Onions produce various sulfur - containing compounds (such as cysteine sulfoxide), probably for
defense against fungi and insects, that, together with their breakdown products, produce their distinctive odor, flavor, and lachrymatory (tear - stimulating) properties (Brewster 1994).
Not exact matches
Pseudomonas chlororaphis EA105 can trigger a system - wide
defense against the rice blast
fungus, which destroys enough rice to feed an estimated 60 million people each year.
Previously, Bais and his research team isolated Pseudomonas chlororaphis EA105, a bacterium that lives in the soil around the roots of rice plants and found that this beneficial microbe can trigger a system - wide
defense against the rice blast
fungus.
It seems most important for beewolves to have a
defense which is efficient
against a broad and constantly changing spectrum of mold
fungi.
This makes garlic a surprisingly good
defense against harmful organisms like bacteria, viruses, protozoa, and
fungus.