This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(grant number 31872074);the National Key R&D Program of China(2019YFD1000100);Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions。
The Alternaria alternata apple pathotype adversely affects apple(Malus domestica Borkh.)cultivation.However,the molecular mechanisms underlying enhanced resistance to this pathogen in apple remain poorly understood.We...