Defenses against herbivores and infectious microbes have evolved in plants. Plants use

Chapter 33, Problem 33.13

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Defenses against herbivores and infectious microbes have evolved in plants. Plants use chemicals to defend themselves against both herbivores and pathogens. So-called avirulent plant pathogens interact with host plants in a specific way that stimulates both local and systemic defenses in the plant. Local defenses include microbe-killing chemicals and the sealing off of the infected area. Hormones trigger generalized defense responses in other organs (systemic acquired resistance).

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