“…As in other transcriptome reports, the host response to F. graminearum infection included differential expression of genes predicted to be part of the primary and secondary metabolisms, structural functions, defense and stress responses, transport, regulatory mechanisms, and a large number of genes with uncharacterized function [18,39,40]. Many of those genes are considered to be part of a response to the damage done by the fungus to host tissues, and their level of expression reflects disease progression [26,40,41].…”