Université de Fribourg

Rockfall and snow avalanche impacts leave different anatomical signatures in tree rings of juvenile Larix decidua

Stoffel, Markus ; Hitz, Oliver M.

In: Tree Physiology, 2008, vol. 28, no. 11, p. 1713-1720

Rockfall and snow avalanche events often cause injury to European larch (Larix decidua Mill.) trees, giving rise to the formation of callus tissue and tangential rows of traumatic resin ducts (TRDs). We analyzed and quantified anatomical reactions of juvenile trees injured before the start of the growing season by snow avalanches (15 trees, 324 cross sections) or rockfalls (18 trees, 270...

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Wounding of Arabidopsis leaves causes a powerful but transient protection against Botrytis infection

Chassot, Céline ; Buchala, Antony ; Schoonbeek, Henk-jan ; Métraux, Jean-Pierre ; Lamotte, Olivier

In: The Plant Journal, 2008///doi:10.1111/j.1365-313X.2008.03540.x

Physical injury inflicted on living tissue makes it vulnerable to invasion by pathogens. Wounding of Arabidopsis thaliana leaves, however, does not conform to this concept and leads to immunity to Botrytis cinerea, the causal agent of grey mould. In wounded leaves, hyphal growth was strongly inhibited compared to unwounded controls. Wound-induced resistance was not associated with salicylic...