Which of the following best describes how plants produce their own insecticide?
A) Wounded cells release an elicitor that directly induces synthesis of protease inhibitors, and protease inhibitors act as insecticides.
B) Wounded cells release jasmonates, jasmonates stimulate elicitor synthesis, elicitor causes the production of protease inhibitors, and protease inhibitors act as insecticides.
C) Wounded cells release an elicitor that causes membrane breakdown, membrane breakdown releases jasmonates, and jasmonates act as insecticides.
D) Wounded cells release an elicitor that causes membrane breakdown, membrane breakdown releases jasmonates, jasmonates induce synthesis of protease inhibitors, and protease inhibitors act as insecticides.
E) None of the above
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