title: Genome sequences of sixPhytophthoraspecies threatening forest ecosystems.
abstract: ThePhytophthoragenus comprises of some of the most destructive plant pathogens and attack a wide range of hosts including economically valuable tree species, both angiosperm and gymnosperm. Many known species ofPhytophthoraare invasive and have been introduced through nursery and agricultural trade. As part of a larger project aimed at utilizing genomic data for forest disease diagnostics, pathogen detection and monitoring (The TAIGA project: Tree Aggressors Identification using Genomic Approaches; http://taigaforesthealth.com/), we sequenced the genomes of six importantPhytophthoraspecies that are important invasive pathogens of trees and a serious threat to the international trade of forest products. This genomic data was used to develop highly sensitive and specific detection assays and for genome comparisons and to make evolutionary inferences and will be useful to the broader plant and tree health community. These WGS data have been deposited in the International Nucleotide Sequence Database Collaboration (DDBJ/ENA/GenBank) under the accession numbers AUPN01000000, AUVH01000000, AUWJ02000000, AUUF02000000, AWVV02000000 and AWVW02000000.
authors.affiliation: Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Feau
authors.affiliation: Genome Sciences Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
authors.forename: Greg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.affiliation: Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; FPInnovations, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
authors.forename: Angela L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Dale
authors.affiliation: Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
authors.forename: Braham
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dhillon
authors.affiliation: Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Guillaume J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Bilodeau
authors.affiliation: Genome Sciences Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
authors.forename: Inanç
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Birol
authors.affiliation: Genome Sciences Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
authors.forename: Steven J M
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.affiliation: Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Institut de Biologie Intégrative des Systèmes, Université Laval, Québec, Canada.
authors.forename: Richard C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Hamelin
keywords: Forest health; Invasive species; Oomycetes