Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
514400500 | Insect destroying or inhibiting | 44 |
20100267625 | Novel bacillus thuringiensis gene with coleopteran activity - The invention provides nucleic acids, and variants and fragments thereof, obtained from strains of | 10-21-2010 |
20100279929 | Novel bacillus thuringiensis gene with coleopteran activity - The invention provides nucleic acids, and variants and fragments thereof, obtained from strains of | 11-04-2010 |
20100298211 | AXMI-001, AXMI-002, AXMI-030, AXMI-035, AND AXMI-045: TOXIN GENES AND METHODS FOR THEIR USE - Compositions and methods for conferring pesticidal activity to bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions comprising a coding sequence for a delta-endotoxin polypeptide are provided. The coding sequences can be used in DNA constructs or expression cassettes for transformation and expression in plants and bacteria. Compositions also comprise transformed bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues, and seeds. In particular, isolated delta-endotoxin nucleic acid molecules are provided. Additionally, amino acid sequences corresponding to the polynucleotides are encompassed, and antibodies specifically binding to those amino acid sequences. In particular, the present invention provides for isolated nucleic acid molecules comprising nucleotide sequences encoding the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:6-11, or the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:1-5, as well as variants and fragments thereof. | 11-25-2010 |
20100305029 | Paralytic Peptide for Use in Neuromuscular Therapy - The invention relates to a method of killing or immobilizing an insect comprising administering to the insect a low molecular weight peptide isolated from the submaxiliary saliva glands of shrews of the species | 12-02-2010 |
20100317569 | DIG-5 INSECTICIDAL CRY TOXINS - DIG-5 Cry toxins, polynucleotides encoding such toxins, use of such toxins to control pests, and transgenic plants that produce such toxins are disclosed. | 12-16-2010 |
20110003736 | PESTICIDAL PROTEINS - The subject invention concerns new classes of pesticidally active proteins and the polynucleotide sequences that encode these proteins. In preferred embodiments, these pesticidal proteins have molecular weights of approximately 40-50 kDa and of approximately 10-15 kDa. | 01-06-2011 |
20110112012 | Novel Protein for Binding Bacillus Thuringiensis Cry Toxins and Fragments of Cadherins for Enhancing Cry Toxicity Against Dipterans - The subject invention relates in part to a novel protein for binding | 05-12-2011 |
20110112013 | Novel Bacillus thuringiensis Gene with Lepidopteran Activity - The invention provides nucleic acids, and variants and fragments thereof, obtained from strains of | 05-12-2011 |
20110136731 | PROTEIN HAVING PESTICIDAL ACTIVITY, DNA ENCODING THE PROTEIN, AND NOXIOUS ORGANISM-CONTROLLING AGENT THAT CONTROLS THE INSECT PEST, EMERALD ASH BORER (EAB), AGRILUS PLANIPENNIS - A noxious organism-controlling agent disclosed herein is effective to pests that have acquired a resistance to conventional | 06-09-2011 |
20110183896 | ENHANCEMENT OF BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS CRY PROTEIN TOXICITIES TO COLEOPTERANS, AND NOVEL INSECT CADHERIN FRAGMENTS - The subject invention relates in part to the discovery that a fragment from a cadherin of the western corn rootworm enhances Cry3 toxicity to larvae of naturally susceptible species. The subject invention also relates in part to the discovery that a cadherin fragment from a beetle enhances Cry3Aa and Cry3Bb toxicity to coleopteran larvae, particularly those in the family Chrysomelidae. Such cadherin fragments are referred to as Bt Boosters (BtBs). The subject invention can be extended to the use of BtBs with other coleopteran-toxic Cry proteins for controlling a wide range of coleopterans. | 07-28-2011 |
20110201549 | Enhancement of Bacillus Thuringiensis Cry Toxicities to Lesser Mealworm Alphitobius Diaperinus - The subject invention relates in part to the discovery that BtBooster (BtB) peptides enhance Bt strain and Cry protein toxicity to the lesser mealworm. The subject invention also relates in part to the discovery that Bt | 08-18-2011 |
20110237502 | Insecticidal Polypeptides and Methods of Use Thereof - A family of insecticidal polypeptides expressed in the venom gland of spiders of the genera | 09-29-2011 |
