rhizosecrete

present singular third person rhizosecretes · participle present rhizosecreting · participle past rhizosecreted · past rhizosecreted

1. biologyTo secrete from a rhizome.

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   Recent studies have shown that the European plant Centaurea maculosa (spotted knapweed), an invasive species in North America, rhizosecretes a phytotoxin (±)-catechin (Bais et al., 2002, 2003), although the quantities of (±)-catechin produced and its potency as a phytotoxin under some conditions remains uncertain (Blair et al., 2005).

   2007, B Prithiviraj, “Chemical facilitation and induced pathogen resistance mediated by a root‐secreted phytotoxin”, in New Phytologist