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Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, As Represented by the Minister

University of Manitoba

Hedley Pacific Ventures, Ltd.

Paul Fields

Digvir Jayas

Fuji Jian

Can-ming Hu

Yongsheng Gui

Alex Reimer

Zlatko Korunic

Novel microwave devices capable of monitoring pest activity or moisture content in grain. A planar active microwave resonator with a regenerative element is placed in proximity to the grain to be tested, for example by immersion within in a bulk grain store to monitor moisture levels or pest activity therein, mounting within a sample container to monitor moisture levels or pest activity in a smaller volume of grain sampled from a grain store or shipment, or exposure to individual sample kernels for detecting internal pests therein.

Compact microwave device for monitoring grain conditions

A rapid method to detect and/or remove mobile insects inside granular material is presented. The core of this method is to heat grain samples to the desired temperatures (about 55 C) using microwave or radio frequency energy to force insects to move out of the granular material.

Method to rapidly detect insects in granular materials

An insecticidal dust composition comprising an effective amount of diatomaceous earth (DE) in combination with an effective amount of silica selected from the group consisting of precipitated silica and aerogel silica, the DE and silica mixed in different proportions by weight depending on the type of DE, and may preferably be about 95% to 65% DE to about 5% to 35% silica.

Diatomaceous earth insecticidal composition

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Winnipeg, Canada

Paul Fields