The genome sequence and gene models of Puccinia triticina Pt76 were not determined by the Joint Genome Institute (JGI), but were provided by Jana Sperschneider on May 16, 2021. In order to allow comparative analyses with other fungal genomes sequenced by the JGI, a copy of this genome is incorporated into Mycocosm. JGI tools were used to automatically annotate predicted proteins.
Rust fungi (Pucciniales) cause some of the most devastating plant diseases and are comprised of more than 7,000 species in over 100 genera. The genus Puccinia is the largest in the Pucciniales and is considered the most economically destructive genera of biotrophic fungi. Members of this genus are serious pathogens on all major cereal crop including wheat. Puccinia triticina causes leaf rust (also known as brown rust) in wheat. This pathogen is the most common and widely distributed of the three wheat rust fungi. This genome reference represents an isolate of Puccinia triticina (Pt76, pathotype 76-3,5,7,9,10,12,13) collected in 2018 from wheat cultivar Morocco planted in a CSIRO field site in Canberra, Australia.