Scientists have modified a plant gene that normally fights bacterial infection to confer resistance to a virus. This not only includes viral and bacterial infections but also diseases caused by fungi, oomycetes—fungus-like microorganisms that caused the Irish potato famine—and nematode worms.

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Scientists have modified a plant gene that normally fights bacterial infection to confer resistance to a virus. This not only includes viral and bacterial infections but also diseases caused by fungi, oomycetes—fungus-like microorganisms that caused the Irish potato famine—and nematode worms.