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Mycoattractants and mycopesticides

  • US 7,122,176 B2
  • Filed: 10/01/2001
  • Issued: 10/17/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/04/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of attracting social insects comprising providing an insect attracting amount of an entomopathogenic preconidial mycelium selected from the group consisting of Metarhizium and Beauveria, cultivated on a solid substrate and not including any conidia bearing imperfect stages, to a targeted social insect locus wherein the entomopathogenic preconidial mycelium is cultivated on a bait block with insect entryways wherein the entryways are selected from the group consisting of channels, tunnels, grooves, ridges, holes, perforations and combinations thereof and the entryways are sized to allow entry by an insect selected from the group consisting of a targeted insect larva, a targeted insect pupae, a targeted insect adult and combinations thereof.

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