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Conifer Defense Against Insects and Fungal Pathogens

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In this chapter we provide an overview of the many different defense strategies of conifers against insect pests and fungal pathogens. Much of this chapter deals with the economically and ecologically important species of pine (Pinus spp.) and spruce (Picea spp.). We highlight the anatomical and chemical defenses as well as their biochemical, molecular, and genomic underpinnings.

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Research in the laboratory of JB has been generously supported with funding from the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada in the form of NSERC Discovery and Strategic Grants; and with funding from Genome Canada and Genome British Columbia in support of the Treenomix Project (http://www.treenomix.ca), the smart forest project and the Tria Project (http://www.thetriaproject.ca). JB is Distinguished University Scholar of the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.

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Kolosova, N., Bohlmann, J. (2012). Conifer Defense Against Insects and Fungal Pathogens. In: Matyssek, R., Schnyder, H., Oßwald, W., Ernst, D., Munch, J., Pretzsch, H. (eds) Growth and Defence in Plants. Ecological Studies, vol 220. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30645-7_4

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