Controlling disease vectors from insects and arthropods using preconidial mycelium and extracts of preconidial mycelium from entomopathogenic fungi
OwnerPaul Stametsinventor
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Abstract
The present invention utilizes extracts of the pre-sporulation (preconidial) mycelial stage of entomopathogenic fungi as insect and arthropod attractants and/or pathogens and can be employed to limit the zoonotic and plant diseases they transmit. The fungus can be cultivated on grain, wood, agricultural wastes or other cellulosic material and extracts can be made thereof. More than one fungus and substrate can be used in combination with one or more antimicrobial, antiprotozoal, antiviral, or genetically modified agents that result in reduced spread of contagions and lessens the damage they inflict on animals and plants.
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A composition for attracting and controlling arthropods and controlling diseases that arthropods carry comprising a preconidial preparation of an entomopathogenic fungus and an antimicrobial preparation, wherein the preconidial preparation is selected from the group consisting of preconidial mycelium and extract of preconidial mycelium and combinations thereof, wherein non-sporulating sectors of entomopathogenic fungi are selectively cultured to produce the preconidial mycelium and wherein the arthropods are selected from the group consisting of insects, arachnids, myriapods and combinations thereof.
A composition for attracting insects and arthropods that carry diseases to a locus where disease carrying insects and arthropods and insect-borne diseases can be better controlled comprising an entomopathogenic preconidial fungal attractant and an antimicrobial substance, wherein the entomopathogenic preconidial fungal attractant is selected from the group consisting of a preconidial mycelium attractant and an extract of preconidial mycelium and combinations thereof, wherein non-sporulating sectors of entomopathogenic fungi are selectively cultured to produce the preconidial mycelium and wherein the arthropods are selected from the group consisting of insects, arachnids, myriapods and combinations thereof.
A composition comprising a mosquito net, a preparation of preconidial mycelium and an antimicrobial preparation, whereby mosquitoes that make contact with the mosquito net thereby have a subsequent contagion load reduction after contact.
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