High-Quality Reference Genome Sequence for the Oomycete Vegetable Pathogen Phytophthora capsici Strain LT1534
Jason Stajich, Andrea L. Vu, Howard S. Judelson, Gregory Vogel, Michael A. Gore, Maryn O. Carlson, Nicholas P. Devitt, Jennifer L. Jacobi, Joann Mudge, Kurt Lamour, Christine D. Smart
Abstract
The oomycete Phytophthora capsici is a destructive pathogen of a wide range of vegetable hosts, especially peppers and cucurbits. A 94.17-Mb genome assembly was constructed using PacBio and Illumina data and annotated with support from transcriptome sequencing (RNA-Seq) reads.
Topics & Concepts
OomycetePhytophthora capsiciBiologyGenomeWhole genome sequencingTranscriptomePhytophthoraGeneticsPathogenReference genomeComputational biologyGeneBotanyGene expressionPlant Pathogens and ResistanceGenomics and Phylogenetic StudiesPlant Disease Resistance and Genetics