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

California Institute of Technology

The United States of America As Represented by the Secretary of

Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research

Virginia Military Institute Research Laboratories, Inc.

Hans T Alborn

Frank Clemens Schroeder

Paul W Sternberg

James H Tumlinson, Iii

Fatma Kaplan

Tappey H Jones

John H Loughrin

Andrea Choe

Peter E A Teal

Stephan H Von Reuss

Arthur S Edison

Steven D Willms

Jagan Srinivasan

Theodoor C J Turlings

Peter A Teal

Theodoor C Turlings

Herein is described an apparatus for adaptation to existing GC/MS systems, utilizing a splitless injector as the desorption oven with a liquid COcooled low thermal mass cryo trap that eliminates the need for flash heating of volatile compounds.

Technique for thermal desorption analyses of thermo labile volatile compounds

The present invention relates to methods of modifying nematode behavior using certain isolated modulator compounds. Also disclosed are methods of promoting or inhibiting reproduction in a nematode population, methods of promoting or inhibiting nematode aggregation at a first location, and methods of treating or preventing parasite infection of a plant.

Small molecule compounds that control plant- and insect-pathogenic nematodes

A pheromonal compound produced byhas been identified as 5R-(3'-O-[&#x3b2;-D-glucosyl]-tetrahydro-3&#x2032;R,5&#x2032;R-dihydroxy-6&#x2032;S-methyl-2H-pyran-2&#x2032;R-yloxy)-2-hexanone. The novel compound, in combination with other ascarosides, elicit a synergistic signaling response from various adult malespp.

Ascarosides as nematode sex pheromones

The invention relates to fatty acids conjugated to amino acids and their derivatives that elicit the production and/or release of plant volatiles compounds which attract and/or retain beneficial insects and deter herbivorous insect feeding. These conjugates also induce plants to increase production of pharmacologically important compounds such as taxol, increase fragrance of flowers, and increase production of plant essential oil. The invention also relates to methods for isolating the compounds from herbivorous insect oral secretions and to chemically synthesizing the compounds and their active derivatives.

Plant volatile elicitor from insects

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Hans T Alborn