Fruit fly attractant compositions
AssigneeIowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
InventorsThomas C. Baker, Junwei Zhu, Kye-Chung Park
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Abstract
A Drosophila fruit fly attractant composition including: a volatile short chain carboxylic acid, a volatile short chain alcohol, a volatile aryl substituted alcohol, and a nitrogen compound. The invention also includes Drosophila fruit fly attractant-trapant compositions.
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A Drosophila fruit fly attractant composition comprising:
- a volatile short chain carboxylic acid,
- a volatile short chain alcohol,
- a volatile aryl substituted alcohol, and
- a nitrogen compound.
A Drosophila fruit fly attractant composition comprising:
- a volatile short chain carboxylic acid,
- a volatile short chain alcohol,
- a volatile aryl substituted alcohol,
- a nitrogen compound, and a sugar.
A Drosophila fruit fly attractant composition comprising:
- a volatile short chain carboxylic acid,
- a volatile short chain alcohol,
- a volatile aryl substituted alcohol,
- a nitrogen compound, and ethylacetate.
A Drosophila fruit fly attractant composition comprising:
- a volatile short chain carboxylic acid,
- a volatile short chain alcohol,
- a volatile aryl substituted alcohol,
- a nitrogen compound, and 2-phenylethylacetate.
A Drosophila fruit fly attractant composition comprising:
- a volatile short chain carboxylic acid,
- a volatile short chain alcohol,
- a volatile aryl substituted alcohol, and
- a nitrogen compound, wherein the nitrogen compound is indole, 3-methyl-1H-indole, or a trialkyl amine.
A Drosophila fruit fly attractant-trapant composition comprising:
- from about 30 to about 100 weight percent acetic acid,
- from about 1 to about 10 weight percent ethanol,
- from about 1.0 to about 30 weight percent 2-phenyl ethanol, and
- from about 0.01 to about 1.0 weight percent of a nitrogen compound.
A Drosophila fruit fly attractant-trapant composition comprising:
- from about 65 to about 70 weight percent acetic acid,
- from about 2 to about 4 weight percent ethanol,
- from about 9 to about 11 weight percent 2-phenyl ethanol,
- from about 0.01 to about 0.5 weight percent of a nitrogen compound,
- from about 10 to about 1,000 weight percent a sugar, and
- from about 10 to about 1,000 weight percent water.
A synthetic Drosophila fruit fly attractant composition prepared by combining:
- acetic acid, ethanol, 2-phenyl ethanol, and a nitrogen compound of indole, skatole, trimethylamine, or mixtures thereof.
A method for attracting Drosophila fruit flies comprising:
- positioning in a fruit fly area an effective amount of a Drosophila fruit fly attracting composition comprising:
- from about 10 to about 300 weight percent acetic acid,
- from about 1 to about 30 weight percent ethanol, and
- from about 0.1 to about 100 weight percent 2-phenyl ethanol,
- from about 0.001 to about 1.0 weight percent of a nitrogen compound,
- from about 10 to about 1,000 weight percent of a sugar, and
- from about 10 to about 1,000 weight percent water.
A Drosophila fruit fly attractant composition prepared by combining a simple sugar;
- a volatile carboxylic acid;
- a short alkyl chain alcohol;
- an aryl substituted short alkyl chain alcohol;
- and at least one nitrogen heterocycle compound to provide the composition which attracts a substantial majority of available Drosophila fruit flies and in preference to decaying fruit or produce situated in close proximity to the attractant composition.
A Drosophila fruit fly attractant composition comprising:
- a volatile short chain carboxylic acid,
- a volatile short chain alcohol,
- a volatile aryl substituted alcohol,
- a nitrogen compound, and a terpene compound.
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