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WO2016071246A1
WO2016071246A1 PCT/EP2015/075360 EP2015075360W WO2016071246A1 WO 2016071246 A1 WO2016071246 A1 WO 2016071246A1 EP 2015075360 W EP2015075360 W EP 2015075360W WO 2016071246 A1 WO2016071246 A1 WO 2016071246A1
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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
    • A01N43/00—Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing heterocyclic compounds
    • A01N43/72—Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing heterocyclic compounds having rings with nitrogen atoms and oxygen or sulfur atoms as ring hetero atoms
    • A01N43/74—Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing heterocyclic compounds having rings with nitrogen atoms and oxygen or sulfur atoms as ring hetero atoms five-membered rings with one nitrogen atom and either one oxygen atom or one sulfur atom in positions 1,3
    • A01N43/78—1,3-Thiazoles; Hydrogenated 1,3-thiazoles
    • 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
    • A01N25/00—Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators, characterised by their forms, or by their non-active ingredients or by their methods of application, e.g. seed treatment or sequential application; Substances for reducing the noxious effect of the active ingredients to organisms other than pests
    • 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
    • A01N43/713—Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing heterocyclic compounds having rings with four or more nitrogen atoms as the only ring hetero atoms

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  • one fungicidal compound I selected from the group consisting of 1 -[3-chloro-2-[[1 -(4- chlorophenyl)pyrazol-3-yl]oxymethyl]phenyl]-4-methyl-tetrazol-5-one (1-1 ), 1 -[3-bromo-2- [[1 -(4-chlorophenyl)pyrazol-3-yl]oxymethyl]phenyl]-4-methyl-tetrazol-5-one (I-2), 1 -[2-[[1 - (4-chlorophenyl)pyrazol-3-yl]oxymethyl]-3-methyl-phenyl]-4-methyl-tetrazol-5-one (I-3), 1 - [2-[[1 -(4-chlorophenyl)pyrazol-3-yl]oxymethyl]-3-fluoro-phenyl]-4-methyl-tetrazol-5-one (I-
  • organo(thio)phosphates consisting of acephate (11-1 ), azamethiphos (II-2), az- inphos-methyl (II-3), cadusafos (II-4), chlorethoxyfos (II-5), chlorpyrifos (II-6), chlorpyrifos- methyl (II-7), chlorfenvinphos (II-8), demeton-S-methyl (II-9), diazinon (11-10), dichlorvos
  • carbamates consisting of alanycarb (11-51 ), aldicarb (II-52), BPMC (II-53), bendiocarb (II-54), benfuracarb (II-55), carbaryl (II-56), carbofuran (II-57), carbosulfan (II- 58), cartap (II-59), fenoxycarb (II-60), formetanate (11-61 ), furathiocarb (II-62), methiocarb (II-63), methomyl (II-64), oxamyl (II-65), pirimicarb (II-66), propoxur (II-67), thiodicarb (II- 68), triazamate (II-69); and
  • acrinathrin II-70
  • allethrin 11-71
  • bifenthrin II-72
  • cycloprothrin II-73
  • cyfluthrin II-74
  • cyhalothrin II-75
  • cyphenothrin II-76
  • cyperme- thrin II-77
  • alpha-cypermethrin II-78
  • beta-cypermethrin II-79
  • zeta-cypermethrin II- 80
  • deltamethrin 11-81
  • esfenvalerate II-82
  • etofenprox II-83
  • fenpropathrin II-84
  • fenvalerate II-85
  • flucythrinate II-86
  • fluvalinate II-87
  • gammacrinathrin II-70
  • insect growth regulators consisting of bistrifluron (11-103), chlorfluazuron (II- 104), cyramazin (11-105), diflubenzuron (11-106), flucycloxuron (11-107), flufenoxuron (II- 108), hexaflumuron (11-109), lufenuron (11-1 10), novaluron (11-1 1 1 ), noviflumuron (11-1 12), teflubenzuron (11-1 13), triflumuron (11-1 14), buprofezin (11-1 15), diofenolan (11-1 16), hexyth- iazox (11-1 17), etoxazole (11-1 18), clofentazine (11-1 19); chromafenozide (11-120), halofeno- zide (11-121 ), methoxyfenozide (11-122), tebufenozide (11-192),
  • pyriproxyfen (11-125), methoprene (11-126), fenoxycarb (11-127); spirodiclofen (11-128), spi- romesifen (11-129), spirotetramat (11-130); and
  • nicotinic receptor agonists/antagonists compounds consisting of clothianidin (11-131 ), dinotefuran (11-132), flupyradifurone (11-133), imidacloprid (11-134), thiamethoxam (11-135), nitenpyram (11-136), acetamiprid (11-137), thiacloprid (11-138), 1 -2-chloro-thiazol-5- ylmethyl)-2-nitrimino-3,5-dimethyl-[1 ,3,5]triazinane (11-139); and
  • GABA antagonist compounds consisting of endosulfan (11-140), ethiprole (II- 141 ), fipronil (11-142), vaniliprole (11-143), pyrafluprole (11-144), pyriprole (11-145), 5-amino-
  • macrocyclic lactone insecticides consisting of abamectin (11-147), emamectin (11-148), mil- bemectin (11-149), lepimectin (11-150), spinosad (11-151 ), spinetoram (11-152); and the group of mitochondrial electron transport inhibitor (METI) I acaricides consisting of fenazaquin (11-153), pyridaben (11-154), tebufenpyrad (11-155), tolfenpyrad (11-156), flufen- erim (11-157); and METI II and III compounds consisting of acequinocyl (11-158), fluacyprim (11-159), hydramethylnon (11-160); and
  • oxidative phosphorylation inhibitors consisting of cyhexatin (11-162), diafenthiuron (11-163), fenbutatin oxide (11-164), propargite (11-165); and
  • mixed function oxidase inhibitors consisting of piperonyl butoxide (11-167);
  • ryanodine receptor inhibitors consisting of chlorantraniliprole (11-170), cyan- traniliprole (11-171 ), cyclaniliprole (11-172), flubendiamide (11-173), tetraniliprole (11-174), N-[4,6-dichloro-2-[(diethyl-lambda-4-sulfanylidene)carba-moyl]-phenyl]-2-(3-chloro-
  • afidopyropen 11-183
  • benclothiaz 11-184
  • bensultap 11-185
  • bifenazate 11-186
  • cyromazine 11-187
  • fluensul- fone 11-188
  • flonicamid 11-189
  • flometoquin 11-190
  • pyridalyl 11-191
  • pymetrozine II- 192
  • sulfur 11-193
  • thiocyclam 11-194
  • cyenopyrafen 11-195
  • flupyrazofos 11-196
  • cyflumetofen 11-197
  • amidoflumet 11-198
  • imicyafosbistrifluron 11-199
  • pyrifluquinazon II-200
  • 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 compound I and compound II for preparing such mixtures, and also to compositions comprising such mixtures.
  • the invention relates to a method for controlling harmful fungi, using the inventive mixtures of compound I, II and to the use of compound I and the two compounds II as defined above 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, aca- rid or nematode) or their food supply, habitat, breeding grounds or their locus with a pesticidally effective amount of the inventive mixtures.
  • 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 nematodes) comprising contacting the plant, or the soil or water in which the plant is growing, with a pesticidally effective amount of the inventive mixture.
  • the present invention also comprises a method for protection of plant propagation material (preferably seed) from harmful pests, such as fungi or insects, arachnids or nematodes comprising contacting the plant propagation materials (preferably seeds) with an inventive mixture in pesticidally effective amounts
  • 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 germination or after emergence from soil.
  • the term propagation material denotes seeds.
  • the present invention also comprises a method for protection of plant propagation material (preferably seed) from harmful fungi comprising contacting the plant propagation materials (preferably seeds) with the inventive mixture in pesticidally effective amounts.
  • the invention relates to a method for controlling harmful fungi using the inventive mix- tures mixtures and to the use of the compounds present in the inventive mixtures for preparing such mixtures, and also to compositions comprising such mixtures.
  • the present invention further relates to plant-protecting active ingredient mixtures having syner- gistically enhanced action of improving the health of plants and to a method of applying such inventive mixtures to the plants.
  • pests embrace animal pests, and harmful fungi.
  • Another problem encountered concerns the need to have available pest control agents which are effective against a broad spectrum of pests, e.g. both 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 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, seeds, or at their locus of growth.
  • the ratio by weight of compound I and compound II is from 20000:1 to 1 :20000, from 500:1 to 1 :500, preferably from 100:1 to 1 :100 more preferably from 50:1 to 1 :50, most preferably from 20:1 to 1 :20, including also ratios from 10:1 to 1 :10, 1 :5 to 5:1 , or 1 :1.
  • acephate 11-1
  • chlorpyrifos II-6
  • dimethoate 11-13
  • methamidophos II-24
  • terbufos II-48
  • carbofuran II-57
  • methomyl II-64
  • thiodicarb II-68
  • bifenthrin II-72
  • cypermethrin II-77
  • alpha-cypermethrin II-78
  • deltamethrin 11-81
  • esfenvalerate III-82
  • fenvalerate II-85
  • flucythrinate II-86
  • lambda-cyhalothrin II-90
  • permethrin 11-91
  • flufenoxuron 11-108
  • lufenuron 11-1 10
  • teflubenzuron 11-1 13
  • chlorpyrifos (II-6), dimethoate (11-13), methomyl (II-64), cypermethrin (II-77), alpha-cypermethrin (II-78), esfenvalerate (II-82), fen- valerate (II-85), flufenoxuron (11-108), teflubenzuron (11-1 13), clothianidin (11-131 ), dinotefuran (II- 132), flupyradifurone (11-133), imidacloprid (11-134), thiamethoxam (11-135), acetamiprid (11-137), 1 -2-chloro-thiazol-5-ylmethyl)-2-nitrimino-3,5-dimethyl-[1 ,3,5]triazinane (11-139), fipronil (11-142), abamectin (11-147),
  • Table A2 is as Table A1 , in which the compound 1-1 is replaced by compound I-2, and the mixtures are named from M.A.2.1 to M.A.2.215. In the context of the present invention, each of the rows of Table A2 corresponds to one mixture.
  • Table A3 is as Table A1 , in which the compound 1-1 is replaced by compound I-3, and the mixtures are named from M.A.3.1 to M.A.3.215. In the context of the present invention, each of the rows of Table A3 corresponds to one mixture.
  • Table A4 is as Table A1 , in which the compound 1-1 is replaced by compound I-4, and the mixtures are named from M.A.4.1 to M.A.4.215. In the context of the present inven- tion, each of the rows of Table A4 corresponds to one mixture.
  • Table A5 is as Table A1 , in which the compound 1-1 is replaced by compound I-5, and the mixtures are named from M.A.5.1 to M.A.5.215. In the context of the present invention, each of the rows of Table A5 corresponds to one mixture.
  • Table A6 is as Table A1 , in which the compound 1-1 is replaced by compound I-6, and the mixtures are named from M.A.6.1 to M.A.6.215. In the context of the present invention, each of the rows of Table A6 corresponds to one mixture.
  • Table A7 is as Table A1 , in which the compound 1-1 is replaced by compound I-7, and the mixtures are named from M.A.7.1 to M.A.7.215. In the context of the present invention, each of the rows of Table A7 corresponds to one mixture.
  • Table A8 is as Table A1 , in which the compound 1-1 is replaced by compound I-8, and the mixtures are named from M.A.8.1 to M.A.8.215. In the context of the present invention, each of the rows of Table A8 corresponds to one mixture.
  • Table A9 is as Table A1 , in which the compound 1-1 is replaced by compound I-9, and the mixtures are named from M.A.9.1 to M.A.9.215. In the context of the present invention, each of the rows of Table A9 corresponds to one mixture.
  • Table A10 is as Table A1 , in which the compound 1-1 is replaced by compound 1-10, and the mixtures are named from M.A.10.1 to M.A.10.215. In the context of the present invention, each of the rows of Table A10 corresponds to one mixture.
  • Table A1 1 is as Table A1 , in which the compound 1-1 is replaced by compound 1-1 1 , and the mixtures are named from M.A.1 1 .1 to M.A.1 1 .215. In the context of the present invention, each of the rows of Table A1 1 corresponds to one mixture.
  • Table A12 is as Table A1 , in which the compound 1-1 is replaced by compound 1-12, and the mixtures are named from M.A.12.1 to M.A.12.215. In the context of the present invention, each of the rows of Table A12 corresponds to one mixture.
  • Table B2 is as Table B1 , in which the compound 1-1 is replaced by compound I-2, and the mixtures are named from M.B.2.1 to M.B.2.50. In the context of the present inven- tion, each of the rows of Table B2 corresponds to one mixture.
  • Table B3 is as Table B1 , in which the compound 1-1 is replaced by compound I-3, and the mixtures are named from M.B.3.1 to M.B.3.50. In the context of the present invention, each of the rows of Table B3 corresponds to one mixture.
  • Table B4A is as Table B1 , in which the compound 1-1 is replaced by compound I-4, and the mixtures are named from M.B.4.1 to M.B.4.50. In the context of the present invention, each of the rows of Table B4 corresponds to one mixture.
  • Table B5 is as Table B1 , in which the compound 1-1 is replaced by compound I-5, and the mixtures are named from M.B.5.1 to M.B.5.50. In the context of the present invention, each of the rows of Table B5 corresponds to one mixture.
  • Table B6 is as Table B1 , in which the compound 1-1 is replaced by compound I-6, and the mixtures are named from M.B.6.1 to M.B.6.50. In the context of the present invention, each of the rows of Table B6 corresponds to one mixture.
  • Table B7 is as Table B1 , in which the compound 1-1 is replaced by compound I-7, and the mixtures are named from M.B.7.1 to M.B.7.50. In the context of the present inven- tion, each of the rows of Table B7 corresponds to one mixture.
  • Table B8 is as Table B1 , in which the compound 1-1 is replaced by compound I-8, and the mixtures are named from M.B.8.1 to M.B.8.50. In the context of the present invention, each of the rows of Table B8 corresponds to one mixture.
  • Table B9 is as Table B1 , in which the compound 1-1 is replaced by compound I-9, and the mixtures are named from M.B.9.1 to M.B.9.50. In the context of the present invention, each of the rows of Table B9 corresponds to one mixture.
  • Table B10 is as Table B1 , in which the compound 1-1 is replaced by compound 1-10, and the mixtures are named from M.B.10.1 to M.B.10.50. In the context of the present invention, each of the rows of Table B10 corresponds to one mixture.
  • Table B1 1 is as Table B1 , in which the compound 1-1 is replaced by compound 1-1 1 , and the mixtures are named from M.B.1 1 .1 to M.B.1 1.50. In the context of the present invention, each of the rows of Table B1 1 corresponds to one mixture.
  • Table B12 is as Table B1 , in which the compound 1-1 is replaced by compound 1-12, and the mixtures are named from M.B.12.1 to M.B.12.50. In the context of the present invention, each of the rows of Table B12 corresponds to one mixture.
  • Table C2 is as Table C1 , in which the compound 1-1 is replaced by compound I-2, and the mixtures are named from M.C.2.1 to M.C.2.32. In the context of the present invention, each of the rows of Table C2 corresponds to one mixture. Table C3
  • Table C3 is as Table C1 , in which the compound 1-1 is replaced by compound I-3, and the mixtures are named from M.C.3.1 to M.C.3.32. In the context of the present invention, each of the rows of Table C3 corresponds to one mixture.
  • Table C4A is as Table C1 , in which the compound 1-1 is replaced by compound I-4, and the mixtures are named from M.C.4.1 to M.C.4.32. In the context of the present invention, each of the rows of Table C4 corresponds to one mixture.
  • Table C5 is as Table C1 , in which the compound 1-1 is replaced by compound I-5, and the mixtures are named from M.C.5.1 to M.C.5.32. In the context of the present invention, each of the rows of Table C5 corresponds to one mixture.
  • Table C6 is as Table C1 , in which the compound 1-1 is replaced by compound I-6, and the mixtures are named from M.C.6.1 to M.C.6.32. In the context of the present invention, each of the rows of Table C6 corresponds to one mixture.
  • Table C7 is as Table C1 , in which the compound 1-1 is replaced by compound I-7, and the mixtures are named from M.C.7.1 to M.C.7.32. In the context of the present inven- tion, each of the rows of Table C7 corresponds to one mixture.
  • Table C8 is as Table C1 , in which the compound 1-1 is replaced by compound I-8, and the mixtures are named from M.C.8.1 to M.C.8.32. In the context of the present invention, each of the rows of Table C8 corresponds to one mixture.
  • Table C9 is as Table C1 , in which the compound 1-1 is replaced by compound I-9, and the mixtures are named from M.C.9.1 to M.C.9.32. In the context of the present invention, each of the rows of Table C9 corresponds to one mixture.
  • Table C10 is as Table C1 , in which the compound 1-1 is replaced by compound 1-10, and the mixtures are named from M.C.10.1 to M.C.10.32. In the context of the present invention, each of the rows of Table C10 corresponds to one mixture.
  • Table C1 1 is as Table C1 , in which the compound 1-1 is replaced by compound 1-1 1 , and the mixtures are named from M.C.1 1 .1 to M.C.1 1.32. In the context of the present invention, each of the rows of Table C1 1 corresponds to one mixture.
  • Table C12 is as Table C1 , in which the compound 1-1 is replaced by compound 1-12, and the mixtures are named from M.C.12.1 to M.C.12.32. In the context of the present invention, each of the rows of Table C12 corresponds to one mixture.
  • inventive mixtures can further contain one or more insecticides, fungicides, herbicides.
  • compositions e.g. solutions, emulsions, suspensions, dusts, powders, pastes, gran- ules, pressings, capsules, and mixtures thereof.
