The present invention relates to new transporter polypeptides, and genes encoding therefor, which can be used to confer upon a plant resistance to one or more biotrophic fungal pathogens.

Compositions and methods useful in identifying and/or selecting maize plants that have anthracnose stalk rot resistance are provided herein. The resistance may be newly conferred or enhanced relative to a control plant. The methods use maize markers on chromosome 10 to identify, select and/or construct resistant plants. Maize plants generated by the methods also provided.

Corn plants exhibiting broad-spectrum resistance to Exserohilum turcicum are provided, together with methods of producing, identifying, or selecting plants or germplasm with a Exserohilum turcicum resistance phenotype. Such plants include sweet corn plants as well as agronomically elite dent corn plants comprising introgressed genomic regions conferring disease resistance. Compositions, including novel polymorphic markers and methods for producing, breeding, identifying, and selecting plants or germplasm with a disease resistance phenotype are further provided.

The present invention is in the field of plant breeding and disease resistance. More specifically, the invention includes a method for breeding corn plants containing one or more markers that are associated with resistance to fungi. The invention further includes germplasm and the use of germplasm containing at least one marker associated with resistance to Fusarium stalk rot (FSR) infection for introgression into elite germplasm in a breeding program, thus producing novel FSR resistant germplasm.

The present relates to methods for producing blackleg resistant plants as well as to methods for the identification of blackleg resistant plants. Further provided are blackleg resistant plants as well as kits for assessing blackleg resistance in a plant.

The present invention relates to new transporter polypeptides, and genes encoding therefor, which can be used to confer upon a plant resistance to one or more biotrophic fungal pathogens.

The present invention discloses a disease resistant cultivated basil plant and/or seed comprising a genomic sequence having an introgressed basil downy mildew (BDM) resistance or tolerance associated haplotype derived from Ocimum americanum. A method for producing the same is also disclosed.

The present disclosure provides a Eustoma plant that exhibits resistance to Eustoma fusarium wilt. The Eustoma plant according to the present disclosure is a Eustoma fusarium wilt-resistant Eustoma plant including a Eustoma fusarium wilt resistance locus on chromosome 20.

The present invention relates to methods and compositions for identifying, selecting and/or producing a Disease resistant soybean plant or germplasm using genes derived from Glycine canescens, Glycine clandestina, Glycine tomentella. A soybean plant or germplasm that has been identified, selected and/or produced by any of the methods of the present invention is also provided. Disease resistant soybean seeds, plants and germplasms are also provided.

Provided are plants, cells, tissues, and germplasm thereof comprising genes and marker alleles associated with increased resistance to gray leaf spot disease. Also provided are breeding methods and methods of identifying and selecting plants having alleles associated with increased resistance to gray leaf spot. Provided are methods to identify novel genes that encode proteins providing plant resistance to gray leaf spot and uses thereof. The disclosed genes and marker alleles are useful in the production of gray leaf spot disease resistant plants through breeding, transgenic modification, or genome editing.