446 results about "Paleontology" patented technology

Disclosed are mixtures and compositions for controlling invertebrate pests relating to combinations comprising (a) 3-bromo-N-[4-chloro-2-methyl-6-[(methylamino)carbonyl]phenyl]-1-(3-chloro-2-pyridinyl)-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide, and its N-oxides, and suitable salts thereof and a component (b) wherein the component (b) is at least one compound or agent selected from neonicotinoids, cholinesterase inhibitors, sodium channel modulators, chitin synthesis inhibitors, ecdysone agonists, lipid biosynthesis inhibitors, macrocyclic lactones, GABA-regulated chloride channel blockers, juvenile hormone mimics, ryanodine receptor ligands, octopamine receptor ligands, mitochondrial electron transport inhibitors, nereistoxin analogs, pyridalyl, flonicamid, pymetrozine, dieldrin, metaflumizone, biological agents, and suitable salts of the foregoing. Also disclosed are methods for controlling an invertebrate pest comprising contacting the invertebrate pest or its environment with a biologically effective amount of a mixture or composition of the invention.

The present invention provides methods for fracturing and for reducing the production of both water and particulates from subterranean formations. The methods are particularly useful in conjunction with subterranean formations surrounding wellbores and fractures. The methods comprise the steps of applying to a subterranean formation gelled fluid that contains a gelling agent and a water resistant polymer, applying aqueous surfactant fluid, applying a low-viscosity consolidating fluid, and applying an after-flush fluid, and (in some embodiments) a crosslinked gel fluid.

Disclosed are mixtures and compositions for controlling invertebrate pests relating to combinations comprising (a) 3-bromo-N-[4-cyano-2-methyl-6[(methylamino)carbonyl]phenyl]-1-(3-chloro-2-pyridinyl)-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide, an N-oxide, or a salt thereof, Formula (1) and (b) at least one invertebrate pest control agent selected from neonicotinoids, cholinesterase inhibitors, sodium channel modulators, chitin synthesis inhibitors, ecdysone agonists, lipid biosynthesis inhibitors, macrocyclic lactones, GABA-regulated chloride channel blockers, juvenile hormone mimics, ryanodine receptor ligands, octopamine receptor ligands, mitochondrial electron transport inhibitors, nereistoxin analogs, pyridalyl, flonicamid, pymetrozine, dieldrin, metaflumizone, biological agents, and salts of the foregoing. Also disclosed are methods for controlling an invertebrate pest comprising contacting the invertebrate pest or its environment with a biologically effective amount of a mixture or composition of the invention.

The present invention provides methods of reducing the production of both water and particulates from subterranean formations; the methods are particularly useful in conjunction with subterranean formations surrounding wellbores and fractures. The methods comprise the steps of applying to a subterranean formation a pre-flush fluid, applying aqueous surfactant fluid, applying a low-viscosity consolidating fluid, and applying an after-flush fluid.

The present invention provides methods of reducing the production of both water and particulates from subterranean formations; the methods are particularly useful in conjunction with subterranean formations surrounding wellbores and fractures. The methods comprise the steps of applying to a subterranean formation a pre-flush fluid, applying aqueous surfactant fluid, applying a low-viscosity consolidating fluid, and applying an after-flush fluid.

The present invention provides methods for fracturing and for reducing the production of both water and particulates from subterranean formations. The methods are particularly useful in conjunction with subterranean formations surrounding wellbores and fractures. The methods comprise the steps of applying to a subterranean formation gelled fluid that contains a gelling agent and a water resistant polymer, applying aqueous surfactant fluid, applying a low-viscosity consolidating fluid, and applying an after-flush fluid, and (in some embodiments) a crosslinked gel fluid.

An insect repellant is in a sprayable gel formulation. The insect repellant is citronella based and may contain a deodorizer. An insecticide is in a sprayable gel formulation and may contain a deodorizer.

Generally, controlled release insect repellent materials include at least one polymer selected from the group consisting of an ethylene copolymer, an ethyl cellulose, a thermoplastic polyurethane, and any combination thereof and at least one insect repellent and may optionally include at least one insect repellent synergist, at least one additive, at least one additional polymer, and any combination thereof. Further, controlled release insect repellent materials may be used to form articles or products with long-term efficacy.

