Protein toxins active against lepidopteran pests
US5686069A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 15, 1994 |
| Grant date | Nov 11, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 15, 2014 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC12R2001/075
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Disclosed and claimed are novel Bacillus thuringiensis isolates which have lepidopteran activity. Thus, these isolates, or mutants thereof, can be used to control such insect pests. Further, genes encoding novel .delta.-endotoxins can be removed from the isolates and transferred to other host microbes, or plants. Expression of the .delta.-endotoxins in such hosts results in the control of susceptible insect pests in the environment of such hosts.
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