The plant immune system is insufficient to protect plants from fungi (IMAGE)

Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research

The plant immune system is insufficient to protect plants from fungi

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Figure 2. Simplified model illustrating that the host tryptophan metabolism and the presence of bacterial commensals are both needed to protect plants from extensive colonization by filamentous eukaryotes.

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Stéphane Hacquard

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