Stem rust resistance gene
AssigneeCommonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
InventorsSambasivam Kuppusamy Periyannan, Peter Norman Dodds, Rohit Mago, Evans Lagudah
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a transgenic plant which integrated into its genome an exogenous polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide which confers resistance to one or more races of Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici, such as the Ug99 group of races Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici.
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A plant genetically modified to comprise a gene encoding a polypeptide which is at least 99% identical to SEQ ID NO:1, wherein the polypeptide confers resistance to one or more races of Puccinia graminis, and wherein the plant is a cereal plant.
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