Abstract
Plants have to cope with a variety of biotic stresses, including insect
herbivory and pathogen attack. To minimize damage caused by pathogen or
insect attack, plants have evolved sophisticated defense mechanisms.
Hormones such as jasmonic acid (JA), ethylene (ET), salicylic acid (SA), and
abscisic acid (ABA) are important players for determining the proper defense
mechanism
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