Elsa Ballini

The paper shows that root-root interactions in durum wheat mixtures delay foliar defense responses to Septoria tritici blotch, increasing susceptibility.

The paper investigates how root phenolics mediate reduced disease susceptibility in wheat mixtures by disrupting root interactions and analyzing transcriptomic and metabolomic responses.

This study shows that plant-plant interactions in wheat mixtures affect the mean and variance of Septoria tritici blotch symptoms, with specific genotypic combinations influencing susceptibility.