| 发明名称 |
METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR CONTROLLING LEAF-CUTTING ANT POPULATIONS |
| 摘要 |
Methods and compositions in which botanical oils, such as wintergreen oil, and/or isolated methyl salicylate are combined with an attractant matrix (pellets) and applied near a nest of leaf-cutting ants. These oils possess fungicidal and fungistatic properties that destroy and inhibit growth of the ant-cultivated fungus—the ant colony's sole food source—thereby promoting destruction of the colony. These oils are also highly attractive to the ants, exerting no repellent effects, encouraging transport of the fungicidal materials into the nest and ensuring that the fungal colonies come into contact with the materials and suffer mortality. |
| 申请公布号 |
US2016316764(A1) |
申请公布日期 |
2016.11.03 |
| 申请号 |
US201615143097 |
申请日期 |
2016.04.29 |
| 申请人 |
ISCA Technologies, Inc. |
发明人 |
MAFRA-NETO AGENOR;OLIVEIRA DA SILVA RODRIGO;BORGES RAFAEL;PALOSCHI DE OLIVEIRA LEYZA |
| 分类号 |
A01N65/16;A01N25/08;A01N25/00;A01N25/02;A01N61/02;A01N37/40 |
主分类号 |
A01N65/16 |
| 代理机构 |
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代理人 |
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| 主权项 |
1. A method of controlling a leaf-cutting ant population in a region, the method comprising administering a composition comprising at least one fungicide to the region. |
| 地址 |
Riverside CA US |
