Patent ID: 6132749
Filing Date: 2000-10-17
Classification: A01N

Abstract:
A sustained-release pheromone-containing non-blocking preparation consisting essentially of a sex pheromone which is contained in powder of a synthetic resin compatible with the sex pheromone, the powder having an average particle size ranging from 0.2 to 2.5 mm wherein the sex pheromone has a heat of evaporation ranging from 21.800 to 27,000 cal/mole and a parameter, as a measure for the solubility, ranging from 8 to 9 cal.sup.1/2 cm.sup.-.sup.3/2 and the synthetic resin, which has a parameter, as a measure for the solubility, ranging from 8 to 9.5 cal.sup.1/2 cm.sup.-.sup.3/2 and comprises at least one member selected from the group consisting of copolymers of ethylene and vinyl esters and copolymers of ethylene and .alpha.- or .beta.-unsaturated carboxylic acids or derivatives thereof.