Disclosed are mixtures and compositions for controlling invertebrate pests relating to combinations comprising (a) 3-bromo-N-[4-cyano-2-methyl-6-[(methylamino)carbonyl]phenyl]-1-(3-chloro-2-pyridinyl)-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide, an N-oxide, or a salt thereof, Formula (1) and (b) at least one invertebrate pest control agent selected from neonicotinoids, cholinesterase inhibitors, sodium channel modulators, chitin synthesis inhibitors, ecdysone agonists, lipid biosynthesis inhibitors, macrocyclic lactones, GABA-regulated chloride channel blockers, juvenile hormone mimics, ryanodine receptor ligands, octopamine receptor ligands, mitochondrial electron transport inhibitors, nereistoxin analogs, pyridalyl, flonicamid, pymetrozine, dieldrin, metaflumizone, biological agents, and salts of the foregoing. Also disclosed are methods for controlling an invertebrate pest comprising contacting the invertebrate pest or its environment with a biologically effective amount of a mixture or composition of the invention.

The invention relates the separating agent box and application. The agent box comprises erythrocyte precipitating agent, hypaque sodium- ficoll 400# or HISTOPAQUE1077 and cell maintenance liquid. The agent box can separate bone marrow and umbilical cord blood, on the surface of cell there is no any mark, and it doesn't change biological activity of cell. The invention can commercially manufacture, and the application is wide.

The invention relates to a method for tracing filling directions and paths of deep fossil oil reservoirs. The method includes steps of determining that reservoir bitumen and natural gas are factors for decomposition and disproportionation reaction of crude oil and have genesis relationship with each other; judging in-situ decomposition factors of the fossil oil reservoirs; tracking the filling directions and paths of the fossil oil reservoirs. The method has the advantages that the filling directions and paths of the fossil oil reservoirs are traced by the aid of the reservoir bitumen according to genesis relationships between the reservoir bitumen and the fossil oil reservoirs, and accordingly the method is applicable to completely decomposed deep high-mature and post-mature fossil oil reservoirs where natural gas is formed; study on processes in which the fossil oil reservoir are developed into natural gas reservoirs can be implemented; relationships between the reservoir bitumen and the natural gas can be determined according to relationships among reservoir bitumen R<o>, the natural gas R<o> and reservoir stratums R<o>, and whether the natural gas is an in-situ decomposition factor of the fossil oil reservoirs or not can be judged; study on reservoir formation mechanisms of the deep high-mature and post-mature natural gas reservoirs can be deepened and improved, study results are reliable, and the method can effectively serve for deep natural gas exploration.

The present invention provides for an attack and kill pest control device. A chamber of the attack and kill pest control device comprises a chamber wall with a plurality of vent openings. The chamber is configured to receive a lure comprising a volatile semiochemical attractant. The plurality of vent openings is configured allow airflow through the chamber wall, releasing the volatile semiochemical attractant. A pesticide layer is affixed to a surface of a treated portion of the chamber wall.

The present invention provides methods of reducing the production of both water and particulates from subterranean formations; the methods are particularly useful in conjunction with subterranean formations surrounding wellbores and fractures. The methods comprise the steps of applying to a subterranean formation a pre-flush fluid, applying aqueous surfactant fluid, applying a low-viscosity consolidating fluid, and applying an after-flush fluid.

The invention relates to an unmanned aerial vehicle with a colorized rice insect pest image recognition instrument and for killing rice leaf folders and belongs to the new technical field of agricultural aviation plant protection. Images of lobe bracts and white leaves turned from green leaves caused by the rice leaf folders sensed by vidicons and cameras in a photoelectric pod below the intelligent unmanned aerial vehicle for killing the rice leaf folders are input to a colorized rice insect pest image storage system to achieve storage, and then input to the colorized rice insect pest image recognition instrument to be compared with the stored rice leaf folder insect pest standard images to recognize hazard situations of the rice leaf folders. The harmful information of the rice leaf folders is input to a computer spray insect pest killing command information system. Spray insect pest killing commands are input to a front pressure pump and a rear pressure pump respectively through spray insect pest killing command information antennas to control the pressure applied on insect pest killing biological pesticide liquid or insect pest killing chemical pesticide liquid to enable the insect pest killing biological pesticide liquid to be sprayed to the rice fields through sprayers below the front half part of the vehicle body or the insect pest killing chemical pesticide liquid to be sprayed to the rice fields through pesticide liquid spraying tubes under a right wing and a left wing to kill the rice leaf folders.

