Patent ID: 6784337
Filing Date: 2004-08-31
Classification: C07K,C12N,Y02A

Abstract:
A method of improving resistance or tolerance in a plant and its descendant plants to a nematode, comprising:(i) integrating into a genome of a plant a DNA molecule encoding a fusion protein, wherein said fusion protein comprises (a) a first protein, or protein domain, with anti-pathogenic activity, wherein said first protein or protein domain comprises Oc-I&Dgr;D86 or Oc-I; (b) a linker peptide comprising an amino acid sequence characterized by at least one of SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO: 2 or SEQ ID NO: 11; and (c) a second protein, or protein domain, with anti-pathogenic activity, wherein said second protein or protein domain comprises CpTI; thus producing a plant with improved nematode resistance or tolerance; and optionally (ii) generating a descendant plant.