Draft Genome Data Including Functional Annotation of an Emerging Fungal Pathogen (Neodothiora populina) Causing a Canker Disease of Trembling Aspen in Interior Alaska

Authors

Ursel M. E. Schütte, University of Alaska FairbanksFollow
Mace Wages, Southwestern University
Aaron Buechlein, Indiana University
Jorda P. Kovash, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Danielle C. Wrenn, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Tereza Smrhova, University of Chemistry and Technology
Andrea Zubrova, University of Chemistry and Technology
Doug B. Rusch, Indiana University
Loretta M. Winton, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Gerard C. Adams, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Roger W. Ruess, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Mary Beth Leigh, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Devin M. Drown, University of Alaska Fairbanks

Document Type

Article

Author ORCID Identifier

Ursel M. E. Schütte https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7201-786x

Journal/Book Title/Conference

PhytoFrontiers

Volume

5

Issue

1

Publisher

American Phytopathological Society

First Page

90

Last Page

93

Publication Date

3-26-2025

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.

Abstract

Neodothiora populina is a black yeast-like fungus in the family Dothioraceae. It causes an aggressive canker disease of trembling aspen that results in widespread mortality of aspen across the boreal forest of Interior Alaska. Here we report a high-quality draft genome including functional annotation of this emerging fungal pathogen based on Oxford Nanopore Technologies long-read sequences. Our initial genome assembly totaled 23,960,169 bp and contained 18 contigs, and we identified 7,343 genes. This resource announcement provides new genomic data that are useful long term for improving our understanding of forest health in Alaska.

Recommended Citation

Schütte, U. M. E., M. Wages, A. Buechlein, J. P. Kovash, D. C. Wrenn, T. Smrhova, A. Zubrova, D. B. Rusch, L. M. Winton, G. C. Adams, R. W. Ruess, M. B. Leigh, and D. M. Drown. 2025. Draft Genome Data Including Functional Annotation of an Emerging Fungal Pathogen (Neodothiora populina) Causing a Canker Disease of Trembling Aspen in Interior Alaska. PhytoFrontiers™ 5:90-93