Term
| Why are pathogens particularly dangerous to agricultural crops? |
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Definition
| Monocultures, and we replace crops every year so no selective pressure for immune system evolution |
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Term
| What is constitutive and induced defence in plants? Give examples |
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Definition
Constitutive: always at the ready (surface waxes, inhibitors)
Induced: can lead to systemic acquired resistance (tyloses, antimicrobial substances, proteolytic enzymes) |
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Term
| Plants have immune systems, true or false? |
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Definition
| False, they hve systemic acquired resistance |
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Term
| What pathway in plant defence has many products involved at all levels? |
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Definition
| The Phenylpropanoid pathway |
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Term
| Which three groups of phenylpropanoids are involved in plant defence? |
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Definition
| Phytoanticipins, phytoalexins, signal molecules |
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