ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,376,594, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG (Basel, Switzerland).

"Pest control kit and method" was invented by Minshad Ali Ansari (Swansea, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pest control kit is provided to aid the control of a population of immature larval stages or pupal insects. The pest control kit comprises an amount of an entomopathogenic nematode and a wetting agent composition, the wetting agent composition comprising: a solvent; and a surfactant. The pest control kit aims to provide a naturally occurring entomopathogenic nematode for biological control of immature larval insects which can a...