Control of arthropod infestation using particles comprising an entomopathogen and wax
AssigneeExosect Limited
InventorsClare Gillian Storm, Maureen Elizabeth Wakefield, John Chambers
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Abstract
Composite particles containing hydrophobic particles and spores of an entomopathogenic fungus that are capable of germinating on the cuticle of a grain storage arthropod, dry powder compositions comprising such composite particles, methods of producing such compositions and methods and uses thereof.
Claims21
1-22. (canceled)
A composite particle comprising:
- i) a hydrophobic particle that adheres to the cuticle of at least one species of a grain storage arthropod;
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- ii) spores of an entomopathogenic fungus that adhere to the hydrophobic particle and are capable of germinating on the cuticle of the at least one species of arthropod.
A dry powder composition effective in controlling populations of grain storage arthropods, the composition comprising composite particles which comprise:
- i) hydrophobic particles that adhere to the cuticles of one or more species of grain storage arthropod;
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- ii) spores of an entomopathogenic fungus that adhere to the hydrophobic particles and are capable of germinating on the cuticles of the one or more species of grain storage arthropod.
A method of producing a composition comprising composite particles according to claim 1, comprising the steps of:
- i) micronising dry hydrophobic carrier particles that adhere to the cuticles of at least one species of grain storage arthropod;
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- ii) admixing dry spores of Beauveria bassiana to the carrier particles.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.