Fig. 1From: Identification of the defense-related gene VdWRKY53 from the wild grapevine Vitis davidii using RNA sequencing and ectopic expression analysis in ArabidopsisVitis leaf structure and symptoms of Coniella diplodiella infection. a Anatomical structure of Vitis vinifera cv. Manicure Finger (VIV) and Vitis davidii accession 0940 (VID). Leaf samples were collected from 2-week-old leaves at 3–4 positions on a branch. At the microstructure level, the leaf thickness, upper epidermis thickness, palisade tissue thickness, spongy tissue thickness, and lower epidermis thickness were not significantly different between VID and VIV. At the ultrastructure level, VID had more chloroplasts in the palisade tissue than in VIV. b Symptoms in VID and VIV after C. diplodiella infection. Typical hypersensitive response (HR) symptoms were observed in VID, but not in VIV at 12 h post-infection (hpi) and 36 hpiBack to article page