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US 6,274,137 B1Granted
Method of controlling moth and other insect pests
AssigneeThe State of New South Wales
InventorRobert Kofi Mensah
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Abstract
A method of controlling moth and other insect pests in a habitat and attracting, augmenting or conserving natural enemies of the moth or other insect pests, which comprises treating the habitat with yeast.
Claims4
A method of controlling an insect pest selected from the group consisting of cotton bollworm, native budworm, plaque thrips, cotton bud thrips, predatory thrips and onion thrips on a plant, which comprises disrupting and suppressing female oviposition by applying to the plant an effective amount of a brewer's yeast, S. cerevisiae YESTA 20B.
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