ISOLATED NUCLEIC ACID MOLECULE, DNA CONSTRUCTION, PESTICIDE ACTIVITY ISOLATED POLYPEPTIDE, COMPOSITION, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A COLLECTTER POPULATION, METHOD FOR KILLING A PYTHROID PEDESTYLE PRODUCTS DNA Stably Incorporated into Your Genome and Method to Protect a Pest Plant
The invention provides nucleic acids, and variants and fragments thereof, obtained from strains of Bacillus thuringiensis encoding polypeptides having pesticidal activity against insect pests, including Coleoptera. Particular embodiments of the invention provide isolated nucleic acids encoding pesticidal proteins, pesticidal compositions, DNA constructs, and transformed microorganisms and plants comprising a nucleic acid of the embodiments. These compositions find use in methods for controlling pests, especially plant pests.
