Container for 4-allylanisole and analog scolytid pesticides
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
InventorsJane L. Hayes, Brian L. Strom, Lawrence M. Roton, Leonard L. Ingram, Jr., Edgar R. Butts
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Abstract
A projectile can be used to administer pesticides such as one or more from the group consisting of 4-allylanisole, anisole, allylbenzene, 4-isopropylanisole, p-anisaldehyde, ethylbenzene, cumene, 4-methoxyacetophenone, 4-methylstyrene, 2-propylphenol, phenetole, and toluene, for scolytid infestation. Conifers, which are a target for scolytids, are protected by the application of the pesticides by use of a projectile containing the compound which explodes upon contact with the conifer thereby emitting the compound.
Claims5
A container for delivering pesticide to a surface subject to Scolytidae infestation to repel conifer-feeding beetles in the family Scolytidae comprising an outer circular shell which encloses an inner supply of at least one compound selected from the group consisting of 4-allylanisole, anisole, allylbenzene, 4-isopropylanisole, p-anisaldehyde, ethylbenzene, cumene, 4-methoxyacetophenone, 4-methylstyrene, 2-propylphenol, phenetole, toluene and mixtures thereof, said container emitting an effective vapor dose of said compound upon contact with said surface at an appropriate height for utilizing the compound as a pesticide.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.