Elicitor recognition, signal transduction and induced resistance in plants

Journal of Plant Interactions

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 95-120

  Mishra, Ajay Kumar ^a   Sharma, Kamal ^b   Misra, Raj Shekhar ^c  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^c Central Tuber Crops Research Institute Bhubaneswar   (India)

Author keywords

biological safety; elicitor; induced resistance; plant diseases; plant pathogen interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859884562     PISSN: 17429145     EISSN: 17429153     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17429145.2011.597517     Document Type: Review

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