Ning Xu;Charles S. Apperson;Loganathan Ponnusamy;Dawn Wesson;Coby Schal
发明人:
Loganathan Ponnusamy,Ning Xu,Coby Schal,Charles S. Apperson,Dawn Wesson
申请号:
US12613920
公开号:
US09392788B2
申请日:
2009.11.06
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2016
代理人:
摘要:
Provided are compositions for attracting and/or stimulating oviposition. The compositions comprise a suitable carrier and a bacterium capable of producing nonanoic acid, tetradecanoic acid, or methyl tetradecanoate; Bacillus thuringiensis; Lactococcus lactis; Klebsiella oxytoca; Shigella dysenteriae; Brevundimonas vesicularis; a supernatant of a culture of any of the these bacteria; nonanoic acid; tetradecanoic acid; or methyl tetradecanoate, or any combination thereof, at a concentration effective to attract the mosquito to a target. The compositions may be comprised within a kit or trap. Also provided are methods of attracting mosquitoes to a target.