• Priming of inducible defenses protects Norway spruce against tree-killing bark beetles 

      Mageroy, Melissa; Christiansen, Erik; Långström, Bo; Borg-Karlson, Anna-Karin; Solheim, Halvor; Björklund, Niklas; Zhao, Tao; Schmidt, Axel; Fossdal, Carl Gunnar; Krokene, Paal (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-11-01)
      Plants can form an immunological memory known as defense priming, whereby exposure to a priming stimulus enables quicker or stronger response to subsequent attack by pests and pathogens. Such priming of inducible defenses ...