The beet cyst nematode is an obligate plant parasite that causes a serious damage on several crops particularly the sugar beet. Previous control measures were mainly based on nematicides which are expensive and ecologically undesirable. However, the introduction of resistance genes that are expressed in the plant upon infection has appeared as a novel alternative approach. In this particular experiment, AtGRP-7 gene that encodes a Glycine-rich protein was cloned to characterize its role upon Arabidopsis thaliana infection by H. schachtii. Hence, transgenic lines expressing smRS-GFP-AtGRP-7...