Fecha de publicación: -- Fuente: WIPO "tomato" Provided are compositions and methods employing antimicrobial nodule-specific cysteine-rich (NCR) peptides and variants thereof, including NCR peptide folding variants (NCR_PFV) including folding variants of antimicrobial NCR peptides and proteins (NCR_PFV) that exhibit favorable antifungal properties and a desirable resistance or susceptibility to protease cleavage, which antimicrobial NCR_PFV can be applied ex vivo directly to a plant, human, or animal or can be administered in vivo to a plant, human, or animal.