Whole Genome Enabled Phylogenetic and Secretome Analyses of Two Venturia nashicola Isolates

Venturia nashicola is a fungal pathogen causing scab disease in Asian pears. It is particularly important in the Northeast Asia region where Asian pears are in- tensively grown. Venturia nashicola causes disease in Asian pear but not in European pear. Due to the highly restricted host range of Venturia nashicola, it is hypoth- esized that the small secreted proteins deployed by the pathogen are responsible for the host determination. Here we report the whole genome based phylogenetic analysis and predicted secretomes for V. nashicola iso- lates. We believe that our data will provide a valuable information for further validation and functional char-acterization of host determinants in V. nashicola. KCI Citation Count: 3