''Venturia effusa'' is a sexual
species in the fungal genus ''
Venturia''.
''Venturia effusa'' was first described in 1885.
''Venturia effusa'' is a fungal pathogen of
pecan
The pecan (''Carya illinoinensis'') is a species of hickory native to the southern United States and northern Mexico in the region of the Mississippi River. The tree is cultivated for its seed in the southern United States, primarily in Georgia, ...
trees (''Carya illinoinensis''), on which it causes
pecan scab
Pecan scab is the most economically significant disease of pecan trees (''Carya illinoinensis'') in the southeastern United States.Sanderlin, R. S. (n.d.). Pecan scab disease. Retrieved from http://www.lsuagcenter.com/NR/rdonlyres/A30CB512-CDB1-4D ...
. The fungus is highly pathogenic and causes substantial economic losses throughout the southeastern United States.
Genome
The complete
genome
In the fields of molecular biology and genetics, a genome is all the genetic information of an organism. It consists of nucleotide sequences of DNA (or RNA in RNA viruses). The nuclear genome includes protein-coding genes and non-coding ge ...
sequence of ''Venturia effusa'', the first complete genome sequence of any species in the genus ''
Venturia'', was reported in 2019. The 45 Mb genome comprises 20 chromosomes, ranging from 0.56 to 4.1 Mb, including approximately 10,800 genes.
References
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Venturiaceae