PLANTS TRANSFORMED FOR ELEVATED LEVELS OF GALLIC ACID AND METHODS OF PRODUCING SAID PLANTS

摘要

Gallic acid inhibits the synthesis by A. flavus of aflatoxin, a toxic carcinogen that can contaminate crops such as corn, peanuts and walnuts rendering them inedible. The present invention takes advantage of this inhibition to provide various methods and compositions useful for protecting crops from contamination. The present invention includes non-naturally occurring plants that contain elevated levels of gallic acid as well as various methods of generating such plants. The present invention further provides methods of application of gallic acid to prevent contamination. In addition, the present invention provides certain genes and proteins that are be useful in making the non-naturally occurring plants.