Pioneer Hi-bred International, Inc.

E.i. Dupont De Nemours and Company

E. I. Du Pont Nemours and Co.

Carol A Hendrick

Phillip A Patten

Lu Liu

Genhai Zhu

Eric J Schepers

Guihua Lu

Nasser Yalpani

Jennifer Kara Barry

Ute Schellenberger

Weiping Xie

James J English

Jun-Zhi Wei

Daniel J Altier

Xu Hu

Xiaohong Zhong

Ingrid Udranszky

Barbara Rosen

David Charles Cerf

Jarred Kenneth Oral

Barbara G Ruser

Jianzhou Zhao

Claudia D Perez-Ortega

Dennis L Bidney

Jonathan P Duvick

Oswald R Crasta

Scott Michael Dennis

Nancy J Platt

Dean A Hoganson

Cora R Wortman

Compositions and methods for controlling pests are provided. The methods involve transforming organisms with a nucleic acid sequence encoding an insecticidal protein. In particular, the nucleic acid sequences are useful for preparing plants and microorganisms that possess insecticidal activity. Thus, transformed bacteria, plants, plant cells, plant tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions are insecticidal nucleic acids and proteins of bacterial species. The sequences find use in the construction of expression vectors for subsequent transformation into organisms of interest, as probes for the isolation of other homologous (or partially homologous) genes. The insecticidal proteins find use in controlling, inhibiting growth or killing lepidopteran, coleopteran, dipteran, fungal, hemipteran, and nematode pest populations and for producing compositions with insecticidal activity.

Insecticidal proteins and methods for their use

Compositions and methods for controlling pests are provided. The methods involve transforming organisms with a nucleic acid sequence encoding an insecticidal protein. In particular, the nucleic acid sequences are useful for preparing plants and microorganisms that possess insecticidal activity. Thus, transformed bacteria, plants, plant cells, plant tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions are insecticidal nucleic acids and proteins of bacterial species. The sequences find use in the construction of expression vectors for subsequent transformation into organisms of interest including plants, as probes for the isolation of other homologous (or partially homologous) genes. The pesticidal proteins find use in controlling, inhibiting growth or killing Lepidopteran, Coleopteran, Dipteran, fungal, Hemipteran and nematode pest populations and for producing compositions with insecticidal activity.

Methods and compositions for modulating development and defense response are provided. Nucleotide sequences encoding a LOX protein are provided. Nucleotide sequences comprising the LOX promoter are also provided. The sequences can be used in expression cassettes for modulating development, developmental pathways, and the plant defense response. Transformed plants, plant cells, tissues, and seed are also provided.

Sunflower LOX polynucleotides and related compositions

Compositions and methods for enhancing the resistance of plants to pests and for altering the level of biotin in plants are provided. Nucleotide sequences isolated from soybean, rice, maize, and wheat are provided. The nucleotide sequences encode orthologs of sunflower SCIP-1. Also provided are the SCIP-1 proteins encoded by such nucleotide sequences. The methods involve transforming plants with the SCIP-1 nucleotide sequences to enhance the plant's resistance to plant pests or to alter the level of biotin in the plant. Transformed plants, plant cells, tissues, and seeds are also provided.

Genes encoding SCIP-1 orthologs and methods of use

A method for treating silage to enhance aerobic stability by inhibiting growth of yeast strains associated with spoilage of silage is disclosed. The method comprises treating silage or feed with a composition comprising killer yeast strains, or the antimicrobial components produced thereby. According to the invention, strains of have been purified and isolated which are nontoxic, safe, do not assimilate lactate and which improve aerobic stability of silage, are disclosed. Portions of these strains have been sequenced to further characterize the invention.

Non-lactate-assimilating yeast for improving aerobic stability of silage

A method for treating silage to enhance aerobic stability by inhibiting growth of microorganisms selected from yeasts, molds and spore-forming bacteria is disclosed. The method comprises treating silage or feed with a composition comprising , LN 3957, or the antimicrobial components produced thereby. According to the invention, a strain of Lactobacillus has been purified and isolated which is nontoxic, safe and which improves aerobic stability of silage.

Lactorbacillus buchneri compositions for improving aerobic stability of silage

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Des Moines, IA, United States of America

Carol A Hendrick