Dow Agrosciences LLC

Ecolab USA Inc.

Corteva Agriscience LLC

Bruce A Jacobs

Ravi B Shankar

Sukrit Mukhopadhyay

Natalie Christine Giampietro

Phillip J Howard

Thomas G Patterson

Andrey N Soukhojak

William L Winniford

Andrew J Pasztor, Jr

Neil A Spomer

Ronda L Hamm

Shane L Mangold

Jeremy Chris P Reyes

Mary D Evenson

Mark William Beach

Mark W Beach

Jeremey Chris P Reyes

A chemical agent useful for controlling pests is disclosed. The agent can be a thiol, such as a cyclic thiol according to Formula I. The agent can be used to react with a targeted biochemical analyte secreted by pests, such as bed bugs, to provide an adduct. The agent can be useful in a pest control device, system, or method for detecting pests, which can involve use of a controller and a sensor cell coated with composition containing the agent. The disclosure also describes the adduct obtained from the agent and the analyte, as well as a composition containing the agent or adduct.

Selective detection of bed bugs

A device, system, and method of controlling pests are disclosed. A pest control device includes a sensor having a sensor cell and a controller. A surface of the sensor cell is coated with an agent that reacts with a targeted biochemical analyte secreted by pests. The controller is coupled to the sensor and is configured to receive sensor data from the sensor cell indicative of a rate of change in sensor mass detected on the surface of the sensor cell, determine whether the rate of change in the sensor mass based on the received sensor data exceeds a predefined threshold rate, and transmit a pest detection alert notification to a server in response to a determination that the rate of change exceeds the predetermined threshold rate.

Selective detection of bed bugs pheromones

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Fishers, IN, United States of America

Bruce A Jacobs