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Post by toni on Sept 20, 2009 11:20:13 GMT -5
Here's something else I don't really understand of the way it's dispensed and what's used. Albany International Company, under the trademark "Gossyplure H. F." in which a pheromone is contained by sealing or by capillary action within a hollow fiber. These hollow fillament conduits are known in the art and may be made from any one of a number of natural or synthetic polymeric materials. Useful materials include polyesters, polyolefins, acrylics, modacrylics, polyamides and the like. The selection of the appropriate encapsulating material will be governed by considerations of chemical compatibility or inertness of the fiber material with the chemical agent and formulation to be incorporated and released from the filament. Thus, the microdispensers may be selected from a wide range of materials and may take a wide range of shapes and sizes and can contain a variety of biologically active materials. After the microdispensers have been filled with a biologically active material, they are ready for dissemination or distribution. For convenience, this general type of chemical will be referred to as "dispensers" in this application regardless of the specific chemical and type of encapsulation involved. Turning now to the drawings, FIGS. 1 to 3 illustrate one embodiment of the present apparatus which was devised for dispersing dispensers from an aircraft either a fixed-wing aircraft or helicopter. www.freepatentsonline.com/4262846.html
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Post by kammy on Sept 20, 2009 12:36:49 GMT -5
There's a Fungus Amungus The net is closing in... Kam - about the webs. Fungus gnats make silk threads to catch prey on. They also spin cocoons with silk. They also carry Rhizoctonia and Pythium - could these fit the fungi in your photos? Jo xxx So, there's proof they are flying around leaving Morg 'threads'. Web? - you mean they make a web like a spider and lay their eggs in it? I haven't noticed that happening... I'll be on the lookout for it. These just seem to be attacking me, mosty. Yes, the mystery white, fuzzy fungus could be a Rhizoctonia/Phythium mix maybe, we will get it tested soon? Speaking of fungus, one gal took her lesion debris and sent it in to this company that will analyze your house specimens for $30 that you collect and send to them. I thought that was pretty smart! Here's what their report said: Spore Name Description ASPERGILLUS VERY COMMON INDOOR AND OUTDOOR MOLD. ONE OF THE MOST COMMON MOLD TYPES FOUND WORLDWIDE. FOUND ON DECAYING PLANT MATTER, SOIL, FOODSTUFFS AND LEATHER, ETC. RESPONSIBLE FOR TYPE I ALLERGIES (HAY FEVER), TYPE III HYPERSENSITIVITY PNEUMONITIS, SOME SPECIES THAT ARE CAPABLE OF GROWING AT BODY TEMPERATURE ARE PATHOGENIC TO HUMANS. CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TOXINS, BUT TOXIN PRODUCTION DEPENDS UPON THE SUBSTRATE THE MOLD IS GROWING ON. POTENTIAL OPPORTUNISTIC PATHOGEN. CLADOSPORIUM COMMONLY FOUND ON DEAD PLANTS, WOODY PLANTS, FOOD, STRAW, SOIL, PAINT AND TEXTILES. COMMON CAUSE OF EXTRINSIC ASTHMA (IMMEDIATE-TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY: TYPE I). ACUTE SYMPTOMS INCLUDE EDEMA AND BRONCHIOSPASMS; CHRONIC CASES MAY DEVELOP PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA. CURVULARIA IT MAY CAUSE CORNEAL INFECTIONS, MYCETOMA AND INFECTIONS IN IMMUNE COMPROMISED HOSTS. NON-SPORULATING FUNGI MANY FUNGI DO NOT FORM SPORES USING ROUTINE GROWTH MEDIA AND UNDER NORMAL GROWTH CONDITIONS IN THE LABORATORY. SPORES ARE VERY USEFUL TO HELP IDENTIFY THE FUNGUS. NON-SPORULATING COLONIES ARE OFTEN A RESULT OF GERMINATING MUSHROOM SPORES (BASIDIOSPORES). NON-SPORULATING FUNGI CAN POTENTIALLY BE ALLERGENIC, IRRITATING, OR CAUSE HYPERSENSITIVITY PNEUMONITIS, AND DERMATITIS. I'm sure if we do a Google search we can find such companies to do this service for us?
