Draft Genome Sequence Resource of the Citrus Stem-End Rot Fungal Pathogen <i>Lasiodiplodia theobromae</i> CITRA15

Lasiodiplodia theobromae is a fungal pathogen associated with perennial tropical fruit plants worldwide. In citrus, L. causes stem-end rot (Diplodia rot), damaging postharvest disease that aggravated when trees are also infected the citrus greening bacteria ‘Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus’. Due to latent infection of during preharvest stage, it becomes difficult control by chemical or physical treatment. current study, we sequenced and assembled strain CITRA15, first genome obtained from diseased Citrus paradise ‘Flame’ grapefruit in Florida, thereby provided genomic resource for future research on diagnostics, management other crops.