Whole-genome shotgun sequencing of two Fusarium oxysporum strains from diseased saffron roots
Two pathogenic Fusarium oxysporum strains BZ and JD were isolated from root tissues of saffron (Crocus sativus) with fusarium wilt disease. Strain BZ was collected in Bozhou, Anhui Province, and strain JD was collected in Jiande, Zhejiang Province, China. Genomic DNA was extracted from pure-cultured mycelia. Paired-end WGS libraries with ~490 bp insert size were sequenced on the Illumina NovaSeq platform with 151 bp read length. Raw sequencing reads were applied for de-novo genome assembly, gene prediction, and functional annotation, aiming to uncover genomic features associated with pathogenicity of saffron fusarium wilt.