Patent ID: 8680367

Claim:
A method for priming a plant for pathogen resistance comprising providing the plant with a gene construct, which comprises: (a) a DNA sequence coding for a Receptor Kinase-like SERK (RKS) receptor for a systemic signal compound, wherein the RKS receptor is chosen from the group consisting of RKS0 (SEQ ID NO: 2), RKS1 (SEQ ID NO: 4), RKS2 (SEQ ID NO: 6), RKS3 (SEQ ID NO: 8), RKS4 (SEQ ID NO: 10), RKS5 (SEQ ID NO: 12), RKS6 (SEQ ID NO: 14), RKS7 (SEQ ID NO: 16), RKS8 (SEQ ID NO: 18), RKS10 (SEQ ID NO: 20), RKS11 (SEQ ID NO: 22), RKS12 (SEQ ID NO: 24), RKS13 (SEQ ID NO: 26), and RKS14 (SEQ ID NO: 28), or (b) a DNA sequence which is at least 95% identical with a DNA sequence coding for RKS0 (SEQ ID NO: 2), RKS1 (SEQ ID NO: 4), RKS2 (SEQ ID NO: 6), RKS3 (SEQ ID NO: 8), RKS4 (SEQ ID NO: 10), RKS5 (SEQ ID NO: 12), RKS6 (SEQ ID NO: 14), RKS7 (SEQ ID NO: 16), RKS8 (SEQ ID NO: 18), RKS10 (SEQ ID NO: 20), RKS11 (SEQ ID NO: 22), RKS12 (SEQ ID NO: 24), RKS13 (SEQ ID NO: 26), and RKS14 (SEQ ID NO: 28), and wherein the DNA sequence has 4 or 5 leucine rich repeat motifs.