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AssigneeCornell Research Foundation, Inc.
InventorsGary E. Harman, Matteo Lorito, Antonio Di Pietro, Christopher K. Hayes, Felice Scala, Christian P. Kubicek
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A system for inhibiting the germination or growth of a fungus comprises (a) fungal cell wall degrading chitinolytic or glucanolytic enzyme and (b) antifungal cell membrane affecting: compound. Exemplified antifungal fungal cell membrane affecting compounds include flusilazole, miconazole, osmotin, gramicidin, valinomycin, phospholipase B, and trichorzianines. The system components (a) and (b) may be supplemented with polyene macrolide antibiotic, antifungal epithiodiketopiperazine antibiotic (e.g., gliotoxin), fungal cell wall biosynthesis inhibitor (e.g., L-sorbose) and/or detergent. Embodiments include method of contacting a plant which expresses cell wall degrading enzyme with antifungal fungal cell membrane affecting compound.
A transgenic plant transformed with a DNA molecule encoding a fungal cell wall degrading enzyme, wherein the enzyme is selected from the group consisting of Trichoderma endochitinase and Trichoderma β-N-acetylglucosaminidase and the transgenic plant is more fungal resistant than an untransformed form of the plant.
A method of enhancing fungal resistance in a plant comprising:
A method of enhancing fungal resistance in a plant comprising:
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