WO2009098228A2 - Mélanges pesticides - Google Patents

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WO2009098228A2
WO2009098228A2 PCT/EP2009/051264 EP2009051264W WO2009098228A2 WO 2009098228 A2 WO2009098228 A2 WO 2009098228A2 EP 2009051264 W EP2009051264 W EP 2009051264W WO 2009098228 A2 WO2009098228 A2 WO 2009098228A2
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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
    • A01N37/00—Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing organic compounds containing a carbon atom having three bonds to hetero atoms with at the most two bonds to halogen, e.g. carboxylic acids
    • A01N37/44—Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing organic compounds containing a carbon atom having three bonds to hetero atoms with at the most two bonds to halogen, e.g. carboxylic acids containing at least one carboxylic group or a thio analogue, or a derivative thereof, and a nitrogen atom attached to the same carbon skeleton by a single or double bond, this nitrogen atom not being a member of a derivative or of a thio analogue of a carboxylic group, e.g. amino-carboxylic acids
    • A01N37/46—N-acyl derivatives
    • 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
    • A01N37/00—Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing organic compounds containing a carbon atom having three bonds to hetero atoms with at the most two bonds to halogen, e.g. carboxylic acids
    • A01N37/36—Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing organic compounds containing a carbon atom having three bonds to hetero atoms with at the most two bonds to halogen, e.g. carboxylic acids containing at least one carboxylic group or a thio analogue, or a derivative thereof, and a singly bound oxygen or sulfur atom attached to the same carbon skeleton, this oxygen or sulfur atom not being a member of a carboxylic group or of a thio analogue, or of a derivative thereof, e.g. hydroxy-carboxylic acids
    • A01N37/38—Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing organic compounds containing a carbon atom having three bonds to hetero atoms with at the most two bonds to halogen, e.g. carboxylic acids containing at least one carboxylic group or a thio analogue, or a derivative thereof, and a singly bound oxygen or sulfur atom attached to the same carbon skeleton, this oxygen or sulfur atom not being a member of a carboxylic group or of a thio analogue, or of a derivative thereof, e.g. hydroxy-carboxylic acids having at least one oxygen or sulfur atom attached to an aromatic ring system
    • 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
    • A01N37/00—Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing organic compounds containing a carbon atom having three bonds to hetero atoms with at the most two bonds to halogen, e.g. carboxylic acids
    • A01N37/44—Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing organic compounds containing a carbon atom having three bonds to hetero atoms with at the most two bonds to halogen, e.g. carboxylic acids containing at least one carboxylic group or a thio analogue, or a derivative thereof, and a nitrogen atom attached to the same carbon skeleton by a single or double bond, this nitrogen atom not being a member of a derivative or of a thio analogue of a carboxylic group, e.g. amino-carboxylic acids
    • A01N37/50—Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing organic compounds containing a carbon atom having three bonds to hetero atoms with at the most two bonds to halogen, e.g. carboxylic acids containing at least one carboxylic group or a thio analogue, or a derivative thereof, and a nitrogen atom attached to the same carbon skeleton by a single or double bond, this nitrogen atom not being a member of a derivative or of a thio analogue of a carboxylic group, e.g. amino-carboxylic acids the nitrogen atom being doubly bound to the carbon skeleton
    • 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
    • A01N43/00—Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing heterocyclic compounds
    • A01N43/48—Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing heterocyclic compounds having rings with two nitrogen atoms as the only ring hetero atoms
    • A01N43/54—1,3-Diazines; Hydrogenated 1,3-diazines

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  • the present invention relates to synergistic mixtures comprising, as active components,
  • an insecticidal compound I selected from following nicotinic receptor agonists/antagonists compounds: acetamiprid, clothianidin, dinotefuran, imidaclo- prid, thiamethoxam, nitenpyram; and
  • one fungicidal compound(s) Il selected from the group consisting of metalaxyl, dimethomorph;
  • one fungicidal compound III selected from the group consisting of azoxystrobin, trifloxystrobin and orysastrobin in synergistically effective amounts.
  • the present invention comprises furthermore binary mixtures comprising an insecticidal compound I selected from following nicotinic receptor agonists/antagonists compounds: acetamiprid, clothianidin, dinotefuran, imidacloprid, thiamethoxam, nitenpyram and dimethomorph as compound II.
  • an insecticidal compound I selected from following nicotinic receptor agonists/antagonists compounds: acetamiprid, clothianidin, dinotefuran, imidacloprid, thiamethoxam, nitenpyram and dimethomorph as compound II.
  • the present invention furthermore relates to binary fungicidal mixtures comprising comprising, as active components, dimethomorph and azoxystrobin or trifloxystrobin.
  • the invention relates to a method for controlling pests, this refers to includes animal pests and harmful fungi, using the inventive mixtures and to the use of com- pound I and the compound Il and compound III (or (compound I and dimethomorph) or( dimethomorph and azoxystrobin or trifloxystrobin)) for preparing such mixtures, and also to compositions comprising such mixtures.
  • the present invention provides methods for the control of animal pests (such as insects, acarids or nematodes) comprising contacting the animal pest (the insect, acarid or nematode) or their food supply, habitat, breeding grounds or their locus with a pesticidally effective amount of the inventive mixtures (except for the binary mixtures comprising dimethomorph as second component).
  • animal pests such as insects, acarids or nematodes
  • the present invention also relates to a method of protecting plants from attack or infestation by animal pests (insects, acarids or nema- todes) comprising contacting the plant, or the soil or water in which the plant is growing, with a pesticidally effective amount of the inventive mixture (except for the binary mixtures comprising dimethomorph as second component).
  • animal pests insects, acarids or nema- todes
  • the present invention also comprises a method for protection of plant propagation material from harmful fungi comprising contacting the plant propagation materials with an inventive mixture in pesticidally effective amounts.
  • the present invention also comprises a method for protection of plant propagation material from harmful insects, arachnids or nematodes comprising contacting the plant propagation materials with an inventive mixture in pesticidally effective amounts (except for the binary mixtures comprising dimethomorph as second component).
  • plant propagation material is to be understood to denote all the generative parts of the plant such as seeds and vegetative plant material such as cuttings and tubers (e. g. potatoes), which can be used for the multiplication of the plant. This includes seeds, roots, fruits, tubers, bulbs, rhizomes, shoots, sprouts and other parts of plants, including seedlings and young plants, which are to be transplanted after germi- nation or after emergence from soil. These young plants may also be protected before transplantation by a total or partial treatment by immersion or pouring.
  • the term propagation material denotes seeds.
  • the invention relates to a method for controlling harmful fungi using the in- ventive mixtures and to the use of the compound I and the compound Il and compound III (or (compound I and dimethomorph) or( dimethomorph and azoxystrobin or triflox- ystrobin)) for preparing such mixtures, and also to compositions comprising such mixtures.
  • the present invention further relates to plant-protecting active ingredient mixtures having synergistically enhanced action of improving the health of plants and to a method of applying such inventive mixtures to the plants.
