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Method of increasing resistance to a fungal pathogen by applying a hydrophobin to a plant

US11447794B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

BASF Plant Science Company GmbH · DE

Inventors

Holger Schultheiss · Haßloch, DE
Ralf Flachmann · Schifferstadt, DE
Thomas Subkowski · Schriesheim, DE
Claus Bollschweiler · Heidelberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 31, 2019
Grant date	Sep 20, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 30, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC07K2319/02
WIPO fieldBiotechnology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method of increasing resistance against fungal pathogens of the family Phacosporaceae plants and/or plant cells. This is achieved for instance by increasing the expression of a hydrophobin protein or fragment thereof in a plant, plant part and/or plant cell in comparison to wild type plants, wild type plant parts and/or wild type plant cells. In the transgenic plants hydrophobin can be expressed as a fusion protein to facilitate and/or enhance expression. Furthermore, the hydrophobin protein can be expressed including a secretion signal sequence which mediates secretion of the protein into the apoplast and/or into the cuticule.

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