Draft Genome Sequence Resource for the Orange Rust Pathogen of Sugarcane Puccinia kuehnii (Retracted)

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The authors of Cardenas et al. 111:1893-1896 (2021) retracted this article because posterior analyses have identified that the assembled genomes contained a substantial proportion of other fungi beyond the orange rust Puccinia kuehnii, mainly Ascomycetes for one isolate and Ustilaginales for the other (metagenomes). This article was retracted on 11 March 2022. Puccinia kuehnii is an obligate biotrophic fungal pathogen that causes orange rust of sugarcane, which is prevalent in many countries around the globe. In the United States, orange rust was first detected in sugarcane in Florida in 2007 and poses a persistent and economically damaging threat to the sugarcane industry in this region. Here, we generated the first genome assemblies for two isolates of P. kuehnii (1040 and 2143) collected in Florida in 2017 from two sugarcane cultivars, CL85-1040 and CP89-2143, respectively. These two rust genome resources will be of immense value for future genomic studies, particularly further exploration of the predicted secretomes that may help define key pathogenicity determinants for this economically important pathogen.
Funding Information
  • Florida Sugar Cane League (project 00107475, fund F000057, fund 660684)
  • National Institute of Food and Agriculture (FLA-IRC-005637)

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