Terpenes for reducing the effect of pheromone on lepidoptera

US6475479B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Jacobus Jan de Kramer · Ettlingen, DE
• Ulrich Neumann · Schifferstadt, DE
• Ulrich Klein · Schifferstadt, DE
• Mechtild Meiwald · Kaiserslautern, DE
• Wolfgang Krieg · Weingarten, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 2, 1997
• Grant date: Nov 5, 2002
• Expiry date: Dec 2, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A01N35/02
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The use of terpenes for reducing the pheromone action on Lepidoptera and a method which allows terpenes to act on the habitat of the Lepidoptera are described.