Chimeric insecticidal proteins toxic or inhibitory to lepidopteran pests
James A. Baum, Webster Groves, MO (US); Thomas A. Cerruti, Newton, MA (US); Crystal L. Dart, Norton, MA (US); Leigh H. English, Chesterfield, MO (US); Stanislaw Flasinski, Ballwin, MO (US); Xiaoran Fu, Belmont, MA (US); Victor M. Guzov, Cambridge, MA (US); Arlene R. Howe, Clarkson Valley/Chesterfield, MO (US); Jay P. Morgenstern, Boston, MA (US); James K. Roberts, Chesterfield, MO (US); Sara A. Salvador, Wildwood, MO (US); and Jinling Wang, Belmont, MA (US)
Assigned to Monsanto Technology LLC, St. Louis, MO (US)
Filed by Monsanto Technology LLC, St. Louis, MO (US)
Filed on Feb. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/671,011.
Application 17/671,011 is a continuation of application No. 16/874,186, filed on May 14, 2020, granted, now 11,267,849.
Application 16/874,186 is a continuation of application No. 15/849,012, filed on Dec. 20, 2017, granted, now 10,669,317, issued on Jun. 2, 2020.
Application 15/849,012 is a continuation of application No. 14/884,469, filed on Oct. 15, 2015, granted, now 10,233,217, issued on Mar. 19, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/064,989, filed on Oct. 16, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2022/0306703 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
1. A chimeric insecticidal protein comprising an amino acid sequence having at least 98% amino acid sequence identity to the amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 16, wherein the chimeric insecticidal protein exhibits inhibitory activity against an insect species of the order Lepidoptera selected from the group consisting of Helicoverpa zea, Spodoptera eridania, and Chrysodeixis includens.