COMPOSITIONS AND RELATED METHODS FOR AGRICULTURE

Provided herein are agents, compositions, and methods for agricultural use, e.g., for altering the level, activity, or metabolism of one or more microorganisms resident in a host nematode or arthropod (e.g., honeybee or silkworm), the alteration resulting in an increase in the fitness of the host. T...

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Hauptverfasser:	MARTIN, Barry Andrew, MARTINEZ, Ignacio, FRIEDLANDER, Jonathan, ARMEN, Zachary Garo, CEZAR, Christine, AVENDANO AMADO, Maier Steve
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	AGRICULTURE ANIMAL HUSBANDRY CARE OF BIRDS, FISHES, INSECTS CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPSOR SEAWEED FISHING FODDER FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS FORESTRY HORTICULTURE HUMAN NECESSITIES HUNTING HYGIENE MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES TRAPPING WATERING
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Zusammenfassung:	Provided herein are agents, compositions, and methods for agricultural use, e.g., for altering the level, activity, or metabolism of one or more microorganisms resident in a host nematode or arthropod (e.g., honeybee or silkworm), the alteration resulting in an increase in the fitness of the host. The invention features a composition that includes an agent (e.g., phage, peptide, small molecule, antibiotic, or combinations thereof) that can alter the host's microbiota in a manner that is beneficial to the host. By promoting favorable microbial levels, microbial activity, microbial metabolism, and/or microbial diversity, the agents described herein may be used to increase the fitness of a variety of beneficial nematodes or arthropods, such as bees and silkworms, utilized in agriculture and commerce.