Transcriptome analysis of constitutive resistance to white pine weevil in Picea glauca-engelmannii (Interior spruce)
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ORGANISM(S): Picea engelmannii x Picea glauca
SUBMITTER: Sébastien Verne
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-27476 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
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Global transcriptome analysis of constitutive resistance to the white pine weevil in spruce.
Verne Sébastien S Jaquish Barry B White Rick R Ritland Carol C Ritland Kermit K
Genome biology and evolution 20110817
Constitutive defense mechanisms are critical to the understanding of defense mechanisms in conifers because they constitute the first barrier to attacks by insect pests. In interior spruce, trees that are putatively resistant and susceptible to attacks by white pine weevil (Pissodes strobi) typically exhibit constitutive differences in traits such as resin duct size and number, bark thickness, and terpene content. To improve our knowledge of their genetic basis, we compared globally the constitu ...[more]
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