76 results about "Pest infestation" patented technology

The present invention is directed to controlling pest infestation by inhibiting one or more biological functions in an invertebrate pest. The invention discloses methods and compositions for use in controlling pest infestation by feeding one or more different recombinant double stranded RNA molecules to the pest in order to achieve a reduction in pest infestation through suppression of gene expression. The invention is also directed to methods for making transgenic plants that express the double stranded RNA molecules, and to particular combinations of transgenic pesticidal agents for use in protecting plants from pest infestation.

The present invention relates to control of pest infestation by inhibiting one or more biological functions. The invention provides methods and compositions for such control. By feeding one or more recombinant double stranded RNA molecules provided by the invention to the pest, a reduction in pest infestation is obtained through suppression of gene expression. The invention is also directed to methods for making transgenic plants that express the double stranded RNA molecules, and to particular combinations of transgenic pesticidal agents for use in protecting plants from pest infestation.

The present invention is directed to controlling plant pest infestation, and particularly plant nematode infestation, by inhibiting one or more biological functions in the plant pest. The invention discloses methods and compositions for use in controlling plant pest infestation by providing one or more different recombinant double stranded RNA molecules in the diet of the pest in order to achieve a reduction in pest infestation through suppression of pest gene expression. The invention is also directed to methods for making transgenic plants that express the double stranded RNA molecules, to methods for detecting cells comprising the disclosed sequences, and to methods for detecting the disclosed sequences in biological samples.

The present invention relates to genetic control of infestation by insect pest species, particularly prevention and / or control of pest infestation of plants, using interfering ribonucleic acid (RNA) molecules. The invention provides transgenic plants that (i) express or are capable of expressing interfering RNAs of the invention and (ii) are resistant to infestation by insect pest species.

A geoposition is determined at a point using a geoposition determining mobile communication device. A crop management zone is identified based on one or more predetermined crop management boundaries and the geoposition of the point. Information about the field is wirelessly communicated between the geoposition determining mobile communications device and a remote site. Analysis may be performed at the remote site with the results of the analysis communicated to the mobile communication device at the growing point. Information may be collected at the point which is stored or analyzed at the remote site. Information may include digital images of plant conditions which may be analyzed to determine conditions such as disease or pest infestation. Contextual information from a number of different types of sources may be used to provide meaningful analysis and feedback to the producer. The producer may define crop management zones using the geoposition determining mobile communication device.

The present invention relates to methods for controlling pest infestation using double stranded RNA molecules. The invention provides methods for producing transgenic cells expressing the double stranded RNA molecules, as well as compositions and commodity products containing or treated with such molecules.

A pest and disease modeling framework for precision agriculture applies weather information, pest biological characteristics, and crop management data to anonymous crowd-sourced observations of pest presence for a reporting field. A risk assessment profile of pest occurrence for targeted fields in proximity to reporting fields is modeled to generate field-specific measures for pest management of pest infestation. The pest and disease modeling framework matches and filters weather and crop information in infested and pest-free fields based on the anonymous, crowd-sourced reporting of an existing pest presence, by evaluating similarities in pest-relevant data. Fields that are similar to infested fields have the highest risk of infestation, and the modeling framework provides output data in the form of a prediction of pest occurrence based on the risk assessment profile.

The present invention relates to a new method for pest control and / or for preventing or treating pest infestation. Said method comprises the inoculation of plants, parts of plants or the surrounding of said plants with an effective amount of endophytic Beauveria bassiana strains. In a further aspect the present invention relates to the use of an isolated Beauveria bassiana strain having superior properties. Furthermore, biopesticides and compositions for pest control, in particular, for control of herbivorous insects and / or plant pathogens, are provided.

The present invention provides methods for controlling invertebrate pest infestations, for instance in plants, and related compositions and polynucleotides useful in such methods. More specifically, the present invention provides polynucleotides and methods of use thereof for modifying the expression of genes in an invertevrate pest, for instance through RNA interference.

This application provides and discloses anti-parasitic, anti-pest or insecticidal nucleic acid molecules and their calmodulin target genes for the control of arthropod parasites and pests. This application further provides methods and compositions for the control and treatment of parasites and pests in Apis mellifera (honey bee) hives.

The invention relates to an automatic pest situation monitoring and reporting system which at least comprises a terminal 18 and a control analysis system. The terminal communicates with a monitoring and counting system through the wireless communication technology. The monitoring and counting system comprises a solar panel 1, a trap assembly 2, an upright 3, a ground pile 4, a 360-degree panoramic camera 5, a battery assembly 6, an audible and visual alarm 7, an integrated module 8, a wireless signal transmission antenna 9, a sensing thermometer 10 and an infrared detector 11. A camera shooting instrument is arranged on a nozzle of a hopper of the trap assembly 2 and provided with a camera and an infrared induction device. The camera shooting instrument acquires pest capturing image information, counts the number through infrared induction and is connected with a port of the integrated module 8 for communication. The audible and visual alarm 7, the infrared detector 11 and the 360-degree panoramic camera 5 are in two-way communication with the integrated module 8, transmit information and receive control. By the adoption of the automatic pest situation monitoring and reporting system, the pest situation and the pest infestation can be automatically monitored and reported, safety of equipment is well protected, and the fire situation is found in time.

