Baculovirus insect control compositions with enhanced lethality

Details Baculovirus insect control compositions with enhanced lethality Baculovirus insect control compositions with enhanced lethality

1998-05-06

1999-11-16

Witz, Jean C.

Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions

Whole live micro-organism, cell, or virus containing

Virus or bacteriophage

424 932, A01N 6300

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059852690

ABSTRACT:
A method of enhancing baculovirus disease in pests on a crop is provided through an insect control composition by applying an insect control composition to the crop. The applied composition includes a baculovirus that is infectious for at least one pest feeding on the crop and an enhancing agent for the baculovirus. The enhancing agent is preferably administered so as to be ingestible by the pest together with the baculovirus. A preferred enhancing agent is mannitol which increases the mortality of larval tobacco budworms feeding on cotton when infected with Autographa californica by 238%.

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