Four Reference Quality Genome Assemblies of <i>Pyrenophora teres</i> f. <i>maculata</i>: A Resource for Studying the Barley Spot Form Net Blotch Interaction

Abstract

<i>Pyrenophora teres</i> is the causal agent of net blotch, the most devastating foliar disease of barley. In nature, net blotch is seen in two forms, net form net blotch, caused by <i>P. teres</i> f. <i>teres</i>, and spot form net blotch, caused by <i>P. teres</i> f. <i>maculata</i>. To date, 11 <i>P. teres</i> f. <i>teres</i> genomes have been sequenced and deposited in publicly available repositories, but only one <i>P. teres</i> f. <i>maculata</i> genome has been publicly deposited. Here, we present four additional reference-quality full-genome sequences of <i>P. teres</i> f. <i>maculata</i> isolates with good geographical and phenotypic diversity, with accompanying RNA sequencing-based genome annotations. These additional <i>P. teres</i> f. <i>maculata</i> genomes will aid in the understanding of the genomic complexities of this important barley pathogen.[Formula: see text] Copyright © 2021 The Author(s). This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International license.