Compositions for biological control of insects

• Main Authors: BENJAMIN JOHN REED, RICHARD MARK SANDEMAN, DAVID CHANDLER
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 22.09.1999
• Edition: 6
• Subjects: AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES, AS HERBICIDES; CARE OF BIRDS, FISHES, INSECTS; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF; CULTURE MEDIA; ENZYMOLOGY; FISHING; FORESTRY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS; NEW PLANTS OR PROCESSES FOR OBTAINING THEM; PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT REPRODUCTION BY TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTSTHEREOF; PROPAGATING, PRESERVING OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; SPIRITS; TRAPPING; VINEGAR; WINE

PCT No. PCT/AU95/00347 Sec. 371 Date Jun. 27, 1997 Sec. 102(e) Date Jun. 27, 1997 PCT Filed Jun. 15, 1995 PCT Pub. No. WO95/35031 PCT Pub. Date Dec. 28, 1995The invention relates to composition and methods of use thereof for controlling insects. The compositions comprise aminopeptidase inhibitors or metallopeptidase inhibitors and further comprise a non-strongly-chelating peptidase inhibitor. The compositions are preferably applied topically, and preferably cause inhibition of hatching of insect eggs and/or inhibition of the development and/or mortality of insect larvae.