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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2009
Applicants:
Hiromitsu Moriyama, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiyuki Fukuhara, Tokyo, JP;
Tsutomu Arie, Tokyo, JP;
Tohru Teraoka, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Hiromitsu Moriyama, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiyuki Fukuhara, Tokyo, JP;
Tsutomu Arie, Tokyo, JP;
Tohru Teraoka, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 39/12 (2006.01); C12Q 1/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides a novel mycovirus that suppresses phytopathogenic fungi and a novel method for controlling plant diseases. A novel mycovirus that is present endogenously in a predetermined rice blast fungus, has four types of double-stranded RNAs of 2.8 to 3.6 kb, and suppresses a phytopathogenic fungus has been found. This virus suppresses phytopathogenic fungi such as rice blast fungus.