| 摘要 |
The present invention utilizes extracts of the pre-sporulation (preconidial) mycelial stage of entomopathogenic fungi as insect and arthropod attractants and/or pathogens and can be employed to limit the zoonotic diseases they transmit. The fungus can be cultivated on grain, wood, agricultural wastes or other cellulosic material and extracts can be made thereof. More than one fungus and substrate can be used in combination with one or more antimicrobial, antiprotozoal, antiviral, and genetically modified agents that result in reduced spread of contagions and lessens the damage they inflict on animals, and plants. |
| 主权项 |
1. A method comprising presenting an effective attracting amount of a preconidial preparation of an entomopathogenic fungus to attract and control arthropods that carry zoonotic diseases, wherein the preconidial preparation is selected from the group consisting of preconidial mycelium, extract of preconidial mycelium and both preconidial mycelium and extract of preconidial mycelium, wherein non-sporulating sectors are selectively cultured to produce the preconidial mycelium, wherein the preconidial mycelium contains less than 100 conidia per gram of myceliated substrate, wherein the preconidial preparation of an entomopathogenic fungus is blended with mushroom preparations selected from the group consisting of mycelium of Fomitopsis officinalis, Fomitopsis pinicola, Fomitporia robustus, Piptoporus betulinus, Trametes versicolor, Trametes elegans, Ganoderma lucidum, Ganoderma applanatum, Ganoderma annularis, Ganoderma oregonense, Ganoderma resinaceum, Ganoderma tsugae, Heterobasidion annosum, Inonotus obliquus, Antrodia camphorate, Rigidoporus ulmarius, Perenniporia fraxinophila, Psilocybe cyanescens, Psilocybe azurescens and Psilocybe cubensis mushrooms, extracts of the mycelium of said mushroom and combinations thereof, and wherein the arthropods are selected from the group consisting of insects, arachnids and myriapods.
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