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Title………………………………………………………………………… I
Abstract……………………………………………………………………... III
Acknowledgments..………………………………………………………… V
Table of contents…………………………………………………………… VI
List of tables………………………………………………………………… XI
List of figures………………………………………………………………. XII
Abbreviations……………….……………………………………………… XV
Forward…………………………………………………………………….. XVII
CHAPTER1: INTRODUCTION AND REVIEW OF LITERATURES
1.1. Introduction…………………………………………………………… 1
1.2. Literature review……………………………………………………… 3
1.2.1. Potato (Solanum tuberosun L.)…..…………………………………... 3
1.2.2. Potato Late Blight …………………………………………………… 4
1.2.3. The disease and life cycle of Phytophthora infestans………………... 5
1.2.4. Phytophthora infestans effectors…….......……………….…………... 7
1.2.5 Potato defend themselves against Phytophthora infestans …………... 8
1.2.5.1. Innate immunity and effector-triggered immunity ……… 8
1.2.5.2. Resistance Genes ………………………………………… 10
1.2.5.3. Antimicrobial potato secondary metabolites ………………… 12
1.2.5.4. Antimicrobial Metabolic Pathways ……….……………… 13
1.2.5.4.1. Phenylpropanoid pathway ……………………….. 13
1.2.5.4.2. Terpenoids pathways ……………………………. 16
1.2.6 Defense suppression by pathogens …………………………………... 20
1.3. Objectives………………………………………………………………. 23
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