Method of controlling the European corn borer with trewiasine

US4315929A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture · US

Inventors

• Bernard Freedman · Berkeley, US
• Richard G. Powell · Peoria, US
• Cecil R. Smith, Jr. · Dunlap, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 27, 1981
• Grant date: Feb 16, 1982
• Expiry date: Jan 27, 2001

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A01N65/18
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A novel maytansinoid compound discovered in the seed tissue of Trewia nudiflora has been found to be effective in controlling a common insect pest, the European corn borer. This compound is represented by the formula: ##STR1## and is characterized by a distinguishing methoxy group on the C-15 carbon.