Genomic data of two chickpea populations sharing a potential Ascochyta blight resistance region

Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is one of the most important crops worldwide and a valuable nutritional source. The availability of data from different genotypes and populations is important for the comprehension of the biology and trait control of chickpea. Tissue from young leaves was collected from adult plants and sequenced using an Illumina HiSeq X platform, which provided sequencing data for a total of 169 individuals from two different populations. Furthermore, functional annotation was performed with BLAST2GO software in a candidate region for resistance to Ascochyta blight, a devastating disease that produces huge yield reductions if the growth conditions are optimal for the fungus. A total of 273 different genes in a region spanning ∼4.67 Mb in chromosome 4 were fully annotated. The raw DNA sequences and functional annotation data can be reused by the scientific community for the analysis of different agronomic traits of interest in chickpea.