Increasing resistance of plants against fungal infections

The present invention relates to methods of conferring or increasing resistance against fungal pathogens in plants, plant parts and/or plant cells. To this end, the invention focuses on promoting or increasing the production and/or accumulation of a Myb41 type transcription factor (Myb41), fragment or homolog thereof in a plant, plant part and/or plant cell as compared to the corresponding wild type plant, wild type plant part and/or wild type plant cell. The invention also relates to plants, plant parts and/or plant cells having increased resistance to fungal pathogens, as well as materials and methods of producing or using such plants, plant parts or products therefrom. 本发明涉及在植物、植物部分和/或植物细胞中赋予或增加对抗真菌病原体的抗性的方法。为此，本发明聚焦于与相应的野生型植物、野生型植物部分和/或野生型植物细胞相比，促进或增加植物、植物部分和/或植物细胞中Myb41型转录因子(Myb41)、其片段或同源物的产生和/或积累。本发明还涉及具有增加的对抗真菌病原体的抗性的植物、植物部分和/或植物细胞，以及产生或使用此类植物、植物部分或从其生产产品的材料和方法。