Method to control the ripening of papaya fruit and confer disease resistance to papaya plants
AssigneesCornell Research Foundation, Inc., Institute of Applied Science and Technology (ICAT)-Laboratory for Plant Biotechnology
InventorsDennis Gonsalves, Aladje Baldé, Maria Salomé Soares Pais, Chu-Hui Chiang
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Abstract
The present invention relates to DNA constructs which include DNA molecules which affect papaya fruit ripening and DNA molecules which encode papaya ringspot virus coat protein. The present invention further relates to a method of controlling papaya fruit ripening while conferring resistance to Papaya Ringspot Virus by transforming plants with the DNA construct. The present invention also relates to expression systems, host cells, and transgenic plants containing the DNA constructs of the invention.
Claims22
A DNA construct comprising:
- a first DNA molecule encoding a protein or polypeptide which controls papaya fruit ripening, wherein the protein or polypeptide has the amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:
- 2, SEQ ID NO:
- 4, SEQ ID NO:
- 6, SEQ ID NO:
- 8, and SEQ ID NO:
- 10, and
- a second DNA molecule encoding a papaya ringspot virus coat protein, wherein the first and second DNA molecules may be inserted in the DNA construct in a sense (5′→3′) or an antisense (3′→5′) orientation.
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