Organic nitriles as insect antifeedants

US4942247A · kind A · utility

Assignees

• The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture · US
• Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Richard G. Powell · Peoria, US
• Kenneth L. Mikolajczak · Dunlap, US
• Bruce W. Zilkowski · Peoria, US
• Jon Clardy · Ithaca, US
• Ellen K. Mantus · Ithaca, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 27, 1989
• Grant date: Jul 17, 1990
• Expiry date: Jun 27, 2009

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07C323/60
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Members of a novel class of organic nitriles related to an indole alkoaloid of Dithyrea wislizenii (Cruciferae) have been discovered to be potent feeding inhibitors of the fall armyworm and European corn borer.