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• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
  • A01N—PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTS THEREOF; BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES OR AS HERBICIDES; PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS
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• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
  • A01N—PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTS THEREOF; BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES OR AS HERBICIDES; PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS
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• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
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  • A01N65/00—Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing material from algae, lichens, bryophyta, multi-cellular fungi or plants, or extracts thereof
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• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
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  • A01N—PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTS THEREOF; BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES OR AS HERBICIDES; PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS
  • A01N65/00—Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing material from algae, lichens, bryophyta, multi-cellular fungi or plants, or extracts thereof
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Definitions

• the present invention relates to pesticidal compositions, in particular to compositions that control insect or arachnid pests such as sucking insects, and their use, especially in agriculture. Certain compositions of the invention may also control the viruses that are vectored by these pests.
• oils such as tagetes oil and thyme oil have been demonstrated to have insect repellent properties on several insect species.
• their potential for use in mainstream agriculture is limited due to two factors: economics and taint.
• these oils when applied alone to crops, have to be applied in amounts of from 2 to 5 litres of oil per hectare to achieve reasonable pest control.
• the use of the oils requires too much material to be used for them to be cost effective.
• the crops can suffer significant post harvest taint.
• Essential oils have been used for the treatment of stored grain, but again, the amounts applied to achieve effective insect repellence is high.
• a pesticidal composition comprising (i) one or more essential oils selected from tagetes oil or a thymol containing essential oil, or a mixture thereof, or components thereof which have insect repellent or deterrent properties, wherein the total amount of such oil or component present does not exceed 10%w/w; (ii) an agriculturally acceptable carrier oil and (iii) an emulsifier.
• Thyme oil is a particularly suitable thymol containing essential oil, but others include Anabasis, carum, lavendula , Oc ⁇ mum, and origanum oils.
• the composition comprises one or more essential oils selected from tagetes oil or thyme oil, or a mixture thereof as element (i) above.
• one or more isolated components of these oils may be utilised, provided these have insect repellent or deterrent properties.
• Thymus vulgaris essential oil comprises a mixture of thymol, caracrol, cymol, linalool, terpin-4-ol an monoterpenoids . Any of these components or mixtures thereof may be used in the composition.
• Components of tagetes oil such as Tagetes erecta and Tagetes minuta essential oil include dihydrotagetone, thiophenes and ocimene, or which dihydrotagetone is the most important component .
• the agriculturally acceptable carrier oil acts as a carrier for the essential oil, allowing a smaller quantity of the essential oils to be evenly distributed on the crop, thus improving efficacy and reducing taint.
• the composition suitably contains no more than 5%w/w of essential oil, more suitably no more than 3%w/w and preferably no more than 1.5%w/w of essential oil.
• the composition may contain no more than l%w/w essential oil.
• compositions may also be applied in other environments, for example to stored grain, in order to reduce or eliminate pest damage.
• amount of composition applied will be dependent on factors such as the nature of the grain and the level of the problem, but generally amounts of composition used will be such that the amount of essential oil is less than O.Olml/lOOg grain, particularly less than O.OOlml/lOOg grain, and most particularly less than 0. OOOlml/lOOg grain.
• lOml/lOOg grain generally less than lOml/lOOg grain, more suitably less than 1 ml/lOOg grain, and preferably less than O.lml/lOOg grain of the composition are used.
• compositions of the invention provides environmental benefits.
• adverse effects against beneficial insects such as bees, ladybirds ( Coccinella septempuncata) and earthworms ⁇ Eisenla foetida) are minimised.
• oils may be present alone or combinations of different oils may be included, provided the total essential oil content does not exceed the amounts specified above. Effective components of these oils are those which have insect repellent or deterrent properties .
• the composition contains a mixture of tagetes oil and thyme oil, in ratios of from 3:1 to 1:3 and preferably about 1:1.
• a composition shows particular synergistic effects in particular against whitefly.
• the composition comprises tagetes oil as component (i) .
• the agriculturally acceptable carrier oil is suitably a vegetable oil such as including canola oil (OSR) , sunflower oil, cottonseed oil, palm oil and soybean oil.
• OSR canola oil
• sunflower oil cottonseed oil, palm oil and soybean oil.
• the composition of the invention comprises an emulsifier, which may be any known agriculturally acceptable emulsifier.
• the emulsifier will comprise a surfactant, typically alkylaryl sulphonates, ethoxylated alcohols, polyalkoxylated butyl ethers, calcium alkyl benzene sulphonates, polyalkylene glycol ethers and butyl polyalkylene oxide block copolymers as are known in the art.
