PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Edward W. Hellman
AU  - Gary L. Yocum
AU  - Robert J. Robel
TI  - Preliminary Evaluation of Dimethyl Anthranilate as a Bird Repellent on Grapes
AID  - 10.5344/ajev.1989.40.2.140
DP  - 1989 Jan 01
TA  - American Journal of Enology and Viticulture
PG  - 140--142
VI  - 40
IP  - 2
4099  - http://www.ajevonline.org/content/40/2/140.short
4100  - http://www.ajevonline.org/content/40/2/140.full
SO  - Am J Enol Vitic.1989 Jan 01; 40
AB  - A preliminary study was conducted to evaluate dimethyl anthranilate (DMA) as a bird repellent on grapes. Individually caged European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris L.) were offered 10 DMA-treated (0.10 M or 0.01 M) or untreated grapes for a 90-minute period with no other food source present. Ten birds each received the same treatment for 10 consecutive days. Birds offered DMA-treated grapes consumed significantly fewer grapes than birds offered non-treated grapes. Mean daily consumption of grapes per bird was 1.9, 2.2, and 3.9 for the high DMA, low DMA, and non-treated grapes, respectively.