The Different Features of Elicitors Include
The product which accumulate in plant cell
cultures due to elicitation due to elicitation may
be antimicrobial in nature, but they shoud not be
confused with phytoalexins unless there is
sufficient proof that the source plant respond to
pathogens with rapid accumulation of the same
product. Therefore a new term that has been
coined for those compounds, Which in cell
cultures are inducible by way of elicitation is
"Elicitation product" or "Elicitation metabolite".
Elicitors can be regarded as substitute of
production media (optimum cultural conditions).
optimum employment of elicitors depends upon:
Elicitor specificity
Elicitor concentration
Duration of elicitor contact
Elicitor of cell line (Clones)
Time course of elicitation
Growth stage of culture
Growth regulation and Nutrient composition