Phytopathogenic Mollicutes
SCOPUS
  • Year: 2023
  • Volume: 13
  • Issue: 1

Complete genome sequences of phytoplasma strains in group 16SrII associated with Parthenium phyllody in India

1National Centre for Cell Science, University of Pune, Campus, Ganeshkhind, Pune, 411007, India

2Department of Microbiology, Tuljaram Chaturchand College, Baramati, Maharashtra, 413102, India

*Corresponding author e-mail: Amit Yadav (amityadav@nccs.res.in)

Online published on 23 May, 2023.

Abstract

It was performed the whole-genome sequencing of two phytoplasma strains in the 16SrII group, PR34 and PR08, associated with phyllody and witches’ broom disease in the common weed, Parthenium hysterophorus. These phytoplasmas are associated with diseases in numerous pulse crops in India. Complete circular genomes were obtained after multiple sequencing attempts, employing DNA pre-processing and hybrid assemblies that combined short and long-read sequences. These genomes, deposited under GenBank accession numbers CP097206 and CP097207, offer valuable insights into the pathogenicity and evolutionary molecular characteristics of phytoplasma enclosed in the 16SrII group.

Keywords

Peanut witches' broom phytoplasma, 16SrII group, Phyllody, Genome sequence, Parthenium