A TRANSGENIC PLANT HAVING RESISTANCE TO A PHYTO-PATHOGENIC FUNGUS
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a transgenic plant or a part thereof comprising a DNA capable of expressing an inhibitory nucleic acid molecule capable of inhibiting the expression of (a) KRE5 and/or KRE6 gene(s) in a fungus, to such DNA, to the inhibitory nucleic acid molecule, to a vector comprising the DNA, and to methods of producing the plant, of conferring fungal resistance to the plant, or of inhibiting the expression of the KRE5 and/or KRE6 gene(s) in a fungus, to the use of the DNA for inactivating a fungus, for protecting a plant against an infection by a fungus, or for inhibiting the expression of the KRE5 and/or KRE6 gene(s) in a fungus and to a composition comprising the DNA, vector or a dsRNA capable of inhibiting the expression of (a) KRE5 and/or KRE6 gene(s) in a fungus.
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- 16. A transgenic plant or a part thereof comprises a transgene, wherein the transgene comprises a DNA capable of expressing an inhibitory nucleic acid molecule capable of inhibiting the expression of one or both of a KRE5 gene and a KRE6 gene in a fungus.
- 24. An inhibitory nucleic acid molecule capable of inhibiting the expression of one or both of a KRE5 gene and a KRE6 gene in a fungus.
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