Genome sequence of Hemileia vastatrix Berk. and Br. (Race I), the causal agent of coffee leaf rust, isolate from Risaralda, Colombia

Carlos A Ángel C; Gustavo A Marín-Ramírez; Carlos E Maldonado

doi:10.1128/MRA.00444-23

Genome sequence of Hemileia vastatrix Berk. and Br. (Race I), the causal agent of coffee leaf rust, isolate from Risaralda, Colombia

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2023 Nov 16;12(11):e0044423. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00444-23. Epub 2023 Oct 4.

Authors

Carlos A Ángel C¹, Gustavo A Marín-Ramírez¹, Carlos E Maldonado²

Affiliations

¹ Plant Pathology, Colombian National Coffee Federation (FNC)/National Coffee Research Center (CENICAFE) , Chinchiná, Colombia.
² Plant Breeding, Colombian National Coffee Federation (FNC)/National Coffee Research Center (CENICAFE) , Chinchiná, Colombia.

Abstract

Coffee leaf rust, caused by the fungus Hemileia vastatrix (Basidiomycota; Pucciniomycota), is a devastating disease spread worldwide. To improve the available genomes, we use PacBio HiFi sequencing enhanced by Dovetail Omni-C chromatin conformation capture to assemble a highly contiguous 747.98 Mb genome of an isolate collected from Coffea arabica.

Keywords: Coffea arabica; Dovetail Omni-C; Hemileia vastatrix; PacBio HiFi; annotation; coffee leaf rust; genomes; transposable elements.

Grants and funding

PAT102006/Centro Nacional de Investigaciones de Café (CENICAFÉ)