Genome assemblies of the sugarcane orange rust fungal pathogen Puccinia kuehnii

<p><em>Puccinia kuehnii</em>is an obligate biotrophic fungal pathogen that causes orange rust of sugarcane, which is prevalent in many countries around the globe. In the USA, orange rust was first detected in sugarcane in Florida in 2007 and poses a persistent and economically damaging threat to the sugarcane industry in this region. Here, we generated the first genome assemblies&nbsp;for two isolates of&nbsp;<em>P. kuehnii&nbsp;</em>(1040 and 2143) collected in Florida in 2017 from two sugarcane cultivars,&nbsp;CL85-1040 and CP89-2143, respectively. These two rust genome&nbsp;resources&nbsp;will be of immense value for&nbsp;future genomic studies, particularly further exploration of the predicted secretomes that may help define key pathogenicity determinants for this economically important pathogen.</p>