Transcriptome Analysis of Resistant and Susceptible Apple Varieties Upon Alternaria alternata apple pathotype infection

Alternaria blotch disease of apple is currently one of the most destructive fungal disease of apple in main production areas. Although there is no immune cultivar, field resistant to AAAP within apple has been found in our field investigation and previous studies. In this study, we used RNA-Seq to evaluate expression differences between two cultivars with published genomes over the period between 0 and 72 h post AAAP inoculation.