Fuente: WIPO "tomato" The present invention relates to novel tomato plants having improved resistance to lesion-forming pathogens. The present invention further relates to plant parts and seeds derived from said tomato plants, and to methods of making said tomato plants or increasing resistance to lesion-forming pathogens in a tomato plant. Further aspects of the invention relate to modified Pub21 nucleic acid and Pub21 protein sequences, and to the combination of modified Pub21 and Pub17 nucleic acid and Pub21 and Pub17 protein sequences, which are associated with such improved resistance to lesion-forming pathogens.