Defense-related genes expressed in Norway spruce roots after infection with the root rot pathogen Ceratobasidium bicorne (anamorph: Rhizoctonia sp.)

Tree Physiology

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1533-1543

  Jøhnk, Nina ^a,b   Hietala, Ari M ^c   Fossdal, Carl G ^c   Collinge, David B ^a   Newman, Mari Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b DANISH FOREST LANDSCAPE RES INST   (Denmark)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Chitinase; Differential display (DD); Germin like protein; GST; NBS LRR; Peroxidase; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

DEFENSE MECHANISM; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; PLANT DEFENSE; ROOT ROT;

CERATOBASIDIUM BICORNE; CONIFEROPHYTA; GYMNOSPERMAE; HYPHOMYCETES; PICEA; PICEA ABIES; RHIZOCTONIA;

EID: 30444449382     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/25.12.1533     Document Type: Article

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