| 摘要 |
<p>The present invention is directed to an isolated Xanthomonas campestris hypersensitive response elicitor protein or polypeptide. The hypersensitive response elicitor proteins or polypeptides in accordance with the present invention and the isolated DNA molecules that encode them have the following activities: imparting disease resistance to plants, enhancing plant growth, and/or to controlling insects on plants. This can be achieved by applying the hypersensitive response elicitor in a non-infectious form to plants or plant seed under conditions effective to impart disease resistance, to enhance plant growth, and/or to control insects on plants or plants grown from the plant seeds. Alternatively, transgenic plants or plant seeds transformed with a DNA molecule encoding the elicitor can be provided and the transgenic plants or plants resulting from the transgenic plant seeds are grown under conditions effective to impart disease resistance, to enhance plant growth, and/or to control insects on plants or plants grown from the plant seeds.</p> |
