COMBINATIONS INCLUDING Cry34Ab/35Ab AND Cry3Aa PROTEINS TO PREVENT DEVELOPMENT OF RESISTANCE CORN ROOTWORMS (DIABROTICA SPP.)

摘要

The subject invention relates in part to Cry34Ab/35Ab in combination with CryбАа. The subject invention relates in part to the surprising discovery that combinations of Cry34Ab/Cry35Ab and CryбAа arc useful for preventing development of resistance (to either insecticidal protein system alone) by a com rootworm (Diabrotlca spp.) population. Included within the subject invention are plants producing these insecticidal Cry proteins, which are useful to mitigate concern that a com rootworm population could develop that would be resistant to either of these insecticidal protein systems alone. Plants (and acreage planted with such plants) that produce these two insecticidal protein systems are included within the scope of the subject invention. The subject invention also relates in part to combinations of Cry34Ab/35Ab and Cry3Aа proteins "triple stacked" with а CryбАа protein. Transgenic plants, including corn, comprising а CryбAа gene, Cry34Ab/35Ab genes, and а Cry3Аа gene are included within the scope of the subject invention. Thus, such embodiments target roorworms with three modes of action.