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Phenolics: A Key Defence Secondary Metabolite to Counter Biotic Stress

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Plant Phenolics in Sustainable Agriculture

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Polyphenols or plant phenolics are the secondary metabolites which have diverse functions to mitigate various abiotic (heat, drought, cold, salt or heavy metal) and biotic (bacterial, fungal, viral, insect or weed) stresses. Phenolic compounds derived via the common phenylpropanoid pathway perform as signalling molecule and can act as agents in plant shielding. Phenolic compounds play important role in the regulation of seed germination and cooperate in regulating the growth of plants, also taking part in defence responses during viral or bacterial infection, excessive sun or light exposure, wounds and heavy metal stresses. One of the crucial role of phenolic compounds is their antimicrobial activity in plants is to act as safeguarding compounds opposed to disease agents such as fungi, bacteria, nematodes, weeds and other pathogens. In the present chapter, we will try to understand how plants fight against the different types of biotic stresses by employing phenolic compounds.

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Tak, Y., Kumar, M. (2020). Phenolics: A Key Defence Secondary Metabolite to Counter Biotic Stress. In: Lone, R., Shuab, R., Kamili, A. (eds) Plant Phenolics in Sustainable Agriculture . Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4890-1_13

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