Pesticidal Mixtures

Abstract

The present invention relates to synergistic mixtures comprising, as active components one insecticidal compound I selected from the group of acrinathrin, allethrin, alpha-cypermethrin, beta-cypermethrin, bifenthrin, cycloprothrin, cyfluthrin, cypermethrin, cyphenothrin, deltamethrin, dimefluthrin, esfenvalerate, etofenprox, fenpropathrin, fenvalerate, flucythrinate, imiprothrin, permethrin, prallethrin, profluthrin, pyrethrin I, pyrethrin II, resmethrin, silafluofen, tau-fluvalinate, tetramethrin, theta-cypermethrin, tralomethrin, transfluthrin and zeta-cypermethrin; and one fungicidal compound II selected from the group of azoxystrobin, coumethoxystrobin, coumoxystrobin, dimoxystrobin, enestroburin, fluoxastrobin, kresoxim-methyl, metominostrobin, orysastrobin, picoxystrobin, pyraclostrobin, pyrametostrobin, pyraoxystrobin, pyribencarb, trifloxysstrobin, 2-(ortho-((2,5-Dimethylphenyl-oxymethylen)phenyl)-3-methoxy-acrylic acid methyl ester, 2-(2-(3-(2,6-dichlorophenyl)-1-methyl-allylideneaminooxymethyl)-phenyl)-2-methoxyimino-N-methyl-acetamide in synergistic effective amounts.

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         16 : Mixtures comprising, as active components,
 1) one insecticidal compound I selected from the group consisting of acrinathrin, allethrin, alpha-cypermethrin, beta-cypermethrin, bifenthrin, cycloprothrin, cyfluthrin, cypermethrin, cyphenothrin, deltamethrin, dimefluthrin, esfenvalerate, etofenprox, fenpropathrin, fenvalerate, flucythrinate, imiprothrin, permethrin, prallethrin, profluthrin, pyrethrin I, pyrethrin II, resmethrin, silafluofen, taufluvalinate, tetramethrin, theta-cypermethrin, tralomethrin, transfluthrin and zeta-cypermethrin; and   2) one fungicidal compound II selected from the group consisting of azoxystrobin, coumethoxystrobin, coumoxystrobin, dimoxystrobin, enestroburin, fluoxastrobin, kresoxim-methyl, metominostrobin, orysastrobin, picoxystrobin, pyraclostrobin, pyrametostrobin, pyraoxystrobin, pyribencarb, trifloxystrobin, 2-(ortho-((2,5-Dimethylphenyl-oxymethylen)phenyl)-3-methoxy-acrylic acid methyl ester, and 2-(2-(3-(2,6-dichlorophenyl)-1-methyl-allylideneaminooxymethyl)-phenyl)-2-methoxyimino-N-methyl-acetamide;
 in synergistic effective amounts. 
   
     
     
         17 : The mixture according to  claim 16 , wherein the insecticidal compound I is selected from the group consisting of alpha-cypermethrin, bifenthrin, cyfluthrin, cypermethrin, deltamethrin, esfenvalerate, etofenprox, fenvalerate, flucythrinate, permethrin and zeta-cypermethrin. 
     
     
         18 : The mixture according to  claim 16 , wherein the insecticidal compound I is selected from the group consisting of alpha-cypermethrin, bifenthrin, cypermethrin, deltamethrin, flucythrinate and permethrin. 
     
     
         19 : The mixture according to  claims 16 , wherein the insecticidal compound I is selected from the group consisting of alpha-cypermethrin, bifenthrin, cypermethrin and deltamethrin. 
     
     
         20 : The mixture according to  claims 16 , wherein the insecticidal compound I is alpha-cypermethrin. 
     
     
         21 : The mixture according to  claim 16 , wherein the fungicidal compound II is selected from the group consisting of azoxystrobin, fluoxastrobin, kresoxim-methyl, picoxystrobin, pyraclostrobin and trifloxystrobin 
     
     
         22 : The mixture according to  claim 16 , wherein the fungicidal compound II is selected from the group consisting of azoxystrobin, pyraclostrobin and trifloxystrobin. 
     
     
         23 : The mixture according to  claim 16 , wherein the fungicidal compound II is pyraclostrobin. 
     
     
         24 : The mixture according to  claim 16 , wherein the ratio by weight of compound I to compound II is from 1:500 to 500:1. 
     
     
         25 : A pesticidal composition, comprising a liquid or solid carrier and a mixture as defined in  claim 16 . 
     
     
         26 : A method for controlling pests and/or improving the health of plants, wherein
 (a) the pest, their habitat, breeding grounds, their locus or the plants to be protected against pest attack, the soil or plant propagation material; or   (b) the plant, the locus where the plant is growing or is expected to grow or plant propagation material from which the plant grows;   are treated with an effective amount of a mixture as defined in  claim 16 .   
     
     
         27 : A method for protection of plant propagation material from pests comprising contacting the plant propagation materials with a mixture as defined in  claim 16  in pesticidally effective amounts. 
     
     
         28 : A method as claimed in  claim 27 , wherein the mixture as defined in  claim 16  is applied in an amount of from 0.01 g to 10 kg per 100 kg of plant propagation materials. 
     
     
         29 : The method of  claim 28 , wherein the insecticidal compound I is selected from the group consisting of alpha-cypermethrin, bifenthrin, cyfluthrin, cypermethrin, deltamethrin, esfenvalerate, etofenprox, fenvalerate, flucythrinate, permethrin and zeta-cypermethrin. 
     
     
         30 : The method of  claim 28 , wherein the insecticidal compound I is selected from the group consisting of alpha-cypermethrin, bifenthrin, cypermethrin, deltamethrin, flucythrinate and permethrin. 
     
     
         31 : The method of  claim 28 , wherein the insecticidal compound I is selected from the group consisting of alpha-cypermethrin, bifenthrin, cypermethrin and deltamethrin. 
     
     
         32 : The method of  claim 28 , wherein the insecticidal compound I is alpha-cypermethrin. 
     
     
         33 : The method of  claim 28 , wherein the fungicidal compound II is selected from the group consisting of azoxystrobin, fluoxastrobin, kresoxim-methyl, picoxystrobin, pyraclostrobin and trifloxystrobin 
     
     
         34 : A method as claimed in  claim 26 , wherein the compounds as defined in  claim 16  are applied simultaneously, that is jointly or separately, or in succession. 
     
     
         35 : Plant propagation material, comprising the mixture as defined in  claim 16  in an amount of from 0.01 g to 10 kg per 100 kg of plant propagation materials.