ANTIBODIES FOR THE CONTROL OF CYST NEMATODES AND TANTIBODIES FOR THE CONTROL OF CYST NEMATODES AND TRANSGENIC PLANTS EXPRESSING THEM RANSGENIC PLANTS EXPRESSING THEM

摘要

The invention concerns antibodies directed against an antigenic subventral salivary protein of a cyst nematode, e.g. of the genera Heterodera, Globodera and Punctodera, or at an immunogenic part or equivalent thereof, said antigenic protein having an amino acid of 30-50 kDa and having an isoelectric point (pI) of about 6.8 to 8.7. Furthermore provided are expression systems comprising at least a nucleotide sequence encoding an antibody or antibody fragment against a cyst nematode salivary protein, and a sequence regulating expression of said nucleotide sequence, for transforming plants so as to protect them against cyst nematodes.