Patent ID: 9441231
Filing Date: 2016-09-13
CPC Classification: C12N

Claim Text:
1. A method of reducing pest infestation or pathogen infection in a transgenic crop plant, the method comprising expressing in the plant an expression cassette comprising a (i) chimeric polynucleotide promoter molecule comprising in operable linkage 5′ to 3′ a plant viral promoter enhancer segment operably linked to a Medicago plant proline rich protein (Prp) promoter segment, which is (ii) operably linked to a nucleotide sequence that confers reduced pest infestation or reduced pathogen infection in the transgenic crop plant relative to a crop plant lacking the expression cassette, wherein the wherein the pest or pathogen is selected from the group consisting of arthropods, nematodes, fungi, bacteria, oomycetes, and viruses.