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AssigneeMonsanto Technology LLC
InventorsJames A. Baum, Larry A. Gilbertson, David K. Kovalic, Thomas J. LaRosa, Maolong Lu, Tichafa R. I. Munyikwa, James K. Roberts, Wei Wu, Bei Zhang
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The present invention is directed to controlling pest infestation by inhibiting one or more biological functions in an invertebrate pest. The invention discloses methods and compositions for use in controlling pest infestation by feeding one or more different recombinant double stranded RNA molecules to the pest in order to achieve a reduction in pest infestation through suppression of gene expression. The invention is also directed to methods for making transgenic plants that express the double stranded RNA molecules, and to particular combinations of transgenic pesticidal agents for use in protecting plants from pest infestation.
A stacked transgenic plant resistant to plant pest infestation, comprising a DNA sequence encoding a dsRNA for suppression of an essential gene in a target pest and a DNA sequence encoding a Bacillus thuringiensis insecticidal protein exhibiting biological activity against said target pest, wherein said target pest is a Western Corn Rootworm.
A crop harvested from a field comprising the stacked transgenic plant of 2, wherein said crop comprises said dsRNA and said pesticide.
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