METHOD FOR INCREASING THE RESISTANCE OF A PLANT OR A PART THEREOF TO A PATHOGEN, METHOD FOR SCREENING THE RESISTANCE OF A PLANT OR PART THEREOF TO A PATHOGEN, AND USE THEREOF

摘要

The present invention relates to the field of plant biotechnology. More in particular, the present invention relates to methods for increasing the resistance of a plant or part thereof that is susceptible to infection with a pathogen comprising an ortholog of the Avr4 protein of Cladosporium fulvum, wherein said plant is not a tomato or tobacco plant. The invention also relates to methods for screening the resistance of a plant or a part thereof to at least one pathogen, wherein said pathogen is not Cladosporium fulvum, wherein said plant is not a tomato plant. The invention further relates to the use of such methods.