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Post by jo on Sept 20, 2009 12:49:44 GMT -5
I've been trying to find images of the NoMate fibers - but no luck yet. I'm fairly sure some of our fibers will turn out to be fly larvae guts - like in this production: www.impactaging.com/papers/v1/n2/full/100018.htmlKam - its the larvae that make the webs, like a spiders, but not a 'cob', more disorganised and sometimes just single threads. I've got some fresh eggs to try and culture from a female FN caught just now (photo attached). I've just started emailing pest control companies about the fungus gnats, but no replied yet...funny that ! Jo xxx Attachments:
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Post by toni on Sept 20, 2009 13:38:29 GMT -5
Great pics Jo!
On the nomate fibers.
I think they'll be in the USPTO "somewhere".
Certain "products/chems/ etc" aren't on the internet.
Product descriptions down to the "gnats" you know what will be there though because it's been patented since the 70's.
I'll keep searching on the USPTO. There's years and years of patent upgrades etc, which is why this is difficult to just pull up actually impossible. The USPTO has it all. It will take combing though many many druggery explanations, drawings, and descriptions of their product for us to find the info we're looking for I do believe.
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Post by kammy on Sept 20, 2009 18:07:07 GMT -5
What are we trying to research specifically, gals, I'll help you look?
What are you wanting to know?
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Post by toni on Sept 20, 2009 18:36:04 GMT -5
Kammy, What a gal! ;D Well....if we want to dig into the meat of the: Gossyplure NoMate Attract and Kill (fibers) and all it consists of, and what it looks like... Only the USPTO from what it appears is the only way to find this out (under patents). There's literally 'years' of that product description, and if we can maybe even find "a picture"...or something, gosh, they might not even have it of the fiber, or of the flakes? If you type in USPTO, then go to Patents, then search term... and go from there, you'll see what I mean. There's miles of reading. Thank you and I'll keep looking too.
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Post by toni on Sept 20, 2009 20:01:24 GMT -5
And Kammy, You just brought up something I don't think has been mentioned before. (maybe it has) but I don't remember right off. I've had many many fibers that are also "two toned colors" also. One end of them is blue, and the other a hot pink just as you mentioned. Maybe the blue is more like a neon blue...and I've thought how interesting those are too. UGH. Kammy, just a day or so ago we were talking about these "two toned" colored fibers, and here's one I just found on my slide! It came out of another one of my 'gum ball' (gooey balls) that I stretch with the needle and the gel stuff is all gooey! This one is purple and clearish white.
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Post by toni on Sept 20, 2009 20:10:24 GMT -5
Here's that two toned fiber thing, next to a human blonde hair. This two toned fiber is so thin, I can't even tell ya! This purple and white fiber must be 20X thinner than a human hair.
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Post by silverangel on Sept 21, 2009 1:55:03 GMT -5
wow! u GO girls!!! one more strange gnat story before i head off to bed..... i went to change my bedding a few nights ago, and i had tossed a pillow down to the foot of the bed, in the corner of my sleigh bed. the pillow had only been down there 2 days tops. when i went to strip the bed, i moved that pillow, and like 10 gnats flew out from under it!!! well, of course they swarmed me, so i grabbed the bottle of borax water (which is what i use to de-funk the mattress with anyway) and chased them away now the embarassing story of the pillow is, that i sweat like crazy at night, and my sweat stinks, so the pillow was making me sweat and got tossed to the bottom of the bed. but i was freaking out, they've never done THAT before.....so they LOVE something in my sweat, or, whatever i'm emitting!?? also, my gnats don't look like yours do. yours all look like a tiny wasp, but mine look more like a shorefly (i think). but, then again some websites use fungas gnat and shorefly like one and the same. i'm confuuuuused! some great links and info here, i'm trying to keep up, hehe! hugs, silverangel Attachments:
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Post by jeany on Sept 21, 2009 4:02:53 GMT -5
Wondering what else is in that Gossyplure mix? Toni, have you found anything? It would be interesting to know, if they use some type of fungus to make these fibers 'attach' and spread...
I also had/have two tone fibers...mine are mostly light blue, almost fluorescent with white..but not very often. Most of them are just plain black.
The different colors come from a some kind chemical mix? A chemical reaction?
Anyway...great research!
