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

Claim 10:
11. A method for enhancing the resistance of a potato plant to at least one species of Ralstonia, comprising:
(a) introducing 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 into a potato cell; and
(b) regenerating a transgenic potato plant from the potato plant cell; and
(c) selecting said transgenic potato plant or a progeny of the same that contains the exogenous polynucleotide for resistance to Ralstonia.