METHOD OF SCREENING ELICITOR INDUCING THE PRODUCTION OF PHYTOALEXIN IN RICE AND RICE DISEASE CONTROLLING AGENT CONTAINING ELICITOR AS THE ACTIVE INGREDIENT

摘要

A method of screening an elicitor inducing the production of a phytoalexin in rice which comprises using a young rice plant as a test plant, treating an appropriate part of the young rice plant with a test sample and screening an elicitor by using the phytoalexin thus formed in the plant as an indication; and a rice disease controlling agent containing is the active ingredient a specific compound capable of inducing the production of a phytoalexin in rice.