Draft Genome Sequence of Penicillium expansum Strain R19, Which Causes Postharvest Decay of Apple Fruit

Jiujiang Yu; Wayne M Jurick 2nd; Huansheng Cao; Yanbin Yin; Verneta L Gaskins; Liliana Losada; Nikhat Zafar; Maria Kim; Joan W Bennett; William C Nierman

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00635-14

Draft Genome Sequence of Penicillium expansum Strain R19, Which Causes Postharvest Decay of Apple Fruit

Genome Announc. 2014 Jun 19;2(3):e00635-14. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00635-14.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Agriculture, ARS, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, Maryland, USA jiujiang.yu@ars.usda.gov.
² Department of Agriculture, ARS, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, Maryland, USA.
³ Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, USA.
⁴ The J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, USA.
⁵ Department of Plant Biology and Pathology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA.

Abstract

Among the species that cause blue mold, isolates of Penicillium expansum are the most prevalent and virulent species, causing more than 50 percent of postharvest decay. We report the draft genome sequence of P. expansum R19 in order to identify fungal virulence factors and to understand the mechanism of infection.