Patent Application: US-76516597-A

Abstract:
the invention relates to composition and methods of use thereof for controlling insects . the compositions comprise aminopeptidase inhibitors or metallopeptidase inhibitors and further comprise a non - strongly - chelating peptidase inhibitor . the compositions are preferably applied topically , and preferably cause inhibition of hatching of insect eggs and / or inhibition of the development and / or mortality of insect larvae .

Description:
the invention will now be described in detailed by way of reference only to the following non - limiting examples . the following examples demonstrate insect growth inhibition or insecticidal activities obtained by use of the invention . it will be understood however that other methods and applications can also be employed . effects of inhibitors of serine and cystine peptidases alone ( not within the field of this invention ) are included to illustrate variability in responses to inhibitors between species , or to exemplify additive or synergistic benefits subsequently obtained through use of the invention . influence of individual inhibitors on growth and survival of larvae of sheep blowfly larvae were hatched from eggs that had been surface sterilised with 0 . 5 % sodium hypochlorite and incubated overnight at 27 ° c . the first instar larvae were collected and placed onto 1 ml of an autoclaved culture medium with or without added inhibitor ( s ), as designated . the culture medium consisted of 2 % agar , 10 % casein , 2 % yeast and 0 . 5 % glucose in distilled water in a sterile vial or bottle . five to fifty larvae , depending on the intended duration of the culture , were placed in each bottle , which was then capped using a lid with a fine plastic mesh insert . this cap allowed free exchange of air into the bottle . the bottles were then placed inside a large sterile container which was sealed to prevent contact with the environment . the container included inlet and outlet tubes connected to a source of sterile warmed humidified air and a vacuum pump , respectively . the apparatus , including culture bottles , was kept at 35 ° c . for 24 to 72 hours . this allowed growth of the larvae to required development stages . cultures were set up in a sterile air flow hood and incubated in a sterile environment to minimise likelihood of contamination by bacteria that may assist or hinder larval growth thereby invalidating results . after the intended culture period , the bottles were removed and the larvae killed by freezing . they were then dried and weighed , wither collectively or individually . the weight of insect larvae in control cultures ( larvae grown concurrently , under the same environmental conditions and food -- except without inhibitors ) were then compared to those which included inhibitors and the percent inhibition ( i ) calculated according to the formula : ## equ1 ## where a = the weight of larvae in the presence of the inhibitor and a large number of inhibitors has been tested in this culture system , and a selection of these is listed in table 1 . 1 . the effects of inhibitors on first instar larval growth and survival are shown in table 1 . 2 table 1 . 1______________________________________peptide inhibitors and related compounds testedagainst blowfly larvae in vitro peptidase types specialinhibitor affected conditions * ______________________________________soybean trypsin inhibitor ( sbti ) serineaebsp ( 4 -( 2 - aminoethyl )- serinebenzenesulfonyl fluoride , hydrochloride ) (= pefabloc ) apmsf (( p - amidinophenyl ) methane serine & amp ; cysteine solublesulfonyl fluoride in dmsoe64 ( l - trans - epoxysuccinyl cysteineleucylamido ( 4 - guanidinoleupeptin ( ac - leu - leu - serine & amp ; cysteinearginyl . 1 / 2h . sub . 2 so . sub . 4 h . sub . 2 o ) tpck ( tos - phe - ch . sub . 2 cl , tosyl serine solublechloromethyl - ketone ) ( chymotrypsin - in meoh like ) tlck ( tos - leu - ch . sub . 