• Nonyl phenol emulsifiers such as Triton N57TM are particular examples of emulsifiers, which may be used in the compositions of the invention, as are polyoxyethylene sorbitan esters such as polyoxyethylene sorbitan monolaurate (sold by ICI under the trade name "TweenTM”) .
• polyoxyethylene sorbitan esters such as polyoxyethylene sorbitan monolaurate (sold by ICI under the trade name "TweenTM"
• natural organic emulsifiers may be preferred, particularly for organic farming applications.
• coconut oils such as coconut diethanolamide is an example of such an compound. Palm oil products such as Lauryl stearate may also be used.
• the emulsifier is suitably present in an amount which is sufficient to ensure that the composition has the desired miscibility with water.
• the emulsifier may be present in amounts of from 1 to 20%w/w, suitably up to 10%w/w and in particular about 6%w/w.
• the composition of the invention further comprises a compound which remediates symptoms of viral infection.
• Particular examples of such compounds may be compounds which reduce ethylene production or have antiviral effects.
• Ethylene production is increased following infection with many viruses, and application of compounds, which reduce this, can be used to remediate symptoms .
• a particular example of compounds which are known to reduce ethylene production are salicylate compounds such as salicyclic acid or esters thereof, in particular alkyl ester.
• salicylate compounds such as salicyclic acid or esters thereof, in particular alkyl ester.
• alkyl esters include C ⁇ _ 10 alkyl esters such as methyl salicylate.
• the salicylate compound used in the composition is in the form of an essential oil.
• essential oils which include salicylic acid or salicylates include wintergreen oil, as well as oils from Chenopodium, Erythroxylum, Eugenia, Gaultheria, Myristica, Syzygium, Xanthophyllum, Cinnamonium, Gualtheria, Gossypium and mentha.
• wintergreen oil contains a high proportion of methyl salicylate, and therefore forms a readily useable source of active ingredient, which is readily miscible with the composition.
• Plants respond to compound as it volatilises, so a thorough even coverage is essential to the efficacy of this compound if it is to be effective under field conditions. Incorporation into an oil-based formulation of the invention ensures that this occurs.
• the compound used may be used compounds which have antiviral activity and such as jasmonic acid or derivatives thereof.
• Particular derivatives are alkyl esters such as C ⁇ _ 10 alkyl esters such as methyl jasmonate.
• the composition of the invention need only contain a relatively small amount of such a compound, for example up to 0.1%w/w, and preferably only a trace amount up to 0.005%w/w for instance, 0.001%w/w. Where this is administered in the form of an essential oil, the amount of oil added should be sufficient to ensure that the desired concentration of the active compound is supplied.
• oils with relatively high concentrations of the compounds such as wintergreen oil, may be preferred.
• a particularly preferred composition comprises a combination of tagetes oil and wintergreen oil, wherein the tagetes oil forms at least part of component (i) of the composition, and the wintergreen oil is component (iv) as described above.
• the composition contains a mixture of tagetes oil and a thymol containing essential oil such as thyme oil, in ratios of from 3:1 to 1:1.
• the composition contains a mixture of a thymol containing essential oil such as thyme oil and wintergreen oil, wherein the a thymol containing essential oil such as thyme oil forms at least part of component (i) of the composition, and the wintergreen oil is component (iv) as described above.
• Mixtures comprising tagetes oil and a thymol containing essential oil such as thyme oil as component (i) and wintergreen oil as component (iv) are particularly preferred as they provide effective protection against both whitefly and mites.
• the composition can be used as a "one product strategy" for dealing with several separate but related issues. Specifically it can tackle aphids and other sucking insects and the virus that they vector by: a) Destroying insects already present; b) Deterring reinfestation; and c) Helping the plant recover from virus
• Insects already present on treated crops when the composition of the invention is applied are killed by the agriculturally acceptable carrier oil such as the vegetable oil. This acts by suffocation of the insects and has ovicidal properties, and so reduces the sources for reinfestation.
• the agriculturally acceptable carrier oil such as the vegetable oil.
• the presence of the insect repellent or deterrent discourages reinfestation. Furthermore, by including a compound such as methyl salicyclate, the composition will remediate any virus which has been vectored by the insects.
• the invention provides a pesticidal composition
• a pesticidal composition comprising (i) one or more essential oils selected from tagetes oil or a thymol containing essential oil, or a mixture thereof, or components thereof which have insect repellent or deterrent properties; (ii) an agriculturally acceptable carrier oil; (iii) an emulsifier; and (iv) a compound which remediates symptoms of viral infection.
• Particularly suitable components (i)-(iv) and preferred relative amounts used are as set out above.
