PRJNA507638
Understanding Relationships between Root Growth and Disease Susceptibility in Apples (Malus domestica)
The study was conducted to analyze the effect of root growth on fire blight susceptibility in apples. Multiple plants from a single M.7 apple rootstock having varying root mass were identified and used to infect with fire blight bacteria, E. amylovora. The RNA samples were collected from the control and infected leaves to perform differential expression and pathway enrichment analysis.