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Histology and cell wall biochemistry of stone cells in the physical defence of conifers against insects.
Plant, cell & environment - 1 Aug 2016
Whitehill Justin G A, Henderson Hannah, Schuetz Mathias, Skyba Oleksandr, Yuen Macaire Man Saint, King John, Samuels A Lacey, Mansfield Shawn D, Bohlmann Jörg
Abstract excerpt
Conifers possess an array of physical and chemical defences against stem-boring insects. Stone cells provide a physical defence associated with resistance against bark beetles and weevils. In Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis), abundance of stone cells in the cortex of apical shoots is positively correlated with resistance to white pine weevil (Pissodes strobi). We identified histological, biochemical and molecular...
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