A novel method of positively directing termite activity by the use of radio waves. Also provided is a method of protecting a natural or man-made structure from termite infestation based on termite attractancy of specific radio waves.

The invention discloses a noctuidae pest attractant. The noctuidae pest attractant comprises, by weight, 0.5-5 parts of phenylacetaldehyde, 0.5-5 parts of methyl o-anisate, 0.5-5 parts of methyl salicylate, 0.5-5 parts of cis-hexenyl acetate, 0.5-5 parts of limonene, 0.5-20 parts of feed attractant, 10-90 parts of slow-release carrier and 30-80 parts of water. The invention further discloses a preparation method and application of the attractant. The attractant prepared by the method is stable in performance, long in efficacy lasting time, wide in pest attracting spectrum and capable of attracting female and male imagoes. The attractant prepared by the method is a wide-spectrum attractant, has good attracting effect on various noctuidae pests like armyworm, Spodoptera litura, Spodoptera exigua, cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa assulta, cutworm and Plusia agnata and can attract and Lamprosema indicata fabricius and several Coleopterous pests. The noctuidae pest attractant can effectively attract and kill noctuidae pests when cooperating with a tiny amount of stomach-toxicity pesticides. The noctuidae pest attractant can be directly applied on crops and can be used with the help of various traps.

The invention relates to the field of trapping or killing harmful insects, in particular to an air-suction and impaction combining type insecticidal lamp, which comprises a lamp holder, an insect trapping light source, an impaction plate, an insect suction fan, a fan drum and an insect storage bin. The insect trapping light source and the impaction plate arranged on the periphery of the insect trapping light are arranged on the upper end of the lamp holder; the lower end of the lamp holder is connected to the upper end of the fan drum; the insect suction fan is arranged in the fan drum; and the insect storage bin is formed on the lower end of the fan drum. The air suction and impaction combining type insecticidal lamp has the advantages of high efficiency, energy conservation, and capability of catching and killing big and small insects.

A fencing for preventing insects to enter an open air area comprising a substantially upright structure with a height suitable to prevent low flying insects to enter said open air area. The structure of the fencing is impregnated with an insecticide.

An open mesh insect control material is described which includes an insect contact surface, an internal surface, apertures communicating both surfaces and a plurality of filamentous projections protruding from the insect contact surface the projections at least partly occlude the apertures. The structure is suitable for use in pest control especially as a mosquito net.

The present application provides insect repellent compositions that include lemongrass oil and p-menthane-3,8-diol. Vanillin or a vanillin-type component may also be included in the insect repellent composition.

The invention provides a striped rice borer sex pheromone composition and an inducement core thereof. The striped rice borer sex pheromone composition is characterized by mainly comprising the components of Z11-hexadecenal, cis-13-octadecatrienal, Z9-hexadecenal and 16-C-aldehyde according to the weight ratio of 48:0-20:5-100:1-100; the sex pheromone composition is added into a releaser, and the releaser is used as a sustained-release material which is any one of natural rubber, synthetic rubber, polyethylene, polyvinyl chloride, a paper material, resin or a viscose material capable of being slowly and evenly released; and the formulation of a striped rice borer synthetic sex pheromone with high inducement effect is obtained through a large number of field test screenings and optimizations, and the new proportion shows the characteristics of large trapping capacity, stable inducement effect and the like in the field. The striped rice borer sex pheromone composition has simple and safe operations and low cost, can be applied to the forecast and the prevention and treatment of striped rice borers, and has great social, economic and ecological benefits.

A pest control device uses a replaceable glueboard to immobilize pests attracted to the pest control device. A unique guide is provided to help prevent the adhesive surface of the glueboards from coming into contact with other surfaces of the pest control device during installation and removal of such glueboards.

The invention concerns methods for controlling insect infestation via RNAi-mediated gene silencing, whereby the intact insect cell(s) are contacted with a double-stranded RNA from outside the insect cell(s) and whereby the double-stranded RNA is taken up by the intact insect cell(s). In one particular embodiment, the methods of the invention are used to alleviate plants from insect pests. Alternatively, the methods are used for treating and / or preventing insect infestation on a substrate or a subject in need of such treatment and / or prevention. Suitable insect target genes and fragments thereof, dsRNA constructs, recombinant constructs and compositions are disclosed.