  • metalaxyl is a fungicide including: metalaxyl; metalaxyl consisting of equal or more than 50% by weight of the R-enantiomer and equal or less than 50% of the S- enantionmer; metalaxyl consisting of more than 85% by weight of the R-enantiomer less than 15% of the S-enantionmer; metalaxyl consisting of more than 92% by weight of the R-enantiomer and less than 8% of the S-enantionmer; metalaxyl consisting of more than 97% by weight of the R-enantiomer less than 3% of the S-enantionmer; and mefenoxam (i.e., more than 97.5% R-metalaxyl or metalaxyl-M and less than 2.5% of the S-enantionmer). See, for example, the Pesticide Manual, 1 1th Ed. (1997), The Brit- ish Crop Protection Council, London, page 792; and the Pesticide Manual, 1
  • WO 06/069654, WO06/089876 and WO 06/23899 disclose mixtures of neonicotiniods and strobilurins. WO 06/23899 also discloses mixtures of imidacloprid and other fungicides.
  • pests embrace animal pests, and harmful fungi.
  • compositions that improve plants a process which is commonly and hereinafter referred to as "plant health”.
  • plant health comprises various sorts of improvements of plants that are not connected to the control of pests.
  • advantageous properties are improved crop characteristics including: emergence, crop yields, protein content, oil content, starch content, more developed root system (improved root growth), improved stress tolerance (e.g.
  • tillering increase, increase in plant height, bigger leaf blade, less dead basal leaves, stronger tillers, greener leaf color, pigment content, photosynthetic activity, less input needed (such as fertilizers or water), less plant propagation materials (preferably seeds) needed, more productive tillers, earlier flowering, early grain maturity, less plant verse (lodging), increased shoot growth, enhanced plant vigor, increased plant stand and early and better germination; or any other advantages familiar to a person skilled in the art.
  • the mixtures as defined in the outset show markedly enhanced action against pests compared to the control rates that are possible with the individual compounds and/or is suitable for improving the health of plants when applied to plants, parts of plants, plant propagation materials (preferably seeds), or at their locus of growth.
  • the ternary mixtures according to the present invention comprise as com- pound I clothianidin, imidacloprid, thiamethoxam or acetamiprid, more preferably clothianidin, imidacloprid or thiamethoxam, most preferably clothianidin or imidacloprid, wherein clothianidin is utmost preferred.
  • Preferred compound Il of the ternay mixtures is metalaxyl.
  • Preferred compounds III is orysastrobin.
  • the ratios by weight for the respective ternary mixtures comprising nicotinic receptor agonists/antagonists compound I, fungicidal compound Il and one further fungicide III are from 1 :100:100 to 100:1 :1 , preferably from 50:1 :1 to 1 :50:50, more preferably from 1 :20:20 to 20:1 :1.
  • the ratios by weight for the binary mixtures comprising as active components a nicotinic receptor agonists/antagonists compound I and dimethomorph are from 1 :100 to 100:1 , preferably from 50:1 to 1 :50, more preferably from 1 :20 to 20.
  • the ratios by weight for the binary mixtures comprising as active components di- methomorph and azoxystrobin or trifloxystrobin are from 100:1 to 1 :100, preferably from 20:1 to 1 :20, in particular from 10:1 to 1 :10.
  • the following binary mixtures of compound I and dimethomorph are preferred:dimethomorph and clothianidin; dimethomorph and thiamethoxam; dimethomorph and acetamiprid; and dimethomorph and imidacloprid.
  • mixtures are especially preferred: R-1 , R-3, R-4, R-5, R-1 1 , R-13, R-14, R-15, R-21 , R-23, R-24 and R-25.
  • the inventive mixtures can further contain one or more insecticides, fungicides, herbicides.
  • the mixtures according to the invention can be converted into the customary formulations, for example solutions, emulsions, sus- pensions, dusts, powders, pastes and granules.
  • the use form depends on the particular intended purpose; in each case, it should ensure a fine and even distribution of the mixtures according to the present invention.
  • the formulations are prepared in a known manner (cf. US 3,060,084, EP-A 707 445 (for liquid concentrates), Browning: "Agglomeration", Chemical Engineering, Dec. 4, 1967, 147-48, Perry's Chemical Engineer's Handbook, 4th Ed., McGraw-Hill, New York, 1963, S. 8-57 und ff.
  • the agrochemical formulations may also comprise auxiliaries which are customary in agrochemical formulations.
  • the auxiliaries used depend on the particular application form and active substance, respectively.
  • suitable auxiliaries are solvents, solid carriers, dispersants or emulsifiers (such as further solubilizers, protective colloids, surfactants and adhesion agents), organic and anorganic thickeners, bactericides, anti-freezing agents, anti-foaming agents, if appropriate colorants and tackifiers or binders (e. g. for seed treatment formulations).
  • Suitable solvents are water, organic solvents such as mineral oil fractions of medium to high boiling point, such as kerosene or diesel oil, furthermore coal tar oils and oils of vegetable or animal origin, aliphatic, cyclic and aromatic hydrocarbons, e. g.
  • Solid carriers are mineral earths such as silicates, silica gels, talc, kaolins, limestone, lime, chalk, bole, loess, clays, dolomite, diatomaceous earth, calcium sulfate, magnesium sulfate, magnesium oxide, ground synthetic materials, fertilizers, such as, e. g., ammonium sulfate, ammonium phosphate, ammonium nitrate, ureas, and products of vegetable origin, such as cereal meal, tree bark meal, wood meal and nutshell meal, cellulose powders and other solid carriers.
  • mineral earths such as silicates, silica gels, talc, kaolins, limestone, lime, chalk, bole, loess, clays, dolomite, diatomaceous earth, calcium sulfate, magnesium sulfate, magnesium oxide, ground synthetic materials, fertilizers, such as, e. g., ammonium sulfate, ammonium phosphat
  • Suitable surfactants are alkali metal, alkaline earth metal and ammonium salts of aromatic sulfonic acids, such as ligninsoulfonic acid (Borresperse® types, Borregard, Norway) phenolsulfonic acid, naphthalenesulfonic acid (Morwet® types, Akzo Nobel, U.S.A.), dibutylnaphthalene- sulfonic acid (Nekal® types, BASF, Germany), and fatty acids, alkylsulfonates, alkyl- arylsulfonates, alkyl sulfates, laurylether sulfates, fatty alcohol sulfates, and sulfated hexa-, hepta- and octadecanolates, sulfated fatty alcohol glycol ethers, furthermore con
  • methylcellulose g. methylcellulose
  • hydrophobically modified starches polyvinyl alcohols (Mowiol® types, Clariant, Switzerland), polycarboxylates (Sokolan® types, BASF, Germany), polyalkoxylates, polyvi- nylamines (Lupasol® types, BASF, Germany), polyvinylpyrrolidone and the copolymers therof.
  • thickeners i. e. compounds that impart a modified flowability to formulations, i. e. high viscosity under static conditions and low viscosity during agitation
  • thickeners are polysaccharides and organic and anorganic clays such as Xanthan gum (Kelzan®, CP Kelco, U.S.A.), Rhodopol® 23 (Rhodia, France), Veegum® (R.T. Vanderbilt, U.S.A.) or Attaclay® (Engelhard Corp., NJ, USA).
