Draft genomes for two Australian strains of Phytophthora cinnamomi

The oomycete plant pathogen, Phytophthora cinnamomi, is responsible for the destruction of thousands of species of native Australian plants, as well as several crops such as avocado and macadamia, and has one of the widest host-plant ranges of the Phytophthora genus. The currently available genome of P. cinnamomi is based on an atypical strain compared to those in Australia. Here, we have sequenced and assembled genomes of two geographically distant isolates of Phytophthora cinnamomi that will provide a valuable resource for further comparative analysis and evolutionary studies of this destructive pathogen