Abstract
Most recent investigations have focused on induced, rather than constitutive, plant defenses. Yet significant research has helped to illuminate some of the principal characteristics of constitutive defenses, including mechanisms of action and synergistic effects, as well as strategies used by herbivores and pathogens to circumvent them.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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Review
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Fungi / growth & development
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Host-Parasite Interactions
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Immunity, Innate
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Insecta / growth & development
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Plant Diseases / microbiology
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Plant Diseases / parasitology
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Plants / chemistry*
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Plants / microbiology
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Plants / parasitology
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Toxins, Biological / chemistry
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Toxins, Biological / metabolism*