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WO2001050865A2
WO2001050865A2 PCT/EP2000/013094 EP0013094W WO0150865A2 WO 2001050865 A2 WO2001050865 A2 WO 2001050865A2 EP 0013094 W EP0013094 W EP 0013094W WO 0150865 A2 WO0150865 A2 WO 0150865A2
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  • Control of insect pests by chemical means has long been a useful method to protect crops from damage caused by insect attack and infestation. More recently, methods to control insect crop damage have been introduced which are specific to the target insect and avoid environmental and ecological compromise associated with traditional pesticide usage.
  • One of these methods employs a gene- tically modified crop which produces insect-specific toxins, e.g., the Cry toxin from Bacillus thuringiensis .
  • insect-specific toxins e.g., the Cry toxin from Bacillus thuringiensis .
  • the B. thuringiensis-Cry-toxin-expressing crop may exhibit varying degrees of protection from an array of lepidopteran pest species.
  • Cry ⁇ A(c) expressing cotton varieties are highly resi- stant to tobacco budworm, Heliothis virescens, but only moderately resistant to cotton bollworm Helicoverpa zea (J.H. Benedict et al.,1996, Journal of Economic Entomology, Vol. 89 (1), p. 230) .
  • NPV nucleopolyhedrosis virus
  • rNPV recombinant nucleopolyhedrosis virus
  • NPV and rNPV may vary in the level of virulence/potency against various insect species, depending upon the host range of the viral vectoring agent and the potency of the toxin encoded by the inserted gene.
  • the insect species Helicoverpa zea is highly susceptible to the NPV and rNPV designated HzNPV and HzAalT, respectively, but only moderately susceptible to the Au- tographa californica NPV (AcNPV) or its rNVP, AcAalT (Treacy et al., 1999, Proceedings Beltwide Cotton Conf . , pp. 1076 - 1083).
  • AuNPV Au- tographa californica NPV
  • AcAalT AcAalT
  • the present invention provides a method for synergistic insect control which comprises applying to the locus of a transgenic crop a synergistically effective amount of a recombinant insect virus containing a vector which is highly virulent to said in- sect.
  • a recombinant insect virus which contains a vector which is highly virulent to the target insect species to a transgenic crop, preferably a transgenic crop which has been genetically altered to produce an insect toxin (insecticide) demonstrates a significant synergistic effect (i.e. the resultant insect control is much greater than that which could be predicted from the insect control of the virulent recombinant insect virus when used alone or from the insect control of the transgenic crop when used alone) .
  • This synergistic effect enables a commercially useful level of insect con- trol via a non-chemical biological means.
  • the synergistic insect control method of the invention allows for effective resistance management compatable with sustainable agriculture practices which are environmentally and ecologically sound.
  • the application of a synergistically effective amount of a recombinant insect virus preferably a recombinant nucleopolyhedrosis virus (rNPV) , containing a vector which is highly virulent to the target insect species to a transgenic crop variety, preferably a transgenic crop which is genetically altered to produce an insect toxin, provides synergistic control of the insect pest. That is, the application of the virulent recombinant insect virus to the transgenic crop results in a combination of insecticidal components which produces a greater insecticidal effect than that which would be expectedfrom the individual insecticidal compondnts employed individually (synergistic effect) .
  • rNPV nucleopolyhedrosis virus
  • Recombinant insect viruses containing a highly virulent vector which are suitable for use in the method of invention include rNPVs such as HzNPV, HzAalT, EGTdel, or a combination thereof.
  • Transgenic crops which produce an insect toxin suitable for use in the method of invention include Bt expressing lines of maize and cotton (BTK lines), such as NuCotn 33BTM, a transgenic cotton variety derived from Deltapine DP5415TM by the BollgardTM transformation event, or transgenic maize varieties such as those which express the MON 810TM transformation event (YieldGardTM, Monsanto Co. ) .
  • BTK lines Bt expressing lines of maize and cotton
  • NuCotn 33BTM a transgenic cotton variety derived from Deltapine DP5415TM by the BollgardTM transformation event
  • transgenic maize varieties such as those which express the MON 810TM transformation event (YieldGardTM, Monsanto Co. ) .
  • the virulent recombinant insect virus may be applied in the form of a formulated composition, such as a wetta- ble powder, to the locus, foliage or stems, preferably the foliage, of a transgenic crop, particularly a transgenic crop which has been genetically altered to produce an insect toxin.
  • a formulated composition such as a wetta- ble powder
  • foliage or stems preferably the foliage
  • transgenic crop particularly a transgenic crop which has been genetically altered to produce an insect toxin.
