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

Scientific Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Sherif, S M ^a,b   Erland, L A ^a   Shukla, M R ^a   Saxena, P K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BARK; DISEASE RESISTANCE; ELM; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; WOOD;

DISEASE RESISTANCE; FUNGI; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, FUNGAL; GENOTYPE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PLANT BARK; PLANT DISEASES; ULMUS; WOOD;

EID: 85026843850     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-07779-4     Document Type: Article

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