  • Bactericides may be added for preservation and stabilization of the formulation.
  • suitable bactericides are those based on dichlorophene and benzylalcohol hemi formal (Proxel® from ICI or Acticide® RS from Thor Chemie and Kathon® MK from Rohm & Haas) and isothiazolinone derivatives such as alkylisothiazolinones and benzisothiazolinones (Acticide® MBS from Thor Chemie).
  • Suitable anti-freezing agents are ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, urea and glycerin.
  • suitable anti-foaming agents are silicone emulsions (such as e. g. Silikon® SRE, Wacker, Germany or Rhodorsil®, Rhodia, France), long chain alcohols, fatty acids, salts of fatty acids, fluoroorganic compounds and mixtures thereof.
  • Suitable colorants are pigments of low water solubility and water-soluble dyes. Exam- pies to be mentioned und the designations rhodamin B, C. I. pigment red 112, C. I.
  • solvent red 1 pigment blue 15:4, pigment blue 15:3, pigment blue 15:2, pigment blue 15:1 , pigment blue 80, pigment yellow 1 , pigment yellow 13, pigment red 112, pigment red 48:2, pigment red 48:1 , pigment red 57:1 , pigment red 53:1 , pigment orange 43, pigment orange 34, pigment orange 5, pigment green 36, pigment green 7, pigment white 6, pigment brown 25, basic violet 10, basic violet 49, acid red 51 , acid red 52, acid red 14, acid blue 9, acid yellow 23, basic red 10, basic red 108.
  • tackifiers or binders are polyvinylpyrrolidons, polyvinylacetates, polyvinyl alcohols and cellulose ethers (Tylose®, Shin-Etsu, Japan). Powders, materials for spreading and dusts can be prepared by mixing or conco- mitantly grinding the compounds I and/or Il and, if appropriate, further active substances, with at least one solid carrier.
  • Granules e. g. coated granules, impregnated granules and homogeneous granules, can be prepared by binding the active substances to solid carriers.
  • solid carriers are mineral earths such as silica gels, silicates, talc, kaolin, attaclay, limestone, lime, chalk, bole, loess, clay, dolomite, diatomaceous earth, calcium sulfate, magnesium sulfate, magnesium oxide, ground synthetic materials, fertilizers, such as, e.
  • ammonium sulfate ammonium phosphate, ammonium nitrate, ureas
  • products of vegetable origin such as cereal meal, tree bark meal, wood meal and nutshell meal, cellulose powders and other solid carriers.
  • formulation types are:
  • composition types for dilution with water i) Water-soluble concentrates (SL, LS)
  • Emulsifiable concentrates 15 parts by weight of compounds of the inventive mixtures are dissolved in 75 parts by weight of xylene with addition of calcium dodecylbenzenesulfonate and castor oil eth- oxylate (in each case 5 parts by weight). Dilution with water gives an emulsion. The composition has an active substance content of 15% by weight.
  • Emulsions EW, EO, ES
  • the composition has an active substance content of 25% by weight, v) Suspensions (SC, OD, FS)
  • SC Suspensions
  • OD OD
  • FS Suspensions
  • 20 parts by weight of compounds of the inventive mixtures are comminuted with addition of 10 parts by weight of dispersants and wetting agents and 70 parts by weight of water or an organic solvent to give a fine active substance suspension.
  • Dilution with water gives a stable suspension of the active substance.
  • the active substance content in the composition is 20% by weight, vi) Water-dispersible granules and water-soluble granules (WG, SG) 50 parts by weight of compounds of the inventive mixtures are ground finely with addition of 50 parts by weight of dispersants and wetting agents and prepared as water- dispersible or water-soluble granules by means of technical appliances (e. g. extrusion, spray tower, fluidized bed). Dilution with water gives a stable dispersion or solution of the active substance.
  • the composition has an active substance content of 50% by weight.
  • Dustable powders DP, DS 5 parts by weight of compounds of the inventive mixtures are ground finely and mixed intimately with 95 parts by weight of finely divided kaolin. This gives a dustable composition having an active substance content of 5% by weight
  • Granules GR, FG, GG, MG 0.5 parts by weight of compounds of the inventive mixtures is ground finely and asso- ciated with 99.5 parts by weight of carriers. Current methods are extrusion, spray- drying or the fluidized bed. This gives granules to be applied undiluted having an active substance content of 0.5% by weight.
  • the agrochemical formulations generally comprise between 0.01 and 95%, preferably between 0.1 and 90%, most preferably between 0.5 and 90%, by weight of active substances.
  • the compounds of the inventive mixtures are employed in a purity of from 90% to 100%, preferably from 95% to 100% (according to NMR spectrum).
  • the compounds of the inventive mixtures can be used as such or in the form of their compositions, e. g. in the form of directly sprayable solutions, powders, suspensions, dispersions, emulsions, oil dispersions, pastes, dustable products, materials for spreading, or granules, by means of spraying, atomizing, dusting, spreading, brushing, immersing or pouring.
  • the application forms depend entirely on the intended purposes; it is intended to ensure in each case the finest possible distribution of the compounds present in the inventive mixtures.
  • Aqueous application forms can be prepared from emulsion concentrates, pastes or wettable powders (sprayable powders, oil dispersions) by adding water.
  • emulsions, pastes or oil dispersions the substances, as such or dissolved in an oil or solvent, can be homogenized in water by means of a wetter, tackifier, dispersant or emulsifier.
  • concentrates composed of active substance, wetter, tackifier, dispersant or emulsifier and, if appropriate, solvent or oil and such concentrates are suitable for dilution with water.
  • the active substance concentrations in the ready-to-use preparations can be varied within relatively wide ranges. In general, they are from 0.0001 to 10%, preferably from 0.001 to 1 % by weight of compounds of the inventive mixtures .
  • the compounds of the inventive mixtures may also be used successfully in the ultra- low-volume process (ULV), it being possible to apply compositions comprising over 95% by weight of active substance, or even to apply the active substance without additives.
  • UUV ultra- low-volume process
  • oils, wetters, adjuvants, herbicides, fungicides, other pesticides, or bactericides may be added to the active compounds, if appropriate not until immediately prior to use (tank mix).
  • These agents can be admixed with the compounds of the inventive mixtures in a weight ratio of 1 :100 to 100:1 , preferably 1 :10 to 10:1.
  • compositions of this invention may also contain fertilizers such as ammonium nitrate, urea, potash, and superphosphate, phytotoxicants and plant growth regulators and safeners. These may be used sequentially or in combination with the above-described compositions, if appropriate also added only immediately prior to use (tank mix). For example, the plant(s) may be sprayed with a composition of this invention either before or after being treated with the fertilizers.
  • fertilizers such as ammonium nitrate, urea, potash, and superphosphate, phytotoxicants and plant growth regulators and safeners.
  • the compounds contained in the mixtures as defined above can be applied simultaneously, that is jointly or separately, or in succession, the sequence, in the case of separate application, generally not having any effect on the result of the control measures.
