Genomic and transcriptomic insights into the Salmacisia-buffalograss pathosystem
Salmacisia buchloeana manipulates its host to produce female reproductive structures in male plants, but the genetic underpinnings of this manipulation are unknown. Here, we present the chromosome-level DNA sequences of S. buchloeana and identify a novel chromosomal segment in the fungal genome that appears to play an important role in this plant-pathogen coevolutionary relationship.