METHOD FOR ENHANCING THE DISEASE RESISTANCE IN PLANTS BY ALTERING TREHALOSE-6-PHOSPHATE LEVELS

摘要

The present invention relates to methods for enhancing the disease resistance in plants, especially broad spectrum disease resistance by alteration of trehalose-6-phosphate levels. Said plants are, for example, obtainable by recombinant DNA technology or conventional breeding methods and exhibit enhanced disease resistance against diseases stemming from one or more microorganisms of viral, bacterial, fungal and other origin, especially from one or more microorganisms belonging to the phylum Oomycettes as for example Peronospora parasitica, Phytophtora infestans, Peronospora tacacina, Perespona destructor, Plasmopara viticola, Bremia lactucae.