New Alternatives to Chemical Pesticides: Deciphering the Action Mechanisms of Lipid based Plant Elicitors via Complementary Biophysical and Biological Approaches

An elicitor may be defined as any molecule produced by pathogenic or non-pathogenic microorganisms or by host plants (synthesizing or accumulating the molecule) capable of inducing or promoting the natural resistance of plants to one or more pathogens, which resistance may be local or systemic.