  • composition types are suspensions (e.g. SC, OD, FS), emulsifiable concentrates (e.g. EC), emulsions (e.g. EW, EO, ES, ME), capsules (e.g. CS, ZC), pastes, pastilles, wettable powders or dusts (e.g. WP, SP, WS, DP, DS), pressings (e.g.
  • compositions types are defined in the "Catalogue of pesticide formulation types and international coding system", Technical Monograph No. 2, 6 th Ed. May 2008, CropLife International.
  • compositions are prepared in a known manner, such as described by Mollet and Grubemann, Formulation technology, Wiley VCH, Weinheim, 2001 ; or Knowles, New developments in crop protection product formulation, Agrow Reports DS243, T&F Informa, London, 2005.
  • auxiliaries are solvents, liquid carriers, solid carriers or fillers, surfactants, dispersants, emulsifiers, wetters, adjuvants, solubilizers, penetration enhancers, pro- tective colloids, adhesion agents, thickeners, humectants, repellents, attractants, feeding stimulants, compatibilizers, bactericides, anti-freezing agents, anti-foaming agents, colorants, tackifiers and binders.
  • Suitable solvents and liquid carriers are water and organic solvents, such as mineral oil fractions of medium to high boiling point, e.g. kerosene, diesel oil; oils of vegeta- ble or animal origin; aliphatic, cyclic and aromatic hydrocarbons, e. g. toluene, paraffin, tetrahydronaphthalene, alkylated naphthalenes; alcohols, e.g. ethanol, propanol, buta- nol, benzylalcohol, cyclohexanol; glycols; DMSO; ketones, e.g. cyclohexanone; esters, e.g.
  • mineral oil fractions of medium to high boiling point e.g. kerosene, diesel oil
  • oils of vegeta- ble or animal origin oils of vegeta- ble or animal origin
  • aliphatic, cyclic and aromatic hydrocarbons e. g. toluene, paraffin, tetrahydr
  • lactates carbonates, fatty acid esters, gamma-butyrolactone; fatty acids; phos- phonates; amines; amides, e.g. N-methylpyrrolidone, fatty acid dimethylamides; and mixtures thereof.
  • Suitable solid carriers or fillers are mineral earths, e.g. silicates, silica gels, talc, kaolins, limestone, lime, chalk, clays, dolomite, diatomaceous earth, bentonite, calcium sulfate, magnesium sulfate, magnesium oxide; polysaccharides, e.g. cellulose, starch; fertilizers, e.g. ammonium sulfate, ammonium phosphate, ammonium nitrate, ureas; products of vegetable origin, e.g. cereal meal, tree bark meal, wood meal, nutshell meal, and mixtures thereof.
  • mineral earths e.g. silicates, silica gels, talc, kaolins, limestone, lime, chalk, clays, dolomite, diatomaceous earth, bentonite, calcium sulfate, magnesium sulfate, magnesium oxide
  • polysaccharides e.g. cellulose, starch
  • fertilizers
  • Suitable surfactants are surface-active compounds, such as anionic, cationic, nonionic and amphoteric surfactants, block polymers, polyelectrolytes, and mixtures thereof. Such surfactants can be used as emusifier, dispersant, solubilizer, wetter, penetration enhancer, protective colloid, or adjuvant. Examples of surfactants are listed in McCutcheon's, Vol.1 : Emulsifiers & Detergents, McCutcheon's Directories, Glen Rock, USA, 2008 (International Ed. or North American Ed.).
  • Suitable anionic surfactants are alkali, alkaline earth or ammonium salts of sulfonates, sulfates, phosphates, carboxylates, and mixtures thereof.
  • sulfonates are alkylarylsulfonates, diphenylsulfonates, alpha-olefin sulfonates, lignine sulfonates, sulfonates of fatty acids and oils, sulfonates of ethoxylated alkylphenols, sul- fonates of alkoxylated arylphenols, sulfonates of condensed naphthalenes, sulfonates of dodecyl- and tridecylbenzenes, sulfonates of naphthalenes and alkylnaphthalenes, sulfosuccinates or sulfosuccinamates.
  • Examples of sulfates are sulfates of fatty acids and oils, of ethoxylated alkylphenols, of alcohols, of ethoxylated alcohols, or of fatty acid esters.
  • Examples of phosphates are phosphate esters.
  • Examples of carboxylates are alkyl carboxylates, and carboxylated alcohol or alkylphenol ethoxylates.
  • Suitable nonionic surfactants are alkoxylates, N-subsituted fatty acid amides, amine oxides, esters, sugar-based surfactants, polymeric surfactants, and mixtures thereof.
  • alkoxylates are compounds such as alcohols, alkylphenols, amines, amides, arylphenols, fatty acids or fatty acid esters which have been alkoxylated with 1 to 50 equivalents.
  • Ethylene oxide and/or propylene oxide may be employed for the alkoxylation, preferably ethylene oxide.
  • N-subsititued fatty acid amides are fatty acid glucamides or fatty acid alkanolamides.
  • esters are fatty acid esters, glycerol esters or monoglycerides.
  • sugar-based surfactants are sorbitans, ethoxylated sorbitans, sucrose and glucose esters or alkylpolyglucosides.
  • polymeric surfactants are home- or copolymers of vinylpyrrolidone, vinyl- alcohols, or vinylacetate.
  • Suitable cationic surfactants are quaternary surfactants, for example quaternary ammonium compounds with one or two hydrophobic groups, or salts of long-chain primary amines.
  • Suitable amphoteric surfactants are alkylbetains and imidazolines.
  • Suitable block polymers are block polymers of the A-B or A-B-A type comprising blocks of polyethylene oxide and polypropylene oxide, or of the A-B-C type comprising alkanol, polyethylene oxide and polypropylene oxide.
  • Suitable polyelectrolytes are polyacids or pol- ybases. Examples of polyacids are alkali salts of polyacrylic acid or polyacid comb polymers. Examples of polybases are polyvinylamines or polyethyleneamines.
  • Suitable adjuvants are compounds, which have a neglectable or even no pesticidal activity themselves, and which improve the biological performance of the inventive mixtures on the target.
  • examples are surfactants, mineral or vegetable oils, and other auxi- laries. Further examples are listed by Knowles, Adjuvants and additives, Agrow Reports DS256, T&F Informa UK, 2006, chapter 5.
  • Suitable thickeners are polysaccharides (e.g. xanthan gum, carboxymethylcellu- lose), anorganic clays (organically modified or unmodified), polycarboxylates, and silicates.
  • Suitable bactericides are bronopol and isothiazolinone derivatives such as alkyliso- thiazolinones and benzisothiazolinones.
  • Suitable anti-freezing agents are ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, urea and glycerin.
  • Suitable anti-foaming agents are silicones, long chain alcohols, and salts of fatty acids.
  • Suitable colorants e.g. in red, blue, or green
  • Suitable colorants are pigments of low water solubility and water-soluble dyes. Examples are inorganic colorants (e.g. iron oxide, titan oxide, iron hexacyanoferrate) and organic colorants (e.g. alizarin-, azo- and phthalocyanine colorants).
  • Suitable tackifiers or binders are polyvinylpyrrolidone, polyvinylacetates, polyvinyl alcohols, polyacrylates, biological or synthetic waxes, and cellulose ethers.
  • composition types and their preparation are:
  • 10-60 wt% of an inventive mixture and 5-15 wt% wetting agent e.g. alcohol alkox- ylates
  • a wetting agent e.g. alcohol alkox- ylates
  • the active substance dissolves upon dilution with water.
  • an inventive mixture and 1 -10 wt% dispersant e. g. polyvinylpyrroli- done
  • organic solvent e.g. cyclohexanone
  • emulsifiers e.g. calcium do- decylbenzenesulfonate and castor oil ethoxylate
  • water-insoluble or- ganic solvent e.g. aromatic hydrocarbon
  • Emulsions (EW, EO, ES)
  • emulsifiers e.g. calcium do- decylbenzenesulfonate and castor oil ethoxylate
  • water- insoluble organic solvent e.g. aromatic hydrocarbon
  • an inventive mixture 20-60 wt% are comminuted with ad- dition of 2-10 wt% dispersants and wetting agents (e.g. sodium lignosulfonate and alcohol ethoxylate), 0.1 -2 wt% thickener (e.g. xanthan gum) and water ad 100 wt% to give a fine active substance suspension. Dilution with water gives a stable suspension of the active substance.
  • dispersants and wetting agents e.g. sodium lignosulfonate and alcohol ethoxylate
  • 0.1 -2 wt% thickener e.g. xanthan gum
  • an inventive mixture 50-80 wt% of an inventive mixture are ground finely with addition of dispersants and wetting agents (e.g. sodium lignosulfonate and alcohol ethoxylate) ad 100 wt% 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.
  • dispersants and wetting agents e.g. sodium lignosulfonate and alcohol ethoxylate
  • 50-80 wt% of an inventive mixture are ground in a rotor-stator mill with addition of 1 - 5 wt% dispersants (e.g. sodium lignosulfonate), 1 -3 wt% wetting agents (e.g. alcohol ethoxylate) and solid carrier (e.g. silica gel) ad 100 wt%.
  • dispersants e.g. sodium lignosulfonate
  • 1 -3 wt% wetting agents e.g. alcohol ethoxylate
  • solid carrier e.g. silica gel
  • an inventive mixture In an agitated ball mill, 5-25 wt% of an inventive mixture are comminuted with addi- tion of 3-10 wt% dispersants (e.g. sodium lignosulfonate), 1 -5 wt% thickener (e.g. car- boxymethylcellulose) and water ad 100 wt% to give a fine suspension of the active substance. Dilution with water gives a stable suspension of the active substance.
  • dispersants e.g. sodium lignosulfonate
  • 1 -5 wt% thickener e.g. car- boxymethylcellulose
  • an inventive mixture 5-20 wt% are added to 5-30 wt% organic solvent blend (e.g. fatty acid dimethylamide and cyclohexanone), 10-25 wt% surfactant blend (e.g. alcohol ethoxylate and arylphenol ethoxylate), and water ad 100 %. This mixture is stirred for 1 h to produce spontaneously a thermodynamically stable microemulsion.
  • organic solvent blend e.g. fatty acid dimethylamide and cyclohexanone
  • surfactant blend e.g. alcohol ethoxylate and arylphenol ethoxylate
  • An oil phase comprising 5-50 wt% of an inventive mixture, 0-40 wt% water insoluble organic solvent (e.g. aromatic hydrocarbon), 2-15 wt% acrylic monomers (e.g. methyl- methacrylate, methacrylic acid and a di- or triacrylate) are dispersed into an aqueous solution of a protective colloid (e.g. polyvinyl alcohol). Radical polymerization initiated by a radical initiator results in the formation of poly(meth)acrylate microcapsules.
  • an oil phase comprising 5-50 wt% of an inventive mixture according to the invention, 0-40 wt% water insoluble organic solvent (e.g. aromatic hydrocarbon), and an isocyanate monomer (e.g.
  • diphenylmethene-4,4'-diisocyanatae are dispersed into an aqueous solution of a protective colloid (e.g. polyvinyl alcohol).
  • a protective colloid e.g. polyvinyl alcohol.
  • the addition of a polyamine results in the formation of polyurea microcapsules.
  • the monomers amount to 1 -10 wt%.
  • the wt% relate to the total CS composition.
  • Dustable powders DP, DS
  • an inventive mixture are ground finely and mixed intimately with solid carrier (e.g. finely divided kaolin) ad 100 wt%.
  • solid carrier e.g. finely divided kaolin
  • an inventive mixture is ground finely and associated with solid carrier (e.g. silicate) ad 100 wt%.
  • solid carrier e.g. silicate
  • Granulation is achieved by extrusion, spray-drying or fluid- ized bed.
  • organic solvent e.g. aromatic hydrocarbon
  • compositions types i) to xi) may optionally comprise further auxiliaries, such as 0.1 -1 wt% bactericides, 5-15 wt% anti-freezing agents, 0.1 -1 wt% anti-foaming agents, and 0.1 -1 wt% colorants.
  • auxiliaries such as 0.1 -1 wt% bactericides, 5-15 wt% anti-freezing agents, 0.1 -1 wt% anti-foaming agents, and 0.1 -1 wt% colorants.
  • the resulting agrochemical compositions generally comprise between 0.01 and 95%, preferably between 0.1 and 90%, and in particular between 0.5 and 75%, by weight of active substance.
  • the active substances are employed in a purity of from 90% to 100%, preferably from 95% to 100% (according to NMR spectrum).
  • Solutions for seed treatment (LS), Suspoemulsions (SE), flowable concentrates (FS), powders for dry treatment (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 compositions in question give, after two-to-tenfold dilu- tion, active substance concentrations of from 0.01 to 60% by weight, preferably from 0.1 to 40%, in the ready-to-use preparations. Application can be carried out before or during sowing.
  • Methods for applying the inventive mixtures and compositions thereof, respectively, on to plant propagation material, especially seeds include dressing, coating, pelleting, dusting, soaking and in-furrow application methods of the propagation material.
  • the inventive mixtures 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 amounts of active substances applied are, depending on the kind of effect desired, from 0.001 to 2 kg per ha, preferably from 0.005 to 2 kg per ha, more preferably from 0.01 to 1.0 kg per ha, and in particular from 0.05 to 0.75 kg per ha.
  • amounts of active substance of from 0.01 -10kg, preferably from 0.1 - 1000 g, more preferably from 1 -100 g per 100 kilogram of plant propagation material (preferably seeds) are generally required.
  • the amount of active substance applied depends on the kind of application area and on the desired effect. Amounts customarily applied in the protection of materials are 0.001 g to 2 kg, preferably 0.005 g to 1 kg, of active substance per cubic meter of treated material.
  • oils, wetters, adjuvants, fertilizer, or micronutrients, and further pesticides may be added to the active substances or the compositions comprising them as premix or, if appropriate not until immediately prior to use (tank mix).
  • pesticides e.g. herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, growth regulators, safeners
  • These agents can be admixed with the compositions according to the invention in a weight ratio of 1 :100 to 100:1 , preferably 1 :10 to 10:1.
  • the user applies the composition according to the invention usually from a predos- age device, a knapsack sprayer, a spray tank, a spray plane, or an irrigation system.
  • the agrochemical composition is made up with water, buffer, and/or further auxiliaries to the desired application concentration and the ready-to-use spray liquor or the agrochemical composition according to the invention is thus obtained.
  • 20 to 2000 liters, preferably 50 to 400 liters, of the ready-to-use spray liquor are applied per hectare of agricultural useful area.
  • composition according to the invention such as parts of a kit or parts of a binary or ternary mixture may be mixed by the user himself in a spray tank or any other kind of vessel used for applications (e. g. seed treater drums, seed pelleting machinery, knapsack sprayer) and further auxiliaries may be added, if appropriate.
  • a spray tank or any other kind of vessel used for applications (e. g. seed treater drums, seed pelleting machinery, knapsack sprayer) and further auxiliaries may be added, if appropriate.
  • one embodiment of the invention is a kit for preparing a usable pesti- cidal composition, the kit comprising a) a composition comprising component 1 ) as defined herein and at least one auxiliary; and b) a composition comprising component 2) as defined herein and at least one auxiliary; and optionally c) a composition compris- ing at least one auxiliary and optionally a further active component 3) as defined herein.
  • the present invention comprises a method for controlling pests, that means animal pests and/or harmful fungi, wherein the pest, their habitat, breeding grounds, their locus or the plants to be protected against pest attack, the soil or plant propagation material (preferably seed) are treated with an pesticidally effective amount of a inventive 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); Altemaria 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; Aphano- myces 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.), e. g. Southern leaf blight (D. maydis) or Northern leaf blight (B. zeicola) on corn, e. g. spot blotch (B. sorokiniana) on cereals and e. g. B. oryzae on rice 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 strawberries
  • vegetables e. g. lettuce, carrots, celery and cabbages
  • rape flowers, vines, forestry plants and wheat
  • Bremia lactucae downy mildew
  • Ceratocystis syn. Ophiostoma
  • spp. rot or wilt
  • broad- leaved trees and evergreens e. g. C. ulmi (Dutch elm disease) on elms
  • Cercospora spp. Cercospora leaf spots
  • corn e. g. Gray leaf spot: C. zeae-maydis
  • sugar beets e. g. C.
  • Cycloconium spp. e. g. C. oleaginum on olive trees
  • Cylindrocarpon spp. e. g. fruit tree canker or young vine decline, teleomorph: Nectria or Neonectria spp.
  • liriodendri Neonectria liriodendri: Black Foot Disease) and ornamentals; Dematophora (teleomorph: Rosellinia) necatrix (root and stem rot) on soybeans; Diaporthe spp., e. g. D. phaseolorum (damping off) on soy- beans; Drechslera (syn. Helminthosporium, teleomorph: Pyrenophora) spp. on corn, cereals, such as barley (e. g. D. teres, net blotch) and wheat (e. g. D. D.
  • tritici-repentis tan spot), rice and turf; Esca (dieback, apoplexy) on vines, caused by Formitiporia (syn. Phellinus) punctata, F. mediterranea, Phaeomoniella chlamydospora (earlier Phaeo- acremonium chlamydosporum), Phaeoacremonium aleophilum and/or Botryosphaeria obtusa; Elsinoe spp. on pome fruits (£. pyri), soft fruits (£. veneta: anthracnose) and vines (£.
  • ampelina anthracnose
  • Entyloma oryzae leaf smut
  • Epicoccum spp. black mold
  • Erysiphe spp. potowdery mildew
  • sugar beets £. betae
  • vegetables e. g. E. pisi
  • cucurbits e. g. E. cichoracearum
  • cabbages e. g. E. cruciferarum
  • Eutypa lata Eutypa canker or dieback, anamorph: Cytosporina lata, syn.
