The invention relates to a plant protection and/or plant growth promotion system, comprising at least one anchor peptide for increased binding to a plant part, a support function, which is indirectly or directly bound to the anchor peptide, and an active substance for protecting the plant and/or promoting plant growth and yield.

The invention provides nucleic acids, polypeptides, transgenic plants, compositions and methods for conferring pesticidal activity (e.g., insecticidal activity) to bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues and seeds. Nucleic acids encoding the insecticidal proteins can be used to transform prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms to express the insecticidal proteins. The recombinant organisms or compositions containing the recombinant organisms or insecticidal proteins or in combination with an appropriate agricultural carrier can be used to control an insect pest in various environments.

The invention provides nucleic acids, polypeptides, transgenic plants, compositions and methods for conferring pesticidal activity (e.g., insecticidal activity) to bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues and seeds. Nucleic acids encoding the insecticidal proteins can be used to transform prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms to express the insecticidal proteins. The recombinant organisms or compositions containing the recombinant organisms or insecticidal proteins or in combination with an appropriate agricultural carrier can be used to control an insect pest in various environments.

A method of controlling fungal diseases of crops with cinnamate compounds, the cinnamate compounds having one of the following chemical structures: ##STR00001##
wherein the cinnamate compounds exhibit strong antifungal activities, have a broad antifungal spectrum against pathogenic fungi of crops, are safe for crops, can avoid the occurrence of phytotoxicity, and can be used for the control of fungal diseases of crops such as powdery mildew, damping-off, rot, gummy stem blight, anthracnose, white rot, northern leaf blight, late blight, gray mold, downy blight, blight, early blight, Fusarium wilt, full rot, Pythium rot, dry rot, ring spot, sheath blight, stalk break and the like, the field efficiencies of which are superior to or comparable to that of the control compound, methyl 3,4-dimethoxy cinnamate.

A method of controlling fungal diseases of crops with cinnamate compounds, the cinnamate compounds having one of the following chemical structures: ##STR00001##
wherein the cinnamate compounds exhibit strong antifungal activities, have a broad antifungal spectrum against pathogenic fungi of crops, are safe for crops, can avoid the occurrence of phytotoxicity, and can be used for the control of fungal diseases of crops such as powdery mildew, damping-off, rot, gummy stem blight, anthracnose, white rot, northern leaf blight, late blight, gray mold, downy blight, blight, early blight, Fusarium wilt, full rot, Pythium rot, dry rot, ring spot, sheath blight, stalk break and the like, the field efficiencies of which are superior to or comparable to that of the control compound, methyl 3,4-dimethoxy cinnamate.

The present application discloses a plant senescence accelerator named IDL7 mature polypeptide, and its preparation method and an application thereof. The application belongs to the field of a plant senescence accelerator, and the IDL7 mature polypeptide serves as a major functional ingredient with the following amino acid sequence: F-G-S-L-V-L-N-A-L-P-K-G-S-R-P-G-S-G-P-S-K-K-T-N. The IDL7 mature polypeptide plant senescence accelerator may promote the leaf senescence of plants without other additional adverse manifestations, thus this application has strong field operability.

The present application discloses a plant senescence accelerator named IDL7 mature polypeptide, and its preparation method and an application thereof. The application belongs to the field of a plant senescence accelerator, and the IDL7 mature polypeptide serves as a major functional ingredient with the following amino acid sequence: F-G-S-L-V-L-N-A-L-P-K-G-S-R-P-G-S-G-P-S-K-K-T-N. The IDL7 mature polypeptide plant senescence accelerator may promote the leaf senescence of plants without other additional adverse manifestations, thus this application has strong field operability.

The present invention provides a combined formicide preparation comprising at least one insecticide and at least one laccase inhibitor, said laccase inhibitor being present in the preparation at a content of 0.5% or more by weight of the preparation, and the mass ratio between the at least one laccase inhibitor and the at least one insecticide being 2 or more. The present invention also relates to a method of controlling fungus-growing ants and a method of producing a combined formicide preparation.

The present invention provides a combined formicide preparation comprising at least one insecticide and at least one laccase inhibitor, said laccase inhibitor being present in the preparation at a content of 0.5% or more by weight of the preparation, and the mass ratio between the at least one laccase inhibitor and the at least one insecticide being 2 or more. The present invention also relates to a method of controlling fungus-growing ants and a method of producing a combined formicide preparation.

Compositions and methods for controlling pests are provided. The methods involve transforming organisms with a nucleic acid sequence encoding an insecticidal protein. In particular, the nucleic acid sequences are useful for preparing plants and microorganisms that possess insecticidal activity. Thus, transformed bacteria, plants, plant cells, plant tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions are insecticidal nucleic acids and proteins of bacterial species. The sequences find use in the construction of expression vectors for subsequent transformation into organisms of interest including plants, as probes for the isolation of other homologous (or partially homologous) genes. The pesticidal proteins find use in controlling, inhibiting growth or killing Lepidopteran, Coleopteran, Dipteran, fungal, Hemipteran and nematode pest populations and for producing compositions with insecticidal activity.