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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2001

Filed:

Aug. 19, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:

Sherry Darlene Heins, Davis, CA (US);

Denise Carol Manker, Davis, CA (US);

Desmond Rito Jiménez, Woodland, CA (US);

Pamela Gail Marrone, Davis, CA (US);

Assignee:

AgraQuest, Inc., Davis, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/20 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/20 ;
Abstract

A novel pesticidal metabolite-producing,strain is provided. In addition, a supernatant of the novel strain with pesticidal activity is provided. A water-soluble, small molecular weight (<10,000 daltons) metabolite produced by the novel strain of,with pesticidal activity against corn rootworm is provided. Also included are methods for protecting or treating plants from insect infestations comprising the step of applying to the plant an effective amount of the novel,strain, the metabolite produced by the novel strain or a combination thereof, optionally, further comprising applying another pesticidal metabolite-producing bacterial strain and/or a chemical pesticide.


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