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A plant is healthy or normal when it carries out its physiological functions to the best of its genetic potential. Whenever plants are disturbed by pathogens or insect pests, one or more of the physiological functions is interfered with beyond a certain deviation from the normal.
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Singh, D.P. (1986). The Value of Disease and Insect Pest Resistance. In: Breeding for Resistance to Diseases and Insect Pests. Crop Protection Monographs. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-71512-9_1
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