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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas J. Jacks, Metairie, LA (US);
Jeffrey W. Cary, Covington, LA (US);
Kanniah Rajasekaran, Metairie, LA (US);
Thomas E. Cleveland, III, Mandeville, LA (US);
Karl-Heinz Van Pee, Bannewitz, DE;
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, DC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/509 ; C12N 1/531 ; C12N 1/582 ; A01H 5/00 ; A01H 5/10 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/509 ; C12N 1/531 ; C12N 1/582 ; A01H 5/00 ; A01H 5/10 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a method of making plants resistant to plant pathogens by transformation of host cells with a nucleic acid encoding a nonheme haloperoxidase. Transgenic plants which express a nonheme chloroperoxidase thereby resulting in enhanced resistance to phytopathogens are provided.