# Elicitation strategies for enhanced secondary metabolite synthesis in plant cell cultures and its role in plant defense mechanism

*PRI Rank #17 · Topics and Trends in Most Cited Plant tissue culture and regeneration Papers, Class of 2026*

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| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Rank | #17 |
| 18m citations | 20 |
| Journal | Plant Gene |
| Year | 2024 |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.plgene.2024.100485 |
| Corresponding authors | Atif Khurshid Wani |
| Institution | Lovely Professional University, India |

**Ranking page:** [Topics and Trends in Most Cited Plant tissue culture and regeneration Papers, Class of 2026](https://pri.pepkio.com/top-papers/plant-tissue-culture-and-regeneration/2026)

**Paper link:** [10.1016/j.plgene.2024.100485](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plgene.2024.100485)

## Topics

Elicitation · Secondary metabolites · Plant cell culture · plant defense mechanism · biotic elicitors · abiotic elicitors · Jasmonic acid signalling · Salicylic acid · reactive oxygen species signaling · Hormone signaling pathways · Hairy root transformation · Tissue culture · phytoalexins · alkaloid biosynthesis · Flavonoids · terpenoid biosynthesis · phenolic compound accumulation · Methyl jasmonate · Chitosan elicitor · biosynthetic pathway gene expression

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