Patents Assigned to The United States of America Dept. of Agriculture
  • Gellable ant bait matrix
    Patent number: 7914777
    Abstract: Ant foods mixed together in a matrix suitable to be used as baits for ants are provided. This ant matrix is preferred by ants over naturally-occurring foods such as other known ant matrices. It comprises protein, carbohydrate, fat and sterol as ant-preferred nutrients and uric acid as a bait enhancing agent is carried in a unique gel system that is specifically attractive to insects. Methods of controlling ants using such matrices to deliver ant toxins are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignees: FMC Corporation, The United States of America Dept. of Agriculture
    Inventors: Maria Guadalupe Rojas, Juan A. Morales-Ramos, Ligia M. Hernandez, Jonathan D. Peters