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Meyer Schwarz

Philip E Sonnet

Nobel Wakabayashi

Jerome A Klun

John W Neal, Jr

Barbara A Leonhardt

Richard W Miller

JWendell Snow

James E Wright

Addition of (Z,Z)-3,13 octadecadienyl acetate to the grape root borer, Vitacea polistiformis (Harris), pheromone (E,Z)-2,13 octadecadienyl acetate increases capture of males in sticky traps by three- to sevenfold. This new composition will provide and effective system for monitoring and controlling the grape root borer.

Octadienyl acetate synergist for the grape root borer pheromone

The racemate of 1-methylbutyldecanoate is synthesized and found to be a powerful attractant under field conditions for male bagworm moths. It is also found to suppress or inhibit completely the mating of female bagworm moths when applied to trees and shrubs in an effective mating suppressant or inhibiting amount.

Bagworm moth attractant and plant protectant

Certain arylterpenoid compounds having excellent potential as insect control agents. The compounds are highly active as eclosion inhibiting agents against four species of flies and three species of mosquito.

Insect maturation inhibitors

A number of terpenoid compounds and their epoxides were synthesized and found to prevent insect maturation when applied to insects in an immature stage of growth.

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Kensington, MD, United States of America

Meyer Schwarz