METHODS FOR INCREASING THE RESISTANCE IN PLANTS TO BIOTROPICFUNGI

摘要

The present invention relates to methods for generating or increasing res istance in a plant or a part of a plant to at least one biotrophic pathogen by increasing the amount of protein or function of at least one Bax inhibito r 1 (BI-1) protein in at least one part of the plant. The invention addition ally relates to polypeptide and nucleic acid sequences which code for a BI-1 protein, and expression cassettes, vectors and organisms which include such sequences or such a protein.