Hermetia illucens frass production and use in plant nutrition and pest management
AssigneeEnterra Feed Corporation
InventorsAndrew Vickerson, Reed Radley, Brad Marchant, Oliver Kaulfuss, Todd Kabaluk
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Abstract
Apparatus and methods are provided for producing insecticidal black soldier fly (BSF; Hermetia illucens) frass, and using the frass for nutritional and insect pest control activity in soils and/or on foliage. The methods include processes for using BSF frass to reduce damage to crops caused by wireworms (i.e., click beetle larvae, in the Elateridae family) and/or other Coleopteran (i.e., beetle) insect pests. Also provided is an insect trap comprising BSF frass.
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A method for reducing or inhibiting Coleopteran insect pest damage to a crop susceptible to the Coleopteran insect pest, comprising applying at a site known to harbor wireworms an effective amount of black soldier fly frass to soil or to the crop to reduce or inhibit damage caused by wireworms, or exposing the Coleopteran insect to the black soldier fly frass, wherein the Coleopteran insect pest is a larva, prepupa or adult of a Click Beetle (family Elateridae).
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