United States of America, As Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture

Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties Inc

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

W Louis Tedders

Maria Guadalupe Rojas

Juan A Morales-Ramos

David I Shapiro-Ilan

Juan A Morales Ramos

David I Shapiro Ilan

Edwin E Lewis

David Shapiro Ilan

Carl Brian Dean

The system produces beneficial parasites by depositing parasite-infected cadavers adjacent to a filtering device inside an enclosed package. The parasites are then allowed to migrate from the infected cadavers, through the filtering device, and into a parasite-sustaining medium. After the migration is complete, the spent cadavers and the filtering device are removed and the package is closed. In the preferred embodiment, beneficial nematodes migrate through a screen matrix into polyacrylamide gel to create a package of beneficial nematodes.

System and method for producing beneficial parasites

Disclosed is a taping apparatus for packaging arthropods having been infected with entomopathogenic nematodes wherein the tape forms a continuous line of packaged arthropods. In one embodiment of the invention, the tape formulation has the arthropods, orinfected with the nematodes ofor

Apparatus for packaging arthropods infected with entomopathogenic nematodes

The automated insect separation system processes an aggregate mixture of insects and other materials so that selected insects are separated from the other components of the mix. Specifically, the aggregate mix is directed into a separator apparatus so that the mix flows vertically through a series of vibrating screens. In the preferred embodiment, the screening process separates two different sizes of mealworm larvae from the aggregate mixture. The mix includes the mealworm larvae, unconsumed food materials (usually wheat bran), and insect frass.

Automated insect separation system

Pesticidal and/or antimicrobial biological agent-infected hard-bodied arthropod cadavers, such as from the family Tenebrionidae are used to control pest and/or microbial infestations in agriculture, commercial and urban environments.

Application of entomopathogenic nematode-infected cadavars from hard-bodied arthropods for insect suppression

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Perry, GA, United States of America

W Louis Tedders