US 12,310,370 B2
Methods for rearing and controlled release of biological control agents
Arnon Tabic, Emmek H'maayanot (IL); Tom Katz, Emmek H'maayanot (IL); Amir Grosman, Emmek H'maayanot (IL); and Shimon Steinberg, Emmek H'maayanot (IL)
Assigned to BIO-BEE SDE ELIYAHU LTD., Emmek H'maayanot (IL)
Appl. No. 16/976,009
Filed by Bio-Bee SDE Eliyahu Ltd., Emmek H'maayanot (IL)
PCT Filed Mar. 5, 2019, PCT No. PCT/IL2019/050242
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 26, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/171374, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 12, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 257892 (IL), filed on Mar. 5, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0100250 A1, Apr. 8, 2021
Int. Cl. A01K 67/033 (2006.01); A01N 63/16 (2020.01)
CPC A01N 63/16 (2020.01) [A01K 67/033 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A rearing composition comprising:
a predatory mite population of at least one mite species of the genus Phytoseiulus, and a prey mite population of individuals of at least one mite species from the order Astigmata, wherein said predatory mite population will oviposit for at least 2 generations on said Astigmata prey, further wherein said Astigmata prey is selected from the group consisting of non-viable eggs and a combination of non-viable eggs and non-viable mites of any developmental stage.