Patent ID: 8354118

Claim:
A method for inducing death in molluscs comprising the steps of: exposing terrestrial molluscs to a material comprising at least about 49% corn cob and a structural carbohydrate selected from the group of hay, straw, seed husks, seed chaff, coconut coir fiber, sisal fiber, coconut shells, nut shells, cotton fibers, cereal seed chaff, legume seed pods, sugar cane bagasse and combinations thereof, wherein said material does not include a conventional chemical molluscicide, and does not include beet pulp; and inducing disruption of the physiology of the mollusc by ingestion of the material by the mollusc wherein the structural carbohydrate is mixed with a selection from the following group: molluscopathogenic microbes, molluscopathogenic nematodes, molluscopathogenic protozoans, and combinations thereof.