Agents and method for identifying insects
AssigneeCommonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research
InventorsStephen Charles Trowell, Kim Astrid Garsia, Amanda Susan Hill, Gabriele Annerose Lang, John Howard Skerritt
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Abstract
The present invention provides an isolated immunoreactive molecule (IRM) capable of binding to a target molecule from at least one species or sub-species of the insect but not to at least one other species or sub-species of insect and a method of identifying one or more insect species or subspecies and kits therefor. The invention is particularly useful for distinguishing between Lepidopterans such as Helicoverpa aemigera and H. punctigera, and H. zea and Heliothis virescens.
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An isolated antibody (Ab) which specifically binds to a target protein selected from the group consisting of lipophorins and apolipophorins present in both eggs and larvae, or in all life stages, of a least one species or subspecies of insect, but not present in at least one other species or subspecies of insect from the same taxonomic family.
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