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AssigneeUniversidad Politecnica De Madrid
InventorsAntonio MOLINA FERNANDEZ, Lucia JORDA MIRO, Clara SANCHEZ RODRIGUEZ, Sara SOPENA TORRES, Gemma LOPEZ GARCIA, Eva MIEDES VICENTE, Andrea SANCHEZ VALLET, Viviana Pamela ESCUDERO WELSCH
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The invention relates to a method of increasing the resistance to one or more pathogens, preferably fungal or bacterial pathogens, in a monocotyledonous or dicotyledonous plant or a part of a plant, for example in an organ, tissue, a cell or a part of a plant cell, for example in an organelle, wherein a DNA sequence which codes for YODA protein or wherein an endogenous DNA sequence which codes for a YODA protein is increased in the plant or plant cell in comparison with the original, or wild-type, plant. The invention also relates to plants, to parts of a plant, for example an organ, tissue, a cell or a part of a plant cell, for example an organelle, which are obtained by the above methods, and to the corresponding propagation material.
A method for increasing fungal resistance in a plant, a plant part, or a plant cell, wherein the method comprises the step of increasing the expression and/or activity of a YODA protein in the plant, plant part, or plant cell in comparison to a wild type plant, wild type plant part or wild type plant cell.
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