Cotton, Inc.

The United States of America As Represented by the Secretary of

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

Gerald H McKibben

James Winfred Smith

William Lawrence McGovern

Joseph C Dickens

Theodore B Davich

The invention provides compositions for attracting noctuid moths, which include at least one pheromone and at least one synergist. The synergist is a naturally-occurring phytochemical compound. The synergist is preferably &#x3b2;-caryophyllene, iso-caryophyllene, &#x3b1;-humulene, or combinations thereof. The invention also provides traps containing the composition for attracting noctuid moths, and methods for attracting, capturing, killing or sterilizing noctuid moths using the composition.

Compositions and methods for attracting noctuid moths

The invention provides compositions for attracting stink bugs, which include at least one pheromone and at least one synergist. The synergist is a naturally-occurring phytochemical compound. The pheromone is preferably methyl (2E,4Z)-decadienoate, ethyl (2E,4Z)-decadienoate, methyl (2Z,4E)-decadienoate, or methyl (2E,4E)-decadienoate and the synergist is preferably geraniol. The invention also provides traps containing the composition for attracting stink bugs, and methods for attracting, capturing, killing or sterilizing stink bugs using the composition.

Compositions for attracting stink bugs

The present invention describes a composition which includes a binder, a pigment, an insect toxicant, an insect feeding stimulant or a toxicant regeneration enhancer, and an ingredient which is both a filler and a thickener. The composition may be applied to a solid substrate to reproduce an article of manufacture which is both attractive and toxic to insect pests and therefore useful for insect control.

Composition and apparatus useful for attracting and controlling insect pests

Compositions and methods for attracting, killing, and/or neutering populations of boll weevils and other insects which spend the winter in areas with thick vegetation are disclosed. With respect to boll weevils, certain plant compounds, when presented along with Grandlure, the synthetic pheromone of the cotton boll weevil (,Boh.), increase the capture of boll weevils by as much as 50% as compared to Grandlure alone. The compounds, beta-caryophyllene, eugenol and myrcene, are among those present in leaves in overwintering sites favored by boll weevils. With respect to controlling boll weevil populations, the compounds can be used alone, in combination with Grandlure, and/or in combination with compounds which are toxic to boll weevils or which inhibit their ability to develop normally or reproduce. With respect to controlling other overwintering insects, appropriate compounds can be identified from the leaf litter surrounding their overwintering sites, and pheromones for the insects are generally known. The compounds can be used in traps, or formulated into polymeric controlled release formulations, along with the Grandlure and/or toxicants, insect growth regulators or insect sterilants.

Compositions and methods of attracting overwintering boll weevils

This invention is directed to insect control using compositions having attractants, feeding stimulants and toxicants compounded into plastic bait pellets. These pellets are easily handled for distribution in the field. Insects are attracted to the bait pellets, induced to feed and subsequently die. The pellets have the unique advantage of being relatively impervious to environmental conditions and non-polluting.

Plastic bait composition for attracting and killing crop pests

A new apparatus and method for attracting and killing cotton boll weevils is disclosed. Specifically this apparatus consists of a toxic material affixed to a substrate which is air dropped onto fields of growing cotton. Boll weevils are attracted to these air dropped baited traps and killed upon contact.

Air dropped bait dispensers for attracting and killing the cotton boll

A synthetically prepared boll weevil attractant has been formulated so as to include crude cottonseed oil. This formulation, in the form of a gelled emulsion, has been used to trap and destroy boll weevils for periods up to 2 weeks. The new formulation releases the active ingredients at a more favorable rate and is effective for longer periods than previously developed ones.

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Starkville, MS, United States of America

Gerald H McKibben