Ignacio MARTINEZ,Zachary Garo ARMEN,Barry Andrew MARTIN,Maier Steve AVENDANO AMADO
申请号：
US16480142
公开号：
US20190387748A1
申请日:
2018.01.24
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2019
代理人:
摘要：
Provided herein are agents, compositions, and methods for agricultural pest control, e.g., for altering the level, activity, or metabolism of one or more microorganisms resident in a host insect (e.g., agricultural pest), the alteration resulting in a decrease in the fitness of the host. The invention features a composition including an agent (e.g., phage, peptide, small molecule, antibiotic, or combinations thereof) that can alter the host's microbiota in a manner that is detrimental to the host. By disrupting microbial levels, microbial activity, microbial metabolism, and/or microbial diversity, the agents described herein may decrease the fitness of a variety of insects that are considered agricultural pests.