Disclosed herein is an insect trap that includes at least one of an encapsulated adhesive and an encapsulated insect attractant. The encapsulated adhesive and the encapsulated insect attractant may be disposed on a housing. Further disclosed herein is a method that includes providing an insect trap including at least one of an encapsulated adhesive and an encapsulated insect attractant and releasing the at least one of the encapsulated adhesive and the encapsulated insect attractant.

Disclosed are mixtures and compositions for controlling invertebrate pests relating to combinations comprising (a) 3-bromo-N-[4-chloro-2-methyl-6-[(methylamino)carbonyl]phenyl]-1-(3-chloro-2-pyridinyl)-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide, and its N-oxides, and suitable salts thereofanda component (b) wherein the component (b) is at least one compound or agent selected from neonicotinoids, cholinesterase inhibitors, sodium channel modulators, chitin synthesis inhibitors, ecdysone agonists, lipid biosynthesis inhibitors, macrocyclic lactones, GABA-regulated chloride channel blockers, juvenile hormone mimics, ryanodine receptor ligands, octopamine receptor ligands, mitochondrial electron transport inhibitors, nereistoxin analogs, pyridalyl, flonicamid, pymetrozine, dieldrin, metaflumizone, biological agents, and suitable salts of the foregoing.Also disclosed are methods for controlling an invertebrate pest comprising contacting the invertebrate pest or its environment with a biologically effective amount of a mixture or composition of the invention.

The present invention comprises a Mytilus edulis cDNA sequenc having a nucleotide sequence that encodes for the Mytilus edulis foot protein-1 (Mefp-1), an example of a mollusk foot protein. Mefp-1 is an integral component of the blue mussels' adhesive protein complex, which allows the mussel to attach to objects underwater. The isolation, purification and sequencing of the Mefp-1 gene will allow researchers to produce Mefp-1 protein using genetic engineering techniques. The discovery of Mefp-1 gene sequence will also allow scientists to better understand how the blue mussel creates its waterproof adhesive protein complex.

A flying insect trapping apparatus is provided that is capable of attracting and trapping flying insects such as flies or wasps very well and moreover without giving a user an unpleasant feeling. The flying insect trapping apparatus comprises an attractive and inductive member having a vertical surface portion, an entry port surrounding an upper part of the attractive and inductive member and a trap chamber communicating with the entry port, whereby a flying insect is attracted by the member and to land on the surface portion thereof and then is induced to move along the surface portion and to pass through said entry port so as to be trapped in the inside of the trap chamber.

The invention provides a cell pollution-free culture system and method, and relates to the technical field of cell culture. The cell pollution-free culture system comprises a culture box, a temperature adjusting assembly, a top cover assembly, a culture dish base, a rocking assembly, a reciprocating control assembly, a power transmitting mechanism and a front end cover. The cell pollution-free culture system has the beneficial technical effects that cell culture environment having optimal temperature can be constructed; the culture dish base can perform reciprocating swing, so that a reactionof cell tissue fluid can be more uniform; and the situation that inherent good environment in the culture box is polluted can be avoided. The temperature adjusting assembly is fixedly connected with the rear end of the inner side of the culture box, the front end of the culture box is hollowed out, the front end cover is fixedly connected to the front end of the culture box, the top cover assemblyis arranged on the top surface of the culture box, the culture dish base is fixedly connected to the rocking assembly, and is located under the top cover assembly, the rocking assembly is fixedly connected to the bottom surface of the inner side of the culture box, the rocking assembly is connected with the reciprocating control assembly, and the reciprocating control assembly is fixedly connected to the bottom surface of the inner side of the culture box.

The invention discloses an insect dimension measurement method based on multi-frequency scattering modeling. The method may simultaneously measure the length and the width of an insect and accordingly may further derive a ratio of the mass to the length and width of the insect in an inversion way. Compared with a conventional insect radar dimension measurement method, the insect dimension measurement method based on multi-frequency scattering modeling greatly expands the dimension range of covered insects so as to enhance a capability of identifying an insect category for an insect radar.

A fencing for preventing insects to enter an open air area comprising a substantially upright structure with a height suitable to prevent low flying insects to enter said open air area. The structure of the fencing is impregnated with an insecticide.