Gene conferring resistance to Cercospora beticola in beets

US11597944B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA · DE

Inventors

• Otto Törjék · Einbeck, DE
• Dietrich BORCHARDT · Einbeck, DE
• Margaret Rekoske · Shakopee, US
• Wolfgang Mechelke · Einbeck, DE
• Britta Schulz · Einbeck, DE
• Jens Christoph LEIN · Göttingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 28, 2020
• Grant date: Mar 7, 2023
• Expiry date: Sep 19, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12N15/8213
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A more efficient breeding against Cercospora leaf spot disease, or the development of new resistant lines, is enabled via the provision of the Cercospora resistance-mediating gene according to the invention; in particular, a dominant resistance effect in the target plant is evoked by the property of the identified gene alone. The Cercospora resistance-mediating gene, and embodiments of the present invention that are described in the preceding, offer additional applications, e.g., the use of the resistant gene allele in cis-genetic or trans-genetic approaches, with the goal of developing new resistant cultivars.