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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 05, 1996
Gary E. Harman, Geneva, NY (US);
Matteo Lorito, Salerno, IT;
Antonio Di Pietro, Cordoba, ES;
Christopher K. Hayes, Geneva, NY (US);
Felice Scala, Sorrento, IT;
Christian P. Kubicek, Vienna, AT;
Cornell Research Foundation, Inc., Ithaca, NY (US);
Abstract
A system for inhibiting the germination or growth of a fungus comprises (a) fungal cell wall degrading chitinolytic or glucanolytic enzyme and (b) antifungal cell membrane affecting: compound. Exemplified antifungal fungal cell membrane affecting compounds include flusilazole, miconazole, osmotin, gramicidin, valinomycin, phospholipase B, and trichorzianines. The system components (a) and (b) may be supplemented with polyene macrolide antibiotic, antifungal epithiodiketopiperazine antibiotic (e.g., gliotoxin), fungal cell wall biosynthesis inhibitor (e.g., L-sorbose) and/or detergent. Embodiments include method of contacting a plant which expresses cell wall degrading enzyme with antifungal fungal cell membrane affecting compound.