  • G. sabinae rust on pears
  • Helminthosporium spp. syn. Drechslera, teleomorph: Cochliobolus
  • Hemileia spp. e. g. H. vastatrix (coffee leaf rust) on coffee
  • Isa- riopsis 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 pestusa (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
  • Myco- sphaerella spp. on cereals, bananas, soft fruits and ground nuts, such as e. g. M.
  • graminicola anamorph: Septoria tritici, Septoria blotch
  • M. fijiensis black Sigatoka disease
  • Peronospora spp. downy mildew
  • cabbage e. g. P. brassicae
  • rape e. g. P. parasitica
  • onions e. g. P. destructor
  • tobacco e. g. P. tabacina
  • soybeans e. g. P. manshurica
  • Phakopsora pachyrhizi and P. meibomiae soybean rust
  • Phialophora spp. e. g. on vines e. g. P.
  • soybeans e. g. P. gregata: stem rot
  • Phoma lingam root and stem rot
  • P. betae root rot, leaf spot and damping-off
  • sugar beets e. g. P. viticola: can and leaf spot
  • soybeans e. g. stem rot: P. phaseoli, teleomorph: Diaporthe phaseolorum
  • Physo- derma maydis (brown spots) on corn; Phytophthora spp.
  • Podosphae- ra spp. (powdery mildew) on rosaceous plants, hop, pome and soft fruits, e. g. P. leu- cotricha on apples
  • Polymyxa spp. e. g. on cereals, such as barley and wheat (P. graminis) and sugar beets (P. betae) and thereby transmitted viral diseases
  • Pseudo- cercosporella herpotrichoides eyespot, teleomorph: Tapesia yallundae
  • recondita brown or leaf rust
  • cereals such as e. g. wheat, barley or rye, P. kuehnii (orange rust) on sugar cane and P. asparagi on asparagus
  • Pyrenophora anamorph: Drechslera
  • tritici-repentis tan spot
  • P. feres net blotch
  • Pyricularia spp. e. g. P. oryzae (teleomorph: Magnaporthe grisea, rice blast) on rice and P. grisea on turf and cereals
  • solani (sheath blight) on rice or R. cerealis (Rhizoctonia spring blight) on wheat or barley; Rhizopus stolonifer (black mold, soft rot) on strawberries, carrots, cabbage, vines and tomatoes; Rhynchosporium secalis (scald) on barley, rye and triticale; Sarocladium oryzae and S. attenuatum (sheath rot) on rice; Sclerotinia spp. (stem 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.
  • rape sunflowers
  • sunflowers e. g. S. sclerotiorum
  • soybeans e. g. S. rolfsii or S.
  • Septoria spp. on various plants, e. g. S. glycines (brown spot) on soybeans, S. tritici (Septoria blotch) on wheat and S. (syn. Stagonospora) nodorum (Stagonospora blotch) on cereals; Uncinula (syn. Erysiphe) necator (powdery mildew, anamorph: Oidium tuckeri) on vines; Setospaeria spp. (leaf blight) on corn (e. g. S. turcicum, syn.
  • Sphacelotheca spp. (smut) on corn, (e. g. S. reiliana: head smut), sorghum und sugar cane; Sphaerotheca fuliginea (powdery mildew) on cucurbits; Spongospora subterranea (powdery scab) on potatoes and thereby transmitted viral diseases; Stagonospora spp. on cereals, e. g. S. nodorum (Stagonospora blotch, teleomorph: Leptosphaeria [syn.
  • Taphrina spp. e. g. T. deformans (leaf curl disease) on peaches and T. pruni (plum pocket) on plums
  • Thielaviopsis spp. black root rot
  • controversa dwarf bunt
  • Typhula incarnata grey snow mold
  • Uro- cystis spp. e. g. U. occulta (stem smut) on rye
  • Uromyces spp. rust
  • vegetables such as beans (e. g. U. appendiculatus, syn. U. phaseoli) and sugar beets (e. g. U. betae)
  • Ustilago spp. loose smut) on cereals (e. g. U. nuda and U. avaenae), corn (e. g. U. maydis: corn smut) and sugar cane; Venturia spp.
  • the mixtures according to the present invention are also suitable for controlling harmful fungi in the protection of stored products or harvest and in the protection of materials.
  • protection of materials is to be understood to denote the protection of technical and non-living materials, such as adhesives, glues, wood, paper and paper- board, textiles, leather, paint dispersions, plastics, cooling lubricants, fiber or fabrics, against the infestation and destruction by harmful microorganisms, such as fungi and bacteria.
  • Ascomycetes such as Ophiostoma spp., Ceratocyst- is 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., Serpula spp.
  • Candida spp. and Saccharomyces cerevisae are worthy of note: Candida spp. and Saccharomyces cerevisae.
  • 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), cereals such as wheat, rye, barley, rice, oats; grass coffee, potatoes, corn, fruit species, soya, tomatoes, grapevines, ornamental plants, sugar cane and also on a large number of seeds.
  • the inventive mixtures are used in soya (soybean), cereals and corn.
  • the inventive mixtures exhibit also outstanding action against animal pests from the following orders: insects from the order of the lepidopterans (Lepidoptera), for example Agrotis ypsilon, Agrotis segetum, Alabama argillacea, Anticarsia gemmatalis, Argyresthia conjugella, Autographa gamma, Bupalus piniarius, Cacoecia murinana, Capua reticulana, Chei- matobia brumata, Choristoneura fumiferana, Choristoneura occidentalis, Cirphis unipuncta, Cydia pomonella, Dendrolimus pini, Diaphania nitidalis, Diatraea grand iosel- la, Earias insulana, Elasmopalpus lignosellus, Eupoecilia ambiguella, Evetria bouliana, Feltia subterranea, Galleria mellonella, Grapholitha
  • Cordylobia anthropophaga Culicoides furens, Culex pipiens, Culex nigripalpus, Culex quinquefasciatus, Culex tarsalis, Culiseta inornata, Culiseta melanura, Dacus cucurbi- tae, Dacus oleae, Dasineura brassicae, Delia antique, Delia coarctata, Delia platura, Delia radicum, Dermatobia hominis, Fannia canicularis, Geomyza Tripunctata, Gaster- ophilus intestinalis, Glossina morsitans, Glossina palpalis, Glossina fuscipes, Glossina tachinoides, Haematobia irritans, Haplodiplosis equestris, Hippelates spp., Hylemyia platura, Hypoderma lineata, Leptoconops torrens, Lirio
  • Dichromothrips corbetti Dichromothrips ssp , Frankliniella fusca, Frankliniella occidentalis, Frankliniella tritici, Scirtothrips citri, Thrips oryzae, Thrips palmi and Thrips tabaci, termites (Isoptera), e.g. Calotermes flavicollis, Leucotermes flavipes, Heterotermes aureus, Reticulitermes flavipes, Reticulitermes virginicus, Reticulitermes lucifugus, Termes natalensis, and Coptotermes formosanus, cockroaches (Blattaria - Blattodea), e.g.
  • Blattella germanica Blattella asahinae, Penplaneta americana, Periplaneta japonica, Periplaneta brunnea, Periplaneta fuligginosa, Periplaneta australasiae, and Blatta orientalis, true bugs (Hemiptera), e.g.
  • Hoplocampa minuta Hoplocampa testudinea
  • Monomorium phar- aonis Solenopsis geminata
  • Vespula squamosa Paravespula vulgaris, Par- avespula pennsylvanica, Paravespula germanica, Dolichovespula maculata, Vespa crabro, Polistes rubiginosa, Camponotus floridanus, and Linepithema humile, crickets, grasshoppers, locusts (Orthoptera), e.g.
  • 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, Hy- alomma truncatum, Ixodes ricinus, Ixodes rubicundus, Ixodes scapularis, Ixodes holo- cyclus, Ixodes pacificus, Ornithodorus moubata, Ornithodorus hermsi, Ornithodorus turicata, Ornithonyssus bacoti, Otobius megnini, Dermanyssus
  • Tarsonemidae spp. such as Phytonemus pallidus and Polyphagotarsonemus latus
  • Tenuipalpidae spp. such as Brevipalpus phoenicis
  • Tetranychidae spp. such as Tetranychus cinnabarinus, Tetranychus kanzawai, Tetranychus pacificus, Tetranychus telarius and Tetranychus urticae, Panonychus ul- mi, Panonychus citri, and Oligonychus pratensis; Araneida, e.g. Latrodectus mactans, and Loxosceles reclusa, fleas (Siphonaptera), e.g.
  • Earwigs (DermapteraJ, e.g. forficula auricularia, lice (Phthiraptera), e.g. Pediculus humanus capitis, Pediculus humanus corporis, Pthirus pubis, Haematopinus eurysternus, Haematopinus suis, Linognathus vituli, Bo- vicola bovis, Menopon gallinae, Menacanthus stramineus and Solenopotes capillatus, plant parasitic nematodes such as root-knot nematodes, Meloidogyne arenaria, Meloidogyne chitwoodi, Meloidogyne exigua, Meloidogyne hapla, Meloidogyne incognita, Meloidogyne javanica and other Meloidogyne species; cyst nematodes, Globodera rostochiensis, Globodera pallid
  • the inventive mixture 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 herein below. 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 term plant refers to an entire plant, a part of the plant or the propagation material of the plant.
  • inventive mixtures and compositions thereof are particularly important in the control of a multitude of phytopathogenic fungi on various cultivated plants, such as cereals, e. g. wheat, rye, barley, triticale, oats or rice; beet, e. g. sugar beet or fodder beet; fruits, such as pomes, stone fruits or soft fruits, e. g.
  • cereals e. g. wheat, rye, barley, triticale, oats or rice
  • beet e. g. sugar beet or fodder beet
  • fruits such as pomes, stone fruits or soft fruits, e. g.
  • the inventive mixtures and compositions thereof are used for controlling a multitude of fungi on field crops, such as potatoes sugar beets, tobac- co, wheat, rye, barley, oats, rice, corn, cotton, soybeans, rape, legumes, sunflowers, coffee or sugar cane; fruits; vines; ornamentals; or vegetables, such as cucumbers, tomatoes, beans or squashes.
  • field crops such as potatoes sugar beets, tobac- co, wheat, rye, barley, oats, rice, corn, cotton, soybeans, rape, legumes, sunflowers, coffee or sugar cane; fruits; vines; ornamentals; or vegetables, such as cucumbers, tomatoes, beans or squashes.
  • treatment of plant propagation materials with the inventive mixtures and compositions thereof, respectively is used for controlling a multitude of fungi on cere- als, such as wheat, rye, barley and oats; potatoes, tomatoes, vines, rice, corn, cotton and soybeans.
  • cultiva plants is to be understood as including plants which have been modified by breeding, mutagenesis or genetic engineering including but not limiting to agricultural biotech products on the market or in development (cf. http://cera- gmc.org/, see GM crop database therein).
  • 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- translational modification of protein(s), oligo- or polypeptides e. g. by glycosylation or polymer additions such as prenylated, acetylated or farnesylated moieties or PEG moieties.
  • herbicides e. bromoxynil or ioxynil herbicides as a result of conventional methods of breeding or genetic engineering. Furthermore, plants have been made resistant to multiple classes of herbicides through multiple genetic modifications, such as resistance to both glyphosate and glufosinate or to both glyphosate and a herbicide from another class such as ALS inhibitors, HPPD inhibitors, auxin herbicides, or ACCase inhibitors.
  • ALS inhibitors e.g. described in Pest Managem. Sci.
  • cultivated plants have been rendered tolerant to herbicides by conventional methods of breeding (mutagenesis), e. g. Clearfield ® summer rape (Canola, BASF SE, Germany) being tolerant to imidazolinones, e. g.
  • 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(bl ) or Cry9c; vegetative insecticidal proteins (VIP), e. g. VIP1 , VIP2, VIP3 or VIP3A; insecticidal proteins of bacteria colonizing nematodes, e. g. Photorhabdus spp.
  • VIP1 , VIP2, VIP3 or VIP3A vegetative insecticidal proteins
  • 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 capable 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 per- son skilled in the art and are described, e. g.
  • 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 Monsan- to 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 CrylAc 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 tech- niques capable to synthesize one or more proteins to increase the resistance or tolerance 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 synthesizing these proteins with increased resistance against bacteria such as Erwinia amylvora).
  • 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. g. potato cultivars capable of synthesizing these proteins with increased resistance against bacteria such as Erwinia amylvora.
  • the methods for producing such genetically modified plants are generally known to the person skilled in the art and are described, e. g. in the publications mentioned above.
  • plants are also covered that are by the use of recombinant DNA techniques 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.
  • productivity e. g. bio mass production, grain yield, starch content, oil content or protein content
  • 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. oil crops that produce health- promoting long-chain omega-3 fatty acids or unsaturated omega-9 fatty acids (e. g. Nexera ® rape, DOW Agro Sciences, Canada).
  • 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).
  • 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 with the 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.
  • Insecticidal compositions for application to fibers, fabric, knitgoods, non- wovens, netting material or foils and tarpaulins preferably comprise a composition in- eluding the inventive mixtures, optionally a repellent and at least one binder.
  • inventive mixtures and the compositions comprising them can be used for protecting 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 20 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 .
  • Insecticidal 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

The present invention relates to pesticidal mixtures comprising one fungicidal compound (I) selected from the group consisting of 1-[3-chloro-2-[[1-(4-chlorophenyl)pyrazol-3-yl]oxymethyl]phenyl]-4-methyl-tetrazol-5-one (1-1), 1-[3-bromo-2-[[1-(4-chlorophenyl)pyrazol-3-yl]oxymethyl]phenyl]-4-methyl-tetrazol-5-one (1-2), 1-[2-[[1-(4-chlorophenyl)pyrazol-3-yl]oxymethyl]-3-methyl-phenyl]-4-methyl-tetrazol-5-one (1-3), 1-[2-[[1-(4-chlorophenyl)pyrazol-3-yl]oxymethyl]-3-fluoro-phenyl]-4-methyl-tetrazol-5-one (1-4), 1-[2-[[1-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)pyrazol-3-yl]oxymethyl]-3-fluoro-phenyl]-4-methyl-tetrazol-5-one (1-5), 1-[2-[[4-(4-chlorophenyl)thiazol-2-yl]oxymethyl]-3-methyl-phenyl]-4-methyl-tetrazol-5-one (1-6), 1-[3-chloro-2-[[4-(p-tolyl)thiazol-2-yl]oxymethyl]phenyl]-4-methyl-tetrazol-5-one (1-7), 1-[3-cyclopropyl-2-[[2-methyl-4-(1-methylpyrazol-3-yl)phenoxy]methyl]phenyl]-4-methyl-tetrazol-5-one (1-8), 1-[3-(difluoromethoxy)-2-[[2-methyl-4-(1-methylpyrazol-3-yl)phenoxy]methyl]phenyl]-4-methyl-tetrazol-5-one (1-9), 1-methyl-4-[3-methyl-2-[[2-methyl-4-(1-methylpyrazol-3-yl)phenoxy]methyl]phenyl]tetrazol-5-one (1-10) and 1-methyl-4-[3-methyl-2-[[1-[3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]ethylideneamino]oxymethyl]phenyl]tetrazol-5-one (1-11) and 1-[3-chloro-2-[[1-(4-chlorophenyl)pyrazol-3-yl]oxymethyl]phenyl]-4-methyl-tetrazol-5-one (1-12) and one insecticide. The patent application also relates to plant propagation material and to a pesticidal composition comprising this mixture as well as to the use of the pesticidal mixture in methods for controlling phytopathogenic pests, for improving the health of plants and for the protection of plant propagation material.

