Consejo Nacional De Investigaciones Cientificas Y Tecnicas (conicet)

Ypf Tecnologia S.a.

Universidad Nacional De La Plata (unlp)

Juan Roberto Girotti

Walter Alberto Vargas

Sebastián Alejandro Trejo

Eliana Abrahamovich

Sebastián Reinoso

Nicolás Pedrini

Marta Patricia Juárez

A sexual attraction pheromone exclusively obtained frommale insects, a method to obtain said pheromone and a device useful for controlling insects in grain silos are disclosed. The device comprises an outer shell, a membrane impregnated with the sexual attraction pheromone and a nucleus containing an insecticide formulation comprising effective amount of an isolated microsclerotia ofand an agronomically acceptable carrier.

Sexual attraction pheromone of tribolium castaneum and insect control device

Disclosed is a bioinsecticide formulation comprising highly resistantmicrosclerotia and to its use for insect control, in particular for control of insects in grain silos, and to a method of preparation of said formulation. The microsclerotia are obtained in a culture medium comprising an iron (II) compound at a concentration of approximately 0.2 g/L.

Method of preparation of microsclerotia of

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La Plata / Prov. de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Juan Roberto Girotti