Cynthia Atterholt

Current Courses:

Controlled Release Pheromones for Insect Pest Management

Our research involves the study of pheromones used for mating disruption as an alternative method to pesticides.

There is an increasing interest in alternatives to pesticides to minimize pesticide residues on food, as a health and safety concern of agricultural workers, and to provide a general understanding of environment impact. Safe alternatives to pesticides are needed to insure a food supply that is adequate to feed a growing world population.

Publications and Patents:

• Atterholt, C., D. Butcher, J. R. Bacon, W.R. Kwochka, and R. Woosley. 2000. Implementation of an environmental focus in an undergraduate chemistry curriculum by the addition of gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Journal of Chemical Education 77 (12): 1549-1550.
• Meissner, H.E., C.A. Atterholt, J.F. Walgenbach and G.G. Kennedy. 2000. Comparison of pheromone application rates, point source densities and dispensing methods for mating disruption of tufted apple bud moth (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). J. Econ. Entomol. 93:3.
• Delwiche, M., J. Krochta, R. Rice, and C. Atterholt. Aqueous emulsion comprising biodegradable carrier for insect pheromones and methods for controlled release thereof. United States Patent, Patent number 6,001,346, December 14, 1999.
• Atterholt, C. 1999. Book review of Chemistry and Mode of Action of Crop Protection Agents, by L. Copping and H. Hewitt, published by The Royal Society of Chemistry, in J. Am.Chem. Soc. 121 (40), p. 9486.
• Atterholt, C., M. Delwiche, R. Rice, and J. Krochta. 1999. Controlled Release of Insect Sex Pheromones from Paraffin Wax and Emulsions. J.Controlled Release, 57 (3): 233-247.
• Atterholt, C., M. Delwiche, R. Rice, and J. Krochta. 1998. Study of biopolymers and paraffin as potential controlled-release carriers for insect pheromones. J. of Ag. & Food Chem., 46 (10), pp. 4429-4434.
• Delwiche, M., C. Atterholt, R. Rice. 1998. Spray Application of Paraffin Emulsions Containing Insect Pheromones for Mating Disruption, Transactions of the ASAE 41(2):475-480.
• Rice, R., C. Atterholt, M. Delwiche, and R. Jones. 1997. Efficacy of mating disruption pheromones in paraffin emulsion dispensers. Technology Transfer in Mating Disruption IOBC wprs Bulletin, 20 (1), pp. 151-161.

Abstracts and Presentations:

• Atterholt, C . Paraffin Pheromone Formulations and their Potential in Mating Disruption, Michigan State University, October, 2001.
• Atterholt, C., T. Gore, E. Lincoln, J. Walgenbach. Determining Laboratory Release Rates of Synthetic Insect Pheromones Used as Pesticide Alternatives for Insect Pest Management.
• Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies, Detroit, MI, October, 2001.
• Atterholt, C. Controlled Release of Pheromones from Paraffin and Paraffin Emulsions, Research meeting, Gowan Chemical Co., Yuma, AZ, January 2001.
• Gore, T., C. Atterholt, J. Walgenbach. Comparison of Paraffin Emulsion and Isomate â Dispensers for Mating Disruption of Oriental Fruit Moth and Codling Moth. Entomological Society of Americal National Meeting, Atlanta, GA, December, 1999.
• Gore, T., C. Atterholt, J. Walgenbach. Laboratory and Field Studies of Codling and Oriental Fruit Moth Pheromones. Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Knoxville, TN, October, 1999.
• Sanders, E., C. Atterholt, J. Walgenbach. Evaluation of the Release Rates of Codling Moth Pheromone from Various Dispensers and a Comparison of Laboratory and Field Data. The Annual National Black Graduate Student Conference, Baton Rouge, LA, May 1999.
• Woosley, R., C. Atterholt, J. R. Bacon, and D. Butcher. Impact of gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) on the chemistry curriculum at Western Carolina University. National Meeting of the Am. Chem. Society, New Orleans, LA, August 1999.
• Atterholt, C. Controlled Release of Insect Pheromones from Paraffin for Mating Disruption of Orchard Pests, Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopic Societies, Austin, TX, October 12, 1998.
• Roles, D.C., C. Atterholt, H. Meissner, and J. Walgenbach. 1997. Release Rates of Tufted Apple Bud Moth Sex Pheromone at Various Concentrations and Temperatures. Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, Nashville, TN, Paper #214.