Transgenic plants protected against parasitic plants
OwnerRadi Ali, James H. Westwood +1inventors
InventorsRadi Ali, James H. Westwood, Carole Cramer
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Abstract
Transgenic plants which are resistant to damage from parasitic plants and methods for generating such transgenic plants are provided. The transgenic plants are genetically engineered to contain a lytic toxin gene such as the cecroipin gene sarcotoxin IA. Expression of the gene is driven by an inducible promoter such as a parasite induced promoter, or a promoter which selectively expresses the gene in a particular region of the plant, e.g. the root system.
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A transgenic plant protected from parasitic plants, comprised of a host plant harboring an expressible gene encoding a lytic toxin that inhibits attack from parasitic plants.
A method for protecting plants from damage caused by parasitic plants, comprising the step of providing a host plant with an expressable gene encoding a lytic toxin which produces a polypeptide that inhibits attack from parasitic plants.
A method of preventing or reducing damage in a host plant which may be attacked by a parasitic plant, comprising the step of harboring in said host plant an expressible gene encoding a lytic toxin that inhibits attack from parasitic plants.
A potato plant transformed by an expressible gene encoding a lytic toxin which produces a polypeptide that inhibits attack from parasitic plants.
A tomato plant transformed by an expressible gene encoding a lytic toxin which produces a polypeptide that inhibits attack from parasitic plants.
A tobacco plant transformed by an expressible gene encoding a lytic toxin which produces a polypeptide that inhibits attack from parasitic plants.
A host plant having a root system containing a polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:2.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.