Draft Genome Sequence of a European Isolate of the Apple Canker Pathogen Neonectria ditissima

Antonio Gómez-Cortecero; Richard J Harrison; Andrew D Armitage

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01243-15

Draft Genome Sequence of a European Isolate of the Apple Canker Pathogen Neonectria ditissima

Genome Announc. 2015 Nov 19;3(6):e01243-15. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01243-15.

Authors

Antonio Gómez-Cortecero¹, Richard J Harrison¹, Andrew D Armitage²

Affiliations

¹ East Malling Research, East Malling, Kent, United Kingdom.
² East Malling Research, East Malling, Kent, United Kingdom andrew.armitage@emr.ac.uk.

Abstract

The Sordariomycetes fungus Neonectria ditissima is a major pathogen of apples, causing canker on trees and fruit spoilage. We report here the draft genome sequence of a European strain isolated from cankerous tissue.