Description

Pesticidal mixtures
Description The present invention relates to mixtures comprising
1 ) one fungicidal compound I selected from the group consisting of 1 -[3-chloro-2-[[1 -(4- chlorophenyl)pyrazol-3-yl]oxymethyl]phenyl]-4-methyl-tetrazol-5-one (1-1 ), 1 -[3-bromo-2- [[1 -(4-chlorophenyl)pyrazol-3-yl]oxymethyl]phenyl]-4-methyl-tetrazol-5-one (I-2), 1 -[2-[[1 - (4-chlorophenyl)pyrazol-3-yl]oxymethyl]-3-methyl-phenyl]-4-methyl-tetrazol-5-one (I-3), 1 - [2-[[1 -(4-chlorophenyl)pyrazol-3-yl]oxymethyl]-3-fluoro-phenyl]-4-methyl-tetrazol-5-one (I-
4), 1 -[2-[[1 -(2,4-dichlorophenyl)pyrazol-3-yl]oxymethyl]-3-fluoro-phenyl]-4-methyl-tetrazol- 5-one (I-5), 1 -[2-[[4-(4-chlorophenyl)thiazol-2-yl]oxymethyl]-3-methyl-phenyl]-4-methyl- tetrazol-5-one (I-6), 1 -[3-chloro-2-[[4-(p-tolyl)thiazol-2-yl]oxymethyl]phenyl]-4-methyl- tetrazol-5-one (I-7), 1 -[3-cyclopropyl-2-[[2-methyl-4-(1 -methylpyrazol-3- yl)phenoxy]methyl]phenyl]-4-methyl-tetrazol-5-one (I-8), 1 -[3-(difluoromethoxy)-2-[[2- methyl-4-(1 -methylpyrazol-3-yl)phenoxy]methyl]phenyl]-4-methyl-tetrazol-5-one (I-9), 1 - methyl-4-[3-methyl-2-[[2-methyl-4-(1 -methylpyrazol-3-yl)phenoxy]methyl]phenyl]tetrazol-5- one (1-10) and 1 -methyl-4-[3-methyl-2-[[1 -[3-
(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]ethylideneamino]oxymethyl]phenyl]tetrazol-5-one (1-1 1 ) and 1 -[3- chloro-2-[[1 -(4-chlorophenyl)pyrazol-3-yl]oxymethyl]phenyl]-4-methyl-tetrazol-5-one (1-12); and
2) one insecticidal compound II selected from
the group of organo(thio)phosphates consisting of acephate (11-1 ), azamethiphos (II-2), az- inphos-methyl (II-3), cadusafos (II-4), chlorethoxyfos (II-5), chlorpyrifos (II-6), chlorpyrifos- methyl (II-7), chlorfenvinphos (II-8), demeton-S-methyl (II-9), diazinon (11-10), dichlorvos
(11-1 1 ), dicrotophos (11-12), dimethoate (11-13), disulfoton (11-14), ethion (11-15), ethoprophos (11-16), fenamiphos (11-17), fenitrothion (11-18), fenthion (11-19), fosthiazate (II-20), isofenphos (11-21 ), isoxathion (II-22), malathion (II-23), methamidophos (II-24), methida- thion (II-25), methyl-parathion (II-26), mevinphos (N-27), monocrotophos (II-28), ometho- ate (II-29), oxydemeton-methyl (II-30), paraoxon (11-31 ), parathion (II-32), phenthoate (II-
33), phosalone (II-34), phosmet (II-35), phosphamidon (II-36), phorate (II-37), phoxim (II- 38), pirimiphos-methyl (II-39), profenofos (II-40), prothiofos (11-41 ), pyraclofos (II-42), pyri- daphenthion (II-43), quinalphos (II-44), sulprophos (II-45), tebupirimfos (II-46), tetrachlor- vinphos (II-47), terbufos (II-48), triazophos (II-49), trichlorfon (II-50); and
the group of carbamates consisting of alanycarb (11-51 ), aldicarb (II-52), BPMC (II-53), bendiocarb (II-54), benfuracarb (II-55), carbaryl (II-56), carbofuran (II-57), carbosulfan (II- 58), cartap (II-59), fenoxycarb (II-60), formetanate (11-61 ), furathiocarb (II-62), methiocarb (II-63), methomyl (II-64), oxamyl (II-65), pirimicarb (II-66), propoxur (II-67), thiodicarb (II- 68), triazamate (II-69); and
the group of pyrethroids consisting of acrinathrin (II-70), allethrin (11-71 ), bifenthrin (II-72), cycloprothrin (II-73), cyfluthrin (II-74), cyhalothrin (II-75), cyphenothrin (II-76), cyperme- thrin (II-77), alpha-cypermethrin (II-78), beta-cypermethrin (II-79), zeta-cypermethrin (II- 80), deltamethrin (11-81 ), esfenvalerate (II-82), etofenprox (II-83), fenpropathrin (II-84), fenvalerate (II-85), flucythrinate (II-86), fluvalinate (II-87), gamma-cyhalothrin (II-88), imi- prothrin (II-89), lambda-cyhalothrin (II-90), permethrin (11-91 ), prallethrin (II-92), pyrethrin I and II (II-93), resmethrin (II-94), silafluofen (II-95), tau-fluvalinate (II-96), tefluthrin (II-97), tetramethrin (II-98), tralomethrin (II-99), transfluthrin (11-100), profluthrin (11-101 ), dimefluth- rin (11-102); and
the group of insect growth regulators consisting of bistrifluron (11-103), chlorfluazuron (II- 104), cyramazin (11-105), diflubenzuron (11-106), flucycloxuron (11-107), flufenoxuron (II- 108), hexaflumuron (11-109), lufenuron (11-1 10), novaluron (11-1 1 1 ), noviflumuron (11-1 12), teflubenzuron (11-1 13), triflumuron (11-1 14), buprofezin (11-1 15), diofenolan (11-1 16), hexyth- iazox (11-1 17), etoxazole (11-1 18), clofentazine (11-1 19); chromafenozide (11-120), halofeno- zide (11-121 ), methoxyfenozide (11-122), tebufenozide (11-123), azadirachtin (11-124);
pyriproxyfen (11-125), methoprene (11-126), fenoxycarb (11-127); spirodiclofen (11-128), spi- romesifen (11-129), spirotetramat (11-130); and
the group of nicotinic receptor agonists/antagonists compounds consisting of clothianidin (11-131 ), dinotefuran (11-132), flupyradifurone (11-133), imidacloprid (11-134), thiamethoxam (11-135), nitenpyram (11-136), acetamiprid (11-137), thiacloprid (11-138), 1 -2-chloro-thiazol-5- ylmethyl)-2-nitrimino-3,5-dimethyl-[1 ,3,5]triazinane (11-139); and
the group of GABA antagonist compounds consisting of endosulfan (11-140), ethiprole (II- 141 ), fipronil (11-142), vaniliprole (11-143), pyrafluprole (11-144), pyriprole (11-145), 5-amino-
1 - (2,6-dichloro-4-methyl-phenyl)-4-sulfinamoyl-1 H-pyrazole-3-carbothioic acid amide (II- 146); and
macrocyclic lactone insecticides consisting of abamectin (11-147), emamectin (11-148), mil- bemectin (11-149), lepimectin (11-150), spinosad (11-151 ), spinetoram (11-152); and the group of mitochondrial electron transport inhibitor (METI) I acaricides consisting of fenazaquin (11-153), pyridaben (11-154), tebufenpyrad (11-155), tolfenpyrad (11-156), flufen- erim (11-157); and METI II and III compounds consisting of acequinocyl (11-158), fluacyprim (11-159), hydramethylnon (11-160); and
the group of uncouplers consisting of chlorfenapyr (11-161 ); and
oxidative phosphorylation inhibitors consisting of cyhexatin (11-162), diafenthiuron (11-163), fenbutatin oxide (11-164), propargite (11-165); and
moulting disruptor compounds consisting of cryomazine (11-166); and
mixed function oxidase inhibitors consisting of piperonyl butoxide (11-167); and
the group of sodium channel blockers consisting of indoxacarb (11-168), metaflumizone (II-
169); and
the group of ryanodine receptor inhibitors consisting of chlorantraniliprole (11-170), cyan- traniliprole (11-171 ), cyclaniliprole (11-172), flubendiamide (11-173), tetraniliprole (11-174), N-[4,6-dichloro-2-[(diethyl-lambda-4-sulfanylidene)carba-moyl]-phenyl]-2-(3-chloro-
2- pyridyl)-5-(trifluoromethyl)pyrazole-3-carboxamide (11-175), N-[4-chloro-2-[(diethyl- lambda-4-sulfanylidene)carbamoyl]-6-methyl-phenyl]-2-(3-chloro-2-pyridyl)-5- (trifluoromethyl)pyrazole-3-carboxamide (11-176), N-[4-chloro-2-[(di-2-propyl-lambda-4- sulfanylidene)carbamoyl]-6-methyl-phenyl]-2-(3-chloro-2-pyridyl)-5- (trifluoromethyl)pyrazole-3-carboxamide (11-177), N— [4,6-dichloro-2-[(di-2-propyl-lambda- 4-sulfanylidene)carbamoyl]-phenyl]-2-(3-chloro-2-pyridyl)-5-(trifluoromethyl)pyrazole carboxamide (11-178), N-[4,6-dichloro-2-[(diethyl-lambda-4-sulfanylidene)carbamoyl]- phenyl]-2-(3-chloro-2-pyridyl)-5-(d-fluoromethyl)pyrazole-3-carboxamide (11-179), N-[4,6- dibromo-2-[(di-2-propyl-lambda-4-sulfanylidene)carba-moyl]-phenyl]-2-(3-chloro-2- pyridyl)-5-(trifluorometh-yl)pyrazole-3-carboxamide (11-180), N-[4-chloro-2-[(di-2-propyl- lambda-4-sulfanyli-dene)carbamoyl]-6-cyano-phenyl]-2-(3-chloro-2-pyridyl)-5- (trifluoromethyl)pyrazole-3-carboxamide (11-181 ), N-[4,6-dibromo-2-[(diethyl-lambda-4- sulfanylidene)carba-moyl]-phenyl]-2-(3-chloro-2-pyndyl)-5-(trifluoromethyl)pyrazole-3- carboxamide (11-182); and
the group of various and unknown mode of action consisting of afidopyropen (11-183), benclothiaz (11-184), bensultap (11-185), bifenazate (11-186), cyromazine (11-187), fluensul- fone (11-188), flonicamid (11-189), flometoquin (11-190), pyridalyl (11-191 ), pymetrozine (II- 192), sulfur (11-193), thiocyclam (11-194), cyenopyrafen (11-195), flupyrazofos (11-196), cyflumetofen (11-197), amidoflumet (11-198), imicyafosbistrifluron (11-199), pyrifluquinazon (II-200), 1 ,1 '-[(3S,4R,4aR,6S,6aS,12R,12aS,12bS)-4-[[(2-cyclopropylacetyl)-oxy]methyl]-
1 ,3,4,4a,5,6,6a,12,12a,12b-decahydro-12-hydroxy-4,6a,12b-trimethyl-1 1 -oxo-9-(3- pyridinyl)-2H,1 1 H-naphtho[2,1 -b]pyrano[3,4-e]pyran-3,6-diyl] cyclopropane-acetic acid ester (11-201 ), sulfoxaflor (II-202), triflumezopyrim (II-203), tioxazafen (II-204), clofentezine (II-205), fenpyroximate (II-206), amitraz (II-207), azocyclotin (II-208), bromopropylate (II- 209), diflovidazin (11-210), fluacrypyrim (11-21 1 ), pyrimidifen (11-212), dicofol (11-213), lindane (11-214), metaldehyde (11-215).
The above-referred mixtures are herein below also referred as "inventive mixtures". Moreover, 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 compound I and compound II for preparing such mixtures, and also to compositions comprising such mixtures.
Moreover, the invention relates to a method for controlling harmful fungi, using the inventive mixtures of compound I, II and to the use of compound I and the two compounds II as defined above for preparing such mixtures, and also to compositions comprising such mixtures.
In one embodiment, the present invention provides methods for the control of animal pests (such as insects, acarids or nematodes) comprising contacting the animal pest (the insect, aca- rid or nematode) or their food supply, habitat, breeding grounds or their locus with a pesticidally effective amount of the inventive mixtures.
Moreover, in another embodiment the present invention also relates to a method of protecting plants from attack or infestation by animal pests (insects, acarids or nematodes) comprising contacting the plant, or the soil or water in which the plant is growing, with a pesticidally effective amount of the inventive mixture. Additionally, the present invention also comprises a method for protection of plant propagation material (preferably seed) from harmful pests, such as fungi or insects, arachnids or nematodes comprising contacting the plant propagation materials (preferably seeds) with an inventive mixture in pesticidally effective amounts
The term "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 germination or after emergence from soil.
These young plants may also be protected before transplantation by a total or partial treatment by immersion or pouring. In a particular preferred embodiment, the term propagation material denotes seeds. Additionally, the present invention also comprises a method for protection of plant propagation material (preferably seed) from harmful fungi comprising contacting the plant propagation materials (preferably seeds) with the inventive mixture in pesticidally effective amounts.
Moreover, the invention relates to a method for controlling harmful fungi using the inventive mix- tures mixtures and to the use of the compounds present in the inventive mixtures for preparing such mixtures, and also to compositions comprising such mixtures.
The present invention further relates to plant-protecting active ingredient mixtures having syner- gistically enhanced action of improving the health of plants and to a method of applying such inventive mixtures to the plants.
Compounds I as well as their pesticidal action and methods for producing them are known e.g. from WO 2013/162072, WO 2013/162072, WO 2013/162072, WO 2013/162072, WO
2013/162072, WO 2013/162077, WO 2013/162077, WO 2014/051 161 , WO 2014/051 161 , WO 2014/051 165 and WO 2014/084223. Compounds II as well as their pesticidal action and methods for producing them are generally known. For instance, they may be found in the e-Pesticide Manual V5.2 (ISBN 978 1 901396 85 0) (2008-201 1 ) among other publications.
One typical problem arising in the field of pest control lies in the need to reduce the dosage rates of the active ingredient in order to reduce or avoid unfavorable environmental or toxicolog- ical effects whilst still allowing effective pest control.
In regard to the instant invention the term pests embrace animal pests, and harmful fungi. Another problem encountered concerns the need to have available pest control agents which are effective against a broad spectrum of pests, e.g. both animal pests and harmful fungi.
There also exists the need for pest control agents that combine knock-down activity with prolonged control, that is, fast action with long lasting action. Another difficulty in relation to the use of pesticides is that the repeated and exclusive application of an individual pesticidal compound leads in many cases to a rapid selection of pests, that means animal pests, and harmful fungi, which have developed natural or adapted resistance against the active compound in question. Therefore there is a need for pest control agents that help prevent or overcome resistance.
Another problem underlying the present invention is the desire for compositions that improve plants, a process which is commonly and hereinafter referred to as "plant health".
The term plant health comprises various sorts of improvements of plants that are not connected to the control of pests. For example, advantageous properties that may be mentioned 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. against drought, heat, salt, UV, water, cold), reduced ethylene (reduced production and/or inhibition of reception), 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 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.
It was therefore an object of the present invention to provide pesticidal mixtures which solve the problems of reducing the dosage rate and / or enhancing the spectrum of activity and / or com- bining knock-down activity with prolonged control and / or to resistance management and/or promoting the health of plants.
We have found that this object is in part or in whole achieved by the mixtures comprising the active compounds defined in the outset.
Especially, it has been found that 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, seeds, or at their locus of growth.
It has been found that the action of the inventive mixtures goes far beyond the fungicidal and/or insecticidal and/or plant health improving action of the active compounds present in the mixture alone. Moreover, we have found that simultaneous, that is joint or separate, application of the compound I and the compound II or successive application of the compound I and the compound II allows enhanced control of pests, that means animal pests, and harmful fungi, compared to the control rates that are possible with the individual compounds (synergistic mixtures). Moreover, we have found that simultaneous, that is joint or separate, application of the compound I and the compound II or successive application of the compound I and the compound II allows enhanced control of pests, that means harmful fungi, compared to the control rates that are possible with the individual compounds (synergistic mixtures).
Moreover, we have found that simultaneous, that is joint or separate, application of the compound I and the compound II or successive application of the compound I and the compound II allows enhanced control of pests, that means animal pests, compared to the control rates that are possible with the individual compounds (synergistic mixtures).
Moreover, we have found that simultaneous, that is joint or separate, application of the compound I and the compound II and second compound II or successive application of the compound I and the compound II and second compound II provides enhanced plant health effects compared to the plant health effects that are possible with the individual compounds.
The ratio by weight of compound I and compound II is from 20000:1 to 1 :20000, from 500:1 to 1 :500, preferably from 100:1 to 1 :100 more preferably from 50:1 to 1 :50, most preferably from 20:1 to 1 :20, including also ratios from 10:1 to 1 :10, 1 :5 to 5:1 , or 1 :1. Within compounds II, the following compounds are preferred: acephate (11-1 ), chlorpyrifos (II-6), dimethoate (11-13), methamidophos (II-24), terbufos (II-48), carbofuran (II-57), methomyl (II-64), thiodicarb (II-68), bifenthrin (II-72), cypermethrin (II-77), alpha-cypermethrin (II-78), deltamethrin (11-81 ), esfenvalerate (II-82), fenvalerate (II-85), flucythrinate (II-86), lambda-cyhalothrin (II-90), permethrin (11-91 ), flufenoxuron (11-108), lufenuron (11-1 10), teflubenzuron (11-1 13), spirodiclofen (11-128), spirotetramat (11-130), clothianidin (11-131 ), dinotefuran (11-132), flupyradifurone (11-133), imidacloprid (11-134), thiamethoxam (11-135), nitenpyram (11-136), acetamiprid (11-137), thiacloprid (11-138), 1 -2-chloro-thiazol-5-ylmethyl)-2-nitrimino-3,5-dimethyl-[1 ,3,5]triazinane (11-139), fipronil (11-142), abamectin (11-147), emamectin (11-148), spinosad (11-151 ), spinetoram (11-152), pyrida- ben (11-154), tebufenpyrad (11-155), hydramethylnon (11-160), chlorfenapyr (11-161 ), indoxacarb (11-168), metaflumizone (11-169), chlorantraniliprole (11-170), cyantraniliprole (11-171 ),
cyclaniliprole (11-172), flubendiamide (11-173), tetraniliprole (11-174), afidopyropen (11-183), cyflumetofen (11-197) and sulfoxaflor (II-202),
and the following compounds II are more preferred: chlorpyrifos (II-6), dimethoate (11-13), methomyl (II-64), cypermethrin (II-77), alpha-cypermethrin (II-78), esfenvalerate (II-82), fen- valerate (II-85), flufenoxuron (11-108), teflubenzuron (11-1 13), clothianidin (11-131 ), dinotefuran (II- 132), flupyradifurone (11-133), imidacloprid (11-134), thiamethoxam (11-135), acetamiprid (11-137), 1 -2-chloro-thiazol-5-ylmethyl)-2-nitrimino-3,5-dimethyl-[1 ,3,5]triazinane (11-139), fipronil (11-142), abamectin (11-147), emamectin (11-148), pyridaben (11-154), tebufenpyrad (11-155), hydramethylnon (11-160), chlorfenapyr (11-161 ), metaflumizone (11-169), chlorantraniliprole (11-170), cyan- traniliprole (11-171 ), cyclaniliprole (11-172), flubendiamide (11-173), tetraniliprole (11-174), afidopyropen (11-183), cyflumetofen (11-197) and sulfoxaflor (II-202):
The following mixtures set forth herein below in table A are subject to the present invention: Compounds of formula I are abbreviated as follows:
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The compounds II in the tables below are abbreviated by the number in brackets behind the individual pestidcide as displayed on pages 1 to 3 of the present invention.