2 cl , tosyl serine ( trypsin - chloromethyl ketone like ) calpain inhibitor i ( n - acetyl - calcium - activated solubleleu - ley - norleucinal ) cysteine in meoh peptidasesl - leucinethiol ( 2 - amino - 4 - methyl - aminopeptidases1 - pentanethiol ) bestatin ( 2s , 3r )- 3 - amino - 2 - aminopeptidases solublehydroxy - 4 - phenyl - butanoly )- leu - oh ) leuhistin (( 2r , 3s )- 3 - amino - 2 - aminopeptidases solublehydroxy - 2 -( lii - imidazole - 4 - in meohmethyl )- 5 - methylhexanoic acidamastatin ((( 2s , 3r )- 3 - amino - 2 - aminopeptidases solublehydroxy - 5 - methyl - hexanoyl )- val - in meohval - asp - ohdiprotin a ( h - ile - pro - ile - oh dipeptidyl aminopeptidasesebelactone b ( 3 , 11 - dihydroxyl - n - formyl - soluble2 , 4 , 6 , 8 , 10 , 12 - hexa - methyl - 9 - oxo - methionine in meoh6 - tetra - decenoic 1 , 3 - lactone aminopeptidasesactinonin ( 3 -(( 1 -(( 2 - aminopeptidases soluble ( hydroxymethyl )- 1 - propyl - idinyl )- in meohcarbonyl )- 2 - methylpropyl )-( carbamoyl )- octanohydroxamicacid ) edta ( ethylene - diamine - tetra - metallo ( general ) acetic acid disodium saltopepstatin asparticantipain aminopeptidases soluble in metallopeptidases meoh______________________________________ unless otherwise stated , enzyme inhibitors are soluble in sterile phosphate buffered saline or water . those which are only soluble in dmso / h2o or meoh / h2o were compared to control treatments which included the same amounts of dmso or meoh . table 1 . 2______________________________________the effects of various inhibitors on first instarlarval growth and survival concentrationsinhibitor tested ( mm ) growth inhibition______________________________________sbti 0 . 17 , 0 . 20 , 76 % inhibition at 0 . 17 mm 0 . 40 , 1 64 % inhibition at 0 . 40 mmpefabloc 0 . 5 , 1 , 10 , 25 , 72 % inhibition at 10 mm 50 92 % inhibition at 50 mmapmsf 1 , 2 , 5 43 % inhibition at 5 mme64 1 , 2 , 5 no inhibition detectededta 1 , 2 . 5 , 5 , 10 84 % inhibition at 5 mm all killed at 10 mml - leucinethiol 1 , 2 , 5 47 % inhibition at 2 mm all killed at 5 mmbestatin 1 , 2 . 5 , 5 63 % inhibition at 5 mmleupeptin 1 , 2 , 5 , 10 71 % inhibition at 2 mm 80 % inhibition at 10 mmtlck 1 , 2 . 5 , 5 , 10 all killed at 5 and 10 mmtpck 1 , 2 , 5 , 10 no inhibition detectedcalpain inhibitor i 1 , 2 , 5 71 % inhibition at 2 mmleuhistin 1 , 2 , 5 65 % inhibition at 5 mmamastatin 1 , 2 , 5 90 % inhibition at 10 mm 60 % inhibition at 2 mmdiprotin 1 , 2 , 5 , 10 no inhibition detectedebelactone b 1 , 2 , 5 18 % inhibition at 2 mmactinonin 1 , 2 . 5 , 10 95 % inhibition at 10 mm 83 % inhibition at 2 . 5 mmpepstatin 1 , 2 , 10 no inhibition detectedantipain 0 . 3125 , 0 . 625 , 63 . 2 at 5 mm 1 . 25 , 2 . 5 , 5 45 . 5 at 2 . 5 mm1 , 10 - phenanthroline 1 , 2 . 5 , 5 all larvae died______________________________________ our results indicated that inhibitors which affect trypsin - like enzymes are effective in slowing larval growth , or in the case of tlck , killing the larvae at the highest concentrations tested . e64 , a cysteine peptidase inhibitor , was ineffective ; however , the effects of calpain inhibitor on growth and the intermediate inhibition by leupeptin and apms ( not cysteine specific inhibitors ) suggest that there may be some essential role for cysteine peptidases . the ineffectiveness of inhibition of aspartyl peptidase ( s ) by pepstatin is consistent with prior literature . the surprising result of this experiment was the dominant influence of some aminopeptidase inhibitors on larval growth . these results indicated that inhibition of larval aminopeptidase ( s ) was effective . l - leucinethiol , edta , 1 , 10 - phenanthroline , bestatin , amastatin , leuhistin , and actinonin were effective growth inhibitors . inhibitors of dipeptidylamino peptidase ( diprotin a ) and methionine aminopeptidase ( ebalactone ) were ineffective . influence of combined peptidase inhibitors on growth and survival of larvae of sheep blowfly ( l . cuprina ; diptera ) the data from tests outlined in example 1 suggested that combinations of inhibitors which affected trypsin - like and / or aminopeptidase enzymes might have additive or synergistic effects . further experiments were carried out to examine this possibility using methods previously described . the results are shown in table 2 . 1 . table 2 . 