Patent ID: 6217891
Filing Date: 2001-04-17
Classification: A01N

Abstract:
A method of repelling conifer-infesting bark beetles from a surface subject to attack by said beetles, comprising treating the surface with a repellent compound selected from the group consisting of one or more of: toluene, pentanol, 2-hexanone, 3-hexanone, heptanal, benzaldehyde, 2-hydroxycyclohexanone, benzyl alcohol, (E)-ocimene, salicylaldehyde, conophthorin, guiacol, nonanal, methylsalicylate, decanal, thymolmethylether, (E)-nerolidol and dendrolasin, or mixture thereof, in amounts sufficient to repel said beetles from said surface, or eluting said compound from inert devices or carriers applied to said surface in amounts sufficient to repel said beetles from said surface from which said beetles are to be repelled.