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Bean seeds challenged withRhizoctonia solani or exposed to natural microflora yielded the isoflavonoid phytoalexins: phaseollin, phaseollidin, phaseollinisoflavan, coumestrol and kievitone. The data suggest that seeds may have the major host-defence factors of a plant.
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The author thanks Dr Suresh S. Patil of University of Hawaii for his guidance and provision of laboratory facilities. Gift of phytoalexin samples by Dr S. Pueppke and Dr N.T. Keen is gratefully acknowledged. East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, is thanked for the financial assistance.
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Gnanamanickam, S.S. Isolation of isoflavonoid phytoalexins from seeds ofPhaseolus vulgaris L.. Experientia 35, 323 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01964327
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