The phrase "activate plant" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to starting or turning on a facility, machinery, or system, particularly in industrial or agricultural settings.
Example: "Before we begin the production process, we need to activate the plant to ensure all systems are operational."
Alternatives: "start the facility" or "turn on the plant".
They form partly dsRNA structures and activate plant's RNA silencing machinery, but can resist this suppression by producing active RSSs [ 21- 23].
These receptors initiate signaling processes that activate plant defenses.
A second group of genes like avirulence genes are known to activate plant defense responses.
Thus, the genes that activate plant defense responses are unlikely to be a good strategy to increase disease resistance.
Besides, according to Balakrishnan et al. (2010), compost at moderate doses can activate plant growth via its positive effect on leaf expansion.
However, accompanied by the release of inorganic nitrogen that becomes soil nutrients, this accelerated soil decomposition rate might activate plant productivity.
The ancient Egyptians figured out that light could activate plant-derived drugs.
Among the genes widely characterized for disease resistance, the rice WRKY45 gene has been found to play a crucial role in resistance to bacterial and fungal blast induced by benzothiadiazole (BTH), a so-called plant activator that protects plants from diseases by activating plant innate immune system (Shimono et al. 2007).
It was found, at early stages (7 and 45 days old) in greenhouse, that H. seropedicae in mixture with HS from vermicompost activated plant metabolic processes such as enhancement of plasma membrane H+-ATPase activity, alteration of both sugar and N metabolism and increase of net photosynthesis.
Production of auxins, an important hormone that activates plant cells division, is widespread among plant growth promoting bacteria and M. oryzae CBMB20 is no exception to this.
Wounding also activates plant immunity.
