Wheat pathogen Fusarium genome sequencing. Wheat pathogen Fusarium

Fusarium disease in Australia cause ~AU$100 M losses per annum with Crown rot disease of greatest importance but sporadic Head Blight epidemics also significant, particularly for mycotoxin contamination. These diseases can be caused by a variety of Fusarium species. Herein we have sequenced seven isolates of the most important species in Australia, F. pseudograminearum as well as single isolates of F. culmorum, F. sp. FIESC5 and F. acuminatum recovered from crown-rot infected wheat fields.