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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2014
Pioneer HI Bred International Inc, Johnston, IA (US);
E I Du Pont DE Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Rafael Herrmann, Wilmington, DE (US);
Michael Lassner, Urbandale, IA (US);
Albert L. Lu, Newark, DE (US);
Mark Edward Nelson, Newark, DE (US);
James Kevin Presnail, Des Moines, IA (US);
Janet A. Rice, Wilmington, DE (US);
PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC., Johnston, IA (US);
E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
Methods and compositions are provided which employ a silencing element that, when ingested by a pest, such as a pest from the Lepidoptera order, they are capable of decreasing the expression of a target sequence in the pest. Further provided are silencing elements which when ingested by the pest decrease the level of the target polypeptide and thereby control the pest. In specific embodiment, the pest is. Plants, plant part, bacteria and other host cells comprising the silencing elements or an active variant or fragment thereof of the invention are also provided.