Disease Resistance

**Definition:** The capacity of an organism to defend itself against pathological processes or the agents of those processes. This most often involves innate immunity whereby the organism responds to pathogens in a generic way. The term disease resistance is used most frequently when referring to plants.

**Tree numbers:** - C23.550.291.671 - G12.450.564.250 - G12.450.800.250 - G15.630.250

**Synonyms:** - Resistance, Disease