20110263487 | Plant Production and Delivery System for Recombinant Proteins as Protein-Flour or Protein-Oil Compositions - The present invention relates to a plant flour material comprising a ground, dried plant material, wherein the plant material contains a recombinant protein comprises a bactericidal or an insecticidal protein toxin, or combinations thereof. The present invention further relates to a seed oil body composition comprising a seed oil body fusion, said oil body fusion comprising an oil body protein fused to a recombinant protein comprising a bactericidal or an insecticidal protein toxin. The present invention provides for a method of abating or controlling the population of mosquitoes comprising administering to a water source suspected of containing mosquito larvae an effective amount of seed oil body preparation comprising one or more Bti toxins, optionally in combination with one or more BtBs. Additionally, the present invention provides for a method of controlling or abating a pathogenic microbial population comprising administering to an insect population, which serves as a host for the pathogenic microbial population, a recombinant plant material containing a recombinant protein comprising an bactericidal protein toxin. | 10-27-2011 |
20110263488 | FAMILY OF PESTICIDAL PROTEINS AND METHODS FOR THEIR USE - Compositions and methods for conferring pesticidal activity to bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions comprising a coding sequence for pesticidal polypeptides are provided. The coding sequences can be used in DNA constructs or expression cassettes for transformation and expression in plants and bacteria. Compositions also comprise transformed bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues, and seeds. In particular, isolated pesticidal nucleic acid molecules are provided. Additionally, amino acid sequences corresponding to the polynucleotides are encompassed. In particular, the present invention provides for isolated nucleic acid molecules comprising nucleotide sequences encoding the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37 or 61, the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:1, 3, 5, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, or 60, or the nucleotide sequence deposited in a bacterial host as Accession No. NRRL B-30961, B-30955, B-30956, B-30957, B-30958, B-30942, B-30939, B-30941, B-50047, B-30959, B-30960, B-30943, or B-50048, as well as variants and fragments thereof. | 10-27-2011 |
20110275557 | TRUNCATED Cry35 PROTEINS - This invention provides truncated Cry 35 proteins that surprisingly and unexpectedly have increased pesticidal activity as compared to full-length Cry 35 proteins. The subject invention also includes polynucleotides that encode these truncated proteins, transgenic plants comprising a truncated gene of the subject invention, and transgenic plants that produce these truncated proteins. This invention further provides methods of controlling plant pests, including rootworms, with these truncated proteins. The truncated Cry35 proteins of the subject invention are preferably used in combination with Cry34 proteins, which are known in the art. Various surprising advantages of the subject invention will be apparent in light of this disclosure. | 11-10-2011 |
20120065127 | Novel Bacillus thuringiensis Gene with Lepidopteran Activity - The invention provides nucleic acids, and variants and fragments thereof, obtained from strains of | 03-15-2012 |
20120088719 | Mosquitocidal Xenorhabdus, Lipopeptide And Methods - Provided is a bacterial strain which produces a family of mosquitocidal toxins, | 04-12-2012 |
20120220521 | MODIFIED PEPTIDES HAVING TOXIN-ENHANCING EFFECTS - This invention relates in part to modifying BtBooster (BtB) peptides, in part to increase their stability in insect midgut digestive juices. Some preferred embodiments of BtB have removed proteinase cleavage sites resulting in increased stability of the modified BtB in the insect gut, while retaining the ability to enhance B.t. proteins for improved insect control. In some preferred embodiments, the protease-stable BtB is used in combination with B.t. spores and/or crystals comprising a Cry protein. Also reported herein is the significant and increased enhancement of Bt toxins against relatively Bt-tolerant insects ( | 08-30-2012 |
20120258910 | NOVEL BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS INSECTICIDAL PROTEINS - The invention pertains to novel insecticidal compounds derived from | 10-11-2012 |
20120270776 | NOVEL PESTICIDAL TOXINS - A novel pesticidal toxin that is highly active against a wide range of lepidopteran insect pests is disclosed. The DNA encoding the pesticidal toxin can be used to transform various prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms to express the pesticidal toxin. These recombinant organisms can be used to control lepidopteran insects in various environments. | 10-25-2012 |
20120302495 | INSECTICIDAL PROTEINS DERIVED FROM BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS - The present invention relates to the field of plant pest control, particularly insect control. Provided are nucleotide sequences from | 11-29-2012 |
