Phacosporacea Resistant Soybean Plants
AssigneeBASF Plant Science GmbH
InventorHolger Schultheiss
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method of increasing resistance against fungal pathogens of the family Phacosporaceae in transgenic plants and/or plant cells. In these plants, the ethylene signaling pathway and/or activity of the ethylene signaling compounds is changed. This is achieved by priming the ethylene signaling pathway in these plants in comparison to wild type plants and/or wild type plant cells. Depending on the activating or inhibitory function of a particular signaling compound overexpression or knock-down of the cognate gene might be used.
Claims27
A method for increasing Phacosporacea resistance in a plant and/or a plant cell, comprising priming the ethylene signaling pathway in the plant and/or plant cell in comparison to a wild type plant and/or wild type plant cell.
A recombinant vector construct comprising:
- (a) (i) recombinant nucleic acid having a nucleic acid sequence having at least 60% identity with any of SEQ ID NOS:
- 1, 3, 5 or 7, a functional fragment thereof and/or a nucleic acid capable of hybridizing under stringent conditions with such a nucleic acid;
- and/or
- (ii) a recombinant nucleic acid coding for a protein having an amino acid sequence having, at least 60% identity with any of SEQ ID NOS:
- 2, 4, 6 or 8, a functional fragment thereof, an orthologue and/or a paralogue thereof
- operably linked with
- (b) a promoter;
- and
- (c) a transcription termination sequence.
A recombinant vector construct comprising:
- a recombinant nucleic acid comprising:
- a promoter that is functional in the plant cell, operably linked to a target nucleic acid which is substantially identical and/or substantially complementary to at least 19 contiguous nucleotides of the target CTR1, EBF1 and/or EBF2 gene;
- and
- a terminator regulatory sequence.
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The plant of claim 28, wherein the plant is soy.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.