Mycogen Corporation

Dow Agrosciences LLC

Brian A Stockhoff

H Ernest Schnepf

Kenneth Edwin Narva

Judy Muller-Cohn

Jerald S Feitelson

Lisa M Stamp

Charles Joseph Dullum

James Schmeits

David Loewer

Stacey Finstad-Lee

Michele Walz

Carol Wicker

George Morrill

Stacey Finstad Lee

Blake Sturgis

Mikki Walz

George E Schwab

Gregory A Bradfisch

Mark Thompson

Christopher Conlan

Mark E Knuth

Lisa M Morera

The subject invention provides KB59A4-6 pesticidal proteins and preferred methods of using these proteins to control lepidoteran pests. This invention providesisolate KB59A4-6.

Pesticidal proteins and methods of using these proteins

Disclosed and claimed are novel toxins and genes obtainable fromisolates disclosed herein. In preferred embodiments, the subject genes and toxins are used to control Western corn rootworm.

Pesticidal toxins and genes from Bacillus laterosporus strains

The subject invention concerns materials and methods useful in the control of non-mammalian pests and, particularly, plant pests. In a specific embodiment, the subject invention provides new toxins useful for the control of lepidopterans. The subject invention further provides nucleotide sequences which encode the toxins of the subject invention. The nucleotide sequences of the subject invention can be used to transform hosts, such as plants, to express the pesticidal toxins of the subject invention. The subject invention further concerns novel nucleotide primers for the identification of genes encoding toxins active against pests. The primers are useful in PCR techniques to produce gene fragments which are characteristic of genes encoding these toxins. The primers are also useful as nucleotide probes to detect the toxin-encoding genes.

Toxins active against pests

Disclosed and claimed are novel isolates, pesticidal toxins, genes, and nucleotide probes and primers for the identification of genes encoding toxins active against pests. The primers are useful in PCR techniques to produce gene fragments which are characteristic of genes encoding these toxins. The subject invention provides entirely new families of toxins from Bacillus isolates.

Pesticidal toxins and nucleotide sequences which encode these toxins

Disclosed and claimed are novel toxins and genes obtainable from isolates disclosed herein. In preferred embodiments, the subject genes and toxins are used to control Western corn rootworm.

The specification discloses a nucleic acid from strain KB59A4-6 that encodes a novel pesticidal SUP toxin and plants and microbial cells transformed with the nucleic acid.

Plants and cells transformed with a nucleic acid from Bacillus thuringiensis strain KB59A4-6 encoding a novel SUP toxin

The subject invention concerns materials and methods usefull in the control of non-mammalian pests and, particularly, plant pests. In a specific embodiment, the subject invention provides new toxins usefull for the control of lepidopterans. The subject invention further provides nucleotide sequences which encode the toxins of the subject invention. The nucleotide sequences of the subject invention can be used to transform hosts, such as plants, to express the pesticidal toxins of the subject invention. The subject invention further concerns novel nucleotide primers for the identification of genes encoding toxins active against pests. The primers are useful in PCR techniques to produce gene fragments which are characteristic of genes encoding these toxins. The primers are also usefull as nucleotide probes to detect the toxin-encoding genes.

Disclosed and claimed are novel toxins and genes obtainable from,isolates disclosed herein. In preferred embodiments, the subject genes and toxins are used to control Western corn rootworm.

Disclosed and claimed are novel methods for controlling lepidopteran pests whereby said pests are contacted with a pesticidal amount of a toxin obtainable from,isolate PS31G1 (NRRL B-21560).

Disclosed and claimed are novel,isolates, pesticidal toxins, genes, and nucleotide probes and primers for the identification of genes encoding toxins active against pests. The primers are useful in PCR techniques to produce gene fragments which are characteristic of genes encoding these toxins. The subject invention provides entirely new families of toxins from Bacillus isolates.

The subject invention concerns materials and methods for the control of non-mammalian pests. In specific embodiments, the subject invention concerns materials and methods useful in the control of insects from the Order Homoptera. More specifically, the subject invention provides novel Bacillus thuringinesis (B.t.) isolates, or strains, toxins, and toxin-encoding genes that are useful for the control of homopterans. The strains HD969, PS66D3, and PS50C are specifically exemplified herein as yielding mortality against homopterans. In a preferred embodiment, the target pests are selected from the group consisting of leafhoppers and planthoppers.

Materials and methods for controlling homopteran pests

The subject invention pertains to B.t. toxins and isolates against pests. More specifically, the subject invention relates to controlling coleopteran pests, with pesticidal proteins obtainable from B.t. isolate PS158C2, and lepidopteran pests, with pesticidal proteins obtainable from B.t. isolate HD511.

Materials and methods for controlling insect pests with pesticidal

The subject invention pertains to B.t. toxins and isolates active against pests.

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San Diego, CA, United States of America

Brian A Stockhoff