  • the compound I and Il and compound (s) III (or (compound I and dimethomorph) or( dimethomorph and azoxystrobin or trifloxystrobin)) compound I and Il and compound (s) III (or (compound I and dimethomorph) or( dimethomorph and azoxystrobin or trifloxystrobin)) (or (compound I and dimethomorph) or( dimethomorph and azoxystrobin or trifloxystrobin)) is to be understood to denote, that at least the compound I and Il and compound (s) III (or (compound I and dimethomorph) or( dimethomorph and azoxystrobin or trifloxystrobin)) compound I and Il and compound (s) III (or (compound I and dimethomorph) or( dimethomorph and azoxystrobin or trifloxystrobin)) compound I and Il and compound (s) III (or (compound I and dimetho
  • the pests such as harmful fungi and anminal pests such as insects, arachinds or nematode to be controlled or their habitats such as infected plants, plant propagation materials, particularly seeds, surfaces, materials or the soil as well as plants, plant propagation materials, particularly seeds, soil, surfaces, materials or rooms to be protected from fungal attack) in a effective amount.
  • the time interval between the individual applications is selected to ensure that the active substance applied first still occurs at the site of action in a sufficient amount at the time of application of the further active substance(s).
  • the order of application is not essential for working of the present invention.
  • the weight ratio of the compounds generally depends from the properties of the compounds of the inventive mixtures.
  • the compounds of the inventive mixtures can be used individually or already partially or completely mixed with one another to prepare the composition according to the in- vention. It is also possible for them to be packaged and used further as combination composition such as a kit of parts.
  • kits may include one or more, including all, components that may be used to prepare a subject agrochemical composition.
  • kits may include the compound I and Il and compound (s) III (or (compound I and di- methomorph) or( dimethomorph and azoxystrobin or trifloxystrobin)) compound I and Il and compound (s) III (or (compound I and dimethomorph) or( dimethomorph and azoxystrobin or trifloxystrobin)) (or (compound I and dimethomorph) or( dimethomorph and azoxystrobin or trifloxystrobin)) and/or an adjuvant component and/or a further pesticidal compound (e.g.
  • kits may include one or more separate containers such as vials, cans, bottles, pouches, bags or canisters, each container containing a separate component for an agrochemical composition.
  • a component of the kit may be applied separately from or together with the further components or as a component of a combination composition according to the invention for preparing the composition according to the invention.
  • the user applies the composition according to the invention usually from a predosage device, a knapsack sprayer, a spray tank or a spray plane.
  • the agrochemical composition is made up with water and/or buffer to the desired application concentration, it being possible, if appropriate, to add further auxiliaries, and the ready-to-use spray liquor or the agrochemical composition according to the invention is thus obtained.
  • 50 to 500 liters of the ready-to-use spray liquor are applied per hectare of agricultural useful area, preferably 100 to 400 liters.
  • individual compounds of the inventive mixtures formulated as composition (or formulation) such as parts of a kit or parts of a ternary or quaternary mixture may be mixed by the user himself in a spray tank and further auxiliaries may be added, if appropriate (tank mix).
  • either individual compounds of the inventive mixtures formulated as composition or partially premixed components e. g. components comprising the compound I and Il and compound (s) III (or (compound I and dimethomorph) or( dimethomorph and azoxystrobin or trifloxystrobin)) compound I and Il and compound (s) III (or (compound I and dimethomorph) or( dimethomorph and azoxystrobin or trifloxystrobin)) (or (compound I and dimethomorph) or( dimethomorph and azoxystrobin or trifloxystrobin)) (or (compound I and dimethomorph) or( dimethomorph and azoxystrobin or trifloxystrobin)) may be mixed by the user in a spray tank and further auxiliaries and additives may be added, if appropriate (tank mix).
  • either individual components of the composition according to the invention or partially premixed components e. g. components comprising the compound I and Il and compound (s) III , can be applied jointly (e. .g. after tankmix) or consecutively.
  • the present invention comprises a method for controlling pests, that means animal pests and harmful fungi, wherein the pest, their habitat, breeding grounds, their locus or the plants to be protected against pest attack, the soil or seed are treated with an pesticidally effective amount of a mixture.
  • inventive mixtures are suitable for controlling the following fungal plant diseases:
  • Albugo spp. (white rust) on ornamentals, vegetables (e. g. A. Candida) and sunflowers (e. g. A. tragopogonis); Alternaria spp. (Alternaria leaf spot) on vegetables, rape (A. brassicola or brassicae), sugar beets (A. tenuis), fruits, rice, soybeans, potatoes (e. g. A. solani or A. alternata), tomatoes (e. g. A. solani or A. alternata) and wheat; Aphanomyces spp. on sugar beets and vegetables; Ascochyta spp. on cereals and vegetables, e. g. A. tritici (anthracnose) on wheat and A.
  • Bipolaris and Drechslera spp. (teleomorph: Cochliobolus spp.) on corn (e. g. D. maydis), cereals (e. g. B. sorokiniana: spot blotch), rice (e. g. B. oryzae) and turfs; Blumeria (formerly Erysiphe) graminis (powdery mildew) on cereals (e. g. on wheat or barley); Botrytis cinerea (teleomorph: Botryotinia fuckeliana: grey mold) on fruits and berries (e. g. strawberries), vegetables (e. g.
  • Cylindrocarpon spp. e. g. fruit tree canker or young vine decline, teleomorph: Nectria or Neonectria spp.
  • vines e. g. C. liriodendri, teleomorph: Neonectria liriodendri: Black Foot Disease
  • Dematophora teleomorph: Rosellinia necatrix (root and stem rot) on soybeans
  • Diaporthe spp. e. g. D. phaseolorum (damping off) on soybeans
  • Drechs- lera syn.
  • Phaeomoniella chlamydospora (earlier Phaeoacremonium chla- mydosporum), Phaeoacremonium aleophilum and/or Botryosphaeria obtusa
  • E. pisi such as cucurbits (e. g. E. cichoracearum), cabbages, rape (e. g. E. crucife- rarum); Eutypa lata (Eutypa canker or dieback, anamorph: Cytosporina lata, syn. Liber- tella blepharis) on fruit trees, vines and ornamental woods; Exserohilum (syn. Helminthosporium) spp. on corn (e. g. E. turcicum); Fusarium (teleomorph: Gibberella) spp. (wilt, root or stem rot) on various plants, such as F. graminearum or F. culmorum (root rot, scab or head blight) on cereals (e. g. wheat or barley), F. oxysporum on tomatoes,
  • cucurbits e. g. E. cichoracearum
  • cabbages rape (e. g
  • sabinae rust on pears
  • Helminthosporium spp. syn. Drechslera, teleomorph: Cochliobolus
  • Hemileia spp. e. g. H. vastatrix (coffee leaf rust) on coffee
  • lsariopsis clavispora syn. Cladosporium vitis
  • Macrophomina phaseolina syn. phaseoli
  • root and stem rot on soybeans and cotton
  • Microdochium syn. Fusarium
  • nivale pink snow mold
  • Microsphaera diffusa (powdery mildew) on soybeans
  • Monilinia spp. e. g. M. laxa, M. fructicola and M. fructigena (bloom and twig blight, brown rot) on stone fruits and other rosaceous plants
  • Mycosphaerella spp. on cereals, bananas, soft fruits and ground nuts, such as e. g. M. graminicola (anamorph: Septoria tritici, Septoria blotch) on wheat or M. fijiensis (black Sigatoka disease) on bananas
  • Peronospora spp. downy mildew) on cabbage (e. g. P.
