Insect control with a hypersensitive response elicitor
AssigneesCornell Research Foundation, Inc., Eden Bioscience Corporation
InventorsThomas A. Zitter, Zhong-Min Wei
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method of controlling insects on plants. This involves applying a hypersensitive response elicitor polypeptide or protein in a non-infectious form to a plant or plant seed under conditions effective to control insects on the plant or plants produced from the plant seed. Alternatively, transgenic plants or transgenic plant seeds transformed with a DNA molecule encoding a hypersensitive response elicitor polypeptide or protein can be provided and the transgenic plants or plants resulting from the transgenic plant seeds are grown under conditions effective to control insects.
Claims49
A method of insect control for plants comprising:
- applying a hypersensitive response elicitor polypeptide or protein to a plant or plant seed under conditions effective to control insects on the plant or plants grown from the plant seed.
A method of insect control for plants comprising:
- providing a transgenic plant or plant seed transformed with a DNA molecule encoding a hypersensitive response elicitor polypeptide or protein and
- growing the transgenic plants or transgenic plants produced from the transgenic plant seeds under conditions effective to control insects.
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