PESTICIDAL TOXIN PROTEINS ACTIVE AGAINST LEPIDOPTERAN INSECTS

• Main Authors: SMITH, Temple, F, ENGLISH, Leigh, GUZOV, Victor, M, VON RECHENBERG, Moritz, W., F., F, BAUM, James, A, CLINTON, William, P, SALVADOR, Sara, A, MILLIGAN, Jason, S, JARRELL, Kevin, A, KESANAPALLI, Uma, R, RUCKER, Deborah, G, MCCARROLL, Robert, M, MALVAR, Thomas, M, STULTZ, Collin, M, VAUGHN, Ty, T, CHI, David, J, TURCZYK, Brian, M, CHAY, Catherine, A, FLASINSKI, Stanislaw, DART, Crystal, L, SOTO, Carlos, E, MORGENSTERN, Jay, P, BOWEN, David, J
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 24.02.2020
• Subjects: AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES, AS HERBICIDES; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF; CULTURE MEDIA; DERIVATIVES THEREOF; ENZYMOLOGY; FISHING; FORESTRY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; NEW PLANTS OR PROCESSES FOR OBTAINING THEM; NUCLEIC ACIDS; NUCLEOSIDES; NUCLEOTIDES; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT REPRODUCTION BY TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTSTHEREOF; PROPAGATING, PRESERVING OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; SPIRITS; SUGARS; TRAPPING; VINEGAR; WINE

Disclosed herein are nucleotide sequences encoding an insecticidal protein exhibiting Lepidopteran inhibitory activity, black cutworm (BCW) toxic protein containing chimeras and BCW toxin insecticide, transgenic plants expressing the chimeras or the insecticide, as well as novel insecticidal proteins referred to herein as a BCW 001, BCW 002, BCW 003, and methods for detecting the presence of the nucleotide sequences or the insecticide in a biological sample.