| abstract |
A plant exhibiting resistance to at least one disease isnprovided. The plant includes an expression cassettenincluding a thionin gene, which is capable of expressingnthe thionin gene. A method for producing the plant isnalso provided. The method includes the steps of constructingnan expression vector containing an expressionncassette including a thionin gene, which is capable ofnexpressing the thionin gene, transforming a plant cellnwith the expression vector, and regenerating a plant fromnthe transformed plant cell. The plant exhibits resistancento at least one disease such as a disease caused byna plant pathogenic bacterium (e.g., a bacterium causingnbacterial leaf blight of rice or a bacterium causingnbacterial seedling blight of rice) or a plant pathogenicnfilamentous fungus (e.g., a fungus causing late blight ofnpotato). A seed obtained from the above disease resistantnplant is also provided. |