Plant species produce cysteine protease, which disrupt the

peritrophic membrane that protects the gut epithelium of many insects.

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Sclerotinia sclerotiorum is a necrotrophic fungus that infects over 400 plant species. It secretes the phytotoxin oxalic acid to assist the early phases of the infection

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Phytopathogenic bacteria reside within the intercellular spaces of plant organs or in the xylem and many damage plant tissues by secreting toxins, extracellular polysaccharides (EPSs), or cell wall‐degrading enzymes.

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Coronatine is a toxin effector produced by the bacterium Pseudomonas syringae to mimic the plant hormone jasmonic acid‐isoleucine and this assists bacterial infection.

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Coronatine is involved in causing stomata to open after closing in response to PAMPs, as well as in interfering with salicylic acid (SA)‐mediated defense responses.

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Bacteria frequently deploy a “quorum‐sensing” mechanism to facilitate successful colonization of plant tissue

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Quorum sensing in Erwinia carotovora is mediated by N‐acylhomoserine lactones, small molecules released from the bacterial cells into the surrounding medium.