Abstract: Composition for inhibiting the ability of mosquitoes to locate a target by olfactory emissions of the target comprise a composition of at least one inhibiting compound selected from the group consisting of 3-methyl-1-alkene-3-ols of the formula: and 3-methyl-1-alkyn-3-ols of the formula: wherein R1 and R2 are each independently a saturated or unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon group containing from 1 to about 12 carbon atoms, in a vehicle base that is a porous or waxy medium. The composition being capable of dispensing the inhibiting compound in an non-lethal amount effective to inhibit the ability of mosquitoes to sense a target in a three dimensional environmental space.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 20, 2005
Date of Patent:
October 5, 2010
Assignees:
Biosensory Inc., Bedouklan Research, Inc., The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
Inventors:
James A. Nolen, Robert H. Bedoukian, Robert E. Maloney, Daniel L. Kline