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Transcriptome features of stone cell development in weevil-resistant and susceptible Sitka spruce.
The New phytologist - 1 Sept 2023
Whitehill Justin G A, Yuen Macaire M S, Chiang Angela, Ritland Carol E, Bohlmann Jörg
Abstract excerpt
Stone cells are a specialized, highly lignified cell type found in both angiosperms and gymnosperms. In conifers, abundance of stone cells in the cortex provides a robust constitutive physical defense against stem feeding insects. Stone cells are a major insect-resistance trait in Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis), occurring in dense clusters in apical shoots of trees resistant (R) to spruce weevil (Pissodes...
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