• compositions are suitably prepared by mixing the components together in a conventional manner.
• the essential oil(s), the viral symptom remediation component and the emulsifier are added to the agriculturally acceptable carrier oil and mixed with stirring until the components are evenly diluted throughout the composition.
• compositions of the invention are suitably diluted in water before application.
• compositions described above are generally concentrates.
• the inventions provide a formulation for administration to insect pests or to the environment of the insect pests, the formulation comprising a composition as described above, and water.
• the amount of water used will depend upon the particular mode of administration of the pesticidal formulation, and to where it is being applied, for example to crops or to grain stores of the like. This will generally be by means of a sprayer, such as an electrostatic or other conventional sprayer. In general, the final formulation will contain from 10-20% of the composition of the invention and the remainder is water.
• the invention provides a method for killing or controlling insect pests which method comprises applying to the pests or to the locus thereof, a composition as described above.
• the composition is one that contains a component, which remediates viral infection, and so the treatment provides a combined pesticidal and viral symptom remediation effect.
• compositions and methods of the invention can be used to treat a variety of crops affected by various insects and arachnids, including aphids, thrips, leafhoppers, greenfly, whitefly, and mites.
• Whitefly species which may be controlled include Trialeurodes vaporariorum (Glass House Whitefly) , Trialeurodes abutilonea, Aleurothirus floccosus, Aleurodicus disperses, Bemisia argentifolia (Silverleaf whitefly) , Bemisia tabaci, Bemesia graminus, Pseudaulacaspis pentagona (white peach scale) , and in particular Trialeurodes vaporariorum (Glass House Whitefly) , Bemisia argentifolia (Silverleaf whitefly) and Pseudaulacaspis pentagona (white peach scale) .
• Thrips species which may be controlled include Thrips tabaci, Scitothrips aurantii, Scirtothrips citri, Limnothrips cerealium, Haplothrips tritici, Kanothrips robustus, Diarthrothrips coffeae, Taeniothrips inconsequeus , Taeniothrips simplex, Heterothrips azaleae, Liothrips oleae, Caliothrips sp. , Frankiniella sp., Heliothrips haemorhoidalis and Thrips palmi, and in particular Frankiniella sp..
• Important aphid pests which may be controlled include Aphis fabae (Black Bean aphid) , Acyrthosiphum pisum (pea aphid) , Brevicoryne brassicae (cabbage aphid) , Sitobion avenae (grain aphid) , Cavariella aegopodii (carrot aphid) , Aphis craccivora (groundnut aphid) , Aphis gossypii, Aphis nasturii, Aphis citricol, Aphis craccivora , Toxoptera aurantii (black citrus aphid), Cavariella spp., Chaitopherus spp., Cinara spp., Drepanoiphum platanoides, Elatobium spp., Myzus ascalonicas, Myzus persicae, Myzus ornatus, Rhopalos
• Mites which may controlled include Panonychus sp. such as Panonychus citri (citrus red mite) , and Panonychus ulmi (red spider mite), Tetranychus sp. such as Tetranychus kanzawi (Kanzawa spider mite) , Tetranychus urticae (2 spotted spider mite) , Tetranychus pacificus ( Pacific spider mite) , Tetranychus turkestanii (Strawberry mite) and Tetranychus cinnabar inus (Carmine spider mite), Oligonychus sp .
• Panonychus sp. such as Panonychus citri (citrus red mite) , and Panonychus ulmi (red spider mite)
• Tetranychus sp. such as Tetranychus kanzawi (Kanzawa spider mite) , Tetranychus urticae (2 spotted spider mite) , Tetranychus
• Oligonychus panicae (avacado brown mite)
• Oligonychus perseae (persea mite)
• Oligonychus pra tensis (Banks grass mite)
• Oligonychus coffeae Aculus sp.
• Aculus cornatus (Peach silver mite), Aculus fockeni (plum rust mite) and Aculus lycopersici (tomato russet mite), Eotetranychus sp.