1______________________________________inhibitor combinations and their effects on firstinstar larval growth and survival in vitro concentrationsinhibitor tested ( mm ) growth inhibition______________________________________sbti + pefabloc 0 . 17 sbti + 72 % inhibition of growth 2 . 5 pefablocsbti + tlck 0 . 17 sbti + larave killed 2 . 5 tlcksbti + leupeptin 0 . 17 sbti + 44 % inhibition of growth 2 leupeptinsbti + l - leucinethiol 0 . 17 sbti + larvae killed at all 0 . 5 , 0 . 75 or 1 concentrations l - leucinethiolsbti + edta 0 . 17 sbti + 5 mm : 92 % growth inhibition 2 or 5 edta 2 mm : 88 % growth inhibitionsbti + bestatin 0 . 17 sbti & amp ; 73 % inhibition of growth 3 . 3 bestatinedta + pefabloc 1 . 0 edta + 78 % inhibition of growth 3 . 0 pefablocedta + antipain 0 . 5 edta + 85 % inhibition of growth 5 . 0 antipain______________________________________ little effect was apparent from combining sbti and leupeptin or pefabloc . a moderate effect was obtained with sbti and edta . greater inhibition occurred when sbti was tested with tlck or l - leucinethiol . the results suggested that multiple inhibition of trypsin - like peptidases and aminopeptidases has a useful inhibitory effect on the larvae . ( b ) investigation of the effect of combining a serine peptidase inhibitor ( sbti ) with an aminopeptidase inhibitor ( l - leucinethiol ) on growth inhibition of larval l . cuprina the effect on larval growth of combined sbti and l - leucinethiol inhibitors was investigated over a range of concentrations to investigate the possibility of a synergistic inhibition occurring . this experiment was terminated prior to significant mortality . the results are shown in table 2 . 2 . table 2 . 2______________________________________the effect of larval growth inhibition of acombination of sbti and l - leucinethiol ( l - leu ) inhibitors concentration average larval % growthinhibitor ( s ) ( mm ) weight ( 10 . sup .- 4 g ) inhibition______________________________________control -- 10 . 26 -- sbti 0 . 0425 12 . 57 - 22 . 5sbti 0 . 085 7 . 34 28 . 5sbti 0 . 170 5 . 63 45 . 1sbti 0 . 340 3 . 15 69 . 3sbti 0 . 680 3 . 02 70 . 6l - leu 1 . 00 8 . 06 21 . 4l - leu 2 . 00 2 . 76 73 . 1sbti & amp ; l - leu 0 . 02175 & amp ; 0 . 5 11 . 90 - 15 . 9sbti & amp ; l - leu 0 . 0425 & amp ; 0 . 5 6 . 77 34 . 0 * sbti & amp ; l - leu 0 . 085 & amp ; 1 . 0 2 . 90 71 . 7 * sbti & amp ; l - leu 0 . 17 & amp ; 1 . 0 2 . 41 76 . 5 * sbti & amp ; l - leu 0 . 34 & amp ; 1 . 0 0 . 99 90 . 5 * ______________________________________ * these combined responses confirm synergy as defined by cornell ( 1981 , p . 24 ) ( c ) investigation of the effect of combining two aminopeptidase inhibitors ( edta and l - leucinethiol ) on growth of larval l . cuprina table 2 . 3______________________________________combination of edta and l - leu concentration average larval % growthtreatment ( mm ) weight ( 10 . sup .- 4 g ) incubation______________________________________control -- 9 . 08 -- edta 0 . 25 9 . 68 - 6 . 6edta 0 . 50 5 . 47 39 . 8edta 1 . 0 2 . 75 69 . 7edta 1 . 5 4 . 43 51 . 2edta 2 . 0 2 . 51 72 . 4l - leu 1 . 0 2 . 98 67 . 2l - leu 2 . 0 1 . 22 86 . 6edta & amp ; l - leu 0 . 15 & amp ; 0 . 50 8 . 66 4 . 6edta & amp ; l - leu 0 . 25 & amp ; 0 . 50 5 . 56 38 . 6edta & amp ; l - leu 0 . 50 & amp ; 0 . 50 3 . 94 56 . 6edta & amp ; l - leu 0 . 75 & amp ; 0 . 50 3 . 65 59 . 8edta & amp ; l - leu 1 . 00 & amp ; 1 . 00 2 . 94 67 . 6______________________________________ influence of peptidase inhibitors on egg hatch of larvae of sheep blowfly ( l . cuprina ; diptera ) and heliothis punctigens the following experiments were conducted to assess whether the compositions of invention could fulfil an insecticidal role through an inhibition of egg hatching . l . cuprina eggs were placed on pieces of liver ( 0 . 9 g ) which were then placed in individual wells of a 24 - well tissue culture plate . phosphate buffered saline ( pbs , 0 . 1 ml ) containing inhibitors at set concentrations were added to each well with 30 freshly laid and sterilised eggs of l . cuprina . the culture plate was then maintained in a sterile environment at 35 ° c . for 24 hours , after which time the percentage hatch was assessed . heliothis eggs were cultured on a defined medium ( casein 3 g , wheatgerm 3 g , sucrose 5 g , agar 2 . 