Draft Genome Assembly of Root Knot Nematode, Meloidogyne fallax

2025/02/01 by Sarah Olivia Griffin, Valeria Orlando, C. Conyers +5 · 1 voice
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Nematode management and characterization studies #Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis #Banana Cultivation and Research

paper · doi:10.2478/jofnem-2025-0016

openalex publication_date 2025/02/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/11

Abstract

Abstract Meloidogyne fallax (false Columbia root knot nematode) is an invasive crop pest recorded across Europe, Africa, North America, and Oceania. Here we present the draft genome assembly of M. fallax which was de novo assembled and scaffolded using M. chitwoodi (Columbia root knot nematode), a close relative of M. fallax .

Citations

• Diversity and Evolution of Root-Knot Nematodes, Genus Meloidogyne: New Insights from the Genomic Era
• RepeatModeler2 for automated genomic discovery of transposable element families
• BUSCO: Assessing Genomic Data Quality and Beyond

Discussions

• Happy to announce my first scientific paper! The work is part of my PhD project where I assembled a draft reference genome for Meloidogyne fallax (false Columbia root knot nematode) 🪱 If you fancy [bsky, 5 points, 0 comments]

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