Bark and wood tissues of American elm exhibit distinct responses to Dutch elm disease

Abstract Tolerance to Dutch elm disease (DED) has been linked to the rapid and/or high induction of disease-responsive genes after infection with the fungus Ophiostoma novo-ulmi. Although the fungal infection by O. novo-ulmi primarily takes places in xylem vessels, it is still unclear how xylem cont...

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Main Authors: S. M. Sherif, L. A. Erland, M. R. Shukla, P. K Saxena
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-07779-4