Project description:Root rot is one of the most severe diseases affecting agricultural productivity worldwide, particularly wolfberry. However, the mechanisms underlying wolfberry resistance to root rot pathogens remain unclear. In this study, we selected Chinese wolfberry (Lycium chinense Mill., LC) and Ningxia wolfberry ‘Ningqi No.5’ (Lycium barbarum L., N5) as research materials, which have been reported to show different tolerances to root rot.