Abstract
Resistance of plants to pathogens usually involves a great variety of mechanisms preventing penetration, growth, and multiplication of the invading organism. Pathogen-induced reactions are an important part of the plant’s defense mechanisms. A prerequisite for induction of these responses is the perception of appropriate signals by the plant cell. The molecular mechanisms of recognition and induction processes are difficult to study in intact plant/pathogen systems, because only a limited number of plant cells are challenged by and respond to the pathogen, and because multiple infection events usually do not occur synchronously.
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Scheel, D., Hauffe, K.D., Jahnen, W., Hahlbrock, K. (1986). Stimulation of Phytoalexin Formation in Fungus-Infected Plants and Elicitor-Treated Cell Cultures of Parsley. In: Lugtenberg, B. (eds) Recognition in Microbe-Plant Symbiotic and Pathogenic Interactions. NATO ASI Series, vol 4. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-71652-2_31
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