Gapless reference genome assembly of Didymella glomerata, a new fungal pathogen of maize causing Didymella leaf blight

Didymella leaf blight (DLB) caused by Didymella glomerata is a new fungal disease of maize (Zea mays), first detected in 2021 in Panjin, Liaoning province of China.Here we report the reference genome assembly of D.glomerata to unravel how the fungal pathogen controls its virulence on maize at the molecular level.A maize-infecting strain Pj-2 of the

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