Draft Genome data including functional annotation of an emerging fungal pathogen Neodothiora populina causing a canker disease of trembling aspen in Interior Alaska.

Neodothiora populina is a black yeast-like fungus in the family of Dothioraceae. It causes an aggressive canker disease of trembling aspen that results in widespread mortality of aspen across the boreal forest of Interior Alaska. Here we report a high-quality draft genome including functional annotation of this emerging fungal pathogen based on Nanopore Technology long-read sequences. Our initial genome assembly totaled 23,960,169 bp and contained 18 contigs and we identified 7,343 genes. This resource announcement provides new genomic data useful long-term to improve our understanding of forest health in Alaska.