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  • adjective biology Describing a parasite that kills its host

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Examples

  • Glazebrook J (2005) Contrasting mechanism of defense against biotrophic and necrotrophic pathogens.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Sumanti Gupta et al. 2010

  • Mauch-Mani B (2004) β-Amionobutyric acid induced resistance against necrotrophic pathogens is based on ABA-dependent priming of callose.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Sumanti Gupta et al. 2010

  • Yet, this IC1270-inducible ISR response seems to act as a double-edged sword within the rice defense network as induced plants displayed an increased vulnerability to the necrotrophic pathogens Rhizoctonia solani and Cochliobolus miyabeanus.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles 2009

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