Patent ID: 8735654
Filing Date: 2014-05-27
Classification: C12N

Abstract:
1. A method of increasing resistance to a pathogen in a plant, plant cell or plant part, comprising reducing activity and/or amount of an Armadillo repeat ARM1 protein in a plant, plant cell or plant part, and selecting a plant, plant cell or plant part having increased resistance to a pathogen as compared to a corresponding control plant, plant cell or plant part, wherein the activity and/or amount of the Armadillo repeat ARM1 protein in the plant, plant cell or plant part is reduced by: (a) introducing into the plant, plant cell or plant part a nucleic acid molecule encoding a double-strand ribonucleic acid molecule (dsRNA) comprising a sense strand and an antisense strand that is complementary to the sense strand, wherein the sense strand has at least 90% sequence identity to a nucleic acid molecule selected from the group consisting of: or wherein the sense strand comprises a fragment of at least 19 base pairs having at least 90% sequence identity to the corresponding fragment of the nucleic acid molecule of (i) or (ii); or (b) introducing into the plant, plant cell or plant part a nucleic acid molecule encoding an antisense ribonucleic acid molecule having at least 90% sequence identity to the complement of the nucleic acid molecule of (i) or (ii) or comprising a fragment of at least 19 base pairs having at least 90% sequence identity to the corresponding fragment of the complement of the nucleic acid molecule (i) or (ii).