The oldest evolutionary defence strategy found in plants, fungi, insects and primitive multicellular organisms. The system is essentially common in Eukaryotes. MTI is the first level of defence in plant immunity (i.e. LAR). ETI the second level.
Adapted from: Tronsmo, A.M., Collinge, D.B., Djurle, A., Munk, L., Yuen, J. and. Tronsmo, A. 2020 Plant pathology and plant diseases. CABI, Wallingford.
ISBN 9781789243185.
https://www.cabi.org/bookshop/book/9781789243185/
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