Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus strain isolated from Citrus reticulata of Central India

Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus (CLas) is the causal bacterium associated with citrus huanglongbing (HLB), one of the most devastating citrus diseases worldwide. The nearly complete genome sequence of a CLas strain obtained from Nagpur Mandarin (Citrus reticulata) in the Vidarbha region of Central India. The platform used for Hi-throughput sequencing is Illumina NovaSeq 6000.