Haplotype-phased assemblies of the two poplar rust fungi species: Melampsora larici-populina and Melampsora allii-populina

This repository accompanies the manuscript "Haplotype-phased assemblies of the two poplar rust fungi species: Melampsora larici-populina and Melampsora allii-populina" by Corre et al. 2026 that describes haplotype-phased, near chromosome-scale genome assemblies for two dikaryotic poplar rust fungi, Melampsora larici-populina 98AG31 and Melampsora allii-populina 12AY07. These assemblies were generated using PacBio HiFi sequencing and Hi-C-guided scaffolding, resolving 18 chromosomes per haplotype for each species. This repository contains: haplotype-phased genome assemblies for M. larici-populina 98AG31 and M. allii-populina 12AY07; gene annotation files in GFF format; transposable element annotation files; Hi-C contact maps used to support chromosome-scale scaffolding and genome architecture analyses.