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STUDIES on the role of phytoalexins in disease resistance in plants have been limited by the absence of techniques for the accurate localisation of the inhibitors within infected tissues. As a result the postulate of Müller and Börger1 that phytoalexin production is confined to cells undergoing necrobiosis remains in doubt2.
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MANSFIELD, J., HARGREAVES, J. & BOYLE, F. Phytoalexin production by live cells in broad bean leaves infected with Botrytis cinerea. Nature 252, 316–317 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/252316a0
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