Unversität Zürich

Kws Saat Se * Co. Kgaa

Thomas Wicker

Milena Ouzunova

Beat Keller

Daniela Scheuermann

Bettina Kessel

Thomas Presterl

Carsten Knaak

Simon Krattinger

Gerhard Herren

Severine Hurni

Severine Bender

The present invention provides an improved-resistant plant, in particular a maize plant which comprises a polynucleotide with one or more resistance-conferring genes, for example on a truncated chromosome fragment from the accession Pepitilla, as well as a cell, a tissue, a part, grain and seeds thereof, an isolated polynucleotide which comprises one or more resistance-conferring genes against, a vector, a transgenic plant cell and a transgenic plant containing this polynucleotide. Furthermore, the invention encompasses suitable markers and their use in introducing resistance or the transgene into a plant, as well as the identification of improved maize plants which comprise a truncated chromosome fragment.

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Hüttwilen, Switzerland

Thomas Wicker