Terpene arms race in the Seiridium cardinale – Cupressus sempervirens pathosystem

Ander Achotegui-Castells, Gianni Della Rocca,  Joan Llusià, Roberto Danti, Sara Barberini, Mabrouk Bouneb, Sauro Simoni, Marco Michelozzi, Josep Peñuelas Scientific Reports, 2016 ABSTRACT: The canker-causing fungus Seiridium cardinale is the major threat to Cupressus sempervirens worldwide. We investigated the production of terpenes by canker-resistant and susceptible cypresses inoculated with S. cardinale, the effect of these… Read more »