Article
Sugar beet extract induces defence against Phytophthora infestans in potato plants
2013-06-01
Abstract excerpt
The aim of this study was to find a natural and cheap agent that could induce defence responses in potato plants to combat Phytophthora infestans, which causes late blight disease that is one of the most devastating plant pathogens in agriculture. We tested whether a sugar beet extract (SBE), derived through a simple extraction procedure from a large-scale plant waste product, induced resistance under green-house...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 783e8d52-6fd9-5b0a-a31b-a036f3c70e65
- DOI
- 10.1007/s10658-012-0160-9
