Abstract: A glucan elicitor receptor having an amino acid sequence as substantially shown in SEQ ID NO:1; DNA molecules containing nucleotide sequences coding for a glucan elicitor receptor having an amino acid sequence as substantially shown in SEQ ID NO:1, or fragments thereof; DNA molecules containing nucleotide sequences coding for a glucan elicitor receptor, which are incorporated in plasmid pER23-1, or fragments thereof; vectors containing the DNA molecules or fragments thereof; plant cells transformed with the DNA molecules or fragments thereof; a method for creating a plant having resistance to pathogenic fungi comprising incorporating the DNA sequence coding for a glucan elicitor receptor, or fragment thereof into a chromosome of a plant and expressing the gene in the plant; a plant having resistance to pathogenic fungi, the plant having the DNA molecule containing a nucleotide sequence coding for a glucan elicitor receptor, or its fragment transferred thereinto and expressing the gene; and methods for using t