Pinus Susceptibility to Pitch Canker Triggers Specific Physiological Responses in Symptomatic Plants: An Integrated Approach

This work is a contribution of URGENTpine (PTDC/AGRFOR/2768/2014) funded by FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., through national funds, and the co-funding by the FEDER (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-016785), within the PT2020 Partnership Agreement and Compete 2020. Thanks are due for the financial support to CESAM (UID/AMB/50017/2019), to FCT/MCTES through national funds. FCT supported JA (SFRH/BD/120967/2016), AMR (PD/BD/114417/2016), and CA (IF/00376/2012/CP0165/CT0003). GP was funded by national funds (OE), through FCT, in the scope of the framework contract foreseen in numbers 4, 5, and 6 of the article 23, of the Decree-Law 57/2016, of August 29, changed by Law 57/2017, of July 19. This article is based upon work carried out during COST Action FP1406 PINESTRENGTH (PPC-strategies for management of Gibberella circinata in greenhouses and forests), supported by COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) that awarded JA with a STSM. CA and AMR acknowledge the ITQB NOVA R&D GREEN-it ‘Bioresources for Sustainability’ (UID/Multi/04551/2013) and International Ph.D. Programme ‘Plants for Life’ (PD/00035/2013), respectively. The James Hutton Institute receives support from the Rural and Environment Science and Analytical Services Division of the Scottish Government.