Genome Sequence of Fusarium graminearum Strain MDC_Fg1, Isolated from Bread Wheat Grown in France

Tarek Alouane; Hélène Rimbert; Francis Fabre; Florence Cambon; Thierry Langin; Ludovic Bonhomme

doi:10.1128/MRA.01260-18

Genome Sequence of Fusarium graminearum Strain MDC_Fg1, Isolated from Bread Wheat Grown in France

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2018 Nov 15;7(19):e01260-18. doi: 10.1128/MRA.01260-18. eCollection 2018 Nov.

Authors

Tarek Alouane^{1

2}, Hélène Rimbert^{1

2}, Francis Fabre^{1

2}, Florence Cambon^{1

2}, Thierry Langin^{1

2}, Ludovic Bonhomme^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ INRA, UMR 1095, Genetics, Diversity and Ecophysiology of Cereals, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
² Université Clermont Auvergne, INRA, Laboratoire de Génétique, Diversité et Ecophysiologie des Céréales, Clermont-Ferrand, France.

Abstract

Fusarium graminearum is a major fungal pathogen that induces Fusarium head blight (FHB), a devastating disease of small-grain cereals worldwide. This announcement provides the whole-genome sequence of a highly virulent and toxin-producing French isolate, MDC_Fg1.