Plant Innate Immune Response: Qualitative and Quantitative Resistance

Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 38-55

  Kushalappa, Ajjamada C ^a   Yogendra, Kalenahalli N ^a   Karre, Shailesh ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Innate immunity; metabolic pathway; plant biotic stress; quantitative resistance; resistance metabolites; resistance proteins

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961711842     PISSN: 07352689     EISSN: 15497836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07352689.2016.1148980     Document Type: Article

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