Patent ID: 11891612
Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
Field: Biotechnology (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C | IPC C

Claim 0:
1. A tomato plant comprising:
an exogenous polynucleotide encoding a JIM2 polypeptide that is at least 90% identical to the Nicotiana benthamiana JIM2 of SEQ ID NO: 1 or the Solanum pennellii JIM2 of SEQ ID NO: 2; and
exogenous polynucleotide encoding a ZAR1 polypeptide that is at least 90% identical to the Nicotiana benthamiana ZAR1 of SEQ ID NO: 3 or the Solanum pennellii ZAR1 polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 4,
wherein the plant has enhanced resistance to Xanthomonas perforans, relative to a control plant that is otherwise identical to the plant but does not contain the exogenous polynucleotides.