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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2013
E. I. Du Pont DE Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Pioneer Hi-bred International, Inc., Johnston, IA (US);
Purdue Research Foundation, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Gurmukh S. Johal, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Bailin Li, Hockessin, DE (US);
Dilbag S. Multani, Urbandale, IA (US);
Purdue Research Foundation, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., Johnston, IA (US);
E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
Methods and compositions for increasing a plant's resistance to an insect pest such as the corn rootworm are provided. Methods are provided for overexpression of Crw2, or variants thereof, in a host plant or plant cell to increase resistance to an insect pest in a plant such as maize. Methods are also provided for identifying variants of Crw2 that when incorporated into a plant via transgenic or traditional breeding means increase resistance to an insect pest in a plant such as maize. Also provided are methods for increasing resistance by overexpressing Crw1 and Crw2.