Jeany
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Post by jeany on Sept 21, 2009 5:11:23 GMT -5
Ingredients of Gossyplure: US Patent 4456587 - Pheromone delivery systemwww.patentstorm.us/patents/4456587/description.htmlPheromones may be mechanically dispersed on leaves of a crop plant to cause interference in the "normal" sexual behavior of a given insect species. For example, the insect pheromone Gossyplure (™Zoecon, Palo Alto, Calif.) has been found tobe effective in the treatment of cotton plants. For such treatment, the pheromone Gossyplure, has been found effective in treatments of cotton leaves to result in control of boll weevil populations on said cotton plants. In accordance with the present invention, a diffusion system based upon polyvinylalcohol and polyvinylpyrrolidone is provided which is sprayed onto the leafy surfaces of the leafy plant to be protected. Included in the spray mixture is theactive ingredient, the pheromone, which is present in an effective amount to provide the desired protection over the period of larval activity of the insect. The following ingredients are used: 10 gm polyvinylalcohol, mw 126,000, 96% hydrolyzed 5 gm polyvinylpyrrolidone, mw 40,000 5 gm glycerol 5 gm Tween 20 detergent 1 gm cottonseed oil Balance water (balance=water to make up 125 ml). The procedure of Example I is followed, adding 0.3 gm of an alkylated derivative of a dihydroxy-4-methoxybenzophenone into the mixture concurrently with the cottonseed oil. (As a preferred dihydroxy-4-methoxybenzophenone may be mentioned UV-24Spectra-sorb of American Cynamid Co.) The sunscreen effect of the added ingredient protects the pheromone from decomposition ordinarily caused by exposure to the sunlight. ** sunscreen? most sunscreens have Titanium oxide in it..nano! Other examples of suitable sunscreen agents suitable for use with the present invention include polyvinylcinnamic acid, PABA, and polymerized PABA, and monomeric and polymeric analogs of PABA. In place of the ingredients tabulated in Example I, there is used: 10 gm polyvinylalcohol, mw 126,000, 96% hydrolyzed 12 gm polyvinylpyrrolidone, mw 40,000 10 gm polyethylene glycol, mw 1000 2 gm Tween 20 detergent 2 gm mineral oil Balance water (to make up one pint). I'm not sure and if this has any relevance, but isn't, besides California, Texas and Florida states where cotton crops are? Jeany
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Post by jeany on Sept 21, 2009 5:45:49 GMT -5
Durable controlled release microcapsuleswww.freepatentsonline.com/4670250.htmlThe microcapsule of claim 1 wherein the polymer is selected from polysulfones, polyether sulfones, polyaryl sulfones, polycarbonates, polymethylmethacrylates, poly(styrene-acrylonitriles), polystyrenes, acrylonitrilebutadiene-styrene polymers, polyacrylonitriles, polyvinyl fluorides, polyvinylidene fluorides, polyvinyl chlorides, polyvinylidene chlorides, polyethyleneterephthalates, polybutyleneterephthalates, polyamides, polyamideimides, polyimides, polyacetals, cellulose esters, polyurethanes, polyarylates, polyaryl ethers, and derivatives or copolymers thereof. 3. The microcapsule of claim 1 wherein the polymer is selected from polysulfones, polyether sulfones and polyaryl sulfones. 4. The microcapsule of claim 1 wherein the polymer is a polycarbonate. 5. The microcapsule of claim 1 wherein the polymer is a polymethylmethacrylate. 6. The microcapsule of claim 1 wherein the polymer is a poly(styrene-acrylonitrile). 7. The microcapsule of claim 1 wherein the polymer is selected from polyamides and polyamide-imides. 8. The microcapsule of claim 1 wherein the active ingredient is selected from pheromones, insecticides, herbicides, fertilizers, pharmaceuticals, deodorants, fragrances, and flavors. 9. The microcapsule of claim 1 wherein the active ingredient is a pheromone. 10. The microcapsule of claim 9 wherein the pheromone is selected from disparlure, gossyplure, virelure, muscalure, grandlure, japonilure, trimedlure, codlure and periplanone B. 11. The microcapsule of claim 1 wherein the active ingredient is an insecticide.