  • a pre- ferred formulation is that described in co-pending U.S. patent application Serial No. 09/094,279, filed June 9, 1998, incorporated herein by reference thereto.
  • the synergistically effective amount of the virulent recombinant insect virus may vary according to prevailing conditions such as the degree of insect resistance of the transgenic crop, the application timing, the weather conditions, the mode of applica- tion, the density of the insect population, the target crop species, the target insect species, and the like.
  • synergistic insect control may be obtained when the virulent recombinant insect virus is applied to the transgenic crop at rates of lxlO 10 occlusion bodies per hectare (OB/ha) to lxlO 13 OB/ha, pre- feralbly 5x10 ! ° OB/ha to 12X10 1 ! OB/ha.
  • synergism for two-way insecticidal combinations is determined by the Colby method (Colby, S.R., Weeds, 1967 (15), pp.20-22), i.e. the expected (or predicted) results (percentage of insects eliminated) of the combination is calculated by taking the sum of the results for each insecticide component applied alone and subtracting the product of these two results divided by 100. This is illustrated mathematically below, wherein a two-way combination is composed of component X plus component Y.
  • the percent insect control (no external insecticide applied) exhibited by a transgenic crop of this invention relative to a closely related control crop could be represented by X; and the percent control of a recombinant insect virus of the invention when used an the control crop could be represented by Y.
  • the foregoing Colby formula can be used to calcu- late the expected percent control for the combination of the virus and the transgenic crop. If the observed results (actual percent control.) of the combination of the transgenic crop treat®d with the -virus is greater than the calculated expected results, then the combination is synergistic.
  • Plants are grown from seed in 3.8-liter plastic pots which are filled with commercial potting soil.
  • conventional Deltapine DP5415 cotton is included in the study. Viral applications to cotton are initiated about 1.5 months after the cotton planting date. Potted plants are sprayed in an enclosed chamber which is equipped with an overhead, rotary hydraulic boom. The boom is fitted with three hollow cone nozzles (TX3, Spraying Systems, Wheaton, IL) ; one nozzle is mounted to apply spray directly over plants and two nozzles are mounted an drop tubes angled at about 45° to spray sides of plants.
  • the sprayer is calibrated to deliver 189 liters/ha at 3.5 kg/cm 2 ; compressed air is used as the spray propellant.
  • the formulated rNPV insecticide is suspended in dechlorinated water, along with the gustatory stimulant, CoaxTM (CCT Corp., Carlsbad, CA) , at 3.5 L/ha. Plants are sprayed three times at 7 -day intervals. Potted cotton plants are arranged in a completely randomized design with four replica ⁇ tions an table-tops which are flooded with water to a depth of about 2 cm to prevent larval migration between plants . Two plants per treatment are given replicate doses, with replicate subsam- ples taken from separate tests. Environmental parameters for the greenhouse during the course of the study are programmed for an average daily low temperature of about 27°C and an average daily high of about 32°C.
  • the plants are infested with laboratory-reared, neonate H. zea at about 1 hr after each spray session. With the use of a small paint brush, larvae are placed an leaves and squares throughout the upper portion of each cotton plant. A total of 30 freshly hatched larvae are placed an each plant following each of the three spray sessions. Artificial placement of larvae an plants is designed to approximate natural distribution of eggs and small larvae of this pest species an cotton (Farrar & Bradley, 1985, Environ . Entomol . ) . Efficacy of treatments applied to cotton is determined 7 days after the third application session by recording numbers of damaged and non-damaged squares per plant. Signi- ficant differences among treatments in injury to cotton by H. zea are determined by analysis of variance (ANOVA, SAS Institute, 1989) . Treatment means are separated by Duncan's multiple range test (DMRT; SAS Institute, 1989).
  • foliar application of a virulent recombinant insect virus (HzAalT) to a transgenic crop (NuCotn33) at a rate of 12X10 11 OB/ha reduces the insect damage by 4.2-fold as compared to the insect damage to the untreated transgenic crop
  • a virulent recombinant insect virus HzAalT
  • DP5415 susceptible crop

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Abstract

There is provided a method for the synergistic control of insects which comprises applying to the locus of a transgenic crop which produces an insect toxin a synergistically effective amount of a recombinant insect virus containing a vector which is highly virulent to said insect.

