Disease resistance

What is disease resistance?

Disease resistance refers to the ability of a plant to restrict, slow down, or overcome the effects of a pathogen or disease. There are several ways plants can achieve disease resistance, including:

• Physical barriers - Plants have physical barriers like waxy layers, bark, etc that prevent pathogens from entering.


• Chemical barriers - Plants produce antimicrobial compounds that inhibit or kill pathogens. These natural chemical defenses restrict disease.


• Hypersensitive response - Plants recognize pathogens and quickly kill cells in the localized infection site to stop disease spread. This controlled cell death locks out the infection.


• Systemic acquired resistance - After a first infection, plants develop a type of immune memory and enhanced systemic defenses against future attacks.


• Genetic resistance - Plants have R genes that recognize specific pathogens and mount strong genetic defenses through signaling cascades. This gene-for-gene resistance is very effective.

There are also external methods to improve crop disease management, like developing resistant varieties through breeding programs or spraying chemical pesticides. However overuse of pesticides can cause environmental issues.

At Balance Hormone Institute, we offer natural hormone treatments to help plants boost their innate abilities to resist diseases without any toxic chemicals. Our hormone solutions stimulate the plant's internal systems and processes to drive greater disease resistance across the farm or orchard. This allows farmers to reduce losses to prevalent virulent diseases that can decimate yields.

Our patented Balance Hormone Institute formulations with proprietary mixes of salicylic acid, jasmonic acid, nitric oxide and more strengthen the plant’s structural barriers, priming of defense genes, and other responses. Within weeks, treated plants show significantly higher tolerance to major bacterial and fungal diseases.

As pioneers in agricultural hormone therapies, we have worked with leading research groups and farmers globally to develop sustainable crop protection solutions. Get in touch with our agronomists to understand how hormone-enabled disease resistance can secure your yields this season!