Plants (IMAGE)

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Plants

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Plants artificially deprived of their lignin production capabilities are more prone to get bacterial infections. At the time of flower shedding (stage 16), plants exposed to bacteria get more infections if they cannot produce lignin (rbohD/F plants).

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Elsevier Inc.

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