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SYNERGISTIC INSECT CONTROL
Control of insect pests by chemical means has long been a useful method to protect crops from damage caused by insect attack and infestation. More recently, methods to control insect crop damage have been introduced which are specific to the target insect and avoid environmental and ecological compromise associated with traditional pesticide usage. One of these methods employs a gene- tically modified crop which produces insect-specific toxins, e.g., the Cry toxin from Bacillus thuringiensis . However, the B. thuringiensis-Cry-toxin-expressing crop may exhibit varying degrees of protection from an array of lepidopteran pest species. For example, CryΙA(c) expressing cotton varieties are highly resi- stant to tobacco budworm, Heliothis virescens, but only moderately resistant to cotton bollworm Helicoverpa zea (J.H. Benedict et al.,1996, Journal of Economic Entomology, Vol. 89 (1), p. 230) .
Another such method of insect control is the application of biological agents such as a nucleopolyhedrosis virus (NPV) (U.S. Patent No. 4,668,511), or recombinant nucleopolyhedrosis virus (rNPV) (U.S. Patents No. 5,662,897 and U.S. 5,858,353). However, NPV and rNPV may vary in the level of virulence/potency against various insect species, depending upon the host range of the viral vectoring agent and the potency of the toxin encoded by the inserted gene. For example, the insect species Helicoverpa zea is highly susceptible to the NPV and rNPV designated HzNPV and HzAalT, respectively, but only moderately susceptible to the Au- tographa californica NPV (AcNPV) or its rNVP, AcAalT (Treacy et al., 1999, Proceedings Beltwide Cotton Conf . , pp. 1076 - 1083). Although the combination of applying a recombinant nucleopolyhedrosis virus which contains a vector which is moderately virulent to the target insect species to a transgenic crop line has been described, (All and Treacy, 1997, Proceedings Beltwide Cotton Conf. p. 1294), neither the transgenic crop nor the rNPV agent, alone or in combination, provided the level of insect control needed to prevent crop loss an a commercial basis.
Therefore, it is an object of this invention to provide a method of synergistic insect control useful for preventing crop damage and economic loss caused thereby.
It is another object of this invention to provide a method for the enhanced protection of a transgenic crop from the devastation and damage caused by insect attack and infestation. It is a feature of this invention that the synergistic insect control and crop protection methods provided are specific to the target insect species and demonstrate enhanced environmental and ecological compatability, while providing commercially acceptable levels of insect control and crop protection.
Other objects and features of the invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art from the following description and the appended claims .
The present invention provides a method for synergistic insect control which comprises applying to the locus of a transgenic crop a synergistically effective amount of a recombinant insect virus containing a vector which is highly virulent to said in- sect.
Further provided is a method for the enhanced protection of a transgenic crop from damage caused by insect attack and infestation.
Although chemical pest control has been an effective means of controlling important agronomic insect pests, more target insect- specific methods of control have been introduced. Among these in- sectspecific methods are the use of a transgenic crop which has been genetically altered to produce an insect toxin such as Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) or the use of a naturally occurring virus such as the nucleopolyhedrosis virus (NPV) or recombinant NPV (rNPV) . However, the transgenic crop which produces a Bt toxin may exhibit a less than satisfactory degree of protection from the targeted insect. Similarly, naturally occurring and recombinant insect viruses often demonstrate varying degrees of efficacy when used as the sole method of insect control.
Although the use of a combination of an rNPV which contains a vector which is moderately virulent to the target insect species and a transgenic crop has been described, the results achieved were not satisfactory for commercial insect control when said rNPV was applied alone or when said rNPV was applied in combination with a transgenic crop genetically altered to produce an in- sect toxin.
It has now been found that the application of a recombinant insect virus which contains a vector which is highly virulent to the target insect species to a transgenic crop, preferably a transgenic crop which has been genetically altered to produce an insect toxin (insecticide) , demonstrates a significant synergistic effect (i.e. the resultant insect control is much greater than that which could be predicted from the insect control of the virulent recombinant insect virus when used alone or from the insect control of the transgenic crop when used alone) . This synergistic effect enables a commercially useful level of insect con- trol via a non-chemical biological means. Further, the synergistic insect control method of the invention allows for effective resistance management compatable with sustainable agriculture practices which are environmentally and ecologically sound.
In accordance with the method of the invention, the application of a synergistically effective amount of a recombinant insect virus, preferably a recombinant nucleopolyhedrosis virus (rNPV) , containing a vector which is highly virulent to the target insect species to a transgenic crop variety, preferably a transgenic crop which is genetically altered to produce an insect toxin, provides synergistic control of the insect pest. That is, the application of the virulent recombinant insect virus to the transgenic crop results in a combination of insecticidal components which produces a greater insecticidal effect than that which would be expectedfrom the individual insecticidal compondnts employed individually (synergistic effect) .
