, Tae Ho, Kim, Jeong-Gu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Phytopathological Society 01.04.2021; The American Phytopathological Society
• Subjects: Airborne microorganisms; Ascomycota - genetics; Cucurbita; Fungi; Fungicides; Genomes; Pathogenesis; Pathogens; Pesticides; Plant Diseases; Podosphaera xanthii; Powdery mildew; Proteins; Proteomics; genome; proteomics; metabolomics; Cucurbitaceae; fungus–plant interactions; Podosphaera xanthii; genomics; pathogen; Erysiphaceae
• ISSN: 0894-0282; 1943-7706
• DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-11-20-0307-A

Approximately 33 types of commonly consumed fruits and vegetables are members of the family Cucurbitaceae, making it an important crop family worldwide. However, pathogen resistance to pesticides and fungicides has become a growing problem in cultivation practices. The identification of the effector proteins in each unique fungus-host pair would help toward the development of strategies for preventing the infection of important crops. In this study, we characterized the genome of , the fungal pathogen that causes powdery mildew disease in cucurbitaceous plants. A first-draft genome of 209.08 MB was assembled and compared with those of 25 other fungal pathogens, particularly for identifying candidate secreted effector proteins. This draft genome can serve as a valuable resource for future genomic and proteomic studies of and its host-specific pathogenesis.[Formula: see text] Copyright © 2021 The Author(s). This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International license.