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Q. The chemicals which are produced by host plants due to infection as a defence reaction to pathogen are called

AMUAMU 2006

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Phytoalexins are phenolic compounds, which are not present in healthy plants but are produced upon stimulation of a plant by a pathogen or by a mechanical or chemical injury. These are fungitoxic substances and inhibit the growth of microorganisms pathogenic to plants. They include ipomeamarone, orchinol, isocoumarin, pisatin and phaseolin.
Toxins are poisonous, usually unstable compounds generated by microorganisms or animals.
Phytotron is a device for the culture of tissue under controlled laboratory conditions: