METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR CONTROLLING OR REDUCING PESTS

• Main Authors: MARTÍNEZ DURÁN, David, PAGÈS BOSCH, Marc, SITJÁ ARNAU, Marta, CABALLERO MURILLO, Primitivo, LUCIENTES CURDI, Javier
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 04.02.2021
• Subjects: AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES, AS HERBICIDES; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF; CULTURE MEDIA; ENZYMOLOGY; FISHING; FORESTRY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTSTHEREOF; PROCESSES USING MICROORGANISMS; PROPAGATING, PRESERVING OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; SPIRITS; TRAPPING; VINEGAR; WINE

The present invention relates to methods and compositions comprising viable spores of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) strains for controlling or reducing mite infestations, such as the control and reduction of infestations produced by Dermanyssus gallinae (poultry red mite). La présente invention concerne des procédés et des compositions comprenant des spores viables de souches de Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) pour lutter contre les infestations par les acariens ou pour réduire les infestations par les acariens, telles que les infestations produites par Dermanyssus gallinae (dermanysses des volailles).