Novel Insect Inhibitory Proteins

A method of detecting the presence of the recombinant nucleic acid molecule of claim 1 in a sample comprising plant genomic DNA, said method comprising:

• a. contacting said sample with a nucleic acid probe that hybridizes under stringent hybridization conditions with genomic DNA from a plant comprising the recombinant nucleic acid molecule of claim 1, and does not hybridize under such hybridization conditions with genomic DNA from an otherwise isogenic plant that does not comprise the recombinant nucleic acid molecule of claim 1, wherein said probe is homologous or complementary to an amino acid sequence having at least 90% amino acid sequence identity to a sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:3, SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:5, SEQ ID NO:7, SEQ ID NO:9, SEQ ID NO:11, SEQ ID NO:13, SEQ ID NO:15, and SEQ ID NO:17;
• b. subjecting said sample and said probe to stringent hybridization conditions;
• and
• c. detecting hybridization of said nucleic acid probe with said plant genomic DNA of said sample.