F. oxysporum genomic DNA was isolated from mycelium that was harvested from five-day-old NO3 Ð medium (0.17% yeast nitrogen base, 3% sucrose, 100 mM KNO3) cultures. Library preparation (170, 500 and 5000 bp inserts) and Illumina sequencing (90 bp paired-end) was performed at the Beijing Genome Institute (BGI, Hong Kong).