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US 2006/0051388 A1Published application
Lipid carriers
AssigneeExosect Limited
InventorsPhilip Howse, Karen Underwood
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Abstract
There is disclosed a method of controlling pests which comprises exposing a surface of the pest to a particulate composition containing particles of an initially unmagnetized material, which is capable of becoming magnetically polarized when subjected to an electric or magnetic field, the said particles being associated with at least one pesticide or behaviour modifying chemical.
Claims20
A method of controlling pests, which method comprises:
- providing a particulate composition containing particles of an unmagnetized, soft magnetic material, said particles being associated with at least one pesticide or behavior modifying chemical;
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- exposing a surface of a pest to said particles, wherein said particles become magnetically polarized by the electric or magnetic field associated with the pest and become attached to the pest, and wherein said particles remain unmagnetized until exposed to the field associated with the pest.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.