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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2006
Ashok K. Raina, New Orleans, LA (US);
Maureen S. Wright, New Orleans, LA (US);
Alan R. Lax, Poplarville, MS (US);
Ashok K. Raina, New Orleans, LA (US);
Maureen S. Wright, New Orleans, LA (US);
Alan R. Lax, Poplarville, MS (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Agriculture, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
Alates of the Formosan subterranean termite (FST),Shiraki, collected after swarming in 2002 died within 48 hrs, and the cadavers were visibly infected with a fungus. Fungi were picked from the cadavers, transferred to media and ultimately isolated to purity. A single fungal isolate, C4-B, taxonomically identified as(Metschnikoff), was found to cause rapid mortality of FST alates. This is the first report of a biological control agent for termite alates. Strain C4-B was more lethal to both alates and workers when compared tostrain ESC1, marketed as the termite biocontrol agent BioBlast®. 100% of FST alates exposed to C4-B spores (10spores/μl) were killed in 3 days. Field studies where C4-B spores were dispersed on grassy lawns resulted in 100% mortality of alates by day 5.