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US 6,475,479 B1Granted
Terpenes for reducing the effect of pheromone on lepidoptera
AssigneeBASF SE
InventorsJacobus Jan de Kramer, Ulrich Neumann, Ulrich Klein, Mechtild Meiwald, Wolfgang Krieg
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Abstract
The use of terpenes for reducing the pheromone action on Lepidoptera and a method which allows terpenes to act on the habitat of the Lepidoptera are described.
Claims8
A method of disturbing the mating of Lepidoptera, which comprises reducing the pheromone action and thereby detracting the male species of Lepidoptera by treating the habitat of the Lepidoptera with an effective amount of citral and a pheromone and/or a pheromone related attractant.
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