12. The microcapsule of claim 11 wherein the insecticide is selected from naled, dimpylate, propoxur, chlorpyrifos, malathion, methyl parathion, carbaryl, methomyl, permethrin, fenvalerate and dichlorvos. Such strong, impact-resistant, and permeable microcapsules would be extremely useful for agricultural applications where the microcapsules must be applied by spraying with pumps and nozzles, which subjects the microcapsules to high shear forces, and where long-term delivery, i.e., up to six months and more, of the biologically active ingredient is desirable. It is therefore a principal object of this invention to provide novel microcapsules for the sustained and controlled release of biologically active core ingredients through a durable, impact-resistant, permeable polymeric shell.The active ingredients of the controlled-release microcapsules of the present invention are, generally speaking, biologically active, or capable of effecting changes on life forms, be they plant, animal or microscopic life. For this reason, in most cases, it is quite important to deliver sufficient quantities of active ingredients over a sufficiently prolonged period of time to achieve the proper effect of the active ingredients. Active ingredients suitable for release by the microcapsules of the present invention include, without limitation, pheromones, insecticides, herbicides, fertilizers.** insecticides, herbicides, fertilizers...such as Round Up for example contain several fungi. Is this causing the fungal aspect of our disease? Not to forget the Baculovirus and its components. Polysulfone 10,200-14,000 200-250 0.2 Polycarbonate 7,500-11,200 150-350 0.3 Nylon 3,000-14,000 40-400 0.01 Polymethylmethacrylate 4,000-17,000 20-90 .about.0.5 Poly(styreneacrylonitrile) 9,000-12,000 20-100 0.05 The solution of active ingredient and polymer in the organic solvent is then emulsified in a relatively high boiling point liquid, generally having a boiling point at least about 20° C. higher than that of the organic solvent. In addition, the emulsification liquid may contain a surfactant to aid in emulsification. Water is the preferred liquid.
Polysulfoneen.wikipedia.org/wiki/PolysulfonePolysulfone describes a family of thermoplastic polymers. These polymers are known for their toughness and stability at high temperatures. Polysulfone has the highest service temperature of all melt-processable thermoplastics. Its resistance to high temperatures gives it a role of a flame retardant.
** is this why the Morg fibers don't burn? **Polysulfone is also used in waste water recovery. Jeany
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Post by jeany on Sept 21, 2009 7:33:03 GMT -5
biosys, Inc. announces $4.4 million orders for bioinsecticides.www.thefreelibrary.com/biosys,+Inc.+announces+$4.4+million+orders+for+bioinsecticides-a018032522 February 28, 1996--biosys, Inc. (Nasdaq NM: BIOS) today announced that its wholly-owned British subsidiary, biosys-AgriSense, has received an initial order from the Egyptian government for the supply of Selibate(R) PBW, a pheromone product based on the active ingredient gossyplure, for control of the pink bollworm. The total current tender is for 360,000 acres of cotton, 72% of which will be treated by biosys-AgriSense supplied product and raw materials, to a value of approximately $4.4 million. With a successful record in pink bollworm control, this is the third year that biosys-AgriSense has participated in the Egyptian program. biosys is a leader in the development and commercialization of biological products worldwide, primarily for insect control applications, based on multiple technologies, including nematodes and baculoviruses, as well as environmentally benign pheromone products, biosys also has a contract fermentation business unit, which scales up and produces fermentation products for third party clients. biosys has active research programs in a variety of areas, including nematode and pheromone product development, baculovirus production via both in vivo and in vitro methodologies, and applications of recombinant virus technology. Selibate is a registered trademark of AgriSense-BCS, the U.K. subsidiary of biosys. Jeany
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Post by kammy on Sept 21, 2009 7:35:33 GMT -5
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Post by toni on Sept 21, 2009 8:00:48 GMT -5
Oh yes Jeany, there's so much more too at the USPTO.
All those chemicals, and (something I read yesterday too) was that when this stuff is sold, it's "mixed with whatever the farmer choses to use also".
So of course my mind went to Monsanto's Bt and all the rest of it, then combined (with the flakes for instance)...and there's some powerful "additives" (poisons/chems) being applied on to what we eat, and what is going into our water table too and air for that matter also.
I sure wonder too about that polysufone (that doesn't burn).
Kammy thank you too for that PDF. It does look about the size of a sewing thread.
But, if these are made of "polyester, acrlyics" just like clothing fibers, then treated, (they could shed down to more minute fibers).
Just like a cotton thread (or a sewing thread), it can be shredded down to the most inth degree. Do you know what I mean?
I wonder if these "nomate fibers" shred, or peel down too.
Gosh...I sure don't know, but it's a suspect too.
