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SUBMITTER: Kovalchuk A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6318961 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kovalchuk Andriy A Zeng Zhen Z Ghimire Rajendra P RP Kivimäenpää Minna M Raffaello Tommaso T Liu Mengxia M Mukrimin Mukrimin M Kasanen Risto R Sun Hui H Julkunen-Tiitto Riitta R Holopainen Jarmo K JK Asiegbu Fred O FO
BMC plant biology 20190103 1
<h4>Background</h4>Root and butt rot of conifer trees caused by fungi belonging to the Heterobasidion annosum species complex is one of the most economically important fungal diseases in commercial conifer plantations throughout the Northern hemisphere. We investigated the interactions between Heterobasidion fungi and their host by conducting dual RNA-seq and chemical analysis on Norway spruce trees naturally infected by Heterobasidion spp. We analyzed host and pathogen transcriptome and phenoli ...[more]