Methods for protecting ZEA mays plants against pest damage
US5595733A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 22, 1995 |
| Grant date | Jan 21, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 22, 2015 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S47/01
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
According to the invention there is provided a method of controlling insect larvae comprising the steps of feeding said larvae an insecticidal amount of a transgenic Zea mays plant that expresses a polypeptide having the insect toxicity properties of Bacillus thuringiensis crystal protein.
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