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The Non-Specific Nature of Defense in Bark and Wood During Wounding, Insect and Pathogen Attack

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The Structure, Biosynthesis, and Degradation of Wood

Part of the book series: Recent Advances in Phytochemistry ((RAPT,volume 11))

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Lack of knowledge of the nature of a host response when attacked by a pathogen* is the major factor contributing to the inadequate understanding of disease. In this chapter, evidence is presented to show that whenever the functioning of tissues essential to a tree is affected, regardless of cause, non-specific autonomous processes are triggered: of the three processes described here, two involve restoration of vital lateral meristems, namely, the phellogen and the vascular cambium, and the third, blocking of conductive sap-wood. These processes involve dynamic metabolic and anatomical alterations, and once triggered, occur automatically in pre-existing totipotent cells.

Studies of Periderm, IX. See reference 35 for Part VIII

Part of the research reported here was carried out under a University of British Columbia and Canadian Forestry Service cooperation project while the author was seconded (1967–1973) to Faculty of Forestry, UBC.

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    D. Bir Mullick

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Mullick, D.B. (1977). The Non-Specific Nature of Defense in Bark and Wood During Wounding, Insect and Pathogen Attack. In: Loewus, F.A., Runeckles, V.C. (eds) The Structure, Biosynthesis, and Degradation of Wood. Recent Advances in Phytochemistry, vol 11. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-8873-3_10

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