Insect control with multiple toxins
US5756340A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 8, 1995 |
| Grant date | May 26, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 8, 2015 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S530/858
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A method is provided that accelerates the rate of kill of pests such as from the order Lepidoptera. The method comprises treating the pests or their loci with at least two different insect toxins which are expressed from at least one recombinant microbe. Pairs of toxins that do not compete with each other on the same binding site and that differ in their pharmacology have been found to provide synergistic control. Preferred insecticidal microbes are baculoviruses.
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