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VARIOUS workers have directed attention to the possible importance of aromatic host constituents in associations between plants and pathogens1–3. Recent work at East Malling4,5 on the water-soluble constituents of apple and pear leaves and stems has made possible a detailed investigation of the biochemical aspects of host–parasite relations in Venturia inaequalis and V. pirina, the causal fungi of apple scab and pear scab respectively.
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KIRKHAM, D. Significance of the Ratio between the Water-soluble Aromatic and Nitrogen Constituents of Apple and Pear in the Host-Parasite Relationships of Venturia Species. Nature 173, 690–691 (1954). https://doi.org/10.1038/173690b0
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