Basf Agricultural Solutions Seed US LLC

Axel Elling

Julia Daum

Compositions and methods for conferring nematicidal activity to bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues and seeds are provided. In particular, methods for killing or controlling a nematode pest population, particularly aspp., e.g.,, root knot nematode, reniform nematode, or Lance nematode population, are provided. The methods include contacting the nematode pest with a pesticidally-effective amount of a polypeptide comprising a nematicidal toxin, particularly a nematicidal toxin active against aspp. nematode, e.g.. Further included are methods for increasing yield in plants by expressing the toxin of the invention.

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Cary, NC, United States of America

Axel Elling