Ingestible molluscicide
AssigneeW. Neudorff GmbH KG
InventorsGeorge S. Puritch, Andreas Prokop, David S. Almond, Robert Matson
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Abstract
An effective, readily ingested molluscicidal bait poison includes a mollusc bait and a second component. The second component can contain a transition metal compound and a complexing agent, and/or the complex of a transition metal compound and a complexing agent. The complexing agent is preferably iminodisuccinic acid (IDS), including sodium IDS (IDS Na-Salt), iminodifumaric acid (IDF), iminoditartaric acid (IDT), iminodimaleic acid (IDMAL), ethylenediaminedifumaric acid (EDDF), ethylenediaminedimalic acid (EDDM), iminodimalic acid (IDM), ethylenediamineditartaric acid (EDDT), ethylenediaminedimaleic acid (EDDMAL), and salts thereof.
Claims22
A terrestrial mollusc stomach poison composition, comprising:
- a carrier material edible to molluscs;
- and
- a second component having
- a transition metal compound selected from the group consisting of a transition metal protein, a transition metal carbohydrate, a transition metal salt, and combinations thereof, and
- a complexing agent selected from the group consisting of iminodisuccinic acid, iminodifumaric acid, iminoditartaric acid, iminodimaleic acid, ethylenediaminedifumaric acid, ethylenediaminedimalic acid, iminodimalic acid, ethylenediamineditartaric acid, ethylenediaminedimaleic acid, and salts thereof
A terrestrial mollusc stomach poison composition, comprising:
- a carrier material edible to molluscs;
- and
- an effective amount of a complex of a transition metal compound and a complexing agent, the complexing agent being selected from the group consisting of iminodisuccinic acid, iminodifumaric acid, iminoditartaric acid, iminodimaleic acid, ethylenediaminedifumaric acid, ethylenediaminedimalic acid, iminodimalic acid, ethylenediamineditartaric acid, ethylenediaminedimaleic acid, and salts thereof.
A method of exterminating molluscs, comprising the steps of:
- providing a molluscicidal composition comprising
- a carrier material edible to molluscs
- a transition metal compound selected from the group consisting of a transition metal protein, a transition metal carbohydrate, and a transition metal salt;
- and
- a complexing agent selected from the group consisting of iminodisuccinic acid, iminodifumaric acid, iminoditartaric acid, iminodimaleic acid, ethylenediaminedifumaric acid, ethylenediaminedimalic acid, iminodimalic acid, ethylenediamineditartaric acid, ethylenediaminedimaleic acid, and salts thereof;
- applying the molluscicidal composition to an area infested with molluscs;
- and
- allowing the molluscs to ingest the molluscicidal composition.
A method of exterminating molluscs, comprising the steps of:
- providing a molluscicidal composition comprising
- a carrier material edible to molluscs, and
- an effective amount of a complex of a transition metal compound and a complexing agent, the complexing agent being selected from the group consisting of iminodisuccinic acid, iminodifumaric acid, iminoditartaric acid, iminodimaleic acid, ethylenediaminedifumaric acid, ethylenediaminedimalic acid, iminodimalic acid, ethylenediamineditartaric acid, ethylenediaminedimaleic acid, and salts thereof;
- applying the molluscicidal composition to an area infested with molluscs;
- and
- allowing the molluscs to ingest the molluscicidal composition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.