The Genome Sequence of Citrus Melanose Pathogen Diaporthe citri and Two Citrus related Diaporthe species

The melanose diseases is one the most widespread and economically important fungal diseases of citrus worldwide. The causative agent is filamentous fungus <em>Diaporthe citri</em> Wolf (syn. <em>Phomopsis citri</em> H.S. Fawc.). Here, we report genome assemblies of three strains of <em>D. citri</em>, namely strains ZJUD2, ZJUD14 and Q7, generated using a combination of PacBio Sequel long-read and Illumina paired-end sequencing data. The assembled genomes of <em>D. citri</em> ranged 53.97 Mb to 63.64 Mb in genome size, containing 15,977 ~ 16,622 protein-coding genes. In addition, we sequenced and annotated the genome sequences of two Citrus related <em>Diaporthe </em>species, including <em>D. citriasiana</em> and <em>D. citrichinensis</em>. The described genome sequences and annotations can provide a useful resource in the study of fungal biology, pathogen-host interaction, molecular diagnostic marker development, and population genomic analyses of Citrus-related <em>Diaporthe</em> species.