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Considering biochemical pathways, it is interesting to note that the appearance of stilbenes and Pc in Scots pine<br />

c<strong>or</strong>responded to decreases in compounds of the hydroxycinnamic acid group, since <strong>this</strong> latter group is a precurs<strong>or</strong> of both<br />

stilbenes and flavonoids (Ribereau-Gayon 1968, Gotham 1989).<br />

Between Clone Comparisons<br />

Clonal variability was first analyzed by multivariate analysis, in <strong>or</strong>der to take into account all characterized com-<br />

pounds together. A canonical discriminant analysis was perf<strong>or</strong>med by taking reaction zones as Inain individuals and un-<br />

wounded phloem as complementary individuals. This procedure was necessary as the purpose was mainly to compare clone<br />

:reaction zones with each other, and only to place unwounded phloem relatively to them.<br />

Axes 1 2 and 3 explained 57, 23, and 15% of the variation, respectively. In the first two axes (Fig. 3), froln un-<br />

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wounded phloem to the reaction zone, phenolic composition seemed to evolve towards the same point of the plane, whatever<br />

the clone. That was confirmed in all significant axes (three), by calculating mean distances between points and their<br />

barycenter. Spread of the points relating to reaction zones was less than spread of the points relating to unwounded phloeln,<br />

in each clone and f<strong>or</strong> all clones together (data not shown). Thus, each clone would react in a different way acc<strong>or</strong>ding to its<br />

constitutive composition, but always so that the composition of the reaction zone tended to be the same.<br />

The meaning of <strong>this</strong> phenolic modifications is not clear. It may be linked with protection against aggress<strong>or</strong>s <strong>or</strong> with<br />

tissue rest<strong>or</strong>ation. Nevertheless, it is w<strong>or</strong>thwhile to note that clone ...... c , whose reaction was the least efficient (reaction zone<br />

significantly longer than that of' all other clones), was the only one initially separated from the others by axis 2 (Fig. 3). If<br />

phenols effectively play a role in arresting beetles and their fungi, it could thus be possible to predict reaction efficiency of a<br />

clone on the basis of the whole phenolic composition of its constitutive phloem.<br />

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Figure 3._Canonical discriminant analysis of phloem phenolic composition of different Scots pine clones, after inoculation<br />

with Ophiostoma brunneo-ciliatum. Reaction zones were considered as principal individuals and unwounded phloem<br />

as complementary individuals, a, b, c, d, e, f = unwounded phloem of the different clones (* represents the<br />

barycenters); 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 = C<strong>or</strong>responding reaction zones (o represent the barycenters). Arrows indicate the<br />

directions of variation from unwounded phloems to reactions zones. Clones a, b, c, d, e and f were respectively<br />

represented by 3, 2, 1, 2, 3 and 3 trees.<br />

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