Table S1 Transgenic expression of AMPs from different origins in plants.

Source / Origin / Peptide / Transformant / Affected pathogen / Disease / Efficacy of peptide / Reference
Plants / Dahlia merckii / DmAMP1 / Eggplant / Verticillium albo-atrum / Verticillium wilt / 60% / Turrini et al., 2004
Botrytis cinerea / Leaf necrosis / 36–100%
Papaya / Phytophthora palmivora / Root rot / 60% a;
~55% b / Zhu et al., 2007
Medicago sativa / alfAFP / Potato / Verticillium dahliae / Early dying / 6-fold (~80%)a / Gao et al., 2000
Alternaria solani / Early blight / Not significant
Raphanus sativus / RsAFP2 / Tobacco / Alternaria longipes / Brown spot / 8-fold (~85%)b / Terras et al., 1995
Pisum sativum / DRR206 / Canola / Leptosphaeria maculans / Blackleg / Significant resistance / Wang et al., 1999
Brassica campestris / BSD1 / Tobacco / Phytophthora parasitica var. nicotianae / Leaf wilt;
stem rot / Qualitatively significant / Park et al., 2002
Wasabia japonica / WT1 / Rice / Magnaporthe grisea / Blast / 50% / Kanzaki et al., 2002
Pharbitis nil / pnAMP-h2 / Tobacco / Phytophthora parasitica / Black shank / 80% / Koo et al., 2002
Allium cepa / AcAMP1 / Rice / Magnaporthe grisea / Blast / 86% / Patkar and Chattoo, 2006
Rhizoctonia solani / Sheath blight / 67%
Xanthomonas oryzae / Leaf blight / 82%
Brassica juncea / BjD / Tobacco / Fusarium moniliforme / Vein clearing; Wilt; Chlorosis and necrosis / Qualitatively significant / Swathi Anuradha et al., 2008
Phytophthora parasitica pv. nicotianae / Black shank / Qualitatively significant
Peanut / Pheaoisariopsis personata / Leaf spot / ~90%
Cercospora arachidicola / Leaf spot / ~90%
Solanum chacoense / Snakin1 (SN1) / Potato / Rhizoctonia solani / Damping-off / 30-60% / Almasia et al., 2008
Erwinia carotovora / Soft rot / 46-88%
Insects / Drosophilamelanogaster / Metchnikowin / Barley / Blumeria graminis / Powdery mildew / 60% / Rahnamaeian et al., 2009
Fusarium graminearum / Fusarium root rot / 80%
Fusarium head blight / 40%
Podisus maculiventris / Thanatin / Rice / Magnaporthe oryzae / Blast / 50% / Imamura et al., 2010
Hyalophora cecropia / Attacin / Apple / Erwinia amylovora / Fire blight / 50% / Ko et al., 2000
cecropin A / Rice / Magnaporthe grisea / Blast / ~85% b;
~55%c / Coca et al., 2006
cecropin B / Arabidopsis / Pseudomonas
syringae pv. tomato / Chlorosis and necrosis / 10-100 folda / Oard and Enright, 2006
Fusarium oxysporum / Discoloration and necrosis / Qualitatively significant
Galleria mellonella / gallerimycin / Tobacco / Erysiphe cichoracearum / Powdery mildew / 45-66% / Langen et al., 2006
Sclerotinia minor / Necrotic lesion / 73%
Mammals / Homo sapiens / hBD-2 / Arabidopsis / Botrytis cinerea / Grey mould; Necrosis; Leaf and plant decay / 30% / Aerts et al., 2007
Amphibians / Xenopus laevis / Magainin 2 / Grapevine / Uncinula necator / Powdery mildew / ~40% / Vidal et al., 2006
Agrobacterium vitis / Crown gall / Significant resistance
Microbes / Aspergillus giganteus / afp / Rice / Magnaporthe grisea / Blast / 90% / Moreno et al., 2005
Qualitatively significant / Coca et al., 2004
AG-scFvd / Wheat / Fusarium asiaticum / Fusarium head blight / 86% e;
79% f;
28 to 41%g / Li et al., 2008
Engineered and synthetic AMPs / Hyalophora cecropia’s cecropin SB37 / MB-39 / Apple / Erwinia amylovora / Fire blight / 3-fold increased resistance / Liu et al., 2001
