PLANTS HAVING ENHANCED GALL RESISTANCE AND METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR PRODUCING SAME

摘要

Methods and compositions for suppressing gall formation in plant cells induc ed by Agrobacterium infection are disclosed. The methods involve introducing at least one DNA construct, encoding at least one untranslatable sense-strand R NA and/or double-stranded RNA, into a plant cell. Introduction of these molecul es into the plant cell causes the plant cells to become resistant to gall formation.