Multiplex amplicon sequencing dataset for genotyping pandemic populations of the wheat blast fungus

Tembo, Batiseba; Mahmud, Nur Uddin; Paul, Sanjoy; Asuke, Soichiro; Harant, Adeline; Langner, Thorsten; Reyes-Avila, C. Sarai; Chanclud, Emilie; Were, Vincent; Sichilima, Suwilanji; Mulenga, Rabson M.; Gupta, Dipali Rani; Mehebub, Md. Shabab; Muzahid, Abu Naim Md.; Rabby, M. Fajle; Singh, Pawan Kumar; Bentley, Alison R.; Tosa, Yukio; Croll, Daniel; Lamour, Kurt; Islam, Tofazzal; Talbot, Nicholas J.; Kamoun, Sophien; Win, Joe

doi:10.5281/zenodo.4605959

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A pandemic clonal lineage of the wheat blast fungus

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Wheat, the most important food crop, is threatened by a blast disease pandemic. Here, we show that a clonal lineage of the wheat blast fungus recently spread to Asia and Africa following two independent introductions from South America. Through a combination of genome analyses and laboratory experiments, we show that the decade-old blast pandemic lineage can be controlled by the Rmg8 disease resistance gene and is sensitive to strobilurin fungicides. However, we also highlight the potential of the pandemic clone to evolve fungicide-insensitive variants and sexually recombine with African lineages. This underscores the urgent need for genomic surveillance to track and mitigate the spread of wheat blast outside of South America, and to guide pre-emptive wheat breeding for blast resistance.

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