  • brassicae brassicae
  • rape e. g. P. parasitica
  • onions e. g. P. destructor
  • tobacco P. tabacina
  • soybeans e. g. P. manshurica
  • Phakopsora pachyrhizi and P. meibomiae staybean rust
  • Phialophora spp. e. g. on vines (e. g. P. tracheiphila and P. tetraspora) and soybeans (e. g. P. gregata: stem rot); Phoma lingam (root and stem rot) on rape and cabbage and P.
  • betae root rot, leaf spot and damping-off on sugar beets
  • Phomopsis spp. on sunflowers, vines (e. g. P. viticola: can and leaf spot) and soybeans (e. g. stem rot: P. phaseoli, teleomorph: Diaporthe phaseolorum); Physoderma maydis (brown spots) on corn; Phytophthora spp. (wilt, root, leaf, fruit and stem root) on various plants, such as paprika and cucurbits (e. g. P. capsici), soybeans (e. g. P. megasperma, syn. P. sojae), potatoes and tomatoes (e. g. P.
  • Plasmodiophora brassicae club root
  • Plasmopara spp. e. g. P. viticola (grapevine downy mildew) on vines and P. halstedii on sunflowers
  • Plasmopara spp. e. g. P. viticola (grapevine downy mildew) on vines and P. halstedii on sunflowers
  • Podosphaera spp. powdery mildew) on rosaceous plants, hop, pome and soft fruits, e. g. P. leucotricha on apples
  • Polymyxa spp. e. g. on cereals, such as barley and wheat (P.
  • Pseudocercosporella herpotrichoides eyespot, teleomorph: Tapesia yallundae
  • Pseudoperonospora downy mildew
  • Pseudope- zicula tracheiphila red fire disease or .rotbrenner', anamorph: Phialophora) on vines
  • Puccinia spp. rusts
  • P. triticina (brown or leaf rust), P. strii- formis (stripe or yellow rust), P. hordei (dwarf rust), P. graminis (stem or black rust) or P. recondita (brown or leaf rust) on cereals, such as e. g. wheat, barley or rye, and asparagus (e. g. P. asparagi); Pyrenophora (anamorph: Drechslera) tritici-repentis (tan spot) on wheat or P. teres (net blotch) on barley; Pyricularia spp., e. g. P.
  • oryzae (teleomorph: Magnaporthe grisea, rice blast) on rice and P. grisea on turf and cereals; Pythium spp. (damping-off) on turf, rice, corn, wheat, cotton, rape, sunflowers, soybeans, sugar beets, vegetables and various other plants (e. g. P. ultimum or P. aphani- dermatum); Ramularia spp., e. g. R. collo-cygni (Ramularia leaf spots, Physiological leaf spots) on barley and R. beticola on sugar beets; Rhizoctonia spp.
  • R. solani root and stem rot
  • S. solani silk and stem rot
  • S. solani silk and stem rot
  • S. solani silk blight
  • R. cerealis Rhizoctonia spring blight
  • Rhizopus stolonifer black mold, soft rot
  • Rhynchosporium se- calis scald
  • seed rot or white mold on vegetables and field crops, such as rape, sunflowers (e. g. S. sclerotiorum) and soybeans (e. g. S. rolfsii or S. scle- rotiorum); Septoria spp. on various plants, e. g. S. glycines (brown spot) on soybeans, S. tritici (Septoria blotch) on wheat and S. (syn. Stagonospora) nodorum (Stagono- spora blotch) on cereals; Uncinula (syn.
  • Erysiphe) necator prowdery mildew, ana- morph: Oidium tuckeri
  • Setospaeria spp. leaf blight
  • corn e. g. S. turcicum, syn. Helminthosporium turcicum
  • turf e. g. S. reiliana: head smut
  • Sphacelotheca spp. smut
  • Sphaerotheca fuliginea powdery mildew
  • Spongospora subterranea powdery scab
  • S. nodorum Stagonospora blotch, teleomorph: Leptosphaeria [syn. Phaeosphaeria] nodorum
  • wheat Synchytrium endobioticum on potatoes (potato wart disease)
  • Taphrina spp. e. g. T. deformans (leaf curl disease) on peaches and T. pruni (plum pocket) on plums
  • Thielaviopsis spp. black root rot
  • tobacco, pome fruits, vegetables, soybeans and cotton e. g. T. basicola (syn. Chalara elegans); Tilletia spp.
  • the inventive mixturs are also suitable for controlling harmful fungi in the protection of materials (e. g. wood, paper, paint dispersions, fiber or fabrics) and in the protection of stored products.
  • harmful fungi Ascomycetes such as Ophiostoma spp., Ceratocystis spp., Aureobasidium pullulans, Sclerophoma spp., Chaetomium spp., Humicola spp., Petriella spp., Trichurus spp.; Basidiomycetes such as Coniophora spp., Coriolus spp., Gloeophyllum spp., Lentinus spp., Pleurotus spp., Poria spp., Ser- pula spp.
  • Tyromyces spp. Deuteromycetes such as Aspergillus spp., Cladospo- rium spp., Penicillium spp., Trichorma spp., Alternaria spp., Paecilomyces spp. and Zygomycetes such as Mucor spp., and in addition in the protection of stored products the following yeast fungi are worthy of note: Candida spp. and Saccharomyces cere- visae.
  • fungi are particularly important for controlling a multitude of fungi on various cultivated plants, such as bananas, cotton, vegetable species (for example cucumbers, beans and cucurbits), barley, grass, oats, coffee, potatoes, corn, fruit species, rice, rye, soya, tomatoes, grapevines, wheat, ornamental plants, sugar cane and also on a large number of plant propagation materials (preferably seeds).
  • vegetable species for example cucumbers, beans and cucurbits
  • barley grass, oats, coffee, potatoes, corn, fruit species, rice, rye, soya, tomatoes, grapevines, wheat, ornamental plants, sugar cane and also on a large number of plant propagation materials (preferably seeds).
