Patent ID: 8329988

Claim:
A method of generating or increasing the resistance to one or more pathogen(s) in a plant, a part of a plant, or a plant cell, comprising introducing a nucleotide sequence which codes for an armadillo repeat ARM1 protein or part thereof into a plant, a part of a plant, or a plant cell, and expressing said nucleotide sequence in the plant, the part of the plant, or the plant cell; wherein the nucleotide sequence which codes for an armadillo repeat ARM1 protein or part thereof is increased in the plant, the part of the plant, or the plant cell in comparison with the corresponding wild-type plant, part of the plant, or plant cell; and wherein the nucleotide sequence comprises at least one nucleic acid molecule selected from the group consisting of: a) a nucleic acid molecule which codes for at least one polypeptide comprising the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2; b) a nucleic acid molecule which comprises at least one polynucleotide comprising the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1; c) a nucleic acid molecule which codes for a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence having at least 90% identity to the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2; and d) a nucleic acid molecule which hybridizes under stringent conditions of about 0.2×SSC at 65° C. with the complement of the nucleic acid molecule of (a) or (b); the nucleotide sequence being such that a pathogen resistance is generated or increased thereby.