The MIR162 corn has been field tested in the United States since 1999 as authorized by APHIS. These data are also valuable to APHIS as the agency assesses the potential for a new variety to pose a plant pest risk.
What is agrisure viptera?
Agrisure Viptera® is the first vegetative insecticidal protein in corn and is the only trait currently available that effectively controls western bean cutworm. It also protects the crop from key above-ground insects like corn earworm, cutworm and armyworm.
What is agrisure Duracade?
The Agrisure Duracade® trait expresses a protein that binds differently in the gut of corn rootworm than other corn rootworm traits, providing superior control against western, northern and Mexican corn rootworm while allowing the plant to develop a stronger root system. …
What is the MIR162 genotype of corn?
The invention further relates to corn plants comprising the transgenic genotype of MIR162 and to methods for producing a corn plant by crossing a corn plant comprising the MIR162 genotype with itself or another corn variety. Seeds of corn plants comprising the MIR162 genotype are also objects of the present invention.
What does MIR162 do in Arabidopsis?
In Arabidopsis and rice, miR162 suppresses the expression of DCL1, which plays essential roles in miRNA biogenesis and metabolism (Tijsterman and Plasterk 2004; Xie et al. 2004; Zhou et al. 2010 ).
What is the role of DCL1 in the formation of miRNAs?
Therefore, DCL1 plays important roles in the formation of mature miRNAs. In turn, the expression of DCL1 is regulated by miR162 (Tijsterman and Plasterk 2004; Xie et al. 2004; Wu et al. 2009; Zhou et al. 2010 ). miR162 is involved in multiple abiotic stress responses in plants.
Is osa-mir162a involved in rice immunity against Mycoplasma oryzae?
Together, our results indicate that Osa-miR162a is involved in rice immunity against M. oryzae and fine-tunes resistance and yield.
