Antifungal Plant Proteins, Peptides, and Methods of Use

A transgenic plant, cells of which contain a protein or peptide comprising an amino acid sequence having at least 90% sequence identity to an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of amino acid sequences shown in SEQ ID NOs:1, 3-9, 16-22, and 49-64.

A composition, comprising a protein or peptide comprising an amino acid sequence having at least 90% sequence identity to an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of amino acid sequences shown in SEQ ID NOs:1, 3-9, 16-22, and 49-64, and any combination thereof.

A method of preventing, treating, controlling, combating, reducing, or inhibiting damage to a plant susceptible to damage from a species of fungus selected from the group consisting of an Alternaria sp., an Ascochyta sp., an Aspergillus sp., a Botrytis sp.;

• a Cercospora sp., a Colletotrichum sp., a Diplodia sp., an Erysiphe sp., a Fusarium sp., Gaeumanomyces sp., Helminthosporium sp., Macrophomina sp., a Nectria sp., a Peronospora sp., a Phakopsora sp., a Phoma sp., a Phymatotrichum sp., a Phytophthora sp., a Plasmopara sp., a Puccinia sp., a Podosphaera sp., a Pyrenophora sp., a Pyricularia sp., a Pythium sp., a Rhizoctonia sp., a Scerotium sp., a Sclerotinia sp., a Septoria sp., a Thielaviopsis sp., an Uncinula sp., a Venturia sp., and a Verticillium sp., comprising providing to the locus of said susceptible plant an antifungal effective amount of a antifungal protein or peptide comprising an amino acid sequence having at least 90% sequence identity to an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of amino acid sequences shown in SEQ ID NOs:1, 3-9, 16-22, and 49-64, and any combination thereof.