Conifers dominate the world's forest ecosystems and are the most widely planted tree
species. Their giant and complex genomes present great challenges for assembling a …

Success of plants largely depends on their ability to defend against herbivores. Since
emergence of the first voracious consumers, plants maintained adapting their structures and …

Strawberry is a high-value commercial crop and a model for the economically important
Rosaceae family. Strawberry is vulnerable to attack by many pathogens that can affect …

Pine wilt disease (PWD), caused by the plant–parasitic nematode Bursaphelenchus
xylophilus, has become a severe environmental problem in the Iberian Peninsula with …

The plant‐parasitic nematode Bursaphelenchus xylophilus, the causal agent of pine wilt
disease (PWD), causes enormous economic loss every year. Currently, little is known about …

Introduction The pinewood nematode (PWN) is responsible for causing pine wilt disease
(PWD), which has led to the significant decline of conifer species in Eurasian forests and has …

Pine wilt disease (PWD) is a severe environmental problem in Eastern Asia and Western
Europe, devastating large forest areas and causing significant economic losses. This …

Pine wilt disease (PWD), caused by the parasitic nematode Bursaphelenchus xylophilus, or
pinewood nematode (PWN), is a serious threat to pine forests in Europe. Pinus pinaster is …

Chrysanthemum indicum L. is a valuable medicinal plant with diploid and tetraploid forms
that are widely distributed in central and southern China, and it contains abundant volatile …

Root hair is regarded as a pivotal complementary survival tactic for mycorrhizal plant like
Abies beshanzuensis when symbiosis is disrupted. Relatively little is known about the …