US Patent Issued to SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION on Jan. 27 for "Insect-pathogenic fungus, spores, composition and use of same" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,532,891, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG (Basel, Switzerland).

"Insect-pathogenic fungus, spores, composition and use of same" was invented by Minshad Ali Ansari (Swansea, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Novel strains of the insect-pathogenic fungus, Metarhizium var. anisopliae fungal strain BNL 101 deposited in the CABI UK Centre, United Kingdom, having IMI CC Number 506833; or BNL 102 deposited in the CABI UK Centre, United Kingdom, having IMI CC Number 506834; or a culture having the identifying characteristics thereof, are disclosed. The present invention also discloses methods of using the...