20130017992 | PEPTIDE TOXIN FORMULATION - Procedures are described which use solvents to increase the topical insecticidal activity of toxic insect peptides. These procedures comprise drying the peptides, if needed, followed by the addition of either: 1) a polar organic solvent, with or without water, to a dried peptide, or 2) the addition of polar aprotic solvent or other adjuvant to the dried peptide, followed by the addition of either: 1) a polar organic solvent, with or without water, (where a polar aprotic solvent is added first) or 2) a polar aprotic solvent or other adjuvant to the peptide polar organic solvent (where the polar organic solvent is added first), to the peptide formulation. | 01-17-2013 |
20130116170 | CONTROL OF COLEOPTERAN INSECT PESTS - Improved compositions and methods for controlling coleopteran pests are disclosed. In particular, novel combinations of insecticidal proteins having improved toxicity to coleopteran insect pests such as corn rootworm are provided. Further, a method of killing or controlling coleopteran insect pests using the compositions of the invention is disclosed. | 05-09-2013 |
20130203657 | USE OF VIPAB IN COMBINATION WITH CRY1CA FOR MANAGEMENT OF RESISTANT INSECTS - The subject invention includes methods and plants for controlling fall army worm lepidopteran insects, said plants comprising a V1p3Ab insecticidal protein and a Cry1Ca insecticidal protein, and various combinations of other proteins comprising this pair of proteins, to delay or prevent development of resistance by the insects. | 08-08-2013 |
20130210711 | PRODUCTION AND USE OF ANTITUMORAL ANTIBIOTIC AND INSECTICIDAL CYCLODEPSIPEPTIDES - The invention relates to a compound of the general structure (I), where R is a hydrogen atom (II) or an unsubstituted, monosubstituted or polysubstituted C | 08-15-2013 |
20130210712 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR CONTROLLING PLANT PESTS - Compositions and methods for conferring pesticidal activity to bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions comprising a coding sequence for a delta-endotoxin polypeptide are provided. The coding sequences can be used in DNA constructs or expression cassettes for transformation and expression in plants and bacteria. Compositions also comprise transformed bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues, and seeds. In particular, isolated delta-endotoxin nucleic acid molecules are provided. Additionally, amino acid sequences corresponding to the polynucleotides are encompassed, and antibodies specifically binding to those amino acid sequences. In particular, the present invention provides for isolated nucleic acid molecules comprising nucleotide sequences encoding the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:13-24 or the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:1-12 and 25-44, as well as variants and fragments thereof. | 08-15-2013 |
20130303440 | AXMI-192 FAMILY OF PESTICIDAL GENES AND METHODS FOR THEIR USE - Compositions and methods for conferring pesticidal activity to bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions comprising a coding sequence for a toxin polypeptide are provided. The coding sequences can be used in DNA constructs or expression cassettes for transformation and expression in plants and bacteria. Compositions also comprise transformed bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues, and seeds. In particular, isolated toxin nucleic acid molecules are provided. Additionally, amino acid sequences corresponding to the polynucleotides are encompassed, and antibodies specifically binding to those amino acid sequences. In particular, the present invention provides for isolated nucleic acid molecules comprising nucleotide sequences encoding the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:28-62, or the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:1-27, as well as variants and fragments thereof. | 11-14-2013 |
20140080755 | SELECTING AND STABILIZING dsRNA CONSTRUCTS - The invention provides methods for selecting nucleotide sequences that yield dsRNA-mediated gene suppression in a target organism and enable their uptake by the target organism. The invention further provides expression constructs that confer stabilized expression of such sequences in a transgenic host cell, and methods for their use. Also provided are organisms, cells and tissues prepared by a method of the invention. | 03-20-2014 |
