Phaeomoniella chlamydospora RR-HG1 Genome sequencing and assembly. Phaeomoniella chlamydospora RR-HG1

Grapevine trunk diseases including young Esca (Petri disease) and Esca proper (Black Measles) have become one of the most important diseases wherever grapevine is cultivated. Outbreaks of Esca have been reported from Australia, California, France, Italy, New Zealand, Portugal, Spain and also Austria . Typical symptoms of Esca are discolored trunk and white rot, brown spots on fruits and tiger stripes on leaves. Esca is caused or at least supported by the fungal species Phaeoacremonium aleophilum (Togninia minima) ,Phaeomoniella chlamydospora and possibly other fungal species.