METHOD OF CONTROLLING RHINOCEROS BEETLE, ORYCTES RHINOCEROS (L) USING METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE FORMULATED IN NUTRIENT-SUPPLEMENTED PELLETS CONSISTING MYCELIA

• Main Authors: SITI RAMLAH BINTI AHMAD ALI, RAMLE BIN MOSLIM, NORMAN BIN HAJI KAMARUDIN, MOHD BASRI BIN WAHID
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 31.12.2007
• Subjects: AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES, AS HERBICIDES; FISHING; FORESTRY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTSTHEREOF; TRAPPING

THE PRESNT INVENTION RELATES TO AMETHOD OF CONTROLLING THE RHINOCEROS BEETLE, USING A FORMULATION OF EFFECTIVE LIVING MYCELIA OF ENTOMOPATHOGENIC FUNGAL PATHOGEN OF THE PEST. THE PREFFERED ENTOMOPATHOGENIC FUNGUS IN THE INVENTION IS METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE VAR.MAJOR. THE PRESENT INVENTION ALSO RELATES TO AMETHOD OF PRODUCING THE FUNGUS AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE FORMULATED FORMS OF THE FUNUS, AND COMPOSITIONS OF THE FORMULATED FORMS FOR FIELD USE. THE EFFECTIVE METHODS OF INVENTION FOR CONTROLLING THE PEST IN THE ACTUAL FIELD CONDITION ARE ALSO DISCLOSED.