Sinha, ShagunNavathe, SudhirSingh, SakshiGupta, Deepak K.Kharwar, Ravindra NathChand, Ramesh2025-01-282025-01-2820232190572Xhttps://dl.bhu.ac.in/ir/handle/123456789/22850Cercospora sesami is a plant pathogen that causes leaf spot disease in sesame plants worldwide. In this study, genome sequence assembly of C. sesami isolate Cers 52�10 (MCC 9069) was generated using native paired-end and mate-pair DNA sequencing based on the Illumina HiSeq 2500 platform. The genome assembly of C. sesami is 34.3�Mb in size with an N50 of 26,222�bp and an average GC content of 53.02%. A total number of 10,872 genes were predicted in this study, out of which 9,712 genes were functionally annotated. Genes assigned to carbohydrate-active enzyme classes were also identified during the study. A total of 80 putative effector candidates were predicted and functionally annotated. The C. sesami genome sequence is available at DDBJ/ENA/GenBank, and other associated information is submitted to Mendeley's data. � 2023, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology.enCercospora leaf spotEffectorsGene annotationGenome assemblyPlant pathogensSesameArticlehttps://doi.org/10.1007/s13205-023-03468-4