ABSTRACT

Abstract ................................................................................................. 170 6.1 Introduction .................................................................................. 170 6.2 What Are Secondary Metabolites? .............................................. 171 6.3 General Significance of Secondary Metabolites .......................... 172 6.4 Plant-Microbe Interaction ........................................................... 173 6.5 Category of Secondary Metabolites ............................................. 175 6.6 Phytoalexin: Plant Defense Weapon Post Infection ..................... 180 6.7 Conclusion ................................................................................... 181 Keywords .............................................................................................. 182 References ............................................................................................. 182

MOHAMMAD ANSAR1, ABHIJEET GHATAK1*, LAJJA VATI GHATAK2, ASHWATHNARAYAN SRINIVASARAGHAVAN1, REKHA BALODI3, and CHANDRAMANI RAJ4

1Plant Pathology, BAC, Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour, Bhagalpur 813210, Bihar, India 2Plant Breeding and Genetics, BAC, Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour, Bhagalpur 813210, Bihar, India 3Plant Pathology, COA, Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Udham Singh Nagar, Pantnagar 263145, Uttarakhand, India 4Dryland Cereal Pathology, International Crop Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics, Patancheru, Hyderabad 502324, Telangana, India *Corresponding author, E-mail: ghatak11@gmail.com.