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| 20110139075 | System and Method for Production of Predatory Mites The insect inoculation system and method optimizes the conditions wherein host insect cadavers are infected by a selected parasite. Host insect cadavers are exposed to the selected parasite within the inoculation chamber. The inoculation chamber is configured to optimiz... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20100263599 | HIGH-THROUGHPUT, WHOLE-ANIMAL SCREENING SYSTEM Distinctive components that enable high-throughput, whole-animal screening are described. These components can be used individually or in various combinations. A staging chip strains off the excess fluid that the input animals are immersed in, increasing their density (... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100139566 | STORAGE BOXES FOR SEA WORMS AND CORRESPONDING PACKAGING This involves a box, a box stack and a packaging for storage boxes for bloodworms, made of substantially parallelepipedal plastic. Each box comprises a container for retaining the bloodworms and their medium of isosceles trapezoidal section and having a surround the per... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20080251021 | ORGANIC WASTE TREATMENT SYSTEM UTILIZING VERMICOMPOSTING A system is provided for thermophilically conditioning organic wastes of a substantially predetermined composition to form a feedstock which is applied to an upper surface of a worm bed. The worm bed is maintained in a dominantly mesophilic regime, wherein vermicastings... | 10/16/2008 |
| 20070074666 | Method for including the sexual maturation of lugworms The present invention provides a method for inducing gamete maturation in marine worms of the family arenicolidae and which exhibit epidemic spawning. In the method, male and/or female worms in a housing substrate (such as sand) in sea water are maintained at a temperat... | 04/05/2007 |
| 20060288942 | Modular apparatus for harvesting cultured nematodes and uses thereof The present invention provides a harvesting system for obtaining large quantities of nematodes that are minimally contaminated with growth medium, as well as methods for using this system. One feature of the present invention provides a harvesting system for nematodes i... | 12/28/2006 |
| 20060124063 | Aquaculture of marine worms The present invention provides a method for the aquaculture of marine deposit feeders, such as Arenicola marina and Arenicola defodiens. The method comprises providing a foodstuff such as brewery yeast or waste from fish farms within the substrate housing ... | 06/15/2006 |
| 20060112885 | Method and apparatus for encapsulating, implanting, and reducing the mortality rate in earthworm cocoons An improved method and apparatus is provided for encapsulating earthworm cocoons. The method and apparatus coat the cocoons with a Histosol soil to produce an encapsulated cocoon having a size and weight comparable to that of a selected crop seed. The method and apparat... | 06/01/2006 |
