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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2000
Applicant:
David James Dall, Downer, AU;
Inventor:
David James Dall, Downer, AU;
Assignee:
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australian Capital Territory, AU;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01H 5/00 (2006.01); C12N 15/82 (2006.01); C12N 15/90 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Plants are disclosed which are capable of expressing, in a tissue or tissues susceptible to damage by feeding insects, an exogenous protein(s) such as fusolin or a fusolin-like protein, to reduce damage to the plant by inhibiting feeding, growth and/or development of insects. Feed baits comprising spindle bodies, spindle-like bodies or constituent protein(s) thereof which inhibit feeding, growth and/or development of insects are also disclosed.