Diolefin pheromone mimics as disruptants of sexual communication in insects

US4527000A · kind A · utility

Assignee

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

Inventors

• David A. Carlson · Gainesville, US
• John McLaughlin · Media, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 14, 1983
• Grant date: Jul 2, 1985
• Expiry date: Mar 14, 2003

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A01N27/00
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Novel diolefin insect pheromone mimics are used to disrupt the sexual communication between insects when applied to an agricultural area in behaviorally effective amounts as follows: (Z)-1,12-heptadecadiene used for Heliothis zea Boddie; (Z)-15-methyl-1,9-heptadecadiene used for Trogoderma variabile; (E)-15-methyl-1,9-heptadecadiene used for Trogoderma glabrum; and (Z,Z)-1,12,14-heptadecatriene used for Amyelois transitella.