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AssigneePlant Research International B.V.
InventorsMaarten Anthonie Jongsma, Borut Strukelj, Brigita Lenarcic, Kristina Gruden, Vito Turk, Hendrik J. Bosch, Willem Johannes Stiekema
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A method of protecting a plant or part of a plant from insect or nematode infestation is disclosed herein. The method includes the steps of: inserting into the genome of cells or tissue from a plant a sequence coding for equistatin operably linked to a promoter sequence active in the plant to cause expression of the protein at levels which provide an insect or nematode controlling amount of the protein; and regenerating resistant whole plants from the cells or tissue. Also disclosed is a transgenic plant or its sexual progeny which is resistant to attack by one or more insects or nematodes having digestive cysteine proteases. Also disclosed is an expression vehicle that includes a promotor effective to promote expression of a downstream coding sequence in plant cells, the expression vehicle being effective to express in plant cells insect controlling amounts of equistatin.
A method of protecting a plant or a part of said plant against insect or nematode infestation by one or more insects or nematodes having digestive cysteine proteases, wherein the method comprises the steps of:
A transgenic plant that is resistant to attack by one or more insects or nematodes having digestive cysteine proteases, wherein said transgenic plant comprises a nucleic acid encoding a protein of SEQ ID NO:2 and wherein the plant expresses an insect- or nematode-controlling amount of the protein.
An expression vehicle comprising a promoter effective to promote expression of a downstream coding sequence in plant cells, operatively linked to a nucleic acid encoding a protein of SEQ ID NO:2, and a termination sequence effective to terminate transcription or translation of the protein product in plant cells, wherein the expression vehicle expresses in plant cells insect-controlling amounts of the protein.
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