  • the inventive mixtures exhibit also outstanding action against animal pests from the following orders:
  • insects from the order of the lepidopterans for example Agrotis ypsilon, Agrotis segetum, Alabama argillacea, Anticarsia gemmatalis, Argyresthia conjugella, Autographa gamma, Bupalus piniarius, Cacoecia murinana, Capua reticulana, Cheima- tobia brumata, Choristoneura fumiferana, Choristoneura occidentalis, Cirphis unipuncta, Cydia pomonella, Dendrolimus pini, Diaphania nitidalis, Diatraea grandi- osella, Earias insulana, Elasmopalpus lignosellus, Eupoecilia ambiguella, Evetria bou- liana, Feltia subterranea, Galleria mellonella, Grapholitha funebrana, Grapholitha mo- lesta, Heli
  • beetles Coldoptera
  • Agrilus sinuatus for example Agrilus sinuatus, Agriotes lineatus, Agriotes obscu- rus, Amphimallus solstitialis, Anisandrus dispar, Anthonomus grandis, Anthonomus pomorum, Aphthona euphoridae, Athous haemorrhoidalis, Atomaria linearis, Blasto- phagus piniperda, Blitophaga undata, Bruchus rufimanus, Bruchus pisorum, Bruchus lentis, Byctiscus betulae, Cassida nebulosa, Cerotoma trifurcata, Cetonia aurata,
  • Leptinotarsa decemlineata Limonius californicus, Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus, Melanotus communis, Meligethes aeneus, Melolontha hippocastani, Melolontha melolontha, Oulema oryzae, Ortiorrhynchus sulcatus, Otiorrhynchus ovatus, Phaedon cochleariae, Phyllobius pyri, Phyllotreta chrysocephala, Phyllophaga sp., Phyllopertha horticola, Phyllotreta nemorum, Phyllotreta striolata, Popillia japonica, Sitona lineatus and Sito- philus granaria,
  • mosquitoes e.g. Aedes aegypti, Aedes albopictus, Aedes vexans, An- astrepha ludens, Anopheles maculipennis, Anopheles crucians, Anopheles albimanus, Anopheles gambiae, Anopheles freeborni, Anopheles leucosphyrus, Anopheles minimus, Anopheles quadrimaculatus, Calliphora vicina, Ceratitis capitata, Chrysomya bezziana, Chrysomya hominivorax, Chrysomya macellaria, Chrysops discalis, Chrysops silacea, Chrysops atlanticus, Cochliomyia hominivorax, Contarinia sorghicola Cordylobia anthropophaga, Culicoides furens, Culex pipiens, Culex nigripal
  • thrips (Thysanoptera), e.g. Dichromothrips corbetti, Dichromothrips ssp , Frankliniella fusca, Frankliniella occidentalis, Frankliniella tritici, Scirtothrips citri, Thrips oryzae, Thrips palmi and Thrips tabaci,
  • Isoptera e.g. Calotermes flavicollis, Leucotermes flavipes, Heterotermes aureus, Reticulitermes flavipes, Reticulitermes virginicus, Reticulitermes lucifugus, Termes natalensis, and Coptotermes formosanus,
  • cockroaches e.g. Blattella germanica, Blattella asahinae, Peri- planeta americana, Periplaneta japonica, Periplaneta brunnea, Periplaneta fuligginosa, Periplaneta australasiae, and Blatta orientalis,
  • Hemiptera true bugs
  • Hoplocampa minuta Hoplocampa testudinea, Monomorium pha- raonis, Solenopsis geminata, Solen
  • Vespula squamosa Paravespula vulgaris, Paraves- pula pennsylvanica, Paravespula germanica, Dolichovespula maculata, Vespa crabro, Polistes rubiginosa, Camponotus floridanus, and Linepithema humile,
  • crickets grasshoppers, locusts (Orthoptera), e.g. Acheta domestica, Gryllotalpa gryllo- talpa, Locusta migratoria, Melanoplus bivittatus, Melanoplus femurrubrum, Melanoplus mexicanus, Melanoplus sanguinipes, Melanoplus spretus, Nomadacris septemfasciata, Schistocerca americana, Schistocerca gregaria, Dociostaurus maroccanus, Tachycines asynamorus, Oedaleus senegalensis, Zonozerus variegatus, Hieroglyphus daganensis, Kraussaria angulifera, Calliptamus italicus, Chortoicetes terminifera, and Locustana pardalina,
  • Arachnoidea such as arachnids (Acarina), e.g. of the families Argasidae, Ixodidae and Sarcoptidae, such as Amblyomma americanum, Amblyomma variegatum, Ambryomma maculatum, Argas persicus, Boophilus annulatus, Boophilus decoloratus, Boophilus microplus, Dermacentor silvarum, Dermacentor andersoni, Dermacentor variabilis, Hyalomma truncatum, Ixodes ricinus, Ixodes rubicundus, Ixodes scapularis, Ixodes holocyclus, Ixodes pacificus, Ornithodorus moubata, Ornithodorus hermsi, Ornithodo- rus turicata, Ornithonyssus bacoti, Otobius megnini, Dermanyss
  • Aculus e.g. Aculus
  • Phyllocoptrata oleivora and Eriophyes sheldoni Tarsonemidae spp. such as Phytonemus pallidus and Polyphagotarsonemus latus
  • Tenuipalpidae spp. such as Brevipalpus phoenicis
  • Tetra- nychidae spp. such as Tetranychus cinnabarinus, Tetranychus kanzawai, Tetranychus pacificus, Tetranychus telarius and Tetranychus urticae, Panonychus ulmi, Panony- chus citri, and Oligonychus pratensis
  • Araneida e.g. Latrodectus mactans, and Loxos- celes reclusa
  • Latrodectus mactans e.g. Latrodectus mactans, and Loxos- cele
  • fleas e.g. Ctenocephalides felis, Ctenocephalides canis, Xenopsylla cheopis, Pulex irritans, Tunga penetrans, and Nosopsyllus fasciatus,
  • silverfish, firebrat e.g. Lepisma saccharina and Thermobia domestica
  • centipedes Chilopoda
  • Scutigera coleoptrata centipedes
  • Earwigs e.g. forficula auricularia
  • Pediculus humanus capitis e.g. Pediculus humanus capitis, Pediculus humanus corporis, Pthi- rus pubis, Haematopinus eurysternus, Haematopinus suis, Linognathus vituli, Bovicola bovis, Menopon gallinae, Menacanthus stramineus and Solenopotes capillatus, plant parasitic nematodes such as root-knot nematodes, Meloidogyne arenaria, Meloi- dogyne chitwoodi, Meloidogyne exigua, Meloidogyne hapla, Meloidogyne incognita, Meloidogyne javanica and other Meloidogyne species; cyst nematodes, Globodera rostochiensis, Globodera pallida, Globodera tabacum and other Globodera species, Heterodera avenae, He
  • the mixtures according to the invention can be applied to any and all developmental stages of pests, such as egg, larva, pupa, and adult.
  • the pests may be controlled by contacting the target pest, its food supply, habitat, breeding ground or its locus with a pesticidally effective amount of the inventive mixtures or of compositions comprising the mixtures.
  • “Locus” means a plant, plant propagation material (preferably seed), soil, area, material or environment in which a pest is growing or may grow.
  • “pesticidally effective amount” means the amount of the inventive mixtures or of compositions comprising the mixtures needed to achieve an observable effect on growth, including the effects of necrosis, death, retardation, prevention, and removal, destruction, or otherwise diminishing the occurrence and activity of the target organism.
  • the pesticidally effective amount can vary for the various mixtures / compositions used in the invention.
  • a pesticidally effective amount of the mixtures / compositions will also vary according to the prevailing conditions such as desired pesticidal effect and duration, weather, target species, locus, mode of application, and the like.
  • the present invention comprises a method for improving the health of plants, wherein the plant, the locus where the plant is growing or is expected to grow or plant propagation material, from which the plant grows, is treated with an plant health effective amount of an inventive mixture.