" is compound I, "II" is compound II"
Table A1
No I II No I II
M.A.1.1 1-1 11-1 M.A.1 .1 1 1-1 11-1 1
M.A.1.2 1-1 II-2 M.A.1 .12 1-1 11-12
M.A.1.3 1-1 II-3 M.A.1 .13 1-1 11-13
M.A.1.4 1-1 II-4 M.A.1 .14 1-1 11-14
M.A.1.5 1-1 II-5 M.A.1 .15 1-1 11-15
M.A.1.6 1-1 II-6 M.A.1 .16 1-1 11-16
M.A.1.7 1-1 II-7 M.A.1 .17 1-1 11-17
M.A.1.8 1-1 II-8 M.A.1 .18 1-1 11-18
M.A.1.9 1-1 II-9 M.A.1 .19 1-1 11-19
M.A.1 .10 1-1 11-10 M.A.1 .20 1-1 II-20 No I II No I II
M.A.1.21 1-1 11-21 M.A.1.62 1-1 II-62
M.A.1.22 1-1 II-22 M.A.1.63 1-1 II-63
M.A.1.23 1-1 II-23 M.A.1.64 1-1 II-64
M.A.1.24 1-1 II-24 M.A.1.65 1-1 II-65
M.A.1.25 1-1 II-25 M.A.1.66 1-1 II-66
M.A.1.26 1-1 II-26 M.A.1.67 1-1 II-67
M.A.1.27 1-1 II-27 M.A.1.68 1-1 II-68
M.A.1.28 1-1 II-28 M.A.1.69 1-1 II-69
M.A.1.29 1-1 II-29 M.A.1.70 1-1 II-70
M.A.1.30 1-1 II-30 M.A.1.71 1-1 11-71
M.A.1.31 1-1 11-31 M.A.1.72 1-1 II-72
M.A.1.32 1-1 II-32 M.A.1.73 1-1 II-73
M.A.1.33 1-1 II-33 M.A.1.74 1-1 II-74
M.A.1.34 1-1 II-34 M.A.1.75 1-1 II-75
M.A.1.35 1-1 II-35 M.A.1.76 1-1 II-76
M.A.1.36 1-1 II-36 M.A.1.77 1-1 II-77
M.A.1.37 1-1 II-37 M.A.1.78 1-1 II-78
M.A.1.38 1-1 II-38 M.A.1.79 1-1 II-79
M.A.1.39 1-1 II-39 M.A.1.80 1-1 II-80
M.A.1.40 1-1 II-40 M.A.1.81 1-1 11-81
M.A.1.41 1-1 11-41 M.A.1.82 1-1 II-82
M.A.1.42 1-1 II-42 M.A.1.83 1-1 II-83
M.A.1.43 1-1 II-43 M.A.1.84 1-1 II-84
M.A.1.44 1-1 II-44 M.A.1.85 1-1 II-85
M.A.1.45 1-1 II-45 M.A.1.86 1-1 II-86
M.A.1.46 1-1 II-46 M.A.1.87 1-1 II-87
M.A.1.47 1-1 II-47 M.A.1.88 1-1 II-88
M.A.1.48 1-1 II-48 M.A.1.89 1-1 II-89
M.A.1.49 1-1 II-49 M.A.1.90 1-1 II-90
M.A.1.50 1-1 II-50 M.A.1.91 1-1 11-91
M.A.1.51 1-1 11-51 M.A.1.92 1-1 II-92
M.A.1.52 1-1 II-52 M.A.1.93 1-1 II-93
M.A.1.53 1-1 II-53 M.A.1.94 1-1 II-94
M.A.1.54 1-1 II-54 M.A.1.95 1-1 II-95
M.A.1.55 1-1 II-55 M.A.1.96 1-1 II-96
M.A.1.56 1-1 II-56 M.A.1.97 1-1 II-97
M.A.1.57 1-1 II-57 M.A.1.98 1-1 II-98
M.A.1.58 1-1 II-58 M.A.1.99 1-1 II-99
M.A.1.59 1-1 II-59 M.A.1.100 1-1 11-100
M.A.1.60 1-1 II-60 M.A.1.101 1-1 11-101
M.A.1.61 1-1 11-61 M.A.1.102 1-1 11-102 No I II No I II
M.A.1.103 1-1 11-103 M.A.1.144 1-1 11-144
M.A.1.104 1-1 11-104 M.A.1.145 1-1 11-145
M.A.1.105 1-1 11-105 M.A.1.146 1-1 11-146
M.A.1.106 1-1 11-106 M.A.1.147 1-1 11-147
M.A.1.107 1-1 11-107 M.A.1.148 1-1 11-148
M.A.1.108 1-1 11-108 M.A.1.149 1-1 11-149
M.A.1.109 1-1 11-109 M.A.1.150 1-1 11-150
M.A.1.110 1-1 11-110 M.A.1.151 1-1 11-151
M.A.1.111 1-1 11-111 M.A.1.152 1-1 11-152
M.A.1.112 1-1 11-112 M.A.1.153 1-1 11-153
M.A.1.113 1-1 11-113 M.A.1.154 1-1 11-154
M.A.1.114 1-1 11-114 M.A.1.155 1-1 11-155
M.A.1.115 1-1 11-115 M.A.1.156 1-1 11-156
M.A.1.116 1-1 11-116 M.A.1.157 1-1 11-157
M.A.1.117 1-1 11-117 M.A.1.158 1-1 11-158
M.A.1.118 1-1 11-118 M.A.1.159 1-1 11-159
M.A.1.119 1-1 11-119 M.A.1.160 1-1 11-160
M.A.1.120 1-1 11-120 M.A.1.161 1-1 11-161
M.A.1.121 1-1 11-121 M.A.1.162 1-1 11-162
M.A.1.122 1-1 11-122 M.A.1.163 1-1 11-163
M.A.1.123 1-1 11-123 M.A.1.164 1-1 11-164
M.A.1.124 1-1 11-124 M.A.1.165 1-1 11-165
M.A.1.125 1-1 11-125 M.A.1.166 1-1 11-166
M.A.1.126 1-1 11-126 M.A.1.167 1-1 11-167
M.A.1.127 1-1 11-127 M.A.1.168 1-1 11-168
M.A.1.128 1-1 11-128 M.A.1.169 1-1 11-169
M.A.1.129 1-1 11-129 M.A.1.170 1-1 11-170
M.A.1.130 1-1 11-130 M.A.1.171 1-1 11-171
M.A.1.131 1-1 11-131 M.A.1.172 1-1 11-172
M.A.1.132 1-1 11-132 M.A.1.173 1-1 11-173
M.A.1.133 1-1 11-133 M.A.1.174 1-1 11-174
M.A.1.134 1-1 11-134 M.A.1.175 1-1 11-175
M.A.1.135 1-1 11-135 M.A.1.176 1-1 11-176
M.A.1.136 1-1 11-136 M.A.1.177 1-1 11-177
M.A.1.137 1-1 11-137 M.A.1.178 1-1 11-178
M.A.1.138 1-1 11-138 M.A.1.179 1-1 11-179
M.A.1.139 1-1 11-139 M.A.1.180 1-1 11-180
M.A.1.140 1-1 11-140 M.A.1.181 1-1 11-181
M.A.1.141 1-1 11-141 M.A.1.182 1-1 11-182
M.A.1.142 1-1 11-142 M.A.1.183 1-1 11-183
M.A.1.143 1-1 11-143 M.A.1.184 1-1 11-184 No I II No I II
M.A.1.185 1-1 11-185 M.A.1.201 1-1 11-201
M.A.1.186 1-1 11-186 M.A.1.202 1-1 II-202
M.A.1.187 1-1 11-187 M.A.1.203 1-1 II-203
M.A.1.188 1-1 11-188 M.A.1.204 1-1 II-204
M.A.1.189 1-1 11-189 M.A.1.205 1-1 II-205
M.A.1.190 1-1 11-190 M.A.1.206 1-1 II-206
M.A.1.191 1-1 11-191 M.A.1.207 1-1 II-207
M.A.1.192 1-1 11-192 M.A.1.208 1-1 II-208
M.A.1.193 1-1 11-193 M.A.1 .209 1-1 II-209
M.A.1.194 1-1 11-194 M.A.1.210 1-1 11-210
M.A.1.195 1-1 11-195 M.A.1.21 1 1-1 11-21 1
M.A.1.196 1-1 11-196 M.A.1.212 1-1 11-212
M.A.1.197 1-1 11-197 M.A.1.213 1-1 11-213
M.A.1.198 1-1 11-198 M.A.1.214 1-1 11-214
M.A.1.199 1-1 11-199 M.A.1.215 1-1 11-215
M.A.1.200 1-1 II-200
Table A2
Table A2 is as Table A1 , in which the compound 1-1 is replaced by compound I-2, and the mixtures are named from M.A.2.1 to M.A.2.215. In the context of the present invention, each of the rows of Table A2 corresponds to one mixture.
Table A3
Table A3 is as Table A1 , in which the compound 1-1 is replaced by compound I-3, and the mixtures are named from M.A.3.1 to M.A.3.215. In the context of the present invention, each of the rows of Table A3 corresponds to one mixture.
Table A4
Table A4 is as Table A1 , in which the compound 1-1 is replaced by compound I-4, and the mixtures are named from M.A.4.1 to M.A.4.215. In the context of the present inven- tion, each of the rows of Table A4 corresponds to one mixture.
Table A5
Table A5 is as Table A1 , in which the compound 1-1 is replaced by compound I-5, and the mixtures are named from M.A.5.1 to M.A.5.215. In the context of the present invention, each of the rows of Table A5 corresponds to one mixture.
Table A6
Table A6 is as Table A1 , in which the compound 1-1 is replaced by compound I-6, and the mixtures are named from M.A.6.1 to M.A.6.215. In the context of the present invention, each of the rows of Table A6 corresponds to one mixture.
Table A7 Table A7 is as Table A1 , in which the compound 1-1 is replaced by compound I-7, and the mixtures are named from M.A.7.1 to M.A.7.215. In the context of the present invention, each of the rows of Table A7 corresponds to one mixture.
Table A8
Table A8 is as Table A1 , in which the compound 1-1 is replaced by compound I-8, and the mixtures are named from M.A.8.1 to M.A.8.215. In the context of the present invention, each of the rows of Table A8 corresponds to one mixture.
Table A9
Table A9 is as Table A1 , in which the compound 1-1 is replaced by compound I-9, and the mixtures are named from M.A.9.1 to M.A.9.215. In the context of the present invention, each of the rows of Table A9 corresponds to one mixture.
Table A10
Table A10 is as Table A1 , in which the compound 1-1 is replaced by compound 1-10, and the mixtures are named from M.A.10.1 to M.A.10.215. In the context of the present invention, each of the rows of Table A10 corresponds to one mixture.
Table A1 1
Table A1 1 is as Table A1 , in which the compound 1-1 is replaced by compound 1-1 1 , and the mixtures are named from M.A.1 1 .1 to M.A.1 1 .215. In the context of the present invention, each of the rows of Table A1 1 corresponds to one mixture.
Table A12
Table A12 is as Table A1 , in which the compound 1-1 is replaced by compound 1-12, and the mixtures are named from M.A.12.1 to M.A.12.215. In the context of the present invention, each of the rows of Table A12 corresponds to one mixture.
The following combinations of tables A are preferred and displayed hereinbelow in tables B.
Table B1
No I II No I II
M.B.1.1 1-1 11-1 M.B.1 .15 1-1 II-86
M.B.1.2 1-1 II-6 M.B.1 .16 1-1 II-90
M.B.1.3 1-1 11-13 M.B.1 .17 1-1 11-91
M.B.1.4 1-1 II-24 M.B.1 .18 1-1 11-108
M.B.1.5 1-1 II-48 M.B.1 .19 1-1 11-1 10
M.B.1.6 1-1 II-57 M.B.1 .20 1-1 11-1 13
M.B.1.7 1-1 II-64 M.B.1 .21 1-1 11-128
M.B.1.8 1-1 II-68 M.B.1 .22 1-1 11-130
M.B.1.9 1-1 II-72 M.B.1 .23 1-1 11-131
M.B.1 .10 1-1 II-77 M.B.1 .24 1-1 11-132
M.B.1 .1 1 1-1 II-78 M.B.1 .25 1-1 11-133
M.B.1 .12 1-1 11-81 M.B.1 .26 1-1 11-134
M.B.1 .13 1-1 II-82 M.B.1 .27 1-1 11-135
M.B.1 .14 1-1 II-85 M.B.1 .28 1-1 11-136 No I II No I II
M.B.1 .29 1-1 11-137 M.B.1 .40 1-1 11-161
M.B.1 .30 1-1 11-138 M.B.1 .41 1-1 11-168
M.B.1 .31 1-1 11-139 M.B.1 .42 1-1 11-169
M.B.1 .32 1-1 11-142 M.B.1 .43 1-1 11-170
M.B.1 .33 1-1 11-147 M.B.1 .44 1-1 11-171
M.B.1 .34 1-1 11-148 M.B.1 .45 1-1 11-172
M.B.1 .35 1-1 11-151 M.B.1 .46 1-1 11-173
M.B.1 .36 1-1 11-152 M.B.1 .47 1-1 11-174
M.B.1 .37 1-1 11-154 M.B.1 .48 1-1 11-183
M.B.1 .38 1-1 11-155 M.B.1 .49 1-1 11-197
M.B.1 .39 1-1 11-160 M.B.1 .50 1-1 II-202
Table B2
Table B2 is as Table B1 , in which the compound 1-1 is replaced by compound I-2, and the mixtures are named from M.B.2.1 to M.B.2.50. In the context of the present inven- tion, each of the rows of Table B2 corresponds to one mixture.
Table B3
Table B3 is as Table B1 , in which the compound 1-1 is replaced by compound I-3, and the mixtures are named from M.B.3.1 to M.B.3.50. In the context of the present invention, each of the rows of Table B3 corresponds to one mixture.
Table B4
Table B4A is as Table B1 , in which the compound 1-1 is replaced by compound I-4, and the mixtures are named from M.B.4.1 to M.B.4.50. In the context of the present invention, each of the rows of Table B4 corresponds to one mixture.
Table B5
Table B5 is as Table B1 , in which the compound 1-1 is replaced by compound I-5, and the mixtures are named from M.B.5.1 to M.B.5.50. In the context of the present invention, each of the rows of Table B5 corresponds to one mixture.
Table B6
Table B6 is as Table B1 , in which the compound 1-1 is replaced by compound I-6, and the mixtures are named from M.B.6.1 to M.B.6.50. In the context of the present invention, each of the rows of Table B6 corresponds to one mixture.
Table B7
Table B7 is as Table B1 , in which the compound 1-1 is replaced by compound I-7, and the mixtures are named from M.B.7.1 to M.B.7.50. In the context of the present inven- tion, each of the rows of Table B7 corresponds to one mixture.
Table B8
Table B8 is as Table B1 , in which the compound 1-1 is replaced by compound I-8, and the mixtures are named from M.B.8.1 to M.B.8.50. In the context of the present invention, each of the rows of Table B8 corresponds to one mixture.
Table B9 Table B9 is as Table B1 , in which the compound 1-1 is replaced by compound I-9, and the mixtures are named from M.B.9.1 to M.B.9.50. In the context of the present invention, each of the rows of Table B9 corresponds to one mixture.
Table B10
Table B10 is as Table B1 , in which the compound 1-1 is replaced by compound 1-10, and the mixtures are named from M.B.10.1 to M.B.10.50. In the context of the present invention, each of the rows of Table B10 corresponds to one mixture.
Table B1 1
Table B1 1 is as Table B1 , in which the compound 1-1 is replaced by compound 1-1 1 , and the mixtures are named from M.B.1 1 .1 to M.B.1 1.50. In the context of the present invention, each of the rows of Table B1 1 corresponds to one mixture.
Table B12
Table B12 is as Table B1 , in which the compound 1-1 is replaced by compound 1-12, and the mixtures are named from M.B.12.1 to M.B.12.50. In the context of the present invention, each of the rows of Table B12 corresponds to one mixture.
The following combinations of tables B are preferred and displayed hereinbelow in tables C. Table C1
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Table C2
Table C2 is as Table C1 , in which the compound 1-1 is replaced by compound I-2, and the mixtures are named from M.C.2.1 to M.C.2.32. In the context of the present invention, each of the rows of Table C2 corresponds to one mixture. Table C3
Table C3 is as Table C1 , in which the compound 1-1 is replaced by compound I-3, and the mixtures are named from M.C.3.1 to M.C.3.32. In the context of the present invention, each of the rows of Table C3 corresponds to one mixture.
Table C4
Table C4A is as Table C1 , in which the compound 1-1 is replaced by compound I-4, and the mixtures are named from M.C.4.1 to M.C.4.32. In the context of the present invention, each of the rows of Table C4 corresponds to one mixture.
Table C5
Table C5 is as Table C1 , in which the compound 1-1 is replaced by compound I-5, and the mixtures are named from M.C.5.1 to M.C.5.32. In the context of the present invention, each of the rows of Table C5 corresponds to one mixture.
Table C6
Table C6 is as Table C1 , in which the compound 1-1 is replaced by compound I-6, and the mixtures are named from M.C.6.1 to M.C.6.32. In the context of the present invention, each of the rows of Table C6 corresponds to one mixture.
Table C7
Table C7 is as Table C1 , in which the compound 1-1 is replaced by compound I-7, and the mixtures are named from M.C.7.1 to M.C.7.32. In the context of the present inven- tion, each of the rows of Table C7 corresponds to one mixture.
Table C8
Table C8 is as Table C1 , in which the compound 1-1 is replaced by compound I-8, and the mixtures are named from M.C.8.1 to M.C.8.32. In the context of the present invention, each of the rows of Table C8 corresponds to one mixture.
Table C9
Table C9 is as Table C1 , in which the compound 1-1 is replaced by compound I-9, and the mixtures are named from M.C.9.1 to M.C.9.32. In the context of the present invention, each of the rows of Table C9 corresponds to one mixture.
