Studies on the genetic variation between Tilletia caries, T. controversa, and T. laevis. Genome sequencing and assembly of 11 isolates of common and dwarf bunt

Tilletia caries and T. laevis, which are causal agents of common bunt, as well as T. controversa, which causes dwarf bunt of wheat, threaten organic wheat farming. The three closely related fungal species differ in physiological features and teliospore morphology. Intraspecies variation in these species and the genetic basis of their separation is unknown.