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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2016
Applicant:
The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, AU;
Inventors:
Neena Mitter, Seventeen Mile Rocks, AU;
Zhi Ping Xu, Westlake, AU;
Assignee:
THE UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND, Brisbane, AU;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 48/00 (2006.01); C07H 21/02 (2006.01); C07H 21/04 (2006.01); A01N 25/22 (2006.01); A01N 57/16 (2006.01); C12N 15/11 (2006.01); A01N 25/08 (2006.01); C12N 15/113 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N 25/22 (2013.01); A01N 25/08 (2013.01); A01N 57/16 (2013.01); C12N 15/111 (2013.01); C12N 15/113 (2013.01); C12N 2310/14 (2013.01); C12N 2310/3511 (2013.01); C12N 2320/32 (2013.01); C12N 2320/51 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one aspect, the present invention relates to a composition for delivery of double stranded RNA to an insect having a basic pH within its alimentary canal, wherein the composition comprises double stranded RNA adsorbed onto a clay complex, and wherein the clay complex is configured to release the double stranded RNA at the basic pH. Other aspects of the invention relate to preparations including the composition of the invention, methods of delivering double stranded RNA to an insect and methods of protecting a crop against an insect.