| transcriptional responses associated with virulence and defence in the interaction between heterobasidion annosum s.s. and norway spruce. | heterobasidion annosum sensu lato is a serious pathogen causing root and stem rot to conifers in the northern hemisphere and rendering the timber defective for sawing and pulping. in this study we applied next-generation sequencing to i) identify transcriptional responses unique to heterobasidion-inoculated norway spruce and ii) investigate the h. annosum transcripts to identify putative virulence factors. to address these objectives we wounded or inoculated 30-year-old norway spruce clones with ... | 2015 | 26151363 |