Plant BiologybioRxiv
The establishment of Populus x Laccaria bicolor ectomycorrhiza requires the inactivation of MYC2 coordinated defense response with a key role for root terpene synthases
J. E. Marques-Galvez, V. Basso, A. Kohler…·C. Veneault-Fourrey
This paper shows that MYC2.1 and MYC2.2 transcription factors in poplar repress defense genes, including terpene synthases, which are critical for Laccaria bicolor to establish ectomycorrhizal symbiosis.
DOI 10.1111/nph.19609