Seed treatment with combinations of insecticides

Abstract

A method of preventing damage to the seed and/or shoots and foliage of a plant by a pest includes treating the seed from which the plant grows with a composition that includes a combination of at least one pyrethrin or synthetic pyrethroid and at least one other insecticide selected from the group consisting of an oxadiazine derivative, a chloronicotinyl, a nitroguanidine, a pyrrol, a pyrazone, a diacylhydrazine, a triazole, a biological/fermentation product, a phenyl pyrazole, an organophosphate and a carbamate. It is preferred that when the other insecticide is an oxadiazine derivative, the pyrethroid is selected from the group consisting of taufluvalinate, flumethrin, trans-cyfluthrin, kadethrin, bioresmethrin, tetramethrin, phenothrin, empenthrin, cyphenothrin, prallethrin, imiprothrin, allethrin and bioallethrin. The treatment is applied to the unsown seed. In another embodiment, the seed is a transgenic seed having at least one heterologous gene encoding for the expression of a protein having pesticidal activity against a first pest and the composition has activity against at least one second pest. Treated seeds are also provided.

1 - 41 . (Cancelled).  
     
     
         42 . A method for protecting a seed and/or shoots and foliage of a plant grown from the seed from damage by a pest, the method comprising treating the unsown seed with a composition comprising a nitroguanidine and at least one other insecticide selected from the group consisting of a chloronicotinyl, a pyrrol, a pyrazole, a diacylhydrazine, a triazole, a biological/fermentation product, a phenyl pyrazole, an organophosphate and a carbamate.  
     
     
         43 . A seed that has been treated by the method as set forth in  claim 42 .  
     
     
         44 . The seed as set forth in  claim 43 , wherein the seed is selected from the group consisting of corn, soybean, cotton, rice, sorghum, sugar beet, wheat, barley, rye, sunflower, tomato, sugarcane, tobacco, rape and oats.  
     
     
         45 . The seed as set forth in  claim 44 , wherein the seed is corn seed.  
     
     
         46 . The seed as set forth in  claim 43 , wherein the seed is a transgenic seed.  
     
     
         47 . A composition for seed treatment prior to sowing comprising a nitroguanidine and at least one other insecticide selected from the group consisting of a chloronicotinyl, a pyrrol, a pyrazole, a diacylhydrazine, a triazole, a biological/fermentation product, a phenyl pyrazole, an organophosphate and a carbamate.  
     
     
         48 - 55 . (Cancelled).  
     
     
         56 . (Previously presented, now cancelled)  
     
     
         57 . The method as set forth in  claim 42 , wherein the nitroguanidine is dinotefuran.  
     
     
         58 . The method as set forth in  claim 42 , wherein the other insecticide is a chloronicotinyl.  
     
     
         59 . The method as set forth in  claim 58 , wherein the chloronicotinyl comprises at least one compound that is selected from the group consisting of imidacloprid, acetamiprid, nitenpyram, and mixtures thereof.  
     
     
         60 . The method as set forth in  claim 42 , wherein the other insecticide is a pyrrol.  
     
     
         61 . The method as set forth in  claim 60 , wherein the pyrrol comprises chlorfenapyr.  
     
     
         62 . The method as set forth in  claim 42 , wherein the other insecticide comprises a pyrazole.  
     
     
         63 . The method as set forth in  claim 62 , wherein the pyrazole comprises tebufenpyrad.  
     
     
         64 . The method as set forth in  claim 42 , wherein the other insecticide comprises a diacylhydrazine.  
     
     
         65 . The method as set forth in  claim 64 , wherein the diacylhydrazine comprises at least one compound that is selected from the group consisting of tebufenozide, methoxyfenozide and halofenozide.  
     
     
         66 . The method as set forth in  claim 42 , wherein the other insecticide comprises a triazole.  
     
     
         67 . The method as set forth in  claim 66 , wherein the triazole comprises triazamate.  
     
     
         68 . The method as set forth in  claim 42 , wherein the other insecticide comprises a biological/fermentation product that comprises avermectin or spinosad.  
     
     
         69 . The method as set forth in  claim 42 , wherein the other insecticide comprises a phenyl pyrazone.  
     
     
         70 . The method as set forth in  claim 69 , wherein the phenyl pyrazone comprises fiprinol.  
     
     
         71 . The method as set forth in  claim 42 , wherein the other insecticide comprises an organophosphate.  
     
     
         72 . The method as set forth in  claim 71 , wherein the organophosphate is selected from the group consisting of acephate, fenamiphos, diazinon, chlorpyrifos, chlorpyrifon-methyl and malathion.  
     
     
         73 . The method as set forth in  claim 42 , wherein the other insecticide comprises a carbamate.  
     
     
         74 . The method as set forth in  claim 73 , wherein the carbamate is selected from carbaryl, aldicarb, carbofuran, thiodicarb and oxamyl.  
     
     
         75 . The composition as set forth in  claim 47 , wherein the nitroguanidine is dinotefuran.  
     
     
         76 . The composition as set forth in  claim 47 , wherein the other insecticide is a chloronicotinyl.  
     
     
         77 . The composition as set forth in  claim 76 , wherein the chloronicotinyl comprises at least one compound that is selected from the group consisting of imidacloprid, acetamiprid, nitenpyram, and mixtures thereof.  
     
     
         78 . The composition as set forth in  claim 47 , wherein the other insecticide is a pyrrol.  
     
     
         79 . The composition as set forth in  claim 78 , wherein the pyrrol comprises chlorfenapyr.  
     
     
         80 . The composition as set forth in  claim 47 , wherein the other insecticide comprises a pyrazole.  
     
     
         81 . The composition as set forth in  claim 80 , wherein the pyrazole comprises tebufenpyrad.  
     
     
         82 . The composition as set forth in  claim 47 , wherein the other insecticide comprises a diacylhydrazine.  
     
     
         83 . The composition as set forth in  claim 82 , wherein the diacylhydrazine comprises at least one compound that is selected from the group consisting of tebufenozide, methoxyfenozide and halofenozide.  
     
     
         84 . The composition as set forth in  claim 47 , wherein the other insecticide comprises a triazole.  
     
     
         85 . The composition as set forth in  claim 84 , wherein the triazole comprises triazamate.  
     
     
         86 . The composition as set forth in  claim 47 , wherein the other insecticide comprises a biological/fermentation product that comprises avermectin or spinosad.  
     
     
         87 . The composition as set forth in  claim 47 , wherein the other insecticide comprises a phenyl pyrazole.  
     
     
         88 . The composition as set forth in  claim 87 , wherein the phenyl pyrazole comprises fiprinol.  
     
     
         89 . The composition as set forth in  claim 47 , wherein the other insecticide comprises an organophosphate.  
     
     
         90 . The composition as set forth in  claim 89 , wherein the organophosphate is selected from the group consisting of acephate, fenamiphos, diazinon, chlorpyrifos, chlorpyrifon-methyl and malathion.  
     
     
         91 . The composition as set forth in  claim 47 , wherein the other insecticide comprises a carbamate.  
     
     
         92 . The composition as set forth in  claim 91 , wherein the carbamate is selected from carbaryl, aldicarb, carbofuran, thiodicarb and oxamyl.