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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2006
Glenn F. King, Simsbury, CT (US);
Ashis K. Mukherjee, Assam, IN;
Stephen K. Wikel, Unionville, CT (US);
Brianna Sollod Mcfarland, Fenton, MO (US);
Glenn F. King, Simsbury, CT (US);
Ashis K. Mukherjee, Assam, IN;
Stephen K. Wikel, Unionville, CT (US);
Brianna Sollod McFarland, Fenton, MO (US);
The University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
A method of controlling acarine pests comprises applying to the locus of the acarine pests, an isolated polypeptide toxin, wherein the polypeptide toxin has acaricidal activity. In one embodiment, the polypeptide toxin comprises three intrachain disulfide bonds and/or is a component of a venom of an Australian funnel web spider of the genusor. The polypeptide toxins may be applied to the acarine pests themselves, to the environment of the acarine pests, to the hosts of the acarine pests, or to an animal vector of the acarine pests, for example.