Table C10
Table C10 is as Table C1 , in which the compound 1-1 is replaced by compound 1-10, and the mixtures are named from M.C.10.1 to M.C.10.32. In the context of the present invention, each of the rows of Table C10 corresponds to one mixture.
Table C1 1
Table C1 1 is as Table C1 , in which the compound 1-1 is replaced by compound 1-1 1 , and the mixtures are named from M.C.1 1 .1 to M.C.1 1.32. In the context of the present invention, each of the rows of Table C1 1 corresponds to one mixture.
Table d 2
Table C12 is as Table C1 , in which the compound 1-1 is replaced by compound 1-12, and the mixtures are named from M.C.12.1 to M.C.12.32. In the context of the present invention, each of the rows of Table C12 corresponds to one mixture.
All above-referred mixtures are herein below referred to as "inventive mixtures". The inventive mixtures can further contain one or more insecticides, fungicides, herbicides.
The inventive mixtures can be converted into customary types of agrochemical compositions, e. g. solutions, emulsions, suspensions, dusts, powders, pastes, gran- ules, pressings, capsules, and mixtures thereof. Examples for composition types are suspensions (e.g. SC, OD, FS), emulsifiable concentrates (e.g. EC), emulsions (e.g. EW, EO, ES, ME), capsules (e.g. CS, ZC), pastes, pastilles, wettable powders or dusts (e.g. WP, SP, WS, DP, DS), pressings (e.g. BR, TB, DT), granules (e.g. WG, SG, GR, FG, GG, MG), insecticidal articles (e.g. LN), as well as gel formulations for the treat- ment of plant propagation materials such as seeds (e.g. GF). These and further compositions types are defined in the "Catalogue of pesticide formulation types and international coding system", Technical Monograph No. 2, 6th Ed. May 2008, CropLife International.
The compositions are prepared in a known manner, such as described by Mollet and Grubemann, Formulation technology, Wiley VCH, Weinheim, 2001 ; or Knowles, New developments in crop protection product formulation, Agrow Reports DS243, T&F Informa, London, 2005.
Suitable auxiliaries are solvents, liquid carriers, solid carriers or fillers, surfactants, dispersants, emulsifiers, wetters, adjuvants, solubilizers, penetration enhancers, pro- tective colloids, adhesion agents, thickeners, humectants, repellents, attractants, feeding stimulants, compatibilizers, bactericides, anti-freezing agents, anti-foaming agents, colorants, tackifiers and binders.
Suitable solvents and liquid carriers are water and organic solvents, such as mineral oil fractions of medium to high boiling point, e.g. kerosene, diesel oil; oils of vegeta- ble or animal origin; aliphatic, cyclic and aromatic hydrocarbons, e. g. toluene, paraffin, tetrahydronaphthalene, alkylated naphthalenes; alcohols, e.g. ethanol, propanol, buta- nol, benzylalcohol, cyclohexanol; glycols; DMSO; ketones, e.g. cyclohexanone; esters, e.g. lactates, carbonates, fatty acid esters, gamma-butyrolactone; fatty acids; phos- phonates; amines; amides, e.g. N-methylpyrrolidone, fatty acid dimethylamides; and mixtures thereof.
Suitable solid carriers or fillers are mineral earths, e.g. silicates, silica gels, talc, kaolins, limestone, lime, chalk, clays, dolomite, diatomaceous earth, bentonite, calcium sulfate, magnesium sulfate, magnesium oxide; polysaccharides, e.g. cellulose, starch; fertilizers, e.g. ammonium sulfate, ammonium phosphate, ammonium nitrate, ureas; products of vegetable origin, e.g. cereal meal, tree bark meal, wood meal, nutshell meal, and mixtures thereof.
Suitable surfactants are surface-active compounds, such as anionic, cationic, nonionic and amphoteric surfactants, block polymers, polyelectrolytes, and mixtures thereof. Such surfactants can be used as emusifier, dispersant, solubilizer, wetter, penetration enhancer, protective colloid, or adjuvant. Examples of surfactants are listed in McCutcheon's, Vol.1 : Emulsifiers & Detergents, McCutcheon's Directories, Glen Rock, USA, 2008 (International Ed. or North American Ed.). Suitable anionic surfactants are alkali, alkaline earth or ammonium salts of sulfonates, sulfates, phosphates, carboxylates, and mixtures thereof. Examples of sulfonates are alkylarylsulfonates, diphenylsulfonates, alpha-olefin sulfonates, lignine sulfonates, sulfonates of fatty acids and oils, sulfonates of ethoxylated alkylphenols, sul- fonates of alkoxylated arylphenols, sulfonates of condensed naphthalenes, sulfonates of dodecyl- and tridecylbenzenes, sulfonates of naphthalenes and alkylnaphthalenes, sulfosuccinates or sulfosuccinamates. Examples of sulfates are sulfates of fatty acids and oils, of ethoxylated alkylphenols, of alcohols, of ethoxylated alcohols, or of fatty acid esters. Examples of phosphates are phosphate esters. Examples of carboxylates are alkyl carboxylates, and carboxylated alcohol or alkylphenol ethoxylates.
Suitable nonionic surfactants are alkoxylates, N-subsituted fatty acid amides, amine oxides, esters, sugar-based surfactants, polymeric surfactants, and mixtures thereof. Examples of alkoxylates are compounds such as alcohols, alkylphenols, amines, amides, arylphenols, fatty acids or fatty acid esters which have been alkoxylated with 1 to 50 equivalents. Ethylene oxide and/or propylene oxide may be employed for the alkoxylation, preferably ethylene oxide. Examples of N-subsititued fatty acid amides are fatty acid glucamides or fatty acid alkanolamides. Examples of esters are fatty acid esters, glycerol esters or monoglycerides. Examples of sugar-based surfactants are sorbitans, ethoxylated sorbitans, sucrose and glucose esters or alkylpolyglucosides. Examples of polymeric surfactants are home- or copolymers of vinylpyrrolidone, vinyl- alcohols, or vinylacetate.
Suitable cationic surfactants are quaternary surfactants, for example quaternary ammonium compounds with one or two hydrophobic groups, or salts of long-chain primary amines. Suitable amphoteric surfactants are alkylbetains and imidazolines. Suitable block polymers are block polymers of the A-B or A-B-A type comprising blocks of polyethylene oxide and polypropylene oxide, or of the A-B-C type comprising alkanol, polyethylene oxide and polypropylene oxide. Suitable polyelectrolytes are polyacids or pol- ybases. Examples of polyacids are alkali salts of polyacrylic acid or polyacid comb polymers. Examples of polybases are polyvinylamines or polyethyleneamines.
Suitable adjuvants are compounds, which have a neglectable or even no pesticidal activity themselves, and which improve the biological performance of the inventive mixtures on the target. Examples are surfactants, mineral or vegetable oils, and other auxi- laries. Further examples are listed by Knowles, Adjuvants and additives, Agrow Reports DS256, T&F Informa UK, 2006, chapter 5.
Suitable thickeners are polysaccharides (e.g. xanthan gum, carboxymethylcellu- lose), anorganic clays (organically modified or unmodified), polycarboxylates, and silicates.
Suitable bactericides are bronopol and isothiazolinone derivatives such as alkyliso- thiazolinones and benzisothiazolinones.
Suitable anti-freezing agents are ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, urea and glycerin.
Suitable anti-foaming agents are silicones, long chain alcohols, and salts of fatty acids. Suitable colorants (e.g. in red, blue, or green) are pigments of low water solubility and water-soluble dyes. Examples are inorganic colorants (e.g. iron oxide, titan oxide, iron hexacyanoferrate) and organic colorants (e.g. alizarin-, azo- and phthalocyanine colorants).
Suitable tackifiers or binders are polyvinylpyrrolidone, polyvinylacetates, polyvinyl alcohols, polyacrylates, biological or synthetic waxes, and cellulose ethers.
Examples for composition types and their preparation are:
i) Water-soluble concentrates (SL, LS)
10-60 wt% of an inventive mixture and 5-15 wt% wetting agent (e.g. alcohol alkox- ylates) are dissolved in water and/or in a water-soluble solvent (e.g. alcohols) ad 100 wt%. The active substance dissolves upon dilution with water.
ii) Dispersible concentrates (DC)
5-25 wt% of an inventive mixture and 1 -10 wt% dispersant (e. g. polyvinylpyrroli- done) are dissolved in organic solvent (e.g. cyclohexanone) ad 100 wt%. Dilution with water gives a dispersion.
iii) Emulsifiable concentrates (EC)
15-70 wt% of an inventive mixture and 5-10 wt% emulsifiers (e.g. calcium do- decylbenzenesulfonate and castor oil ethoxylate) are dissolved in water-insoluble or- ganic solvent (e.g. aromatic hydrocarbon) ad 100 wt%. Dilution with water gives an emulsion.
iv) Emulsions (EW, EO, ES)
5-40 wt% of an inventive mixture and 1 -10 wt% emulsifiers (e.g. calcium do- decylbenzenesulfonate and castor oil ethoxylate) are dissolved in 20-40 wt% water- insoluble organic solvent (e.g. aromatic hydrocarbon). This mixture is introduced into water ad 100 wt% by means of an emulsifying machine and made into a homogeneous emulsion. Dilution with water gives an emulsion.
v) Suspensions (SC, OD, FS)
In an agitated ball mill, 20-60 wt% of an inventive mixture are comminuted with ad- dition of 2-10 wt% dispersants and wetting agents (e.g. sodium lignosulfonate and alcohol ethoxylate), 0.1 -2 wt% thickener (e.g. xanthan gum) and water ad 100 wt% to give a fine active substance suspension. Dilution with water gives a stable suspension of the active substance. For FS type composition up to 40 wt% binder (e.g. polyvinylal- cohol) is added.
vi) Water-dispersible granules and water-soluble granules (WG, SG)
50-80 wt% of an inventive mixture are ground finely with addition of dispersants and wetting agents (e.g. sodium lignosulfonate and alcohol ethoxylate) ad 100 wt% 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.
vii) Water-dispersible powders and water-soluble powders (WP, SP, WS)
50-80 wt% of an inventive mixture are ground in a rotor-stator mill with addition of 1 - 5 wt% dispersants (e.g. sodium lignosulfonate), 1 -3 wt% wetting agents (e.g. alcohol ethoxylate) and solid carrier (e.g. silica gel) ad 100 wt%. Dilution with water gives a stable dispersion or solution of the active substance,
viii) Gel (GW, GF)
In an agitated ball mill, 5-25 wt% of an inventive mixture are comminuted with addi- tion of 3-10 wt% dispersants (e.g. sodium lignosulfonate), 1 -5 wt% thickener (e.g. car- boxymethylcellulose) and water ad 100 wt% to give a fine suspension of the active substance. Dilution with water gives a stable suspension of the active substance.
viii) Microemulsion (ME)
5-20 wt% of an inventive mixture are added to 5-30 wt% organic solvent blend (e.g. fatty acid dimethylamide and cyclohexanone), 10-25 wt% surfactant blend (e.g. alcohol ethoxylate and arylphenol ethoxylate), and water ad 100 %. This mixture is stirred for 1 h to produce spontaneously a thermodynamically stable microemulsion.
ix) Microcapsules (CS)
An oil phase comprising 5-50 wt% of an inventive mixture, 0-40 wt% water insoluble organic solvent (e.g. aromatic hydrocarbon), 2-15 wt% acrylic monomers (e.g. methyl- methacrylate, methacrylic acid and a di- or triacrylate) are dispersed into an aqueous solution of a protective colloid (e.g. polyvinyl alcohol). Radical polymerization initiated by a radical initiator results in the formation of poly(meth)acrylate microcapsules. Alternatively, an oil phase comprising 5-50 wt% of an inventive mixture according to the invention, 0-40 wt% water insoluble organic solvent (e.g. aromatic hydrocarbon), and an isocyanate monomer (e.g. diphenylmethene-4,4'-diisocyanatae) are dispersed into an aqueous solution of a protective colloid (e.g. polyvinyl alcohol). The addition of a polyamine (e.g. hexamethylenediamine) results in the formation of polyurea microcapsules. The monomers amount to 1 -10 wt%. The wt% relate to the total CS composition. x) Dustable powders (DP, DS)
1 -10 wt% of an inventive mixture are ground finely and mixed intimately with solid carrier (e.g. finely divided kaolin) ad 100 wt%.
x) Granules (GR, FG)
0.5-30 wt% of an inventive mixture is ground finely and associated with solid carrier (e.g. silicate) ad 100 wt%. Granulation is achieved by extrusion, spray-drying or fluid- ized bed.
xii) Ultra-low volume liquids (UL)
1 -50 wt% of an inventive mixture are dissolved in organic solvent (e.g. aromatic hydrocarbon) ad 100 wt%.
The compositions types i) to xi) may optionally comprise further auxiliaries, such as 0.1 -1 wt% bactericides, 5-15 wt% anti-freezing agents, 0.1 -1 wt% anti-foaming agents, and 0.1 -1 wt% colorants.
The resulting agrochemical compositions generally comprise between 0.01 and 95%, preferably between 0.1 and 90%, and in particular between 0.5 and 75%, by weight of active substance. The active substances are employed in a purity of from 90% to 100%, preferably from 95% to 100% (according to NMR spectrum).
Solutions for seed treatment (LS), Suspoemulsions (SE), flowable concentrates (FS), powders for dry treatment (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 compositions in question give, after two-to-tenfold dilu- tion, active substance concentrations of from 0.01 to 60% by weight, preferably from 0.1 to 40%, in the ready-to-use preparations. Application can be carried out before or during sowing. Methods for applying the inventive mixtures and compositions thereof, respectively, on to plant propagation material, especially seeds include dressing, coating, pelleting, dusting, soaking and in-furrow application methods of the propagation material. Preferably, the inventive mixtures 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.
When employed in plant protection, the amounts of active substances applied are, depending on the kind of effect desired, from 0.001 to 2 kg per ha, preferably from 0.005 to 2 kg per ha, more preferably from 0.01 to 1.0 kg per ha, and in particular from 0.05 to 0.75 kg per ha.
In treatment of plant propagation materials such as seeds, e. g. by dusting, coating or drenching seed, amounts of active substance of from 0.01 -10kg, preferably from 0.1 - 1000 g, more preferably from 1 -100 g per 100 kilogram of plant propagation material (preferably seeds) are generally required.
When used in the protection of materials or stored products, the amount of active substance applied depends on the kind of application area and on the desired effect. Amounts customarily applied in the protection of materials are 0.001 g to 2 kg, preferably 0.005 g to 1 kg, of active substance per cubic meter of treated material.
Various types of oils, wetters, adjuvants, fertilizer, or micronutrients, and further pesticides (e.g. herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, growth regulators, safeners) may be added to the active substances or the compositions comprising them as premix or, if appropriate not until immediately prior to use (tank mix). These agents can be admixed with the compositions according to the invention in a weight ratio of 1 :100 to 100:1 , preferably 1 :10 to 10:1.
The user applies the composition according to the invention usually from a predos- age device, a knapsack sprayer, a spray tank, a spray plane, or an irrigation system. Usually, the agrochemical composition is made up with water, buffer, and/or further auxiliaries to the desired application concentration and the ready-to-use spray liquor or the agrochemical composition according to the invention is thus obtained. Usually, 20 to 2000 liters, preferably 50 to 400 liters, of the ready-to-use spray liquor are applied per hectare of agricultural useful area.
According to one embodiment, individual components of the composition according to the invention such as parts of a kit or parts of a binary or ternary mixture may be mixed by the user himself in a spray tank or any other kind of vessel used for applications (e. g. seed treater drums, seed pelleting machinery, knapsack sprayer) and further auxiliaries may be added, if appropriate. Consequently, one embodiment of the invention is a kit for preparing a usable pesti- cidal composition, the kit comprising a) a composition comprising component 1 ) as defined herein and at least one auxiliary; and b) a composition comprising component 2) as defined herein and at least one auxiliary; and optionally c) a composition compris- ing at least one auxiliary and optionally a further active component 3) as defined herein.
As said above, the present invention comprises a method for controlling pests, that means animal pests and/or harmful fungi, wherein the pest, their habitat, breeding grounds, their locus or the plants to be protected against pest attack, the soil or plant propagation material (preferably seed) are treated with an pesticidally effective amount of a inventive mixture.
