CONTROL OF BACTERIAL INFECTION BY QUENCHING QUORUM-SENSING OF PLANT PATHOGENIC BACTERIA

摘要

Transgenic plants, protected from bacterial pathogens, which harbor the aiiA gene or a functional fragment or modification thereof and express functional AiiA protein were produced. The plants and plant materials of this invention inactivate bacterial pathogen quorum-sensing signal molecules, thereby eliminating or reducing the production of bacterial virulence factors which are harmful to plant cells and tissues. Figure 1.