• Eotetranychus wilametti Eotetranychus yumensis (yuma spider mite) and Eotetranychus sexmacula tis (6-spotted mite), Bryobia rubrioculus (brown mite), Epitrimerus pyri (pear rust mite) , Phytoptus pyri (Pear leaf blister mite) , Acalitis essigi (red berry mite) , Polyphagotarsonemus latus (Broad mite) , Eriophyes sheldoni (citrus bud mite) , Brevipalpus lewisi (citrus flat mite) , Phylocoptruta oleivora (citrus rust mite) , Petrobia lateens (Brown wheat mite) , Oxyenus maxwelli (olive mite) , Rhizoglyphus spp., Tyrophagus spp., Dipta
• Panonychus sp. such as Panonychus citri (citrus red mite) , and Panonychus ulmi (red spider mite)
• Tetranychus sp. such as Tetranychus kanzawi (Kanzawa spider mite)
• Tetranychus urticae (2 spotted spider mite)
• Phylocoptruta oleivora citrus rust mite
• compositions of the invention are particularly effective at controlling whitefly, and mites such as Tetranychus urticae, Panonychus ulmi (fruit tree spider mite) ort Panonychus citri (citrus red mite) . They have been found to show an extremely good repellent effect against adult pests, but also provided control of nymphs, and a good ovicidal effect, in particular against mite eggs.
• the product is suitable for use on most crops, but in particular can be used for the treatment of greenhouse crops, vegetables, and fruit crops .
• compositions have low phytotoxicity at the effective concentrations. They appear to act as contact insecticides, and are not well translocated through plant tissue. However, they do persist well when applied to plant tissue, and so provide reasonable protection over a period of time.
• the invention further provides the use of a composition as described above which contain a compound which remediates viral symptoms, as a combined pesticidal/viral symptom remediation composition.
• the invention provides the use of a composition or a formulation as described above, as an adjuvant for an insecticide or acaricide.
• the invention provides the use of a composition as described above as an insecticide or acaricide, for administration to crops at a rate of less than 5 litres per hectare, and preferably at no more than 2 litres per hectare.
• composition applied in any particular situation will vary depending upon a number of factors such as the nature of the crop, the level of pest infestation etc. Typically however, for use on crops, from 2-5 litres of the composition of the invention before water is added, will be applied per hectare. Thus the amount of essential oil added will generally be from 0.02 to 0.51itres per hectare. This is significantly lower than conventional methods .
• compositions can be used either alone (and in this case, they may be suitable for organic growers) or in conjunction with other insecticides or acaricides.
• the composition of the invention can lead to an improvement in performance of the other insecticide or acaricide, and thus it produces an adjuvant effect. It may further reduce application rate and frequency, remediate virus symptom infection and leave a deterrent.
• composition A The resultant composition (Composition A) can be applied to crops, where it kills pests.
• the residual deterrent or repellent on the crops reduces the incidence of reinfestation.
• composition B The aim of this study was to determine the efficacy of the compositions of the invention on separate life stages of the glasshouse whitefly ⁇ Trialeurodes vaporariorum) . Three studies were undertaken, the first to determine the efficacy of the composition of the invention as an ovicide in both protectant and curative treatments.
• composition B The following composition (Composition B) was prepared:
• composition B was to determine the efficacy of composition B as a curative treatment against whitefly nymphs and the third test was to determine the effects of the composition as a (repellent) protectant spray against whitefly adults.
• ovicide test plants were treated (both infested and uninfested with eggs) .
• curative test leaf discs were taken and egg numbers counted.
• protectant test treated plants were infested after treatment then leaf discs taken with known numbers of eggs. Assessments of egg hatch were made at 3, 6 and 7 days after treatment (DAA) for both curative and protectant tests.
• the adult protectant test assessed the numbers of alive adults on treated leaves after immersion in an adult whitefly infested chamber, 15 and 18 days after application.
• composition B No phytotoxicity was seen with composition B at rates up to and including 5000 mL product /hL on tobacco leaves.
• Table 1 RESULTS FOR OVICIDE PROTECTANT TEST (Showing percentage whitefly egg hatch - mean of three replicates)
• composition B reduced egg hatch at the 5000 and 1000 mL product/hL rates although few eggs were laid on treated leaves at these rates.
• Table 2 RESULTS FOR OVICIDE CURATIVE TEST (showing percentage whitefly egg hatch - mean of three replicates) .
• Example 1 Only a very slight reduction in egg hatch was seen with the composition of Example 1 at the 5000mL/hL rate and imidacloprid (99.2 and 91.4%) respectively compared to 100% hatch at all other rates tested.
• Table 3 RESULTS FOR NYMPH CURATIVE TEST (showing percentage whitefly nymph mortality - mean of three replicates) .
• composition B gave good control of whitefly nymphs from 100 to 5000 mL/hL.
• Table 4 RESULTS FOR ADULT REPELLENCE TEST (number of adult whitefly per leaf (mean of three replicates) .
• composition B gave excellent preventative egg control (similar to imidacloprid @ 15 gai/hL) when applied as a preventative spray at rates of 1000 and 5000 mL/hL. Furthermore, this composition at rates of 100 to 5000 mL/hL gave excellent control of nymphs and repelled adults from treated leaves at rates of 1000 and 5000 mL product /hL.
