Genome Sequence of Penicillium solitum RS1, Which Causes Postharvest Apple Decay

Jiujiang Yu; Guangxi Wu; Wayne M Jurick 2nd; Verneta L Gaskins; Yanbin Yin; Guohua Yin; Joan W Bennett; Daniel R Shelton

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00363-16

Genome Sequence of Penicillium solitum RS1, Which Causes Postharvest Apple Decay

Genome Announc. 2016 May 12;4(3):e00363-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00363-16.

Authors

Jiujiang Yu¹, Guangxi Wu², Wayne M Jurick 2nd³, Verneta L Gaskins³, Yanbin Yin⁴, Guohua Yin⁵, Joan W Bennett⁵, Daniel R Shelton³

Affiliations

¹ USDA-ARS, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, Maryland, USA Jiujiang.yu@ars.usda.gov.
² Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA.
³ USDA-ARS, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, Maryland, USA.
⁴ Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, USA.
⁵ Department of Plant Biology and Pathology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA.

Abstract

Penicillium species cause postharvest decay, commonly known as blue mold, in pome fruits, such as apples and pears. To devise novel strategies to prevent and reduce economic losses during storage, the genome sequence of Penicillium solitum RS1 is reported here for the first time.