Patent ID: 6635265
Filing Date: 2003-10-21
Classification: A01N,C07K

Abstract:
A method for controlling a plant pest wherein said method comprise contacting said pest with a pesticidally effective amount of a composition comprising a pesticidal polypeptide that comprises amino acid residues: Ala, Asp, and Tyr having at least one of the following two characteristics:I) said polypeptide is a trypsin modulating oostatic factor (TMOF) compound; and II) said polypeptide binds to a TMOF receptor; wherein said pesticidal polypeptide inhibits trypsin biosynthesis within said pest, and wherein said pesticidal polypeptide does not consist of a polypeptides selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 8, SEQ ID NO: 9, SEQ ID NO: 10, SEQ ID NO: 11, SEQ ID NO: 12, SEQ ID NO: 13, SEQ ID NO: 14, and SEQ ID NO: 15.