Draft genome sequence data of Pythium cedri Chen 4, the causal pathogen of deodar cedar root rot

Jin-Feng Peng; Yusufjon Gafforov; Jian Yu; Hong-Jun Yang; Yuan-Yuan Chen; Yi-Fan Xing; Jia-Jia Chen

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2024.110930

Draft genome sequence data of Pythium cedri Chen 4, the causal pathogen of deodar cedar root rot

Data Brief. 2024 Sep 10:57:110930. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2024.110930. eCollection 2024 Dec.

Authors

Jin-Feng Peng¹, Yusufjon Gafforov^{2

3}, Jian Yu¹, Hong-Jun Yang¹, Yuan-Yuan Chen⁴, Yi-Fan Xing⁴, Jia-Jia Chen¹

Affiliations

¹ College of Landscape Architecture, Jiangsu Vocational College of Agriculture and Forestry, Zhenjiang 212400, China.
² Central Asian Center for Development Studies, New Uzbekistan University, Tashkent 100007, Uzbekistan.
³ Mycology Laboratory, Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of Republic of Uzbekistan, Tashkent 100125, Uzbekistan.
⁴ College of Forestry, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.

Abstract

Pythium species are distributed globally, with certain members playing significant roles as plant and animal pathogens. Pythium cedri Chen 4 has been identified as a pathogenic isolate responsible for causing root rot on Cedrus deodara. Here, a comprehensive genome-wide sequence of P. cedri strain Chen 4 utilizing the Illumina NovaSeq sequencing platform and a Pacific Biosciences Sequel sequencing platform is presented. The genome of P. cedri strain Chen 4 was assembled into 150 contigs containing a combined size of 41.25 Mb, N50 value of 1,717,859 bp and N90 value of 431,829 bp. Genome annotation revealed 14,077 protein-encoding genes and 364 of the 1016 predicted proteins were putative effectors. The present work enriches the genetic resources of P. cedri for studying its evolution and can contribute to a better understanding of P. cedri-host interaction.

Keywords: Cedar root rot; Deodar cedar tree; Genome sequence; Oomycete pathogens.