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Plant Defence: Biological Control pp 109–138Cite as

Secondary Metabolites and Plant Defence

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Infected or elicited plants accumulate an array of plant defensive compounds. Now-a-days, it is well accepted that plant SECONDARY METABOLITES are involved in this plant defence system. The process of inducing resistance using elicitors is environmental friendly and is advantageous over the chemical based pesticides. It is like stimulation of the plant’s own “immune” potential rather than on suppression of pathogens. The resistance developed in this way has prolonged effect. This strategy could be an alternative solution to reduce the use of pesticides.

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Goyal, S., Lambert, C., Cluzet, S., Mérillon, J.M., Ramawat, K.G. (2012). Secondary Metabolites and Plant Defence. In: Mérillon, J., Ramawat, K. (eds) Plant Defence: Biological Control. Progress in Biological Control, vol 12. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1933-0_5

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