The invention relates to the field of
plant protection and biological control, in particular to a
fungus elicitor STOM and application thereof in
plant immunity induction and
disease resistance. The invention provides a
Ustilaginoidea virens
elicitor protein STOM and a coding
gene thereof, the
elicitor protein is an
amino acid as shown in SEQ ID NO: 2, the coding
gene STOM is a
nucleotide molecule as shown in SEQ ID NO: 1, and the invention further provides the
Ustilaginoidea virens elicitor STOM and application of the
Ustilaginoidea virens elicitor STOM in induction of
plant immunity and
disease resistance. Experiments prove that the elicitor
protein can significantly activate plant defense reactions, such as
active oxygen bursting, defense
gene expression and MAPK activation; the
disease resistance of the
nicotiana benthamiana to diseases such as
botrytis cinerea and
sclerotinia sclerotiorum can be improved, pathogenic bacterium infection is resisted, and the occurrence of the diseases is effectively prevented or relieved. The elicitor protein provides a new material resource for research and development of protein pesticides / plant
immune resistance inducers, provides material and theoretical guidance for compounding of biopesticides, and has a wide application prospect in agricultural production.