Plants "Sense" Herbivore Attack (IMAGE)

Tokyo University of Science

Plants "Sense" Herbivore Attack

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Recently, Professor Gen-ichiro Arimura from Tokyo University of Science, Japan, encapsulated the research on the herbivory-sensing mechanism of plants through elicitors. Commenting of the immense value of these elicitors, Prof. Arimura states, "This review focuses mainly on elicitors because they are timely, novel, and have potential biotechnological applications".

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Gen-ichiro Arimura, Tokyo University of Science

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