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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2010
Ahmad M. Fakhoury, Carbondale, IL (US);
David A. Lightfoot, Carbondale, IL (US);
Ahmad M. Fakhoury, Carbondale, IL (US);
David A. Lightfoot, Carbondale, IL (US);
Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, IL (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are new effects of increased gdhA gene expression on plants that are susceptible toandinfection. Plants transformed with the gdhA gene are resistant to aflatoxin accumulation followinginfection, and to root rot followinginfection. The resistance to aflatoxin accumulation and root rot in gdhAplants is coincident with drought tolerance and resistance of the plants to certain herbicides. Methods for controlling aflatoxin contamination and root rot in crop plants, and for screening plants putatively transformed with gdhA, are described.