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Medium, component thereof and process employing same for the production of microbial insecticides, such as Bacillus popilliae spores and the like, for the control of Japanese beetles and other insects

US3950225A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 15, 1974
Grant dateApr 13, 1976
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Expiry dateOct 15, 1994

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S435/832
  • WIPO fieldBiotechnology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Char waste water, a waste product in sugar refining, derived by water washing spent animal charcoal (char), is useful as a sporulation medium for the production of Bacillus popilliae spores. Bacillus popilliae spores are useful as a microbial insecticide in the control of Japanese beetles since B. popilliae spores cause milky disease in the Japanese beetle and other insects, such as the European chafer.

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