Abstract: The subject invention provides novel and advantageous materials and methods for controlling phytopathogenic and/or soil-dwelling nematodes by attaching an effective amount of Pasteuria spores to a seed and delivering the seeds to the situs of nematodes.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 31, 2013
Publication date:
February 27, 2014
Applicant:
PASTEURIA BIOSCIENCE, INC.
Inventors:
THOMAS E. HEWLETT, JOHN P. WATERS, CHARLES S. BARMORE
Abstract: The subject invention provides a novel and advantageous strain of Pasteuria bacteria with nematicidal activity against Reniform nematodes. The subject invention provides the novel bacteria culture referred to as ATCC PTA-9643, and mutants thereof. Also provided are nematicidal compositions comprising the Pasteuria strain or its mutants or variants and methods for treating phytopathogenic and soil-dwelling nematodes.