  • plant effective amount denotes an amount of the inventive mixtures, which is sufficient for achieving plant health effects as defined hereinbelow. More exemplary information about amounts, ways of application and suitable ratios to be used is given below. Again, the skilled artisan is well aware of the fact that such an amount can vary in a broad range and is dependent on various factors, e.g. the treated cultivated plant or material and the climatic conditions.
  • inventive mixtures are employed by treating the fungi or the plants, plant propagation materials (preferably seeds), materials or soil to be protected from fungal attack with a pesticidally effective amount of the active compounds.
  • the application can be carried out both before and after the infection of the materials, plants or plant propagation materials (preferably seeds) by the pests.
  • the application rates of the mixtures according to the invention are from 0,3 g/ha to 2000 g/ha, preferably 5 g/ha to 2000 g/ha, more preferably from 50 to 900 g/ha, in particular from 50 to 750 g/ha.
  • the application rates of the mixtures according to the invention are from 0,3 g/ha to 2000 g/ha, preferably 5 g/ha to 2000 g/ha, more preferably from 50 to 900 g/ha, in particular from 50 to 750 g/ha.
  • the inventive mixtures or compositions of these mixtures can also be employed for protecting plants from attack or infestation by animal pests (insects, acarids or nematodes) comprising contacting a plant, or soil or water in which the plant is growing.
  • the term plant refers to an entire plant, a part of the plant or the propagation material of the plant.
  • Plants and as well as the propagation material of said plants, which can be treated with the inventive mixtures include all genetically modified plants or transgenic plants, e.g. crops which tolerate the action of herbicides or fungicides or insecticides owing to breeding, including genetic engineering methods, or plants which have modified characteristics in comparison with existing plants, which can be generated for example by traditional breeding methods and/or the generation of mutants, or by recombinant pro- cedures.
  • mixtures according to the present invention can be applied (as seed treatment, spray treatment, in furrow or by any other means) also to plants which have been modified by breeding, mutagenesis or genetic engineering including but not limit- ing to agricultural biotech products on the market or in development (cf. http://www.bio.org/speeches/pubs/er/agrLproducts.asp).
  • Genetically modified plants are plants, which genetic material has been so modified by the use of recombinant DNA techniques that under natural circumstances cannot readily be obtained by cross breeding, mutations or natural recombination.
  • one or more genes have been integrated into the genetic material of a genetically modified plant in order to improve certain properties of the plant.
  • Such genetic modifications also include but are not limited to targeted post-transtional modification of protein(s), oligo- or polypeptides e. g. by glycosylation or polymer additions such as prenylated, acetylated or farnesylated moieties or PEG moieties.
  • HPPD hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase
  • ALS acetolactate synthase
  • WO 05/20673, WO 03/14357, WO 03/13225, WO 03/14356, WO 04/16073) or imida- zolinones see e. g. US 6,222,100, WO 01/82685, WO 00/026390, WO 97/41218, WO 98/002526, WO 98/02527, WO 04/106529, WO 05/20673, WO 03/014357, WO 03/13225, WO 03/14356, WO 04/16073
  • EPSPS enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate syn- thase
  • GS glutamine synthetase
  • GS glutamine synthetase
  • glufosinate see e.g. EP-A 242 236, EP-A 242 246) or oxynil herbicides (see e. g. US 5,559,024)
  • mutagenesis e.g. Clearfield® summer rape (Canola, BASF SE, Germany) being tolerant to imidazolinones, e. g. imazamox.
  • plants are also covered that are by the use of recombinant DNA techniques capable to synthesize one or more insecticidal proteins, especially those known from the bacterial genus Bacillus, particularly from Bacillus thuringiensis, such as ⁇ - endotoxins, e. g. CrylA(b), CrylA(c), CrylF, CrylF(a2), CryllA(b), CrylllA, CrylllB(bi) or Cry9c; vegetative insecticidal proteins (VIP), e. g. VIP1 , VIP2, Vl P3 or VIP3A; insecti- cidal proteins of bacteria colonizing nematodes, e. g. Photorhabdus spp.
  • VIP1 , VIP2, Vl P3 or VIP3A vegetative insecticidal proteins
  • insecti- cidal proteins of bacteria colonizing nematodes e. g. Photorhabdus spp.
  • toxins produced by animals such as scorpion toxins, arachnid toxins, wasp toxins, or other insect-specific neurotoxins
  • toxins produced by fungi such Streptomy- cetes toxins, plant lectins, such as pea or barley lectins; agglutinins
  • proteinase inhibitors such as trypsin inhibitors, serine protease inhibitors, patatin, cystatin or papain inhibitors
  • ribosome-inactivating proteins (RIP) such as ricin, maize-RIP, abrin, luffin, saporin or bryodin
  • steroid metabolism enzymes such as 3-hydroxysteroid oxidase, ecdysteroid-IDP-glycosyl-transferase, cholesterol oxidases, ecdysone inhibitors or HMG-CoA-reductase
  • ion channel blockers such as blockers of sodium
  • these insecticidal proteins or toxins are to be understood expressly also as pre-toxins, hybrid proteins, truncated or otherwise modified proteins.
  • Hybrid proteins are characterized by a new combination of protein domains, (see, e. g. WO 02/015701 ).
  • Further examples of such toxins or genetically modified plants capa- ble of synthesizing such toxins are disclosed, e. g., in EP-A 374 753, WO 93/007278, WO 95/34656, EP-A 427 529, EP-A 451 878, WO 03/18810 und WO 03/52073.
  • the methods for producing such genetically modified plants are generally known to the person skilled in the art and are described, e.
  • insecticidal proteins contained in the genetically modified plants impart to the plants producing these proteins tolerance to harmful pests from all taxonomic groups of athropods, especially to beetles (Coeloptera), two-winged insects (Diptera), and moths (Lepidoptera) and to nematodes (Nematoda).
  • Genetically modified plants capable to synthesize one or more insecticidal proteins are, e.
  • WO 03/018810 MON 863 from Monsanto Europe S.A., Belgium (corn cultivars producing the Cry3Bb1 toxin), IPC 531 from Monsanto Europe S.A., Belgium (cotton cultivars producing a modified version of the CryiAc toxin) and 1507 from Pioneer Overseas Corporation, Belgium (corn cultivars producing the Cry1 F toxin and PAT enzyme).
  • plants are also covered that are by the use of recombinant DNA techniques capable to synthesize one or more proteins to increase the resistance or toler- ance of those plants to bacterial, viral or fungal pathogens.
  • proteins are the so-called "pathogenesis-related proteins" (PR proteins, see, e. g. EP-A 392 225), plant disease resistance genes (e. g. potato cultivars, which express resistance genes acting against Phytophthora infestans derived from the mexican wild potato Solanum bulbocastanum) or T4-lysozym (e. g. potato cultivars capable of syn- thesizing these proteins with increased resistance against bacteria such as Erwinia amylvora).
  • PR proteins pathogenesis-related proteins
  • plant disease resistance genes e. g. potato cultivars, which express resistance genes acting against Phytophthora infestans derived from the mexican wild potato Solanum bulbocastanum
  • T4-lysozym e.
