Whole-Genome Sequence Resource of Calonectria ilicicola , the Casual Pathogen of Soybean Red Crown Rot

(anamorph: ) is a soilborne plant-pathogenic fungus with a broad host range, and it can cause red crown rot of soybean and Cylindrocladium black rot of peanut, which has become an emerging threat to crop production worldwide. Limited molecular studies have focused on and one of the possible difficulties is the lack of genomic resources. This study presents the first high quality and near-completed genome of , using the Oxford Nanopore GridION sequencing platform. A total of 16 contigs were assembled and the genome of isolate F018 was estimated to have 11 chromosomes. Currently, the F018 genome represents the most contiguous assembly, which has the lowest contig number and the highest contig N among all genome resources. Putative protein-coding sequences and secretory proteins were estimated to be 17,308 and 1,930 in the F018 genome, respectively; and the prediction was close to other plant-pathogenic fungi, such as species, within the Nectriaceae family. The availability of this high-quality genome resource is expected to facilitate research on fungal biology and genetics of and to support advanced understanding of pathogen virulence and disease management.[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.