Jason D Rader

US Patent:

20080221223, Sep 11, 2008

Filed:

May 20, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/154105

Inventors:

Shannon Hollis - Delaware OH, US
Casey McDonald - Galloway OH, US
Jason Rader - Marysville OH, US

Assignee:

OMS INVESTMENTS INC. - Los Angeles CA

International Classification:

A01N 25/30
A01P 7/04

US Classification:

514772

Abstract:

Methods for treating arthropods comprising depositing at least one drop of a liquid formulation containing at least one surfactant on a solid surface of an arthropod at a contact angle sufficient to cause rapid and enhanced knockdown (KD) of the arthropod. The contact angle comprises an angle formed between a resting drop of the liquid formulation and the solid surface on which the drop rests measured, after a period of about 80 milliseconds (ms) or more from the time that a drop of the liquid formulation is deposited on the solid surface, at a contact point between a tangent line drawn on a liquid/vapor interface surface of the resting drop in contact with the solid surface and a tangent to the solid surface on which the drop rests.