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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2009
Filed:
May. 06, 2005
Applicants:
Junwei Zhu, Ames, IA (US);
Thomas Baker, State College, PA (US);
Inventors:
Junwei Zhu, Ames, IA (US);
Thomas Baker, State College, PA (US);
Assignee:
MSTRS Technologies, Inc., Ames, IA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N 43/16 (2006.01); A01N 25/00 (2006.01); A61K 31/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Soybean volatile compounds, soybean aphid-induced volatile compounds and soybean aphid sex pheromones are semiochemicals of the invention used to suppress soybean aphid population. Methyl salicylate is an embodiment of a soybean aphid-induced volatile compound useful in the invention. Benzaldehyde is an embodiment of a soybean host plant volatile compound useful in the invention. Also useful as sex pheromones are nepetalactol and nepetalactone. The compounds may be blended in a preferred embodiment.