25 g , multivitamin b tablets 5 mg , dissolved in 80 ml pbs with penicillin and streptomycin ) in 24 - well tissue culture plates ( 2 eggs / well ). egg hatch was assessed after 3 days incubation at 27 ° c . the results are shown in table 3 . 1 table 3 . 1______________________________________the effect of enzyme inhibitors on egg hatchrates for l . cuprina in vitro concentrationsinhibitors ( mm ) % hatch______________________________________control 71edta 2 , 5 , 10 10 , 0 10soybean trypsin 0 . 17 17inhibitorsoybean trypsin 0 . 17 sbti + 15 , 25 , 7inhibitor + edta 2 , 5 , 10 edtatlck + edta 2 , 5 , 10 tlck + 3 , 7 , 2 2 edta______________________________________ in initial in vitro trials , ten heliothis eggs did not hatch in a mixture of 0 . 17 mm sbti and 5 mm actinonin while all ten control eggs hatched . influence of the invention on growth and survival of cotton budworm ( heliothis punctigens , lepidoptera ) larvae fed an artifical diet . ______________________________________haricot beans 466 gram ( g ) wheat germ 100 gyeast 70 gascorbic acid 70 gparaben 44 gsorbic acid 2 . 2 gagar 28 gh . sub . 2 o 800 ml * phosphoric and propionic acid 4 ml______________________________________ * stock solution of phosphoric and propionic acid contained 29 ml propionic acid 21 ml orthophosphoric acid 270 ml dh . sub . 2 ototal vol . 500 ml______________________________________ 1 . the haricot beans were cooked in a microwave for 40 minutes . 2 . agar was added to the hot water and stirred on a hot plate until almost boiling . 3 . the haricot beans , agar mix , yeast and wheat germ was blended in an electric mixer for 3 minutes . 4 . when the temperature has dropped to 60 ° c ., the acids were added and mixed with the media . 5 . inhibitor solutions or an equal volume of water were placed into sterilized glass tubes at designated concentrations . the artificial media was added to each tube ( 1 . 5 ml ) using a sterile 10 ml syringe . first instar heliothis punctigens larvae ( 1 larvae per tube ) were added to the glass tubes and the tubes were capped . the tubes were incubated for 10 days at 25 ° c . the larvae were killed by placing the glass tubes at - 70 ° c . for 24 hours , and then individually weighed . percentage inhibition was calculated by comparison to control larvae . table 4 . 1______________________________________growth of heliothis punctigens larvae fed anartificial diet with and without inhibitors concentration average laval % growthinhibitor ( mm ) % alive weight ( mg ) inhibition______________________________________control -- 70 . 0 165 . 4 -- carboxypeptidase 2 . 5 83 . 3 140 . 6 15 . 0inh . carboxypeptidase 5 . 0 50 . 0 123 . 6 - 53 . 5inh . edta 2 . 5 50 . 0 123 . 6 25 . 3edta 5 . 0 33 . 3 9 . 25 94 . 4edta 10 . 0 67 . 0 4 . 75 97 . 1leupeptin 2 . 5 16 . 6 16 . 6 90 . 0leupeptin 5 . 0 33 . 3 17 . 0 89 . 7actinonin 2 . 5 33 . 3 -- 97 . 5actionin 5 . 0 0 . 00 -- 100 . 0edta & amp ; sbti 2 . 5 & amp ; 0 . 17 75 . 0 22 . 0 86 . 7edta & amp ; sbti 5 . 0 & amp ; 0 . 17 25 . 0 5 . 00 97 . 0______________________________________ influence of peptidase inhibitors on growth and survival of cat fleas ( ctenocephalides felis ; siphonaptera ) blood was collected from the jugular vein of a five year old merino sheep that had not been treated with an ectoparasitic agent for 18 months . the blood was collected into a 100 ml plastic bottle containing 0 . 8 ml of heparin and was maintained at 4 ° c . inhibitors were pre - weighed into sterile 5 ml plastic vials and 4 . 5 ml of blood added . the samples were mixed , placed at - 70 ° c . for 24 hours , then freeze - dried . the freeze - dried samples were sieved through a stainless steel 63 micron sieve , and placed into sterile 5 ml plastic vials ( 0 . 15 g / per tube ). four flea eggs were placed into each vial , and a sheet of tissue paper fastened by an elastic band was fitted to the top of each vial . the vials were incubated at 25 ° c . and 70 - 80 % r h for 6 days . vermiculite was then added to each vial to provide a supporting medium for the fleas to pupate and the tubes incubated at 25 ° c . and 70 - 80 % r h , for a further 10 days . ten control vials and three vials of each treatment were tested . at the conclusion of the incubation period the vials were placed at - 20 ° c . for 24 hours to kill the fleas . the number of eggs hatched and the life - cycle state was recorded . the results are shown in table 5 . 