Tobacco / Pseudomonas
syringae pv.tabaci / Wildfire / Qualitatively significant;
10-folda / Huang et al., 1997
Bovine neutrophils’ indolicidine / Rev4 / Tobacco / Peronospora tabacina / Blue mold / 38-51% / Xing et al., 2006
Erwinia carotovora subsp.
carotovora / Soft rot / 35-55%c
Arabidopsis / Pseudomonas syringae pv. maculicola / Chlorosis and necrosis / Up to 55%
Bovine indolicidine/ Xenopus laevis’ magainin 2 / Rev+Myp30 / Arabidopsis / Pseudomonas syringae pv. maculicola / Chlorosis and necrosis / Up to 55%;
4-10 folda
Peronospora parasitica / Downy mildew / Up to 50 %
Xenopus laevis’ magainin 2 / Myp-30 / Tobacco / Peronospora tabacina / Blue mold / 56%h;
16%b / Li et al., 2001
Erwinia carotovora subsp carotovora / Soft rot / 40%
Shiva-1 / Paulownia / PWB
phytoplasma / Witch’s broom / Qualitatively significant / Du et al., 2005
Hyalophora cecropia’s cecropin A- Xenopus laevis’ melittin hybrids / MsrA1 / Potato / Fusarium solani / Dry rot / Qualitatively significant / Osusky et al., 2000
Phytophthora cactorum / Leaf curling, stem softening / Qualitatively significant
Erwinia carotovora / Soft rot / Qualitatively significant
CEMA / Tobacco / Fusarium solani / Stem wilt / Qualitatively significant / Yevtushenko et al., 2005
D4E1 / Tobacco / Colletotrichum destructivum / Anthracnose / ~35% / Cary et al., 2000
Cotton / Fusarium verticillioides / Hardlock / 40% / Rajasekaran et al., 2005
Verticillium dahliae / Verticillium wilt / 40-75%
Thielaviopsis basicola / Black root rot / 25%
Aspergillus flavus / Aflatoxin contamination / 50-75%
Xenopus laevis’ magainin 2 / MSI-99 / Banana / Fusarium oxysporumf. sp.cubense / Panama wilt / Qualitatively significant / Chakrabarti et al., 2003
Mycosphaerella musicola / Black streak / 40%
Tobacco / Sclerotinia sclerotiorum / Collar rot / 40-70%
Alternaria alternata / Brown spot / 80%i
Botrytis cinerea / Grey mould / 40-70%
Colletotrichum destructivum / Anthracnose / Qualitatively significant / DeGray et al., 2001
Pseudomonas syringae pv. tabaci / Leaf necrosis / Qualitatively significant
Grapevine / Uncinula necator / Powdery mildew / ~40% / Vidal et al., 2006
Agrobacterium vitis / Crown gall / Significant resistance
Phyllomedusa bicolor’s dermaseptin B1 / MsrA2 / Potato / Phytophthora erythroseptica. / Pink rot / 91-94% / Osusky et al., 2005
Phytophthora infestans / Late blight / Qualitatively significant
Fusarium solani / Dry rot / Qualitatively significant
Pythium paroecandrum / Leak wound rot / Qualitatively significant
Pythium splendens / Leak wound rot / Qualitatively significant
Rhizoctonia solani / Black scurf / Qualitatively significant
Erwinia carotovora / Soft rot / 50-86%
Rana temporari’s
temporin A / MsrA3 / Potato / Phytophthora infestans / Late blight / Qualitatively significant / Osusky et al., 2004
Phytophthora erythroseptica / Pink rot / 70-90%
Erwinia carotovora / Soft rot / 70%

a Reduction in in planta pathogen proliferation

b Reduction in lesion diameter

c Plant survival

dFusarium-specific antibody and Aspergillus giganteus AFP

e Single floret injection; T2 plants; 21 days after infection

f Single floret injection; T3 plants; 21 days after infection

g Spraying inoculation; T3 plants; Area under disease progress curve (AUDPC)

h Reduction in sporulation capacity

i T1 plants