Biological insect control agents and methods of use
AssigneeUniversity of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc.
InventorsLois K. Miller, David R. O'Reilly
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Abstract
Insect control agents comprising a This invention was made with funding from the National Institutes of Health (Grant No. AI-23719) and with Hatch Act funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (Grant No. GE000918). The U.S. government may have certain rights in this invention.
Claims5
An insect control agent, wherein said insect control agent is a nuclear polyhedrosis virus in which a naturally occurring gene encoding an ecdysteroid UDP-glucosyl transferase is inactivated.
A method for producing an improved insect control agent, comprising the step of inactivating a gene encoding an ecdysteroid UDP-glucosyl transferase in a nuclear polyhedrosis virus, said gene being a naturally occuring part of the genome of said nuclear polyhedrosis virus.
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