Response of living tissues of Pinus sylvestris to the saprotrophic biocontrol fungus Phlebiopsis gigantea

Tree Physiology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 438-451

  Sun, Hui ^a   Paulin, Lars ^b   Alatalo, Edward ^b   Asiegbu, Fred O ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

conifer; Heterobasidion annosum; induced resistance; necrotrophic capability; Phlebiopsis gigantea; saprotroph

Indexed keywords

LIGNIN; MESSENGER RNA; PLANT RNA;

BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FUNGUS; LONG-TERM CHANGE; SAPROTROPHY; SIGNAL; XYLEM;

ARTICLE; BASIDIOMYCETES; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CELL DEATH; CHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOGENICITY; PHLOEM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT IMMUNITY; PLANT STEM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCOTS PINE; SEEDLING; TIME; XYLEM;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; CELL DEATH; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE LIBRARY; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; LIGNIN; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PHLOEM; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; PLANT IMMUNITY; PLANT STEMS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PLANT; SEEDLING; TIME FACTORS; XYLEM;

CONIFEROPHYTA; FUNGI; HETEROBASIDION ANNOSUM; PHLEBIOPSIS GIGANTEA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 79956085942     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpr027     Document Type: Article

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