Recombinant insect viruses containing a highly virulent vector which are suitable for use in the method of invention include rNPVs such as HzNPV, HzAalT, EGTdel, or a combination thereof.
Transgenic crops which produce an insect toxin suitable for use in the method of invention include Bt expressing lines of maize and cotton (BTK lines), such as NuCotn 33B™, a transgenic cotton variety derived from Deltapine DP5415™ by the Bollgard™ transformation event, or transgenic maize varieties such as those which express the MON 810™ transformation event (YieldGard™, Monsanto Co. ) .
In actual practice, the virulent recombinant insect virus may be applied in the form of a formulated composition, such as a wetta- ble powder, to the locus, foliage or stems, preferably the foliage, of a transgenic crop, particularly a transgenic crop which has been genetically altered to produce an insect toxin. A pre- ferred formulation is that described in co-pending U.S. patent application Serial No. 09/094,279, filed June 9, 1998, incorporated herein by reference thereto.
The synergistically effective amount of the virulent recombinant insect virus may vary according to prevailing conditions such as the degree of insect resistance of the transgenic crop, the application timing, the weather conditions, the mode of applica- tion, the density of the insect population, the target crop species, the target insect species, and the like. In general, synergistic insect control may be obtained when the virulent recombinant insect virus is applied to the transgenic crop at rates of lxlO10 occlusion bodies per hectare (OB/ha) to lxlO13 OB/ha, pre- feralbly 5x10!° OB/ha to 12X101! OB/ha.
In order to facilitate a further understanding of the invention, the following examples are presented primarily for the purpose of illustrating more specific details thereof. The invention should not be deemed limited thereby except as defined in the claims.
In the following examples, synergism for two-way insecticidal combinations is determined by the Colby method (Colby, S.R., Weeds, 1967 (15), pp.20-22), i.e. the expected (or predicted) results (percentage of insects eliminated) of the combination is calculated by taking the sum of the results for each insecticide component applied alone and subtracting the product of these two results divided by 100. This is illustrated mathematically below, wherein a two-way combination is composed of component X plus component Y.
XY
(X + Y) = Expected results
100
If the actual observed results are greater than the expected results calcualted from the formula, synergy exists.
In the present invention, the percent insect control (no external insecticide applied) exhibited by a transgenic crop of this invention relative to a closely related control crop could be represented by X; and the percent control of a recombinant insect virus of the invention when used an the control crop could be represented by Y. The foregoing Colby formula can be used to calcu- late the expected percent control for the combination of the virus and the transgenic crop. If the observed results (actual percent control.) of the combination of the transgenic crop treat®d with the -virus is greater than the calculated expected results, then the combination is synergistic. EXAMPLE 1
Evaluation of the Syneraistic Insecticidal Effect of A Virulent Recombinant Insect Virus Applied to A Transgenic
Crop
In this evaluation a test system is used which approximates foliar-spray and plant architecture parameters typically encoun- tered in cotton field scenarios. The insecticidal effect of (a) the application of a wettable powder (WP) formulation of HzAalT at rates of 5X1011 OB/ha and 12X1011 OB/ha and (b) the Bacillus thuringiensis CryΙA(c) -expressing cotton variety, 'NuCotn 33B' , is evaluated and compared to combinations using a conventional cotton variety, 'Deltapine DP54151' .
Plants are grown from seed in 3.8-liter plastic pots which are filled with commercial potting soil. For comparison purposes, conventional Deltapine DP5415 cotton is included in the study. Viral applications to cotton are initiated about 1.5 months after the cotton planting date. Potted plants are sprayed in an enclosed chamber which is equipped with an overhead, rotary hydraulic boom. The boom is fitted with three hollow cone nozzles (TX3, Spraying Systems, Wheaton, IL) ; one nozzle is mounted to apply spray directly over plants and two nozzles are mounted an drop tubes angled at about 45° to spray sides of plants. The sprayer is calibrated to deliver 189 liters/ha at 3.5 kg/cm2; compressed air is used as the spray propellant. The formulated rNPV insecticide is suspended in dechlorinated water, along with the gustatory stimulant, Coax™ (CCT Corp., Carlsbad, CA) , at 3.5 L/ha. Plants are sprayed three times at 7 -day intervals. Potted cotton plants are arranged in a completely randomized design with four replica¬ tions an table-tops which are flooded with water to a depth of about 2 cm to prevent larval migration between plants . Two plants per treatment are given replicate doses, with replicate subsam- ples taken from separate tests. Environmental parameters for the greenhouse during the course of the study are programmed for an average daily low temperature of about 27°C and an average daily high of about 32°C.
