Disease Resistant Plants
AssigneeEnza Zaden Beheer B.V.
InventorsAgustinius Franciscus Johannes Maria VAN DEN ACKERVEKEN, Mireille Maria Augusta Van Damme
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a plant, which is resistant to a pathogen of viral, bacterial, fungal or oomycete origin, wherein the plant has an increased homoserine level as compared to a plant that is not resistant to the said pathogen, in particular organisms of the phylum Oomycota. The invention further relates to a method for obtaining a plant, which is resistant to a pathogen of viral, bacterial, fungal or oomycete origin, comprising increasing the endogenous homoserine level in the plant.
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An isolated spinach plant which is resistant to Peronospora farinosa wherein the spinach plant has an increased endogenous L-homoserine level as compared to a spinach plant that is not resistant to Peronospora farinosa, wherein said spinach plant has a mutation in the homoserine kinase gene of SEQ ID No. 107 lowering the homoserine kinase activity of SEQ ID No. 108.
A method for obtaining a spinach plant which is resistant to Peronospora farinosa, comprising increasing the endogenous L-homoserine level in the spinach plant by a mutation in the homoserine kinase gene of SEQ ID No. 107 lowering the homoserine kinase activity of SEQ ID No. 108 or reducing the expression of SEQ ID No. 107
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