Method for repelling fire ants and horn flies and compositions for repelling fire ants and horn flies and acting as anti-feedants for fire ants and horn flies
US5753686A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 25, 1996 |
| Grant date | May 19, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 25, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S424/10
- WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Described is a method for repelling at least one of the insect species: (i) Haematobia irritans (Linnaeus) (commonly known as the horn fly); and (ii) Solenopsis invicta Buren (commonly known as the "red imported fire ant") from a surface or volume inhabited by at least one of said insect species consisting of the step of applying to said surface or said volume a "red imported fire ant" and/or horn fly-repelling quantity and concentration of a geraniol-containing mixture comprising: (i) from 0 up to about 20% by weight of nerol; (ii) from about 20 up to about 40% by weight of citronellol; and (iii) from about 50 up to about 70% by weight of geraniol which geraniol-containing mixture is defined according to specific GLC profiles set forth in the figures and refractive index and density set forth in the specification.
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