Metacaspase II in engineering soybean for disease resistance

摘要

The present invention is in the field of soybean genetics. More specifically, the invention relates to nucleic acid molecules from regions in the soybean genome, which are associated with soybean Phytophthora resistance. The invention also relates to methods of transforming soybean with constructs containing nucleic acid molecules encoding proteins for Phytophthora resistance, to produce modified or transgenic plants and plant cells having enhanced disease resistance.