Document Number: 20080109924
Abstract:
Methods for protecting a plant from a plant pathogenic fungus are provided. A method for enhancing fungal pathogen resistance in a plant using the nucleotide sequences disclosed herein is further provided. The method comprises introducing into a plant an expression cassette comprising a promoter operably linked to a nucleotide sequence that encodes an antifungal polypeptide of the invention. Transformed plants, plant cells, seeds, and microorganisms comprising a nucleotide sequence that encodes an antifungal polypeptide of the embodiments, or variant or fragment thereof, are also disclosed.
Application Number: 11956468
Primary Class: 800301000
Sub-Classes: 435468000
Inventors: Hana Ali, San Francisco, CA, US; Robert Keenan, Chicago, IL, US; Michael Lassner, Foster City, CA, US; Mathias Muller, Santa Cruz, CA, US; Gusui Wu, Palo Alto, CA, US
Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC., 7250 N.W. 62ND AVENUE, JOHNSTON, IA, 50131-0552, US
Provisional Application: US 60584905, 2004-06-30
Filing Date: 2007-12-14
Publication Date: 2008-05-08
PDF: 20080109924
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