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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 1989
Filed:
Mar. 21, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Corinna Herrnstadt, San Diego, CA (US);
George G Soares, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Mycogen Corporation, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P / ; C12R / ; A01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424 84 ; 424 93 ; 435 68 ; 435832 ;
Abstract
The subject invention concerns a novel and useful insecticide with activity against insect pests of cotton, potato, alfalfa and corn crops. These pests do heavy damage to the crops. The insecticide of the subject invention is a B. thuringiensis microbe given the designation strain san diego. The spores or crystals of this microbe are useful to control the cotton boll weevil, the Colorado potato beetle, the alfalfa weevil, and the corn rootworm.