Advantageously, the 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); Altemaria 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; Aphano- myces spp. on sugar beets and vegetables; Ascochyta spp. on cereals and vegetables, e. g. A. tritici (anthracnose) on wheat and A. hordei on barley; Bipolaris and Drechslera spp. (teleomorph: Cochliobolus spp.), e. g. Southern leaf blight (D. maydis) or Northern leaf blight (B. zeicola) on corn, e. g. spot blotch (B. sorokiniana) on cereals and e. g. B. oryzae on rice 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. lettuce, carrots, celery and cabbages), rape, flowers, vines, forestry plants and wheat; Bremia lactucae (downy mildew) on lettuce; Ceratocystis (syn. Ophiostoma) spp. (rot or wilt) on broad- leaved trees and evergreens, e. g. C. ulmi (Dutch elm disease) on elms; Cercospora spp. (Cercospora leaf spots) on corn (e. g. Gray leaf spot: C. zeae-maydis), rice, sugar beets (e. g. C. beticola), sugar cane, vegetables, coffee, soybeans (e. g. C. sojina or C. kikuchii) and rice; Cladosporium spp. on tomatoes (e. g. C. fulvum: leaf mold) and cereals, e. g. C. herbarum (black ear) on wheat; Claviceps purpurea (ergot) on cereals; Cochliobolus (anamorph: Helminthosporium of Bipolaris) spp. (leaf spots) on corn (C. carbonum), cereals (e. g. C. sativus, anamorph: B. sorokiniana) and rice (e. g. C.
miyabeanus, anamorph: H. oryzae); Colletotrichum (teleomorph: Glomerella) spp. (an- thracnose) on cotton (e. g. C. gossypii), corn (e. g. C. graminicola: Anthracnose stalk rot), soft fruits, potatoes (e. g. C. coccodes: black dot), beans (e. g. C. Iindemuthianum) and soybeans (e. g. C. truncatum or C. gloeosporioides); Corticium spp., e. g. C. sasa- kii (sheath blight) on rice; Corynespora cassiicola (leaf spots) on soybeans and ornamentals; Cycloconium spp., e. g. C. oleaginum on olive trees; Cylindrocarpon spp. (e. g. fruit tree canker or young vine decline, teleomorph: Nectria or Neonectria spp.) on fruit trees, vines (e. g. C. liriodendri, teleomorph: Neonectria liriodendri: Black Foot Disease) and ornamentals; Dematophora (teleomorph: Rosellinia) necatrix (root and stem rot) on soybeans; Diaporthe spp., e. g. D. phaseolorum (damping off) on soy- beans; Drechslera (syn. Helminthosporium, teleomorph: Pyrenophora) spp. on corn, cereals, such as barley (e. g. D. teres, net blotch) and wheat (e. g. D. tritici-repentis: tan spot), rice and turf; Esca (dieback, apoplexy) on vines, caused by Formitiporia (syn. Phellinus) punctata, F. mediterranea, Phaeomoniella chlamydospora (earlier Phaeo- acremonium chlamydosporum), Phaeoacremonium aleophilum and/or Botryosphaeria obtusa; Elsinoe spp. on pome fruits (£. pyri), soft fruits (£. veneta: anthracnose) and vines (£. ampelina: anthracnose); Entyloma oryzae (leaf smut) on rice; Epicoccum spp. (black mold) on wheat; Erysiphe spp. (powdery mildew) on sugar beets (£. betae), vegetables (e. g. E. pisi), such as cucurbits (e. g. E. cichoracearum), cabbages, rape (e. g. E. cruciferarum); Eutypa lata (Eutypa canker or dieback, anamorph: Cytosporina lata, syn. Libertella blepharis) on fruit trees, vines and ornamental woods; Exserohilum (syn. Helminthosporium) spp. on corn (e. g. E. turcicum); Fusarium (teleomorph: Gib- berella) 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. oxy- sporum on tomatoes, F. solani (f. sp. glycines now syn. F. virguliforme ) and F. tucu- maniae and F. brasiliense each causing sudden death syndrome on soybeans, and F. verticillioides on corn; Gaeumannomyces graminis (take-all) on cereals (e. g. wheat or barley) and corn; Gibberella spp. on cereals (e. g. G. zeae) and rice (e. g. G. fujikuroi: Bakanae disease); Glomerella cingulata on vines, pome fruits and other plants and G. gossypii on cotton; Grainstaining complex on rice; Guignardia bidwellii (black rot) on vines; Gymnosporangium spp. on rosaceous plants and junipers, e. g. G. sabinae (rust) on pears; Helminthosporium spp. (syn. Drechslera, teleomorph: Cochliobolus) on corn, cereals and rice; Hemileia spp., e. g. H. vastatrix (coffee leaf rust) on coffee; Isa- riopsis clavispora (syn. Cladosporium vitis) on vines; Macrophomina phaseolina (syn. phaseoli) (root and stem rot) on soybeans and cotton; Microdochium (syn. Fusarium) nivale (pink snow mold) on cereals (e. g. wheat or barley); 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; Myco- sphaerella 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), rape (e. g. P. parasitica), onions (e. g. P. destructor), tobacco (P. tabacina) and soybeans (e. g. P. manshurica); Phakopsora pachyrhizi and P. meibomiae (soybean rust) on soybeans; 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); Physo- derma 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. infestans: late blight) and broad-leaved trees (e. g. P. ramorum: sudden oak death); Plasmodiophora brassicae (club root) on cabbage, rape, radish and other plants; Plasmopara spp., e. g. P. viticola (grapevine downy mildew) on vines and P. halstedii on sunflowers; Podosphae- ra spp. (powdery mildew) on rosaceous plants, hop, pome and soft fruits, e. g. P. leu- cotricha on apples; Polymyxa spp., e. g. on cereals, such as barley and wheat (P. graminis) and sugar beets (P. betae) and thereby transmitted viral diseases; Pseudo- cercosporella herpotrichoides (eyespot, teleomorph: Tapesia yallundae) on cereals, e. g. wheat or barley; Pseudoperonospora (downy mildew) on various plants, e. g. P. cubensis on cucurbits or P. humili on hop; Pseudopezicula tracheiphila (red fire disease or .rotbrenner', anamorph: Phialophora) on vines; Puccinia spp. (rusts) on various plants, e. g. P. triticina (brown or leaf rust), P. striiformis (stripe or yellow rust), P. hor- dei (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, P. kuehnii (orange rust) on sugar cane and P. asparagi on asparagus; Pyrenophora (anamorph: Drechslera) tritici-repentis (tan spot) on wheat or P. feres (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 (Ram ularia leaf spots, Physiological leaf spots) on barley and R. beticola on sugar beets; Rhizoctonia spp. on cotton, rice, potatoes, turf, corn, rape, potatoes, sugar beets, vegetables and various other plants, e. g. R. solani (root and stem rot) on soybeans, R. solani (sheath blight) on rice or R. cerealis (Rhizoctonia spring blight) on wheat or barley; Rhizopus stolonifer (black mold, soft rot) on strawberries, carrots, cabbage, vines and tomatoes; Rhynchosporium secalis (scald) on barley, rye and triticale; Sarocladium oryzae and S. attenuatum (sheath rot) on rice; Sclerotinia spp. (stem 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. sclerotiorum); Septoria spp. on various plants, e. g. S. glycines (brown spot) on soybeans, S. tritici (Septoria blotch) on wheat and S. (syn. Stagonospora) nodorum (Stagonospora blotch) on cereals; Uncinula (syn. Erysiphe) necator (powdery mildew, anamorph: Oidium tuckeri) on vines; Setospaeria spp. (leaf blight) on corn (e. g. S. turcicum, syn. Helminthosporium turcicum) and turf; Sphacelotheca spp. (smut) on corn, (e. g. S. reiliana: head smut), sorghum und sugar cane; Sphaerotheca fuliginea (powdery mildew) on cucurbits; Spongospora subterranea (powdery scab) on potatoes and thereby transmitted viral diseases; Stagonospora spp. on cereals, e. g. S. nodorum (Stagonospora blotch, teleomorph: Leptosphaeria [syn. Phaeosphaeria] nodorum) on 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) on tobacco, pome fruits, vegetables, soybeans and cotton, e. g. T. basicola (syn. Chalara elegans); Tilletia spp. (common bunt or stinking smut) on cereals, such as e. g. T. tritici (syn. T. caries, wheat bunt) and T. controversa (dwarf bunt) on wheat; Typhula incarnata (grey snow mold) on barley or wheat; Uro- cystis spp., e. g. U. occulta (stem smut) on rye; Uromyces spp. (rust) on vegetables, such as beans (e. g. U. appendiculatus, syn. U. phaseoli) and sugar beets (e. g. U. betae); Ustilago spp. (loose smut) on cereals (e. g. U. nuda and U. avaenae), corn (e. g. U. maydis: corn smut) and sugar cane; Venturia spp. (scab) on apples (e. g. V. inaequalis) and pears; and Verticillium spp. (wilt) on various plants, such as fruits and ornamentals, vines, soft fruits, vegetables and field crops, e. g. V. dahliae on strawberries, rape, potatoes and tomatoes.
The mixtures according to the present invention, respectively, are also suitable for controlling harmful fungi in the protection of stored products or harvest and in the protection of materials.
The term "protection of materials" is to be understood to denote the protection of technical and non-living materials, such as adhesives, glues, wood, paper and paper- board, textiles, leather, paint dispersions, plastics, cooling lubricants, fiber or fabrics, against the infestation and destruction by harmful microorganisms, such as fungi and bacteria. As to the protection of wood and other materials, the particular attention is paid to the following harmful fungi: Ascomycetes such as Ophiostoma spp., Ceratocyst- is 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., Serpula spp. and Tyro- myces spp., Deuteromycetes such as Aspergillus spp., Cladosporium spp., Penicillium spp., Trichoderma spp., Alternaria spp., Paecilomyces spp. and Zygomycetes such as Mucor spp., and in addition in the protection of stored products and harvest the follow- ing yeast fungi are worthy of note: Candida spp. and Saccharomyces cerevisae.
They 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), cereals such as wheat, rye, barley, rice, oats; grass coffee, potatoes, corn, fruit species, soya, tomatoes, grapevines, ornamental plants, sugar cane and also on a large number of seeds. In a preferred embodiment, the inventive mixtures are used in soya (soybean), cereals and corn.
The inventive mixtures exhibit also outstanding action against animal pests from the following orders: insects from the order of the lepidopterans (Lepidoptera), for example Agrotis ypsilon, Agrotis segetum, Alabama argillacea, Anticarsia gemmatalis, Argyresthia conjugella, Autographa gamma, Bupalus piniarius, Cacoecia murinana, Capua reticulana, Chei- matobia brumata, Choristoneura fumiferana, Choristoneura occidentalis, Cirphis unipuncta, Cydia pomonella, Dendrolimus pini, Diaphania nitidalis, Diatraea grand iosel- la, Earias insulana, Elasmopalpus lignosellus, Eupoecilia ambiguella, Evetria bouliana, Feltia subterranea, Galleria mellonella, Grapholitha funebrana, Grapholitha molesta, Heliothis armigera, Heliothis virescens, Heliothis zea, Hellula undalis, Hibemia defoliar- ia, Hyphantria cunea, Hyponomeuta malinellus, Keiferia lycopersicella, Lambdina fis- cellaria, Laphygma exigua, Leucoptera coffeella, Leucoptera scitella, Lithocolletis blan- cardella, Lobesia botrana, Loxostege sticticalis, Lymantria dispar, Lymantria monacha, Lyonetia clerkella, Malacosoma neustria, Mamestra brassicae, Orgyia pseudotsugata, Ostrinia nubilalis, Panolis flammea, Pectinophora gossypiella, Peridroma saucia, Phalera bucephala, Phthorimaea operculella, Phyllocnistis citrella, Pieris brassicae, Plathypena scabra, Plutella xylostella, Pseudoplusia includens, Rhyacionia frustrana, Scrobipalpula absoluta, Sitotroga cerealella, Sparganothis pilleriana, Spodoptera frugi- perda, Spodoptera littoralis, Spodoptera litura, Thaumatopoea pityocampa, Tortrix viri- dana, Trichoplusia ni and Zeiraphera canadensis, beetles (Coleoptera), for example Agrilus sinuatus, Agriotes lineatus, Agriotes obscur- us, Amphimallus solstitialis, Anisandrus dispar, Anthonomus grand is, Anthonomus po- morum, Aphthona euphoridae, Athous haemorrhoidalis, Atomaria linearis, Blastopha- gus piniperda, Blitophaga undata, Bruchus rufimanus, Bruchus pisorum, Bruchus len- tis, Byctiscus betulae, Cassida nebulosa, Cerotoma trifurcata, Cetonia aurata, Ceuthor- rhynchus assimilis, Ceuthorrhynchus napi, Chaetocnema tibialis, Conoderus vesperti- nus, Crioceris asparagi, Ctenicera ssp., Diabrotica longicornis, Diabrotica semipunc- tata, Diabrotica 12-punctata Diabrotica speciosa, Diabrotica virgifera, Epilachna varivestis, Epitrix hirtipennis, Eutinobothrus brasiliensis, Hylobius abietis, Hypera brun- neipennis, Hypera postica, Ips typographus, Lema bilineata, Lema melanopus, Leptino- tarsa decemlineata, Limonius californicus, Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus, Melanotus communis, Meligethes aeneus, Melolontha hippocastani, Melolontha melolontha, Oulema oryzae, Ortiorrhynchus sulcatus, Otiorrhynchus ovatus, Phaedon cochleariae, Phyllobi- us pyri, Phyllotreta chrysocephala, Phyllophaga sp., Phyllopertha horticola, Phyllotreta nemorum, Phyllotreta striolata, Popillia japonica, Sitona lineatus and Sitophilus grana- ria, flies, mosquitoes (Diptera), e.g. Aedes aegypti, Aedes albopictus, Aedes vexans, Anas- trepha 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, Chrys- ops silacea, Chrysops atlanticus, Cochliomyia hominivorax, Contarinia sorghicola
Cordylobia anthropophaga, Culicoides furens, Culex pipiens, Culex nigripalpus, Culex quinquefasciatus, Culex tarsalis, Culiseta inornata, Culiseta melanura, Dacus cucurbi- tae, Dacus oleae, Dasineura brassicae, Delia antique, Delia coarctata, Delia platura, Delia radicum, Dermatobia hominis, Fannia canicularis, Geomyza Tripunctata, Gaster- ophilus intestinalis, Glossina morsitans, Glossina palpalis, Glossina fuscipes, Glossina tachinoides, Haematobia irritans, Haplodiplosis equestris, Hippelates spp., Hylemyia platura, Hypoderma lineata, Leptoconops torrens, Liriomyza sativae, Liriomyza trifolii, Lucilia caprina, Lucilia cuprina, Lucilia sericata, Lycoria pectoralis, Mansonia titillanus, Mayetiola destructor, Musca domestica, Muscina stabulans, Oestrus ovis, Opomyza florum, Oscinella frit, Pegomya hysocyami, Phorbia antiqua, Phorbia brassicae, Phor- bia coarctata, Phlebotomus argentipes, Psorophora columbiae, Psila rosae, Psoropho- ra discolor, Prosimulium mixtum, Rhagoletis cerasi, Rhagoletis pomonella, Sarcophaga haemorrhoidalis, Sarcophaga sp., Simulium vittatum, Stomoxys calcitrans, Tabanus bovinus, Tabanus atratus, Tabanus lineola, and Tabanus similis, Tipula oleracea, and Tipula paludosa thrips (Thysanoptera), e.g. Dichromothrips corbetti, Dichromothrips ssp , Frankliniella fusca, Frankliniella occidentalis, Frankliniella tritici, Scirtothrips citri, Thrips oryzae, Thrips palmi and Thrips tabaci, termites (Isoptera), e.g. Calotermes flavicollis, Leucotermes flavipes, Heterotermes aureus, Reticulitermes flavipes, Reticulitermes virginicus, Reticulitermes lucifugus, Termes natalensis, and Coptotermes formosanus, cockroaches (Blattaria - Blattodea), e.g. Blattella germanica, Blattella asahinae, Penplaneta americana, Periplaneta japonica, Periplaneta brunnea, Periplaneta fuligginosa, Periplaneta australasiae, and Blatta orientalis, true bugs (Hemiptera), e.g. Acrosternum hilare, Blissus leucopterus, Cyrtopeltis nota- tus, Dysdercus cingulatus, Dysdercus intermedius, Eurygaster integriceps, Euschistus impictiventris, Leptoglossus phyllopus, Lygus lineolaris, Lygus pratensis, Nezara viridu- la, Piesma quadrata, Solubea insularis , Thyanta perditor, Acyrthosiphon onobrychis, Adelges laricis, Aphidula nasturtii, Aphis fabae, Aphis forbesi, Aphis pomi, Aphis goss- ypii, Aphis grossulariae, Aphis schneideri, Aphis spiraecola, Aphis sambuci, Acyrthosiphon pisum, Aulacorthum solani, Bemisia argentifolii, Brachycaudus cardui, Brachy- caudus helichrysi, Brachycaudus persicae, Brachycaudus prunicola, Brevicoryne bras- sicae, Capitophorus horni, Cerosipha gossypii, Chaetosiphon fragaefolii, Cryptomyzus ribis, Dreyfusia nordmannianae, Dreyfusia piceae, Dysaphis radicola, Dysaulacorthum pseudosolani, Dysaphis plantaginea, Dysaphis pyri, Empoasca fabae, Hyalopterus pruni, Hyperomyzus lactucae, Macrosiphum avenae, Macrosiphum euphorbiae, Macrosiphon rosae, Megoura viciae, Melanaphis pyrarius, Metopolophium dirhodum, Myzus persicae, Myzus ascalonicus, Myzus cerasi, Myzus varians, Nasonovia ribis- nigri, Nilaparvata lugens, Pemphigus bursarius, Perkinsiella saccharicida, Phorodon humuli, Psylla mail, Psylla piri, Rhopalomyzus ascalonicus, Rhopalosiphum maidis, Rhopalosiphum padi, Rhopalosiphum insertum, Sappaphis mala, Sappaphis mail, Schizaphis graminum, Schizoneura lanuginosa, Sitobion avenae, Trialeurodes vaporar- iorum, Toxoptera aurantiiand, Viteus vitifolii, Cimex lectularius, Cimex hemipterus, Re- duvius senilis, Triatoma spp., and Arilus critatus. ants, bees, wasps, sawflies (Hymenoptera), e.g. Athalia rosae, Atta cephalotes, Atta capiguara, Atta cephalotes, Atta laevigata, Atta robusta, Atta sexdens, Atta texana, Crematogaster spp., Hoplocampa minuta, Hoplocampa testudinea, Monomorium phar- aonis, Solenopsis geminata, Solenopsis invicta, Solenopsis richteri, Solenopsis xyloni, Pogonomyrmex barbatus, Pogonomyrmex californicus, Pheidole megacephala, Dasymutilla occidentalis, Bombus spp. Vespula squamosa, Paravespula vulgaris, Par- avespula 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 termini fera, and Locusta na 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, Hy- alomma truncatum, Ixodes ricinus, Ixodes rubicundus, Ixodes scapularis, Ixodes holo- cyclus, Ixodes pacificus, Ornithodorus moubata, Ornithodorus hermsi, Ornithodorus turicata, Ornithonyssus bacoti, Otobius megnini, Dermanyssus gallinae, Psoroptes ovis, Rhipicephalus sanguineus, Rhipicephalus appendiculatus, Rhipicephalus evertsi, Sarcoptes scabiei, and Eriophyidae spp. such as Aculus schlechtendali, Phyllocoptrata oleivora and Eriophyes sheldoni; Tarsonemidae spp. such as Phytonemus pallidus and Polyphagotarsonemus latus; Tenuipalpidae spp. such as Brevipalpus phoenicis;
Tetranychidae spp. such as Tetranychus cinnabarinus, Tetranychus kanzawai, Tetranychus pacificus, Tetranychus telarius and Tetranychus urticae, Panonychus ul- mi, Panonychus citri, and Oligonychus pratensis; Araneida, e.g. Latrodectus mactans, and Loxosceles reclusa, fleas (Siphonaptera), e.g. Ctenocephalides felis, Ctenocephalides canis, Xenopsylla cheopis, Pulex irritans, Tunga penetrans, and Nosopsyllus fasciatus, silverfish, firebrat (Thysanura), e.g. Lepisma saccharina and Thermobia domestica, centipedes (Chilopoda), e.g. Scutigera coleoptrata, millipedes (Diplopoda), e.g. Narceus spp.,
Earwigs (DermapteraJ, e.g. forficula auricularia, lice (Phthiraptera), e.g. Pediculus humanus capitis, Pediculus humanus corporis, Pthirus pubis, Haematopinus eurysternus, Haematopinus suis, Linognathus vituli, Bo- vicola bovis, Menopon gallinae, Menacanthus stramineus and Solenopotes capillatus, plant parasitic nematodes such as root-knot nematodes, Meloidogyne arenaria, Meloidogyne 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, Heterodera glycines, Heterodera schachtii, Heterodera trifolii, and other Heterodera species; seed gall nematodes, Anguina funesta, Anguina tritici and other Anguina species; stem and foliar nematodes, Aphelenchoides besseyi, Aphelen- choides fragariae, Aphelenchoides ritzemabosi and other Aphelenchoides species; sting nematodes, Belonolaimus longicaudatus and other Belonolaimus species; pine nematodes, Bursaphelenchus xylophilus and other Bursaphelenchus species; ring nematodes, Criconema species, Criconemella species, Criconemoides species, and Mesocriconema species; stem and bulb nematodes, Ditylenchus destructor, Ditylen- chus dipsaci, Ditylenchus myceliophagus and other Ditylenchus species; awl nematodes, Dolichodorus species; spiral nematodes, Helicotylenchus dihystera, Helicotylen- chus multicinctus and other Helicotylenchus species, Rotylenchus robustus and other Rotylenchus species; sheath nematodes, Hemicycliophora species and Hemicricone- moides species; Hirshmanniella species; lance nematodes, Hoplolaimus columbus, Hoplolaimus galeatus and other Hoplolaimus species; false root-knot nematodes, Nacobbus aberrans and other Nacobbus species; needle nematodes, Longidorus elongates and other Longidorus species; pin nematodes, Paratylenchus species; lesion nematodes, Pratylenchus brachyurus, Pratylenchus coffeae, Pratylenchus curvitatus, Pratylenchus goodeyi, Pratylencus neglectus, Pratylenchus penetrans, Pratylenchus scribneri, Pratylenchus vulnus, Pratylenchus zeae and other Pratylenchus species; Radinaphelenchus cocophilus and other Radinaphelenchus species; burrowing nema- todes, Radopholus similis and other Radopholus species; reniform nematodes, Ro- tylenchulus reniformis and other Rotylenchulus species; Scutellonema species; stubby root nematodes, Trichodorus primitivus and other Trichodorus species; Paratnchodorus minor and other Paratnchodorus species; stunt nematodes, Tylenchorhynchus claytoni, Tylenchorhynchus dubius and other Tylenchorhynchus species and Merlinius species; citrus nematodes, Tylenchulus semipenetrans and other Tylenchulus species; dagger nematodes, Xiphinema americanum, Xiphinema index, Xiphinema diversicaudatum and other Xiphinema species; and other plant parasitic nematode species.
