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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 18, 1998
Maarten Anthonie Jongsma, Wageningen, NL;
Borut Strukelj, Ljubljana, SI;
Brigita Lenarcic, Ljubljana, SI;
Kristina Gruden, Ljubliana, SI;
Vito Turk, Ljubljana, SI;
Hendrik J. Bosch, Utrecht, NL;
Willem Johannes Stiekema, Wageningen, NL;
Maarten Anthonie Jongsma, Wageningen, NL;
Borut Strukelj, Ljubljana, SI;
Brigita Lenarcic, Ljubljana, SI;
Kristina Gruden, Ljubliana, SI;
Vito Turk, Ljubljana, SI;
Hendrik J. Bosch, Utrecht, NL;
Willem Johannes Stiekema, Wageningen, NL;
Plant Research International B.V., Wageningen, NL;
Abstract
A method of protecting a plant or part of a plant from insect or nematode infestation is disclosed herein. The method includes the steps of: inserting into the genome of cells or tissue from a plant a sequence coding for equistatin operably linked to a promoter sequence active in the plant to cause expression of the protein at levels which provide an insect or nematode controlling amount of the protein; and regenerating resistant whole plants from the cells or tissue. Also disclosed is a transgenic plant or its sexual progeny which is resistant to attack by one or more insects or nematodes having digestive cysteine proteases. Also disclosed is an expression vehicle that includes a promotor effective to promote expression of a downstream coding sequence in plant cells, the expression vehicle being effective to express in plant cells insect controlling amounts of equistatin.