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Post by jeany on Sept 21, 2009 8:09:47 GMT -5
Here's the Nano aspect and the fibers!! Hydrogel = Nanogel! ACTIVE MATERIAL IMMOBILIZED IN STABLE HYDROGEL MICROBEADSwww.wipo.int/pctdb/en/wo.jsp?IA=US2002012068&DISPLAY=DESCACTIVE MATERIAL IMMOBILIZED IN STABLE HYDROGEL MICROBEADS Field of the Invention The invention relates broadly to a combination of encapsulation, immobilization and release of active material using hydrogel microbeads. Specifically, the active material is encapsulated in a coacervate shell and immobilized in a hydrophilic microbead. Background Methods of eliminating unwanted pests from orchards, crops and forests frequently entail the use of organophosphate insecticides. Conventional sprayable pheromone formulations are generally provided in liquid filled microcapsules containing an active. Typically, the microcapsules have a polyurea shell that can be formed using an interfacial process involving an isocyanate and an amine. Microencapsulation by this method has been descibed for example in U. S. Patent 4,487,759 U. S. Patent No. 4,532,123 (Gardner) teaches capsules containing a pharmaceutical active material in primary capsules, that are further encapsulated within a second shell to create secondary capsules. The intracapsular liquid core of the secondary capsules contain enzymes which slowly hydrolyze the shell of the primary capsules. This slow hydrolysis enables the slow release of active from the primary capsules into the larger capsular core for controlled delivery. Highly viscous and thickened hydrogels have been used to deliver pheromones. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hydrogels are composed of a network of water-insoluble polymer chains which give them a natural elasticity similar to tissue. botvinick.bli.uci.edu/index3.htm---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The present invention provides a method of encapsulating a pheromone comprising: a) providing a solution comprising a first polymer capable of forming a microcapsule by complex coacervation; a pheromone; and a second polymer, said second polymer being capable of forming a microcapsule by complex coacervation with the composition comprising the first polymer; b) establishing a microcapsule having a coacervation shell without chemical crosslinking of said shell; c) adding a third polymer, said third polymer being suitable to form a hydrogel microbead, in an amount effective to form the microcapsule containing composition; and d) spraying the microcapsule containing composition into a coordination solution, thereby providing stable hydrogel microbeads comprising microcapsules having a coacervation shell without chemical crosslinking. The present invention further involves immobilizing a coacervate shell that encapsulates a pheromone within a hydrogel microbead. This immobilization thus provides encapsulated pheromone in a protective microbead format. The microbeads can be suspended in a solution to provide a delivery system for pheromones, where the system is capable of providing extended release periods. A further benefit from immobilizing pheromone in hydrogel microbeads is the ability of the hydrogel to"swell"under humid conditions and shrink under dry conditions. As used herein,"swell"is descriptive of the behavior of a microbead, wherein the size (volume) is enlarged (increased) due to absorption of water. This is likely due to the hydrophilic nature of the microcapsule-containing materials used to immobilize the pheromone. fibrous hydrogel, that features hollow fibers Molecular gelation occurs when molecules self-assemble and phase separate to form fibers, ribbons, tubes, and other low- dimensional structures. These supramolecular structures aggregate further to generate bundles or larger structures that branch, become entangled and produce a random 3-dimensional network that entraps solvent molecules through capillary forces and surface tension. This self-assembly process is guided by appropriately oriented and thermodynamically favorable non- covalent intermolecular interactions. The solution-to-gel phase transition is reversible under certain conditions and, as a result, these materials can continuously respond to changes in their environment. www.umich.edu/~ajmlab/research.htmlmedgadget.com/archives/2009/08/bacterial_prison_scientist_devise_solitary_confinement_for_bugs.htmlSo...this is what 'they' are spraying onto our food? Jeany
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Post by jeany on Sept 21, 2009 8:20:01 GMT -5
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Post by jeany on Sept 21, 2009 8:36:18 GMT -5
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Post by jeany on Sept 21, 2009 8:55:04 GMT -5
YEP! There ya go! They sure do look like Barb's thread! Thanks Kammy Jeany
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Post by jeany on Sept 21, 2009 9:15:51 GMT -5
I wonder if these "nomate fibers" shred, or peel down too. Gosh...I sure don't know, but it's a suspect too. Toni, they are water soluble..degradable..? 'In addition, the emulsification liquid may contain a surfactant to aid in emulsification. Water is the preferred liquid.' Jeany
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