ABSTRACT NUCLEIC ACID MOLECULES ENCODING ENZYMES THAT CONFER DISEASE RESISTANCE IN JUTE THE INVENTION FURTHER RELATES TO VECTORS HOST CELLS, SEEDS, AND PLANTS COMPRISING SUCH A NUCLEIC ACID MOLECULE. ONE ASPECT OF THE INVENTION IS AN ISOLATED ANTIBODY OR ANTIGEN BINDING FRAGMENT THEREOF THAT SPECIFICALLY BINDS TO A POLYPEPTIDE MOLECULE OF THE PRESENT INVENTION. ONE ASPECT OF THE INVENTION IS A PLANE OR PLANT CELL TRANSFECTED BY A VECTOR OF THE PRESENT INVENTION. ONE ASPECT OF THE INVENTION RELATES TO ISOLATED NUCLEIC ACID MOLECULES AND FRAGMENTS THEREOF ENCODING ENZYMES OR PROTEINS INVOLVED IN DISEASE RESISTANCE IN JUTE.