Affiliation:
1. Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331
2. Department of Forest Engineering, Resources, and Management, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331
Abstract
In North America, Coniferiporia weirii causes root and butt rot of western redcedar (Thuja plicata) and yellow-cedar (Callitropsis nootkatensis). There is currently no draft genome for C. weirii. As a result, C. weirii isolate 30910 originally isolated from a Thuja plicata in Idaho, U.S.A., was sequenced using an Illumina HiSeq 3000 sequencing system. The genome was assembled into 24,918 scaffolds with a scaffold N50 length of 53,821 bp. The total size of the genome was estimated to be 42.2 Mb. This included 96% and 95% recovery of basidiomycete complete and single-copy BUSCO genes, respectively. A total of 3.2% of the assessed BUSCO genes were missing and were not recovered. The assembly contained 10,351 predicted protein-coding genes. The estimated mean gene length of the predicted genes was 1,911 bp. While much is known about the biology of this fungus, little is known about its genome. This draft genome provides a baseline resource that will help further understand the population structure, reproductive mode, and evolutionary history of this important forest pathogen.
Subject
Plant Science,Agronomy and Crop Science