Patent ID: 8232228

Claim:
A method of treating at least one plant or plant seed with at least one insecticide, fungicide, or herbicide where a local population of pests has resistance to the at least one insecticide, fungicide, or herbicide, said method comprising: selecting the at least one plant or plant seed to be treated by the at least one insecticide, fungicide, or herbicide under conditions effective for the at least one insecticide, fungicide, or herbicide to perform its intended function, wherein the selected at least one plant or plant seed is planted where the local population of pests has resistance to the at least one insecticide, fungicide, or herbicide and applying the at least one insecticide, fungicide, or herbicide and at least one hypersensitive response elicitor protein or polypeptide to said selected at least one plant or plant seed under conditions effective to treat the at least one plant or plant seed with the at least one insecticide, fungicide, or herbicide, wherein said at least one hypersensitive response elicitor is heat stable, glycine rich, and contains substantially no cysteine.