Draft Genome Sequence of Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum, the causal agent of European stone fruit yellows (ESFY) disease

The draft genome sequence of two Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum strains ESFY1 and the strain associated with plum leptonecrosis LNS1, consists of 488,825 and 578,832 bp sequences assembled into 34 and 129 contigs respectively, with an average GC content of 22.42%. This phytoplasma species is the causal agent of European stone fruit yellows disease , affecting wild and cultivated species of Prunus at different degrees of susceptibility, so far being mainly restricted to Europe.