PERFUS BARBEOCH , Laetitia

The invention relates to a method for reducing the plant-parasitic nematode infestation level in a plant, comprising expressing in said plant a RNA capable of post-transcriptional inhibition of a target gene from said nematode encoding an effector-like protein or a transcription factor.

Secreted peptides and their specific receptors frequently orchestrate cell-to-cell communication in plants. Phytosulfokines (PSKs) are secreted tyrosine-sulphated peptide hormones, which trigger cellular de- and redifferentiation upon binding to their membrane receptor. Biotrophic plant pathogens frequently trigger the differentiation of host...