Control of cotton boll weevil, alfalfa weevil, and corn rootworm via contact with a strain of Bacillus thuringiensis
US4797276A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 21, 1986 |
| Grant date | Jan 10, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 21, 2006 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S435/832
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The subject invention concerns a novel and useful insecticide with activity against insect pests of cotton, potato, alfalfa and corn crops. These pests do heavy damage to the crops. The insecticide of the subject invention is a B. thuringiensis microbe given the designation strain san diego. The spores or crystals of this microbe are useful to control the cotton boll weevil, the Colorado potato beetle, the alfalfa weevil, and the corn rootworm.
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