Golovinomyces cichoracearum UMSG1 (Sow thistle powdery mildew)
Golovinomyces cichoracearum
Powdery mildew (PM) is one of the most important and widespread plant diseases caused by obligate biotrophic Ascomycete fungi in the order of Erysiphales. Monocot PM fungi such as Blumeria graminis f.sp. hordei (Bgh) infectious on barley and B. graminis f.sp. tritici (Bgt) infectious on wheat exhibit high-level of host-specialization. By contrast, many dicot PM fungi display rather broad host ranges. To understand why different PM fungi adopt distinct modes of host-adaption, we sequenced the genomes of four dicot PM strains belonging to Golovinomyces cichoracearum (GcC1, GcM1, GcM3) or Oidium neolycopersici (OnM2) and conducted comparative sequence analyses. This bioproject included the sequencing and assembly information of Golovinomyces cichoracearum UMSG1 (GcM1) which is found on sow thistle plants grown on the Shady Grove campus of University of Maryland. The genome was sequenced at 30X coverage using an Illumina shotgun sequncing approach. The estimated genome size is 222 Mb.
isolate
UMSG1
collected_by
Shunyuan Xiao
collection_date
2012
geo_loc_name
USA: Rockville, Maryland
isolation_source
sow thistle plants grown on the Shady Grove campus of University of Maryland
lat_lon
39.084 N 77.1528 W
nat_host
Sonchus oleraceus
BioSampleModel
Pathogen.env