The plants are infested with laboratory-reared, neonate H. zea at about 1 hr after each spray session. With the use of a small paint brush, larvae are placed an leaves and squares throughout the upper portion of each cotton plant. A total of 30 freshly hatched larvae are placed an each plant following each of the three spray sessions. Artificial placement of larvae an plants is designed to approximate natural distribution of eggs and small larvae of this pest species an cotton (Farrar & Bradley, 1985, Environ . Entomol . ) . Efficacy of treatments applied to cotton is determined 7 days after the third application session by recording numbers of damaged and non-damaged squares per plant. Signi- ficant differences among treatments in injury to cotton by H. zea are determined by analysis of variance (ANOVA, SAS Institute, 1989) . Treatment means are separated by Duncan's multiple range test (DMRT; SAS Institute, 1989).
Means followed by a common letter are not significantly different as determined by Duncan's multiple range test (P < 0. 05; F [df 5, 18] = 16.9); percentile data are arcsine transformed for analysis.
Numbers of damaged and non-damaged squares affixed to each plant are assessed 7 days after the final application/infestation session (7DA3T = 7 Days After 3rd Treatment application)
RESULTS
In this greenhouse study, weekly infestations of H. zea larvae caused significantly more injury to untreated DP5415 cotton (susceptible) than to untreated NuCotn 33B (resistant), (53.0 % and 20.8% damaged squares, respectively). Foliar applications of HzAalT at rates of δxlO11 OB/ha and 12X1011 OB/ha significantly reduced insect damage an both varieties of cotton. The susceptible plant variety DP5415 when treated with HzAalT at rates of 5X1011 OB/ha and 12X1011 OB/ha, gave an average of 27.6% and 23.9% damaged squares, respectively. The resistant plant variety Nu- Cotn33B when treated with HzAalT at rates of δxlO11 OB/ha and 12X1011 OB/ha gave an average of 8.8% and 5.0% damaged squares, respectively. The data are shown an Table I.
As can be seen from the data an Table I, foliar application of a virulent recombinant insect virus (HzAalT) to a transgenic crop (NuCotn33) at a rate of 12X1011 OB/ha reduces the insect damage by 4.2-fold as compared to the insect damage to the untreated transgenic crop, whereas the application of said virulent recombinant insect virus to a susceptible crop (DP5415) at a rate of 12X1011 OB/ha reduces the insect damage by only 2.2-fold as compared to the untreated susceptible crop. Therefore, the combination of the application of a virulent recombinant insect virus to a transgenic crop gives approximately 2-fold the reduction of insect damage than that which can be expected from either the application of the virulent recombinant insect virus alone or from the use of a transgenic crop alone. TABLE I
Control of Cotton Bollworm, Helicoverpa Zea, an Conventional and Transgenic Cotton Varieties with Foliar Applications of the Recombinant Nucleopolyhedrovirus HzNPV (Egtdel) /DA26-ADK-AaIT (HzAalT)
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1 Means followed by a common letter are not significantly different as determined by Duncan's multiple range test (P < 0.05; F (df 5, 18] = 16.9); percentile data were arcsine transformed for analysis.
2
% dam.seq. - % dam.seq. (non-treated) (treated) control = x 100
% dam. seq. (non-treated)
* Synergism = Observed > Expected

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CLAIMS :
1. A method for synergistic control of an insect which comprises applying to the locus, foliage or stem of a transgenic crop which produces an insect toxin a synergistically effective amount of a recombinant insect virus containing a vector which is highly virulent to said insect.
2. The method according to claim 1 wherein said recombinant virus is a recombinant nucleopolyhedrosis virus.
3. The method according to claim 2 wherein said recombinant virus is HzNPV, HzAIT, EGTdel or a combination thereof.
4. The method according to claim 1 wherein said transgenic crop is a crop plant which has been genetically altered to express Bacillus thuringiensis toxin.
5. The method according to claim 4 wherein said transgenic crop is maize.
6. The method according to claim 4 wherein said transgenic crop is cotton.
7. The method according to claim 6 wherein said crop is NuCotn 33B.
8. The method according to claim 2 where the synergistically ef- fective amount of said recombinant insect virus is lxlO10
OB/ha to lxlO13 OB/ha.
9. The method according to claim 8 wherein the insect is Lepidoptera .
10. The method according to claim 9 wherein the insect is Helico verpa zea .
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