Mesh term Disease Resistance
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Immunity, Innate
Plant Immunity
Description
The capacity of an organism to defend itself against pathological processes or the agents of those processes. This most often involves innate immunity whereby the organism responds to pathogens in a generic way. The term disease resistance is used most frequently when referring to plants.Search for this term in our Faculty Database
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