According to one aspect, the invention provides a method for detecting pest infestation within a body. The method comprises the steps of a) providing an imaging system comprising at least a radiation source, a detector, a processing station and a display monitor; b) positioning at least a section of the body between the radiation source and the detector; c) acquiring a first image of said section of said body; d) acquiring at least one second image of the section of the body; e) removing the common portion of the images by subtracting the first image from the second image, thereby resulting in a digitally subtracted image; and f) observing determining from the digitally subtracted image and determining whether at least one pest is present within the body. Pest infestation may be detected without physical contact with the tree.

The present invention provides methods for controlling invertebrate pest infestations, for instance in plants, and related compositions and polynucleotides useful in such methods. More specifically, the present invention provides polynucleotides and methods of use thereof for modifying the expression of genes in an invertebrate pest, for instance through RNA interference.

The present invention is directed to methods of treating pest infestation by inhibiting metabolic processes of the pest such as for example, processes involved in invertebrate remodelling.

The present invention relates to methods for controlling pest infestation using double stranded RNA molecules. The invention provides methods for making transgenic plants that express the double stranded RNA molecules, as well as pesticidal agents and commodity products produced by the inventive plants.

The invention relates to improved methods of attenuating expression of a target gene in a eukaryotic cell with dsRNA, identifying nucleic acid sequences responsible for conferring a particular phenotype to a cell, alleviating pest infestation in plants, and altering gene expression in an undifferentiated stem cell or the differentiated progeny thereof. Transcription of the RNA, which will form the dsRNA, is terminated by one or more terminators sequences, thereby increasing the efficiency of inhibition.

Traditionally, forecasting models were developed using pest or disease instances collected through pest or disease surveillance. The present disclosure relates to pest forecasting using historical pesticide usage information thereby obviating need for voluminous and time consuming effort of collecting site specific data. Firstly forecasting models for different pests or diseases of different cropsare generated based on historical data on pesticide usage and historical weather data collected for a geo-location under consideration. The model is validated and adapted with the current scenario ofpests. Current scenario is captured using image samples sent from the field or farm through participatory sensing platform. The images are then analyzed to extract information like actual pest infestation in the field, severity, if there was infestation and the like. This analyses helps to derive the actual pest infestation instances in the field.

A process for treating wood and wood products is disclosed. Wood is impregnated under pressure with soybean oil or a mixture of vegetable oils with soybean oil, which oil is caused to polymerize within the wood. The polymerized oil is effectively fixed within the wood. The oil may be treated in advance of impregnation to initiate polymerization. Further, the wood may be surface treated with a more fully polymerized coating of oil. Pressure and vacuum may be applied in selected sequence to promote impregnation, and heat, blowing air, oxygen, Ultraviolet light, and other agents may be employed to promote polymerization of the treated wood within the pressure chamber during the impregnation process or outside of the pressure chamber after impregnation. Additional additives may be used to prevent pest infestations and the growth of fungi or to promote the migration of the oil into the wood.

Embodiments of the present invention provides a systems and methods for pest control. The system detects one or more pests based on receiving sensor data from one or more sensors associated with a predefined location. The system analyzes the sensor data with cognitive machine learning based on the detected pests. The system generates a treatment recommendation report based on the analysis and outputs the treatment recommendation report.

The present invention is directed to methods of treating pest infestation by inhibiting metabolic processes of the pest such as for example, processes involved in invertebrate remodelling.

The method and the system are applicable in farming activities, pest control, industry, agriculture, forestry, etc. for controlling insects and other plant pests from crops. The system performing the method comprises a source of lethal impact which is a microwave generator with a microwave guiding element directed so as to infested soil. The microwave energy is transferred from a microwave generator into the pests located in the desired soil location, killing the plant insects and pests.

The invention relates to the technical field of fruit plantation, in particular to a high efficiency plum plantation method. The method comprises the steps of treating seedlings, planting to the field, preventing pest infestation, and conducting topdressing. The plums planted by using the method are strong in anti-disease and anti-pest capability and high in yield and have abundant nutrition. Compared with the yield per mu of plums planted by using a traditional method, the yield is increased by 7.5% or above. The use of the method can effectively increase the yield per mu of the plums. The scientific plantation method can effectively increase the effective components of the plums, wherein the protein content is increased by 9.3% or above, the content of prepalin is increased by 13.6% or above, the content of the mineral is increased by 9.9% or above, the nutritional content of the plums is obviously increased, and the huge demands for the plums in the current market can be met.