  • plants are also covered that are by the use of recombinant DNA tech- niques capable to synthesize one or more proteins to increase the productivity (e. g. bio mass production, grain yield, starch content, oil content or protein content), tolerance to drought, salinity or other growth-limiting environmental factors or tolerance to pests and fungal, bacterial or viral pathogens of those plants.
  • plants are also covered that contain by the use of recombinant DNA techniques a modified amount of substances of content or new substances of content, specifically to improve human or animal nutrition, e. g.
  • plants that produce health- promoting long-chain omega-3 fatty acids or unsaturated omega-9 fatty acids (e. g. Nexera® rape, DOW Agro Sciences, Canada). Furthermore, plants are also covered that contain by the use of recombinant DNA techniques a modified amount of substances of content or new substances of content, specifically to improve raw material production, e. g. potatoes that produce increased amounts of amylopectin (e. g. Amflora® potato, BASF SE, Germany).
  • a modified amount of substances of content or new substances of content specifically to improve raw material production, e. g. potatoes that produce increased amounts of amylopectin (e. g. Amflora® potato, BASF SE, Germany).
  • Water-soluble concentrates (LS), flowable concentrates (FS), powders for dry treat- ment (DS), water-dispersible powders for slurry treatment (WS), water-soluble powders (SS), emulsions (ES) emulsifiable concentrates (EC) and gels (GF) are usually employed for the purposes of treatment of plant propagation materials, particularly seeds.
  • the inventive mixtures are used for the protection of the plant propagation material, preferably the seedlings' roots and shoots, preferably the seeds.
  • Seed treatment can be made into the seedbox before planting into the field.
  • the weight ration in the ternary and quaternary mixtures of the present invention generally depends from the properties of the compounds of the inventive mixtures.
  • compositions which are especially useful for seed treatment are e.g.:
  • a Soluble concentrates (SL, LS) D Emulsions (EW, EO, ES)
  • compositions can be applied to plant propagation materials, particularly seeds, diluted or undiluted. These compositions can be applied to plant propagation materials, particularly seeds, diluted or undiluted.
  • the compositions in question give, after two-to- tenfold dilution, active substance concentrations of from 0.01 to 60% by weight, preferably from 0.1 to 40% by weight, in the ready-to-use preparations. Application can be carried out before or during sowing.
  • Methods for applying or treating agrochemical compounds and compositions thereof, respectively, on to plant propagation material, especially seeds are known in the art, and include dressing, coating, pelleting, dusting and soaking application methods of the propagation material (and also in furrow treatment).
  • the compounds or the compositions thereof, respectively are applied on to the plant propagation material by a method such that germination is not induced, e. g. by seed dressing, pelleting, coating and dusting.
  • the application rates of the inventive mixture are generally for the formulated product (which usually comprises from 10 to 750 g/l of the active(s)) .
  • the invention also relates to the propagation products of plants, and especially the seed comprising, that is, coated with and/or containing, a mixture as defined above or a composition containing the mixture of two or more active ingredients or a mixture of two or more compositions each providing one of the active ingredients.
  • the plant propaga- tion material (preferably seed) comprises the inventive mixtures in an amount of from 0.1 g to 10 kg per 100 kg of plant propagation material (preferably seed).
  • the ratio by weight of compound I is herein preferably between 0,1 - 200 g/100kg plant propagation material (preferably seed), more prefered 1 to 200 g/100kg plant propagation material (preferably seed) and most preferred 1 to 100 g/100kg plant propagation material (preferably seed).
  • the ratio by weight for compound Il is herein preferably between 1 - 200 g/100kg plant propagation material (preferably seed), more prefered 5 to 200 g/100kg plant propagation material (preferably seed) and most preferred 5 to 100 g/100kg plant propagation material (preferably seed).
  • the ratio by weight for compound III is herein preferably between 1 - 200 g/100kg plant propagation material (preferably seed), more prefered 1 to 50 g/100kg plant propagation material (preferably seed) and most preferred 1 to 20 g/100kg plant propagation material (preferably seed).
  • the separate or joint application of the compounds of the inventive mixtures is carried out by spraying or dusting the seeds, the seedlings, the plants or the soils before or after sowing of the plants or before or after emergence of the plants.
  • the inventive mixtures are effective through both contact (via soil, glass, wall, bed net, carpet, plant parts or animal parts), and ingestion (bait, or plant part) and through trophallaxis and transfer.
  • Preferred application methods are into water bodies, via soil, cracks and crevices, pastures, manure piles, sewers, into water, on floor, wall, or by perimeter spray application and bait.
  • the inventive mixtures are prepared into a bait preparation.
  • the bait can be a liquid, a solid or a semisolid preparation (e.g. a gel).
  • the bait employed in the composition is a product which is sufficiently attractive to incite insects such as ants, termites, wasps, flies, mosquitoes, crickets etc. or cockroaches to eat it.
  • This attractant may be chosen from feeding stimulants or para and / or sex phero- mones readily known in the art.
  • Methods to control infectious diseases transmitted by insects e.g.
  • inventive mixtures and their respective compositions also comprise treating surfaces of huts and houses, air spraying and impregnation of curtains, tents, clothing items, bed nets, tsetse-fly trap or the like, lnsecticidal compositions for application to fibers, fabric, knitgoods, non- wovens, netting material or foils and tarpaulins preferably comprise a composition including the inventive mixtures, optionally a repellent and at least one binder.
  • inventive mixtures and the compositions comprising them can be used for protect- ing wooden materials such as trees, board fences, sleepers, etc. and buildings such as houses, outhouses, factories, but also construction materials, furniture, leathers, fibers, vinyl articles, electric wires and cables etc. from ants and/or termites, and for controlling ants and termites from doing harm to crops or human being (e.g. when the pests invade into houses and public facilities).
  • the quantity of active ingredient ranges from 0.0001 to 500 g per 100 m 2 , preferably from 0.001 to 2O g per 100 m 2 .
  • Customary application rates in the protection of materials are, for example, from 0.01 g to 1000 g of active compound per m 2 treated material, desirably from 0.1 g to 50 g per m 2 .
  • lnsecticidal compositions for use in the impregnation of materials typically contain from 0.001 to 95 weight %, preferably from 0.1 to 45 weight %, and more preferably from 1 to 25 weight % of at least one repellent and / or insecticide.
  • the typical content of active ingredient is from 0.0001 weight % to 15 weight %, desirably from 0.001 weight % to 5% weight % of active compound.
  • the composition used may also comprise other additives such as a solvent of the active material, a flavoring agent, a preserving agent, a dye or a bitter agent. Its attractiveness may also be enhanced by a special color, shape or texture.
  • the content of the mixture of the active ingredients is from 0.001 to 80 weights %, preferably from 0.01 to 50 weight % and most preferably from 0.01 to 15 weight %.

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Abstract

L'invention porte sur des mélanges synergiques comprenant, comme composants actifs et dans des quantités synergiquement efficaces: un composé insecticide (I) choisi parmi des composés agonistes et antagonistes du récepteur nicotinique; et un ou deux autres composés fongicides.
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