A healthy plant fighting off an attack by a bacterial pathogen develops dry brown spots on its leaves.These spots are _______ produced by the plant to isolate the pathogen.

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Necrotic lesions are dry, brown or yellow spots that are formed in plants in response to pathogen attack. The plant develops these lesions as a response to isolate the pathogen and prevent it from spreading to other parts of the plant. The lesions are the result of programmed cell death, which is a mechanism to kill the infected plant cells and prevent the pathogen from spreading further.

A Healthy Plant Fighting Off an Attack by a Bacterial