Insecticidal composition and processes related thereto
View Patent ↗Insecticidal compositions comprising: (a) a biodegradable carrier; (b) an ammonium compound; (c) a protein source comprising one or more proteins; (d) a sugar source comprising one or more monosaccharides; (e) one or more insecticides; and (f) water; are disclosed as well as uses thereof.
1. An insecticidal composition consisting essentially of:
(a) about 45-60 weight percent of a biodegradable carrier;
(b) about 0.9-1.4 weight percent of an ammonium compound;
(c) about 8-12 weight percent of corn steep liquor;
(d) about 18-29 weight percent of invert sugar;
(e) 0.9-1.3 weight percent of Spinosad; and
(f) about 6-11 weight percent of water
where said weight percents are based on the weight of components (a)-(f).
2. A process to apply a composition according to claim 1 said process comprising applying said composition according to claim 1 , to an area to control Diptera in an amount sufficient to control such pest.
3. A process according to claim 2 wherein said Diptera is from the family Tephritidae.
4. A process according to claim 2 wherein said Diptera is from the family Drosophilidae.
5. A process according to claim 2 wherein said Diptera is from the family Lonchaeidae.
6. A process according to claim 2 wherein said Diptera is from the family Muscidae.
7. A process according to claim 2 wherein said Diptera is selected from Aedes spp., Agromyza spp., Anastrepha spp., Anopheles spp., Bactrocera spp., Ceratitis spp., Chrysops spp., Cochliomyia spp., Contarinia spp., Culex spp., Dasineura spp., Delia spp., Drosophila spp., Fannia spp., Hylemyia spp., Liriomyza spp., Musca spp., Phorbia spp., Rhagoletis spp., Tabanus spp., and Tipula spp.
8. A process according to claim 2 wherein said Diptera is selected from Agromyza frontella, Anastrepha suspensa, Anastrepha ludens, Anastrepha obliqa, Bactrocera cucurbitae, Bactrocera dorsalis, Bactrocera invadens, Bactrocera zonata, Ceratitis capitata, Dasineura brassicae, Delia platura, Drosophila suzukii, Fannia canicularis, Fannia scalaris, Gasterophilus intestinalis, Gracillia perseae, Haematobia irritans, Hypoderma lineatum, Liriomyza brassicae, Melophagus ovinus, Musca autumnalis, Musca domestica, Oestrus ovis, Oscinella frit, Pegomya betae, Psila rosae, Rhagoletis cerasi, Rhagoletis pomonella, Rhagoletis mendax, Sitodiplosis mosellana , and Stomoxys calcitrans .
9. A process according to claim 2 wherein said Diptera is Ceratitis capitata.