Patents Assigned to Agdia Incorporated
  • Insecticide resistance assay
    Patent number: 6517856
    Abstract: Methods of assaying insects for pesticide resistance and to identify insect species are based on feeding disruption caused by insecticide such as the biopesticide Bacillius thuringiensis toxin (Bt). Further provided are methods for monitoring insecticide resistance in a population of insects, as well as methods of screening compounds for insecticidal activity. Insecticide resistance can be assessed at the level of an individual insect or at population levels. Apparatus and dehydrated insect meal pads useful in such assays are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2003
    Assignees: Agdia Incorporated, North Carolina State University
    Inventors: R. Michael Roe, Woodward D. Bailey, Fred Gould, George G. Kennedy, Chester L. Sutula