Patents by Inventor Peter Witzgall

Peter Witzgall has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Attractant for apple fruit moth and other insect pests of apple
    Publication number: 20070004686
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of behaviour modifying volatile plant compounds of rowan Sorbus aucuparia and apple Malus domestica for a determination of a population or controlling pest insects on apple, in particular apple fruit moth Argyresthia conjugella Zeller (Lepidoptera, Argyresthiidae) and codling moth Cydia Pomonella L. (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae). The compound 2-phenylethanol, only or in combination with other compounds, in particular anetole, efficiently attracting females and males of apple fruit moth A. conjugella. Other compounds identified from rowan and apple include p-anisaldehyde, )E)-beta-farnesene, farnesol, (Z)3-hexenyl 2-methylbutanoate, linalool and methylsalicylate efficiently attracting apple fruit moth, codling moth and other important pest insects of apple.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2005
    Publication date: January 4, 2007
    Inventors: Marie Bengtsson, Peter Witzgall, Sverre Kobro, Gunnhild Jaastad, Jan Lofqvist, Conny Lindhe
  • Combating pest insects
    Patent number: 6395775
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a sex pheromone, E8,E10-dodecadien-1-ol, in combination with one or more behavioral antagonists or behavioral synergists for control of codling moth by mating disruption or attraction & killing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2002
    Inventors: Jan Löfqvist, Marie Bengtsson, Peter Witzgall