US 11,992,014 B2
Entomopathogenic nematodes (EPN) species as a biological delivery system
Itamar Glazer, Reut Maccabim (IL); Liora Salame, Rishon Lezion (IL); Dana Ment, Rishon Lezion (IL); and Neta Morag, Kfar Menachem (IL)
Assigned to THE STATE OF ISRAEL, MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE & RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION (ARO) (VOLCANI CENTER), Rishon Lezion (IL)
Appl. No. 17/045,767
Filed by THE STATE OF ISRAEL, MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE & RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION (ARO) (VOLCANI CENTER), Rishon Lezion (IL)
PCT Filed Apr. 14, 2019, PCT No. PCT/IL2019/050422
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 7, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/202588, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 24, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/657,917, filed on Apr. 15, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0186027 A1, Jun. 24, 2021
Int. Cl. A01N 63/12 (2020.01); A01N 63/22 (2020.01)
CPC A01N 63/12 (2020.01) [A01N 63/22 (2020.01)] 19 Claims
 
1. A complex, comprising:
(a) an entomopathogenic nematode (EPN),
(b) a cargo composition attached to the external surface of the EPN, and
(c) a binder composition that binds the external cargo composition to the external surface of the EPN
wherein the cargo composition comprises a spore of a fungus, and wherein the binder composition comprises a lectin.