US 11,859,197 B2
Insecticidal polypeptides and use thereof
Or Rotem, Rehovot (IL); Moshe Elbaz, Ruhama (IL); Michal Simovitch Etkes, Ashdod (IL); Lisa N. Meihls, St. Ann, MO (US); Noam Ben Naim, Ness Ziona (IL); and Dhritiman Ghosh, Saint Peters, MO (US)
Assigned to EVOGENE LTD., Rehovot (IL)
Appl. No. 17/052,335
Filed by EVOGENE LTD., Rehovot (IL)
PCT Filed May 2, 2019, PCT No. PCT/IL2019/050488
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 2, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/211850, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 7, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/666,138, filed on May 3, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0171976 A1, Jun. 10, 2021
Int. Cl. C12N 15/82 (2006.01); A01N 63/50 (2020.01); C07K 14/195 (2006.01); A01N 63/20 (2020.01); A01N 37/46 (2006.01)
CPC C12N 15/8286 (2013.01) [A01N 37/46 (2013.01); A01N 63/20 (2020.01); A01N 63/50 (2020.01); C07K 14/195 (2013.01); Y02A 40/146 (2018.01)] 9 Claims
 
8. A method of increasing a resistance of a plant to an insect pest, the method comprising transforming the plant with a nucleic acid construct comprising a polynucleotide encoding at least one polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 470, 702, 703, 1028, and 1190-1193,
wherein the at least one polypeptide and/or a combination of said polypeptides kill or inhibit the development of an insect pest.