United States of America, As Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture

Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties Inc

Christina Harris

Aijun Zhang

Tracy C Leskey

Compositions (feeding deterrent/repellent for) containing at least two compounds selected from tridecane, E-2-decenal, isolongifolanone, isolongifolenone, and at least one isolongifolenone analog having the following formula: wherein Ris hydrogen, an oxygen, a Calcohol, aldehyde, alkyl, ether, or esters of said alcohol with a Csaturated or unsaturated, straight or branched acid and Ris hydrogen, an oxygen, a Calcohol, aldehyde, alkyl, ether, or esters of said alcohol with a Csaturated or unsaturated, straight or branched acid; optionally there is a double bond between carbons 5 and 6 and Ris hydrogen; and optionally a carrier or carrier material. Also methods for deterring feeding/repellinginvolving treating an object or area with adeterring feeding/repelling effective amount of at least one compound selected from the above compounds.

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Compositions (feeding deterrent/repellent for) containing at least two compounds selected from tridecane, E-2-decenal, isolongifolanone, isolongifolenone, and at least one isolongifolenone analog having the following formula: wherein Ris hydrogen, an oxygen, a Calcohol, aldehyde, alkyl, ether, or esters of said alcohol with a Csaturated or unsaturated, straight or branched acid and Ris hydrogen, an oxygen, a Calcohol, aldehyde, alkyl, ether, or esters of said alcohol with a Csaturated or unsaturated, straight or branched acid; optionally there is a double bond between carbons 5 and 6 and Ris hydrogen; and optionally a carrier or carrier material. Also methods for deterring feeding/repellinginvolving treating an object or area with adeterring feeding/repelling effective amount of at least one compound selected from the above compounds. 

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