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

Vmi Foundation

The United States of America As Represented by the Secretary of

Neurogen Corporation

Virginia Military Institute Research Laboratories, Inc.

Tappey H Jones

James H Tumlinson, Iii

Hans T Alborn

John H Loughrin

Kenner C Rice

Robert K Vander Meer

Theodoor C J Turlings

Theodoor C Turlings

Methods and compositions for pest control, and more particularly for control of ants, e.g., of the subfamily Myrmicinae, using tyramides.

Methods and compositions for pest control

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

Disclosed are processes for resolving a racemic mixture of 5-aminocarbonyl-5H-dibenzo�a,d!cyclohepten-5,10-imines into component enantiomers comprising recrystallizaton of diasteriomeric tartrate salts.

Preparation of chiral

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Staunton, VA, United States of America

Tappey H Jones