Black Sigatoka disease, caused by the fungus Pseudocercospora fijiensis, is one of the most devastating diseases of banana around the world. Fungicide applications are the primary tool used to manage black Sigatoka, but fungicide resistance in P. fijiensis, as in other fungal pathogens, is one of the major limitations in the efficient management and prevention of this disease. In the current study, we present the draft genome of P. fijiensis strain IIL-20, the first genomic sequence published from a strain of this fungus isolated in North America. Bioinformatic analysis showed putative genes involved in fungus virulence and fungicide resistance. These findings may lead us to a better understanding of the molecular pathogenesis of this fungal pathogen and also to the discovery of the mechanisms conferring fungicide resistance.

由斐济假单胞菌（Pseudocercospora fijiensis）真菌引起的黑色Sigatoka病是全世界香蕉中最具破坏性的疾病之一。杀真菌剂的应用是处理黑Sigatoka的主要工具，但是像其他真菌病原体一样，斐济疟原虫的抗药性是有效控制和预防这种疾病的主要限制之一。在当前的研究中，我们提出了斐济体育的基因组草案。IIL-20菌株，这是在北美分离出的该真菌菌株的第一个基因组序列。生物信息学分析表明推定的基因参与了真菌的毒力和杀真菌剂的抗性。这些发现可能使我们对这种真菌病原体的分子发病机理有了更好的了解，也使我们发现了赋予杀真菌剂抗性的机制。