Genome Sequence of the Biocontrol Agent Conio (IMI 134523).

(synonym, ) is a highly specific mycoparasite of the wide host range crop pathogen . The capability of to destroy the sclerotia of has been well recognized and it is available as a widely used biocontrol product Contans WG. We present the draft genome sequence of Conio (IMI 134523), which has previously been used in extensive studies that formed part of a registration package of the commercial product.

Genome Sequence of the Mycotoxigenic Crop Pathogen Strain ITEM 2341 from Date Palm.

is a widely distributed fungal pathogen associated with more than 26 crop species important in global food security. Its strong mycotoxigenic capability with potential impacts on human and animal health is well recognized. In this work, we report the draft genome sequence of F.

Disruption of the Coniothyrium minitans PIF1 DNA helicase gene impairs growth and capacity for sclerotial mycoparasitism.

A non-mycoparasitic restriction enzyme-mediated DNA integration (REMI) mutant of Coniothyrium minitans (R2427) contains two tandem plasmid copies integrated towards the 3' end of an ORF. The predicted polypeptide (845 aa) exhibits high similarity with DNA-helicase proteins from other filamentous fungi and yeasts that play a role in mitochondrial DNA maintenance and repair. Disruption of the C.

Analysis of cDNA transcripts from Coniothyrium minitans reveals a diverse array of genes involved in key processes during sclerotial mycoparasitism.

Coniothyrium minitans colonises and destroys the sclerotia of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum in nature exhibiting ecologically obligate mycoparasitism as its spores remain dormant in soil and only grow actively in the presence of the sclerotia. Molecular mechanisms underlying sclerotial mycoparasitism are poorly defined. We identified 251 unisequences representing genes preferentially expressed by C.