20140187478 | PEPTIDE TOXIN FORMULATION - Procedures are described which use solvents to increase the topical insecticidal activity of toxic insect peptides. These procedures comprise drying the peptides, if needed, followed by the addition of either: 1) a polar organic solvent, with or without water, to a dried peptide, or 2) the addition of polar aprotic solvent or other adjuvant to the dried peptide, followed by the addition of either: 1) a polar organic solvent, with or without water, (where a polar aprotic solvent is added first) or 2) a polar aprotic solvent or other adjuvant to the peptide polar organic solvent (where the polar organic solvent is added first), to the peptide formulation. | 07-03-2014 |
20140194351 | Hemipteran-and Coleopteran Active Toxin Proteins from Bacillus Thuringiensis | 07-10-2014 |
20140206606 | ISOXAZOLINE DERIVATIVES AS INSECTICIDAL COMPOUNDS - The present invention provides compounds of formula (I), wherein G | 07-24-2014 |
20140235533 | DIHYDROFURAN DERIVATIVES AS INSECTICIDAL COMPOUNDS - The present invention provides compounds of formula I wherein Q is Q1 or Q2; A | 08-21-2014 |
20140274885 | PHI-4 Polypeptides and Methods For Their Use - Compositions and methods for controlling pests are provided. The methods involve transforming organisms with a nucleic acid sequence encoding an insecticidal protein. In particular, the nucleic acid sequences are useful for preparing plants and microorganisms that possess insecticidal activity. Thus, transformed bacteria, plants, plant cells, plant tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions are insecticidal nucleic acids and proteins of bacterial species. The sequences find use in the construction of expression vectors for subsequent transformation into organisms of interest, as probes for the isolation of other homologous (or partially homologous) genes. The insecticidal proteins find use in controlling, inhibiting growth or killing lepidopteran, coleopteran, dipteran, fungal, hemipteran, and nematode pest populations and for producing compositions with insecticidal activity. | 09-18-2014 |
20140296137 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR CONTROLLING ROTIFERS - Described herein are compositions and methods for controlling, inhibiting, reducing and/or preventing rotifer growth with antimicrobial peptides. Methods for removing and/or preventing rotifer infestations in algae cultivations by controlling, inhibiting, reducing and/or preventing rotifer growth with an antimicrobial peptide (AMP) are further provided. Also described are transgenic algae comprising an expression vector comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding an AMP. In some instances, the nucleic acid sequence encoding the AMP is codon-optimized for expression in algae. | 10-02-2014 |
20140296138 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR CONTROLLING NEMATODE PESTS - Transgenic plants expressing a Vip3 protein have been found to be efficacious against plant-infesting nematodes. Disclosed are methods of controlling nematode populations using transgenic plants expressing Vip3 protein. | 10-02-2014 |
20140303075 | Chromobacterium Bioactive Compositions and Metabolites - Provided are bioactive compounds and metabolites derived from | 10-09-2014 |
20140315793 | Novel Bacillus Thuringiensis Gene with Lepidopteran Activity - The invention provides nucleic acids, and variants and fragments thereof, obtained from strains of | 10-23-2014 |
20150087584 | METHOD FOR EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA - The present invention relates to a method for pest management using inhibitory repeat domain IRD 9 (Seq ID No.2) proteinase inhibitor showing enhanced inhibitory activity against the gut proteases of insects. More particularly, the present invention relates to a IRD 9 (Seq ID No.2) proteinase inhibitor from non-host plant | 03-26-2015 |
20150126437 | METHODS FOR ASSESSING REPELLANT QUALITY OF ORGANIC MATERIALS AND METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR REPELLING ARTHROPODS - The disclosure provides compounds useful as insect repellents, compositions comprising such repellents, and methods of repelling an arthropod using such compounds and compositions. The disclosure further provides insect traps and method for identifying ligands and cognates for biological molecules. | 05-07-2015 |
20150148288 | Toxic Peptide Production, Peptide Expression in Plants and Combinations of Cysteine Rich Peptides - New insecticidal proteins, nucleotides, peptides, their expression in plants, methods of producing the peptides, new processes, production techniques, new peptides, new formulations, and new organisms, a process which increases the insecticidal peptide production yield from yeast expression systems. The present invention is also related and discloses selected endotoxins we call cysteine rich insecticidal peptides (CRIPS) which are peptides derived from | 05-28-2015 |
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