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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2007
Hana S. Ali, San Francisco, CA (US);
Robert J. Keenan, Chicago, IL (US);
Michael Lassner, Foster City, CA (US);
Mathias L. Muller, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Gusui Wu, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Hana S. Ali, San Francisco, CA (US);
Robert J. Keenan, Chicago, IL (US);
Michael Lassner, Foster City, CA (US);
Mathias L. Muller, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Gusui Wu, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., Johnston, IA (US);
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.