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Preferred term

Disease Resistance  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • 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.

Entry terms

  • Resistance, Disease

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-HFTXTFHV-S

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