1 . table 5 . 1______________________________________development of flea eggs in dried blood diets ( day 16 ) percentage of fleastreatment progressing through to pupation______________________________________control 97 . 5edta 1 . 5625 mg 0 3 . 125 mg 0 6 . 25 mg 0actinonin 1 . 40 mg 0 2 . 80 mg 16 . 8leupeptin 1 . 70 mg 0 3 . 40 mg 0sbti 5 . 0 mg 0 10 . 0 mg 0pefabloc 1 . 10 mg 0 2 . 20 mg 0edta 1 . 5625 mg 0 & amp ; sbti 5 mgedta 3 . 125 mg 0 & amp ; sbti 5 mg______________________________________ influence of peptidase inhibitors on survival of larvae of the black field cricket ( teleogryllus commodus , orthoptera ) fed a natural diet . ( i ) stock solutions of inhibitors and control solutions were prepared as aqueous solutions or suspensions as outlined in table 6 . 1 . ( ii ) mortality was assessed by commencing the study with 1st instar nymphs . ( iii ) cabbage leaf disks ( 5 × 8 mm diameter disks / treatment ) were smeared with 100 μl of inhibitor or control stock solutions and allowed to dry . disks were placed singly in 40 mm petri dishes , together with a moist cotton wool pas as water supply and a piece of fluted plastic for shelter . ( iv ) ten nymphs were placed on each disc and the dishes incubated at 25 ° c . table 6 . 1______________________________________effect of various inhibitors on mortalityof larval field crickets after 7 days concentrationinhibitor range tested ( mm ) mortality______________________________________actinonin 5 noneedta 30 high ( 78 %) sbti 0 . 17 - 0 . 68 noneedta / sbti additive of b & amp ; c above high ( 41 %) pefabloc 2 . 5 - 10 medium1 , 10 - phenanthroline 5 - 20 mediumactinonin / sbti additive of a & amp ; c above lowantipain 2 . 5 - 10 noneborax 5 - 20 high ( 93 %) control ( water ) -- -- ______________________________________ * none / low , 10 - 20 % mortality / medium 21 - 40 %/ high 41 - 100 %. influence of peptidase inhibitors on growth and survival of sheep lice ( bovicola ovis ; anoplura ) sheep lice are a major agricultural insect pest in australia and many other countries . some strains of the insects are developing high levels of resistance to organophosphates and synthetic pyrethroids . this trial was conducted to : ( i ) broaden the assessment of growth inhibition or insecticidal activity of the inhibitors useful in the inveniton ; and ( ii ) to assess the growth inhibition or insecticidal activity of the invention on a strain of insect with a known high level of insecticide resistance . the strain of lice chosen was a reference strain known as hartley . it is highly resistant to synthetic pyrethroids ( table 7 . 1 , levot g . w ., aust . vet . j ., 1992 69 120 ). ( i ) lice were collected by clipping a small area of wool from a heavily infected sheep and covering the shorn area for 1 minute with cotton cloth . lice were brushed from the cloth into a container . ( ii ) aqueous stock solutions or suspensions of inhibitors were applied to tufts of wool taken from the 40 mm of fleece closest to the skin . the donor sheep was known not to have been treated with insecticide for 2 years , and its wool had a staple length of 100 mm at shearing . ( iii ) taking care to avoid cross contamination , quadruplicate wool samples were treated by immersion in aqueous solutions or suspensions of inhibitors , drained and air dried for 24 h . ( v ) the wool samples were added to labelled , capped plastic tubes . ( v ) lice were allowed to crawl across paper away from a light source ( as a viability test ) and 10 lice from each of adult , 3rd , 2nd and 1st instar added to each tube of wool . ( vi ) tubes were incubated at 35 ° c . and 60 - 80 % rh and inspected daily . ( vii ) viability assessments were made by assuming lice unable to move when touched were dead . table 7 . 