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RECERCAT author Gaspar, Daniel author Trindade, Candida author Usié Chimenos, Anabel author Meireles, Brígida author Barbosa, Pedro author Fortes, Ana author Pesquita, Cátia author Costa, Rita author Ramos, António Marcos 2025-11-17T19:39:01Z 2025-11-17T19:39:01Z 2017-08 http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/469091 Forests are essential resources on a global scale, not only for the ecological benefits, but also for economical and landscape purposes. However, in recent years, a large number of forest species have suffered a serious decline, with maritime pine being one of the most affected. In Portugal, the maritime pine forest has been devastated by the pine wood nematode (PWN), the causal agent of pine wilt disease. In this study, RNA-Seq data was used to characterize the maritime pine response to infection with PWN, by determining the differentially expressed genes and identifying the regulatory networks and pathways associated. The analyses showed clear differences between an early response that occurs immediately after inoculation and a late response that is observed seven days after inoculation. Moreover, differentially expressed genes related to secondary metabolism, oxidative stress and defense against pathogen infection were identified over different time points. These results provide new insights about the molecular mechanisms and metabolic pathways involved in the response of Pinus pinaster against PWN infection, which will be a useful resource in follow-up studies and for future breeding programs to select plants with lower susceptibility to this disease. cc-by, (c) Daniel Gaspar et al., 2017 Attribution 4.0 International info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ RNA-sequencing Transcriptome analysis Gene expression Bursaphelenchus xylophilus Expression Profiling in Pinus pinaster in Response to Infection with the Pine Wood Nematode Bursaphelenchus xylophilus info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion