Abstract:Phytoalexins are an important component of the plant disease defense reaction called the hypersensitive response. Successful pathogens have evolved methods for dealing with plant phytoalexins, includi...Phytoalexins are an important component of the plant disease defense reaction called the hypersensitive response. Successful pathogens have evolved methods for dealing with plant phytoalexins, including suppressors of their production, detoxification of the phytoalexins and in some cases avoiding elaboration of substances, called elicitors, that would otherwise initiate the defense reaction. Elicitors obtained from pathogens are of considerable utility for study of various aspects of plant biology because of their interaction with the products of plant disease resistance genes. Substantial information has been obtained on how elicitors are perceived by plant cells and how they function, but much remains to be done. Finally, elicitors may prove of value for the economic production of exotic plant secondary metabolites and as specific herbicides.Read More
Publication Year: 1990
Publication Date: 1990-09-25
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
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