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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 05, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
David A Fischhoff, Webster Groves, MO (US);
Roy L Fuchs, St. Charles, MO (US);
Paul B Lavrik, Kirkwood, MO (US);
Sylvia A McPherson, Birmingham, AL (US);
Frederick J Perlak, St. Louis, MO (US);
Assignee:
Monsanto Company, St. Louis, MO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01H / ; C12N / ; C12N / ; C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4351723 ; 800205 ; 536 2371 ; 435418 ; 435419 ;
Abstract
A method for producing genetically transformed plants exhibiting toxicity to Coleopteran insects is disclosed. In another aspect, the present invention embraces chimeric plant genes, genetically transformed cells and differentiated plants which exhibit toxicity to Coleopteran insects. In yet another aspect, the present invention embraces bacterial cells and plant transformation vectors comprising a chimeric plant gene encoding a Coleopteran toxin protein of Bacillus thuringiensis.