AUTHOR=Borras-Hidalgo Orlando , Caprari Claudio , Hernandez-Estevez Ingrid , De Lorenzo Giulia , Cervone Felice 

TITLE=A gene for plant protection: expression of a bean polygalacturonase inhibitor in tobacco confers a strong resistance against Rhizoctonia solani and two oomycetes

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Plant Science

VOLUME=3

YEAR=2012

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/plant-science/articles/10.3389/fpls.2012.00268

DOI=10.3389/fpls.2012.00268

ISSN=1664-462X

ABSTRACT=<p>We have tested whether a gene encoding a polygalacturonase-inhibiting protein (PGIP) protects tobacco against a fungal pathogen (<italic>Rhizoctonia solani</italic>) and two oomycetes (<italic>Phytophthora parasitica</italic> var. <italic>nicotianae</italic> and <italic>Peronospora hyoscyami</italic> f. sp.<italic> tabacina</italic>). The trials were performed in greenhouse conditions for <italic>R. solani</italic> and <italic>P. parasitica</italic> and in the field for <italic>P. hyoscyami</italic>. Our results show that expression of PGIP is a powerful way of engineering a broad-spectrum disease resistance.</p>