Elicitors definition

Abiotic elicitors, examples, 48 Abscisic acid, plant-growth hormone inhibitor, I6f Active defense, definition, 37 Alfalfa, phytoalexins, 56 Allelochemicals... 

Addition of elicitors is a common method of enhancing secondary metabohsm in plant ceU cnltures for metabohc, enzymatic or regnlatory stndies. In its broadest definition, an elicitor is any compound or mixture of compoimds that induces a plant defence reaction. Most elicitors used in plant research originate from microorganisms but others are derived from the plant ceU waU. In addition, a variety of abiotic ehci-tors has been used, such as heavy metals. 

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