Pathogenicity mechanisms deduced from the genome sequence of Ascochyta Rabiei - a causal pathogen of Ascochta Blight

Abstract

Comparative analysis of the Ascochyta Rabiei Genome data were performed with the main aims of providing insight into biological aspects of pathogenesis. This evaluation will provide an overview of the potential fungal mechanisms involved in the interaction with the host plant. Mining the in silico predicted proteins through comparative genome analyses, using published database, provided information on which genes potentially were involved in pathogenesis. A total of 508 CAZymes were identified in A. Rabiei Genome. Classification of protein domain analyses revealed a total of 7 PKS, 2 NRPS and 1 PKS/NRPS hybrid were predicted in the genome. Based on these comparative studies, we have found similar CAZyme and pathogenicity patterns in A. rabiei as in other nectrotrophic fungal pathogens.