1______________________________________number of living lice grown on inhibitor treatedwool after 24 hours incubation at 35 ° c . treatment louse instar stage ( concentration in mm ) 1 2 3 adult______________________________________water replicate 1 10 10 10 10 replicate 2 10 10 10 10 replicate 3 10 10 10 10edta 10 0 2 1 2 20 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0sbti 0 . 17 1 2 2 4 0 . 34 1 0 4 0 0 . 68 0 0 0 0edta / sbti 10 / 0 . 17 0 0 0 0 20 / 0 . 34 0 0 0 0 30 / 0 . 68 0 0 0 0______________________________________ table 7 . 2______________________________________insectidial resistance characteristics of the lice testedinsecticide lc50 ( mg / l ) lc95 ( mg / l ) resistance factor______________________________________cypermethrin 29 . 4 475 642 ( peak hill ) diatinon 5 . 31 19 . 7 1 . 4 ( singapore ) ______________________________________ the composition of the invention was highly effective on insecticide - resistant sheep lice . influence of peptidase inhibitors on growth and survival of the bruchid ( tribolium castaneum ; coleoptera ) insects were cultured in cleaned , ground and sieved wholemeal flour made from organic wheat . inhibitors from bottles of pre - weighed material were dry - mixed with the flour and residual inhibitor rinsed from bottles with a small volume of water . rinse water was added to the flour and the mixture re - ground . the impregnated flour was transferred to a 20 ml vial and mixed thoroughly by shaking and inverting . adults of t . castaneum were allowed to oviposit on flour , eggs were sifted from the flour and transferred one by one with a single hair to microwell tubes containing a small amount of flour . each level of treatment was performed in triplicated using 32 wells / replicate . assays were performed in triplicated . cultures were incubated at 30 ° c . and 55 % r h . after 6 days each replicate of 32 wells was combined , the larvae counted and the numbers compared with numbers in the control ( no inhibitor ) treatment . larvae were classified as &# 34 ; small &# 34 ; if appreciably smaller than reference larvae , or abnormal if unusual behaviour or formation were observed ( eg . twisting or twisted larvae ). test inhibitors and dose rates were the same as those used in example 4 . larvae were classed as &# 34 ; small &# 34 ; at all dose levels of actinonin and edta , but were normal in 1 , 10 - phenanthroline and other treatments influence of peptidase inhibitors on growth and survival of the grain storage pest oryzaephylus surinamensis ; coleoptera ) the bioassay for this insect was outlined for t . castaneum , except incubations were conducted at 32 . 5 ° c . and 70 % r h . after 8 days the insects were sieved from the flour and weighed . table 9 . 1______________________________________percentage reduction in weight of o . surinamensis larvae concentration percentage growthtreatment ( mm ) inhibition * ______________________________________bestatin 1 . 25 - 5 2 . 5 2 5 - 4edta 10 32 20 4 30 28sbti 0 . 17 12 0 . 34 30 0 . 68 46edta / sbti 10 / 0 . 17 63 ( additive of above ) 20 / 0 . 34 30 30 / 0 . 68 44pefabloc 2 . 5 49 5 61 10 791 , 10 - phenanthroline 5 100 10 63 20 95bestatin / sbti 1 . 25 / 0 . 17 - 2 ( additive of above ) 2 . 5 / 0 . 34 30 5 / 0 . 68 32antipain 2 . 5 - 10 5 - 2 10 - 2casein 10 mg / ml - 5 20 mg / ml 10 40 mg / ml - 2borax 5 - 5 10 39 20 68______________________________________ * relative to growth in untreated larvae . the response to individual aminopeptidase inhibitors was variable . 1 , 10 - phenanthroline was a highly effective growth inhibitor , edta was moderately effective and bestatin was ineffective . it will be apparent to the person skilled in the art that while the invention has been described in some detail for the purposes of clarity and understanding , various modifications and alterations to the embodiments and methods described herein may be made without departing from the scope of the invention concept disclosed in this specification . references cited herein are listed on the following pages , and are incorporated herein by this reference . in : the pesticide manual ., ed . tomlin c . royal soc . of chemistry / bcpc crop protection publication , batch press , bath . u . k . 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