A Fusarium fujikuroi strain was sequenced in order to study the pathogenesis mechanism of the fungus through comparative genomics. Sequencing of a Fusarium fujikuroi strain

Fusarium fujikuroi is the causal agent of the bakanae disease of rice, an important seedborn disease. The fungus is characterized by extreme phenotypic variability, with some strains inducing symptoms like elongation of the stem and others causing stunting and necrosys. Mycotoxin production is likewise strain-dependant.Comparative genomics studies are an excellent tool to understand the reasons of the fungal variability.