Abstract
Karnal bunt disease caused by the fungus Tilletia indica Mitra is a serious concern due to strict quarantines affecting international trade of wheat. We announce here the first draft assembly of two monosporidial lines, PSWKBGH-1 and -2, of this fungus, having approximate sizes of 37.46 and 37.21 Mbp, respectively.
Highlights
Karnal bunt (KB) is named after the place Karnal in India, where it was first discovered in wheat crops in 1931 (1)
Karnal bunt disease is caused by the smut fungus Tilletia indica
A total of 366 and 470 scaffolds were generated from PSWKBGH-1 and PSWKBGH-2, respectively, with genome sizes of 37,460,344 bp (N50, 200,513 bp) and 37,216,861 bp (N50, 132,740 bp), respectively
Summary
Karnal bunt (KB) is named after the place Karnal in India, where it was first discovered in wheat crops in 1931 (1). It is reported that the loss in yield due to Karnal bunt is insignificant, i.e., only 0.3 to 0.5%, even under epidemic conditions (2). It does not result in devastating crop loss, it has full potential to decrease yield and hampers economy due to the quarantine regulations, i.e., debarring the export of KBinfected wheat grains. Karnal bunt disease is caused by the smut fungus Tilletia indica
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