Monsanto Technology LLC

Chih-Rei Chu

James Arthur Baum

William P Donovan

Mark J Rupar

Thomas M Malvar

Yuping Tan

Annette C Slaney

Elizabeth Pease

Amy Jelen Gilmer

Disclosed are novel insecticidal polypeptides, and compositions comprising these polypeptides, peptide fragments thereof, and antibodies specific therefor. Also disclosed are vectors, transformed host cells, and transgenic plants that contain nucleic acid segments that encode the disclosed &#x3b4;-endotoxin polypeptides. Also disclosed are methods of identifying related polypeptides and polynucleotides, methods of making and using transgenic cells comprising these polynucleotide sequences, as well as methods for controlling an insect population, such as Colorado potato beetle, southern corn rootworm and western corn rootworm, and for conferring to a plant resistance to a target insect species.

Coleopteran-toxic polypeptide compositions and insect-resistant transgenic plants

Disclosed arestrains comprising novel crystal proteins which exhibit insecticidal activity against lepidopteran insects. Also disclosed are novelgenes and their encoded crystal proteins, as well as methods of making and using transgenic cells comprising the novel nucleic acid sequences of the invention.

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Polynucleotide encoding coleopteran-toxic polypeptide

Coleopteran-toxic polypeptide compositions

Disclosed are nucleic acids encoding novel insecticidal &#x3b4;-endotoxin polypeptides, and vectors, transformed host cells, and transgenic plants that contain the nucleic acids. Also disclosed are methods of making and using transgenic cells comprising these polynucleotide sequences, as well as methods for controlling an insect population, such as Colorado potato beetle, southern corn rootworm and western corn rootworm, and for conferring to a plant resistance to a target insect species.

Nucleic acids encoding coleopteran-toxic polypeptides and insect-resistant transgenic plants comprising them

Disclosed are strains comprising novel crystal proteins which exhibit insecticidal activity against lepidopteran insects. Also disclosed are novel genes and their encoded crystal proteins, as well as methods of making and using transgenic cells comprising the novel nucleic acid sequences of the invention.

Lepidopteran-active Bacillus thuringiensis &dgr;-endotoxin compositions and methods of use

Disclosed are novel insecticidal polypeptides, and compositions comprising these polypeptides, peptide fragments thereof, and antibodies specific therefor. Also disclosed are vectors, transformed host cells, and transgenic plants that contain nucleic acid segments that encode the disclosed &dgr;-endotoxin polypeptides. Also disclosed are methods of identifying related polypeptides and polynucleotides, methods of making and using transgenic cells comprising these polynucleotide sequences, as well as methods for controlling an insect population, such as Colorado potato beetle, southern corn rootworm and western corn rootworm, and for conferring to a plant resistance to a target insect species.

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Exton, PA, United States of America

Chih-Rei Chu