PROTEIN HAVING PESTICIDAL ACTIVITY, DNA ENCODING THE PROTEIN, AND NOXIOUS ORGANISM-CONTROLLING AGENT THAT CONTROLS THE INSECT PEST, EMERALD ASH BORER (EAB), AGRILUS PLANIPENNIS

摘要

A noxious organism-controlling agent disclosed herein is effective to pests that have acquired a resistance to conventional Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) agents and has activity on Coleoptera pests and specifically against the emerald ash borer (EAB), Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Also disclosed is a microbe Bacillus thuringiensis serovar galleriae SDS502 strain having an ability of producing a toxic protein (Cry8Da) that can serve as an active ingredient of a noxious organism-controlling agent to control EAB.