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AssigneeUniversity of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc.
InventorsMelissa G. Mitchum, Kelly Goode, Zenglu Li, Wayne Parrott
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Root-knot nematodes (RKN) are pathogens affecting soybean production worldwide. Rmi1 (Resistance to M. incognita 1) is an additive gene for M. incognita resistance identified in soybean cv. Forrest, which resides in a major QTL on Chromosome 10. It has been established that Rmi1 is associated with multiple polymorphisms in the promoter and sequences of genes encoding β-1,4-endoglucancase (EG) and pectin methylesterase (PME1), both of which exhibit higher expression in susceptible than in Rmi1 resistant plants. EG expression is correlated with RKN feeding cell formation, indicating EG functions as a susceptibility factor for soybean resistance to M. incognita. Plants, including genetically modified and transgenic plants, cells and seeds thereof that lack expression or functional gene products of EG and/or PME1 are provided. Compositions and methods for reducing or removing EG and/or PME1 expression in plants are also described.
A plant or plant cell comprising a genetic modification that reduces, inhibits or silences expression or translation of a target polynucleotide having a nucleic acid sequence of
A transgenic plant or transgenic plant cell, comprising a polynucleotide comprising an expression control sequence operably linked to a nucleic acid sequence encoding an antisense nucleic acid that reduces, inhibits or silences expression or translation of a target polynucleotide having a nucleic acid sequence of
A method for increasing pest resistance in a plant comprising altering or reducing expression of
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