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

Claim 8:
9. A method for enhancing the resistance of a tomato plant to at least one species of Xanthomonas, comprising:
(a) introducing:
(i) 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
(ii) an 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;, into a tomato cell; and
(b) regenerating a transgenic tomato plant from the tomato plant cell.