• the aim of this study was to determine the efficacy of the compositions of the invention against the red spider mite Tetranychus urticae .
• the composition of Example 2 was assessed at application rates of 5000, 1000, 200, 100, and 50 mL composition/hL, along with a deionised water only control and a reference item (Dynamec , comprising Abamectin at 18g/L (1.88%w/w)) sprayed at 50 mL product/hL.
• leaf discs were cut and placed, treated surface uppermost, in petri dishes containing water- saturated cotton wool.
• the discs were infested with either mite adults, nymphs or eggs.
• the leaf discs were either taken from infested cultures for the curative test or infested by transferring eggs, nymphs or adults using a fine paint brush.
• the infested leaf discs were maintained in a controlled environment room at 22.4 - 26.9°C and 38.4 - 87.1% relative humidity.
• the lighting regime was 16 hours light/8 hours dark with a light intensity of 250 - 383 lux.
• Example 1 Assessments of mortality were carried out at times one, three and seven days after application. Mortality assessments of the nymphs and adults were only made at one and three DAA because of natural mortality. For the test to be considered valid, mortality in the controls at each time point assessment should not have exceeded 20% (actual total mortality ranged from 0 to 13.3%). No phytotoxicity was seen with Example 1 at rates up to and including 5000 mL product/hL on French bean.
• Table 5 RESULTS FOR OVICIDE PROTECTANT TEST Percentage mite egg hatch (mean of three replicates) .
• Composition B reduced egg hatch from rates of 200 mL product/hL at seven DAA.
• Dynamec a leading mite treatment produced no egg mortality at 50 mL/hL seven DAA.
• Table 6 RESULTS FOR NYMPH PROTECTANT TEST Percentage mite nymph mortality (mean of three replicates)
• Dynamec produced 100% control at 50 mL product/hL 3DAA.
• the formulation of Example 2 produced similar control to Dynamec at 5000 mL/hL.
• Example 2 In this test, the formulation of Example 2 at 5000 and lOOOmL/hL produced a similar control to Dynamec at 50mL/hL 3DAA.
• Table 8 RESULTS FOR OVICIDE CURATIVE TEST Percentage mite egg hatch (mean of three replicates) .
• Example 2 The composition of Example 2 is clearly a better ovicide than Dynamec at rates of 1000 and 5000 mL/hL.
• Example 2 provided similar control to Dynamec at 5000 mL/hL with 55% mortality at 50 mL/hL.
• Example 2 shows similar control to Dynamec at 5000 mL/hL with 18% mortality at 50 mL/hL (3DAA) .
• Example 2 had superior mite egg control than Dynamec when applied as a curative spray at rates of 1000 and 5000 mL/hL.
• the composition of Example 1 at rates of 200, 1000, and 5000 mLs product /hL reduced egg hatch (94.7, 45.2 and 32.3% egg hatch respectively) .
• Dynamec had no effect on egg hatch at 50mL product/hL.
• Example 2 The composition of Example 2 at rates of 1000 and 5000 mL/hL also had excellent control of both nymphs and adults in both curative and protectant sprays.
• Example 4 The composition of Example 2 at rates of 1000 and 5000 mL/hL also had excellent control of both nymphs and adults in both curative and protectant sprays.
• the aim of this study was to determine if synergism exists between the three active components of the composition of the invention and to find the best optimisation for the active components .
• composition B Three separate formulations each containing a single active constituent of Composition B in Example 2 namely Tagetes, Thymus and Wintergreen oils were prepared as follows:
• composition B was also tested at the same time.
• Table 11 Percent mortality values for formulations v T. urticae.
• Table 12 EC 50 values with 95% confidence limits and method of analysis used.
• compositions of the invention demonstrate the efficacy of the compositions of the invention.
• a synergistic effect was shown between particularly compositions C (Tagetes oil) and E (Wintergreen oil).
• C Tagetes oil
• E Wintergreen oil
• a mixture of Tagetes/Wintergreen 1:1 mixture was 2.8 times more active than the Wintergreen alone formulation and three times as active as the Tagetes oil alone formulation. No phytotoxicity was seen with any formulation at rates up to and including 3000mL product/hL on bean leaves.
• Example 5 Synergistic effects against whitefly Composition B, and its individual constituents, in compositions C, D and E as described above, in varying amounts were tested against whitefly scales.
• LD 50 values were determined 7 days after application, using methods analogous to those described above in relation to EC 50 values for mites.
• the method of analysis (method selected as one best fitting data) in this case was the Maximum Likelihood-Probit .

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