Claims
- 1. 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.
- 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the citral is applied to the habitat as a mixture with an additive selected from the group consisting of the organic solvents, vegetable oils, animals oils, synthetic oils and mixtures thereof.
- 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the pheromone or the pheromone related attractant is selected from the group consisting of E7,Z9-dodecadienyl-1-acetate, Z9-dodecenyl-1-acetate, E7-dodecenyl-1-acetate, E7,Z9-dodecadien-1-ol, Z9-dodecen-1-ol, E7,Z9-dodecadien-1-al, Z9-dodecen-1-al and mixtures thereof.
- 4. The method of claim 1, wherein the pheromone and/or the pheromone related attractant is selected from the group consisting of E7,Z9-dodecadienyl-1-acetate, Z9-dodecenyl-1-acetate, E7-dodecenyl-1-acetate and mixtures thereof.
- 5. The method of claim 1, wherein citral and the pheromone and/or the pheromone related attractant is applied in a weight ratio of from 100:1 to 1:100.
- 6. The method of claim 5, wherein the weight ratio of citral to the pheromone and/or the pheromone related attractant is from 100:2 to 1:50.
- 7. The method of claim 5, wherein the weight ratio of citral to the pheromone and/or the pheromone related attractant is from 100:5 to 1:10.
- 8. The method of claim 5, wherein the weight ratio of citral to the pheromone and/or the pheromone related attractant is from 100:10 to 1:1.
Priority Claims (1)
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195 20 706 |
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Parent Case Info
This application is a 371 of PCT/EP96/02391, filed on Jun. 3, 1996.
PCT Information
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PCT/EP96/02391 |
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Publishing Document |
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WO96/41527 |
12/27/1996 |
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