AXMI477, AXMI482, AXMI486 and AXMI525 toxin genes and methods for their use

A recombinant polypeptide with pesticidal activity against a lepidopteran pest, wherein said polypeptide is operably linked to a heterologous leader or transit peptide and wherein said polypeptide is:

• a) a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence of any of SEQ ID NOs:
• 11-14;
• or
• b) a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence having at least 95% sequence identity to the amino acid sequence of any one of SEQ ID NOs:
• 11-14.

A plant or plant cell having stably incorporated into its genome a DNA construct comprising a nucleotide sequence that encodes a protein having pesticidal activity against a lepidopteran pest, wherein said nucleotide sequence is:

• a) the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:
• 2;
• b) a nucleotide sequence that encodes a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence of any one of SEQ ID NOs:
• 11-14;
• or
• c) a nucleotide sequence that encodes a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence having at least 95% sequence identity to the amino acid sequence of any one of SEQ ID NOs:
• 11-14.

A method for protecting a plant from a lepidopteran pest, the method comprising introducing into a plant or cell thereof a nucleotide sequence that encodes a pesticidal polypeptide, wherein said nucleotide sequence is:

• a) the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:
• 2;
• b) a nucleotide sequence that encodes a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence of any one of SEQ ID NO:
• 11-14;
• or
• c) a nucleotide sequence that encodes a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence having at least 95% sequence identity to the amino acid sequence of any one of SEQ ID NOs:
• 11-14.

A method for increasing yield in a plant, the method comprising growing in a field a plant or a seed thereof having stably incorporated into its genome a DNA construct comprising a nucleotide sequence that encodes a protein having pesticidal activity against a lepidopteran pest, wherein said nucleotide sequence is:

• a) the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:
• 2;
• b) a nucleotide sequence that encodes a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence of any one of SEQ ID NOs:
• 11-14;
• or
• c) a nucleotide sequence that encodes a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence having at least 95% sequence identity to the amino acid sequence of any one of SEQ ID NOs:
• 11-14;
• wherein said field is infested with a lepidopteran pest against which said polypeptide has pesticidal activity, and wherein said yield is increased relative to the yield of a plant that does not express a nucleotide sequence encoding any of SEQ ID NOs:
• 11-14.