简介:Agriculturalapplicationofrareearth(RE)hasbeengeneralizedforseveraldecades,anditisinvolvedincrops,vegetablesandstockraisinginChina.However,alltheresearchesonREmainlyfocusonthefieldssuchasplantphysiologicalactivity,physiologicalandbiochemicalmechanism,sanitationtoxicologyandenvironmentalsecurity.PlantprotectionbyusingREandtheinducedresistanceofplantagainstdiseasesweresummarized.Themechanismofrareearthagainstplantdiseaseishighlighted,whichincludesfollowingtwoaspects.First,REelementscancontrolsomephytopathogendirectlyandreduceitsvirulencetohostplant.AnotherpossibilityisthatREelementscanaffecthostplantandinducetheplanttoproducesomeresistancetodisease.