Method of controlling plant feeding mites with the fungus neozygites floridana
CA 1285475 C · Owner: North Carolina State University · Inventors: Kennedy, George G.; Smitley, David R.
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Abstract of the Disclosure A method of selectively controlling plant feeding mites in the family Tetranychidae such as the, Twospotted spider mite (Tetranychus urticae) is, disclosed. The method comprises innoculating an agricultural field containing crop plants with a Neozygites fungus which selectively infects plant feeding mites without infecting other insects. The population of plant feeding mites is thereby reduced to a level at which they cannot substantially damage the crop plants.
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- Granted July 2, 1991. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended July 2, 2008.
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