Bacillus thuringiensis isolates for controlling acarides
AssigneeMycogen Corporation
InventorsJewel Payne, Raymond J. C. Cannon, Angela L. Ralph
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Abstract
Disclosed are Bacillus thuringiensis isolates designated B.t. PS45B1, B.t. PS24J, B.t. PS94R3 B.t. PS17, B.t. PS62B1 and B.t. PS74G1 which produce novel .delta.-endotoxins active against acarid pests. Thus, these isolates, or mutants thereof, can be used to control such pests. Claimed are genes encoding these novel .delta.-endotoxins, which can be removed from these isolates and transferred to other host microbes, or plants. Expression of the toxins in microbe hosts results in the control of acarid pests, whereas transformed plants become resistant to acarid pests.
Claims8
A process for controlling house dust mites (Dermatophagodes pteronyssinus) which comprises contacting said pests with an acarid-controlling effective amount of a Bacillus thuringiensis isolate selected from the group consisting of B.T. OS45B1, B.t. PS24J, G.t. PS94R3, B.t. PS17, B.t. PS62B1 and B.t. PS74G1, and toxins or mutants thereof which retain the property of activity against house dust mites.
A method for controlling house dust mites which comprise contacting said pests with an acarid-controlling effective amount of a stable lysis.sup.- spo.sup.- cry.sup.+ Bacillus thuringiensis isolate selected from the group consisting of B.t. PS45B1, B.t. PS24J, B.t. PS94R3 B.t. PS62B1 and B.t. PS74G1, and mutants thereof which retain the property of activity against acarid pests.
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