E.i. Dupont De Nemours and Company

Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.

Janine L Weaver

Albert Laurence Lu

Billy Fred McCutchen

James Kevin Presnail

Rafael Herrmann

Daniel J Altier

James F H Wong

James Fh Wong

The present invention is directed to nucleic acid molecules tat encode defensive polypeptides and methods of their use in enhancing disease resistance of a plant to a fungal pathogen. Vectors, expression cassettes, viruses, cells, and plants comprising a nucleotide sequence of the invention are farther provided.

RHIZOC3 nucleic acid molecules

The present invention is directed to nucleic acid molecules that encode Fus6 defensive polypeptides and methods of their use in enhancing disease resistance of a plant to a fungal pathogen. Vectors, expression cassettes, viruses, cells, and plants comprising a nucleotide sequence of the invention are further provided.

FUS6 nucleic acid molecules and methods of their use in enhancing disease resistance in plants

The methods and compositions of the present invention find use in impacting microbial pathogens and in enhancing disease resistance to pathogens, particularly by plants. The compositions of the invention include polypeptides that possess antimicrobial properties, particularly fungicidal properties, and the encoding nucleic acid molecules. The polypeptides of the invention are isolated from the hemolymph and fat bodies of insect larvae induced by injection of plant pathogenic fungi. Further provided are plant cells, plants, and seed thereof, transformed with the nucleic acid molecules of the invention so as to confer disease resistance on the plant.

Rhizoc3 antimicrobial polypeptides and their uses

Fus6 family antimicrobial polypeptides and their uses

Mag1 antimicrobial polypeptides and their uses

The methods and compositions of the present invention find use in impacting microbial pathogens and in enhancing disease resistance to pathogens, particularly by plants. The compositions of the invention include nucleic acid molecules encoding Fus6 polypeptides derived fromthat possess antimicrobial properties, particularly fungicidal properties. Further provided are plant cells plants, and seed thereof, transformed with the nucleic acid molecules of the invention so as to confer disease resistance on the plant.

Nucleic acid encoding the FUS6 antimicrobial polypeptide of Agrotis ipsilon and its use to enhance disease resistance in a plant

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