Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc.

Pro Farm Group, Inc.

Ana Lucia Cordova-Kreylos

Pamela Gail Marrone

Ratnakar Asolkar

Debora Wilk

Huazhang Huang

Marja Koivunen

Hai Su

Carly Todd

Margarita Rodriguez

Scott Burman

Sarahann Rackl

Brittany Pierce

Christopher Mccort

Lijuan Xing

John Malin

Lijuan Xin

The present invention includes modified and unmodified microbes, compositions comprising these microbes, and methods of using these microbes and/or compositions for enhancing plant health, plant growth plant yield and/or drought tolerance. This disclosure also provides non-naturally occurring plant varieties that are artificially infected with microbes descried herein, as well as seed, reproductive tissue, vegetative tissue, regenerative tissues, plant parts, or progeny thereof.

Microbes, compositions, and uses for increasing plant yield and/or drought tolerance

A species ofsp with no known pathogenicity to vertebrates but with pesticidal activity (e.g., plants, insects, fungi, weeds and nematodes) is provided. Also provided are natural products derived from a culture of said species and methods of controlling pests using said natural products.

Isolated bacterial strain of the genusand pesticidal metabolites therefrom

Provided are bioactive compositions and metabolites derived fromand particularlycultures responsible for controlling pests as well as their methods of use for controlling pests. Further provided are pesticidalstrains.

bioactive compositions and metabolites

Provided is the use of or compositions or formulations comprisingspecies, filtrate, supernatant, extract, pesticidally active compound or metabolite derived therefrom as an insecticide, particularly against infestation of Corn Rootworm larvae, and/or as crop yield enhancer.

Use offormulations, compositions and compounds to modulate crop yield and/or corn rootworm infestation

Disclosed herein are the nucleotide sequences of thegenes. In addition, the amino acid sequences of proteins encoded by thegenes are provided. Nucleic acids, vectors and polypeptides comprising the aforementioned sequences are also provided. Homologues, functional fragments and conservative variants of the aforementioned sequences are also provided. Compositions having pesticidal, bioremedial and plant growth-promoting activities comprisinggenes and proteins, and methods for the use of these compositions, are also provided.

genes

Disclosed herein is the nucleotide sequence of thegenome. Also provided are the nucleotide sequences of open reading frames in thegenome (i.e.,genes). In addition, the amino acid sequences of proteins encoded by thegenome are provided. Nucleic acids, vectors and polypeptides comprising the aforementioned sequences are also provided. Homologues, functional fragments and conservative variants of the aforementioned sequences are also provided. Compositions having pesticidal, bioremedial and plant growth-promoting activities comprisinggenes and proteins, and methods for the use of these compositions, are also provided.

genome

Provided are method of induce plant drought and/or salinity tolerance using microbes such as, and particularlycultures responsible for controlling plant drought and/or salinity tolerance.

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Davis, CA, United States of America

Ana Lucia Cordova-Kreylos