Nematode genome announcement: A draft genome for rice root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne graminicola

Abstract

The rice root-knot nematode Meloidogyne graminicola has emerged as a devastating pest of rice in South-East Asian countries. Here we present a draft genome sequence for M. graminicola, assembled using data from short and long insert libraries sequenced on Illumina GAIIx sequencing platform.