Draft Genome Sequence of Salmacisia buchloëana (Basidiomycota), Which Induces Hermaphroditism in Dioecious Buffalograss

David R Huff; Tom Hsiang; Ambika Chandra; Yu Zhang

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00142-17

Draft Genome Sequence of Salmacisia buchloëana (Basidiomycota), Which Induces Hermaphroditism in Dioecious Buffalograss

Genome Announc. 2017 Apr 6;5(14):e00142-17. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00142-17.

Authors

David R Huff^{1

2}, Tom Hsiang³, Ambika Chandra⁴, Yu Zhang²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Plant Science, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA drh15@psu.edu.
² Intercollege Graduate Degree Program in Plant Biology, Huck Institute of Life Sciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA.
³ School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
⁴ Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.

Abstract

Here, we report the draft genome of Salmacisia buchloëana type strain OK1, a monotypic species of fungi that induces ovary development in genetic male plants and increases reproductive biomass allocation in its host buffalograss. This research will enhance our understanding of fungal manipulation of host development at the genomic level.