The inventive mixture 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.
In general, "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.
As said above, 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.
The term "plant effective amount" denotes an amount of the inventive mixtures, which is sufficient for achieving plant health effects as defined herein below. More exemplary information about amounts, ways of application and suitable ratios to be used is given below. Anyway, 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. When preparing the mixtures, it is preferred to employ the pure active compounds, to which further active compounds against pests, such as insecticides, herbicides, fungicides or else herbicidal or growth-regulating active compounds or fertilizers can be added as further active components according to need. The 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.
In the context of the present invention, the term plant refers to an entire plant, a part of the plant or the propagation material of the plant.
The inventive mixtures and compositions thereof are particularly important in the control of a multitude of phytopathogenic fungi on various cultivated plants, such as cereals, e. g. wheat, rye, barley, triticale, oats or rice; beet, e. g. sugar beet or fodder beet; fruits, such as pomes, stone fruits or soft fruits, e. g. apples, pears, plums, peaches, almonds, cherries, strawberries, raspberries, blackberries or gooseberries; leguminous plants, such as lentils, peas, alfalfa or soybeans; oil plants, such as rape, mustard, olives, sunflowers, coconut, cocoa beans, castor oil plants, oil palms, ground nuts or soybeans; cucurbits, such as squashes, cucumber or melons; fiber plants, such as cotton, flax, hemp or jute; citrus fruit, such as oranges, lemons, grapefruits or mandarins; vegetables, such as spinach, lettuce, asparagus, cabbages, carrots, onions, tomatoes, potatoes, cucurbits or paprika; lauraceous plants, such as avocados, cinnamon or camphor; energy and raw material plants, such as corn, soybean, rape, sugar cane or oil palm; corn; tobacco; nuts; coffee; tea; bananas; vines (table grapes and grape juice grape vines); hop; turf; sweet leaf (also called Stevia); natural rubber plants or ornamental and forestry plants, such as flowers, shrubs, broad-leaved trees or evergreens, e. g. conifers; and on the plant propagation material, such as seeds, and the crop material of these plants.
Preferably, the inventive mixtures and compositions thereof, respectively are used for controlling a multitude of fungi on field crops, such as potatoes sugar beets, tobac- co, wheat, rye, barley, oats, rice, corn, cotton, soybeans, rape, legumes, sunflowers, coffee or sugar cane; fruits; vines; ornamentals; or vegetables, such as cucumbers, tomatoes, beans or squashes.
Preferably, treatment of plant propagation materials with the inventive mixtures and compositions thereof, respectively, is used for controlling a multitude of fungi on cere- als, such as wheat, rye, barley and oats; potatoes, tomatoes, vines, rice, corn, cotton and soybeans.
The term "cultivated plants" is to be understood as including plants which have been modified by breeding, mutagenesis or genetic engineering including but not limiting to agricultural biotech products on the market or in development (cf. http://cera- gmc.org/, see GM crop database therein). 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. Typically, 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- translational modification of protein(s), oligo- or polypeptides e. g. by glycosylation or polymer additions such as prenylated, acetylated or farnesylated moieties or PEG moieties.
Plants that have been modified by breeding, mutagenesis or genetic engineering, e. g. have been rendered tolerant to applications of specific classes of herbicides, such as auxin herbicides such as dicamba or 2,4-D; bleacher herbicides such as hydroxyl- phenylpyruvate dioxygenase (HPPD) inhibitors or phytoene desaturase (PDS) inhibit- tors; acetolactate synthase (ALS) inhibitors such as sulfonyl ureas or imidazolinones; enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS) inhibitors, such as glyphosate; glutamine synthetase (GS) inhibitors such as glufosinate; protoporphyrinogen-IX oxidase inhibitors; lipid biosynthesis inhibitors such as acetyl CoA carboxylase (ACCase) inhibitors; or oxynil (i. e. bromoxynil or ioxynil) herbicides as a result of conventional methods of breeding or genetic engineering. Furthermore, plants have been made resistant to multiple classes of herbicides through multiple genetic modifications, such as resistance to both glyphosate and glufosinate or to both glyphosate and a herbicide from another class such as ALS inhibitors, HPPD inhibitors, auxin herbicides, or ACCase inhibitors. These herbicide resistance technologies are e. g. described in Pest Managem. Sci. 61 , 2005, 246; 61 , 2005, 258; 61 , 2005, 277; 61 , 2005, 269; 61 , 2005, 286; 64, 2008, 326; 64, 2008, 332; Weed Sci. 57, 2009, 108; Austral. J. Agricult. Res. 58, 2007, 708; Science 316, 2007, 1 185; and references quoted therein. Several cultivated plants have been rendered tolerant to herbicides by conventional methods of breeding (mutagenesis), e. g. Clearfield® summer rape (Canola, BASF SE, Germany) being tolerant to imidazolinones, e. g. imazamox, or ExpressSun® sunflowers (DuPont, USA) being tolerant to sulfonyl ureas, e. g. tribenuron. Genetic engineering methods have been used to render cultivated plants such as soybean, cotton, corn, beets and rape, tolerant to herbicides such as glyphosate and glufosinate, some of which are commercially available under the trade names RoundupReady® (glyphosate-tolerant, Monsanto, U.S.A.), Cultivance® (imidazolinone tolerant, BASF SE, Germany) and Lib- ertyLink® (glufosinate-tolerant, Bayer CropScience, Germany).
Furthermore, 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 δ- endotoxins, e. g. CrylA(b), CrylA(c), CrylF, CrylF(a2), CryllA(b), CrylllA, CrylllB(bl ) or Cry9c; vegetative insecticidal proteins (VIP), e. g. VIP1 , VIP2, VIP3 or VIP3A; insecticidal proteins of bacteria colonizing nematodes, e. g. Photorhabdus spp. or Xenorhab- dus 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 or calcium channels; juvenile hormone esterase; diuretic hormone receptors (helicokinin receptors); stilben synthase, bibenzyl synthase, chitinases or glucanases. In the context of the present invention 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 capable 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 per- son skilled in the art and are described, e. g. in the publications mentioned above. These 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. g., described in the publications mentioned above, and some of which are commercially available such as YieldGard® (corn cultivars producing the CrylAb toxin), YieldGard® Plus (corn cultivars producing CrylAb and Cry3Bb1 toxins), Starlink® (corn cultivars producing the Cry9c toxin), Her- culex® RW (corn cultivars producing Cry34Ab1 , Cry35Ab1 and the enzyme Phosphino- thricin-N-Acetyltransferase [PAT]); NuCOTN® 33B (cotton cultivars producing the Cry1 Ac toxin), Bollgard® I (cotton cultivars producing the Cry1 Ac toxin), Bollgard® II (cotton cultivars producing CrylAc and Cry2Ab2 toxins); VIPCOT® (cotton cultivars producing a VIP-toxin); NewLeaf® (potato cultivars producing the Cry3A toxin); Bt- Xtra®, NatureGard®, KnockOut®, BiteGard®, Protecta®, Bt1 1 (e. g. Agrisure® CB) and Bt176 from Syngenta Seeds SAS, France, (corn cultivars producing the CrylAb toxin and PAT enyzme), MIR604 from Syngenta Seeds SAS, France (corn cultivars producing a modified version of the Cry3A toxin, c.f. WO 03/018810), MON 863 from Monsan- to 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 CrylAc toxin) and 1507 from Pioneer Overseas Corporation, Belgium (corn cultivars producing the Cry1 F toxin and PAT enzyme).
Furthermore, plants are also covered that are by the use of recombinant DNA tech- niques capable to synthesize one or more proteins to increase the resistance or tolerance of those plants to bacterial, viral or fungal pathogens. Examples of such 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 synthesizing these proteins with increased resistance against bacteria such as Erwinia amylvora). The methods for producing such genetically modified plants are generally known to the person skilled in the art and are described, e. g. in the publications mentioned above.
Furthermore, plants are also covered that are by the use of recombinant DNA techniques 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.
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 human or animal nutrition, e. g. oil crops 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). 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.
According to another preferred embodiment of the invention, for use against non crop pests such as ants, termites, wasps, flies, mosquitoes, crickets, locusts, or cockroaches 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. malaria, dengue and yellow fever, lymphatic filariasis, and leishmaniasis) with the 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. Insecticidal compositions for application to fibers, fabric, knitgoods, non- wovens, netting material or foils and tarpaulins preferably comprise a composition in- eluding the inventive mixtures, optionally a repellent and at least one binder.
The inventive mixtures and the compositions comprising them can be used for protecting 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).
In the case of soil treatment or of application to the pests dwelling place or nest, the quantity of active ingredient ranges from 0.0001 to 500 g per 100 m2, preferably from 0.001 to 20 g per 100 m2.
Customary application rates in the protection of materials are, for example, from 0.01 g to 1000 g of active compound per m2 treated material, desirably from 0.1 g to 50 g per m2. Insecticidal 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. For use in bait compositions, 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.
For use in spray compositions, 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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1 . Pesticidal mixtures comprising, as active components,
1 ) one fungicidal compound I selected from the group consisting of 1 -[3-chloro-2-[[1 -(4- chlorophenyl)pyrazol-3-yl]oxymethyl]phenyl]-4-methyl-tetrazol-5-one (1-1 ), 1 -[3- bromo-2-[[1 -(4-chlorophenyl)pyrazol-3-yl]oxymethyl]phenyl]-4-methyl-tetrazol-5-one (I-2), 1 -[2-[[1 -(4-chlorophenyl)pyrazol-3-yl]oxymethyl]-3-methyl-phenyl]-4-methyl- tetrazol-5-one (I-3), 1 -[2-[[1 -(4-chlorophenyl)pyrazol-3-yl]oxymethyl]-3-fluoro- phenyl]-4-methyl-tetrazol-5-one (I-4), 1 -[2-[[1 -(2,4-dichlorophenyl)pyrazol-3- yl]oxymethyl]-3-fluoro-phenyl]-4-methyl-tetrazol-5-one (I-5), 1 -[2-[[4-(4- chlorophenyl)thiazol-2-yl]oxymethyl]-3-methyl-phenyl]-4-methyl-tetrazol-5-one (I-6), 1 -[3-chloro-2-[[4-(p-tolyl)thiazol-2-yl]oxymethyl]phenyl]-4-methyl-tetrazol-5-one (I-7), 1 -[3-cyclopropyl-2-[[2-methyl-4-(1 -methylpyrazol-3-yl)phenoxy]methyl]phenyl]-4- methyl-tetrazol-5-one (I-8), 1 -[3-(difluoromethoxy)-2-[[2-methyl-4-(1 -methylpyrazol-3- yl)phenoxy]methyl]phenyl]-4-methyl-tetrazol-5-one (I-9), 1 -methyl-4-[3-methyl-2-[[2- methyl-4-(1 -methylpyrazol-3-yl)phenoxy]methyl]phenyl]tetrazol-5-one (1-10) and 1 - methyl-4-[3-methyl-2-[[1 -[3-
(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]ethylideneamino]oxymethyl]phenyl]tetrazol-5-one (1-1 1 )and 1 -[3-chloro-2-[[1 -(4-chlorophenyl)pyrazol-3-yl]oxymethyl]phenyl]-4-methyl-tetrazol-5- one (1-12) ; and
2) one insecticidal compound II selected from
the group of organo(thio)phosphates consisting of acephate (11-1 ), azamethiphos (II- 2), azinphos-methyl (II-3), cadusafos (II-4), chlorethoxyfos (II-5), chlorpyrifos (II-6), chlorpyrifos-methyl (II-7), chlorfenvinphos (II-8), demeton-S-methyl (II-9), diazinon (11-10), dichlorvos (11-1 1 ), dicrotophos (11-12), dimethoate (11-13), disulfoton (11-14), ethion (11-15), ethoprophos (11-16), fenamiphos (11-17), fenitrothion (11-18), fenthion (11-19), fosthiazate (II-20), isofenphos (11-21 ), isoxathion (II-22), malathion (II-23), methamidophos (II-24), methidathion (II-25), methyl-parathion (II-26), mevinphos (II- 27), monocrotophos (II-28), omethoate (II-29), oxydemeton-methyl (II-30), paraoxon (11-31 ), parathion (II-32), phenthoate (II-33), phosalone (II-34), phosmet (II-35), phosphamidon (II-36), phorate (II-37), phoxim (II-38), pirimiphos-methyl (II-39), profenofos (II-40), prothiofos (11-41 ), pyraclofos (II-42), pyridaphenthion (II-43), qui- nalphos (II-44), sulprophos (II-45), tebupirimfos (II-46), tetrachlorvinphos (II-47), ter- bufos (II-48), triazophos (II-49), trichlorfon (II-50); and
the group of carbamates consisting of alanycarb (11-51 ), aldicarb (II-52), BPMC (II- 53), bendiocarb (II-54), benfuracarb (II-55), carbaryl (II-56), carbofuran (II-57), car- bosulfan (II-58), cartap (II-59), fenoxycarb (II-60), formetanate (11-61 ), furathiocarb (II-62), methiocarb (II-63), methomyl (II-64), oxamyl (II-65), pirimicarb (II-66), propoxur (II-67), thiodicarb (II-68), triazamate (II-69); and
the group of pyrethroids consisting of acrinathrin (II-70), allethrin (11-71 ), bifenthrin (II-72), cycloprothrin (II-73), cyfluthrin (II-74), cyhalothrin (II-75), cyphenothrin (II-76), cypermethrin (II-77), alpha-cypermethrin (II-78), beta-cypermethrin (II-79), zeta- cypermethrin (11-80), deltamethrin (11-81 ), esfenvalerate (II-82), etofenprox (II-83), fenpropathrin (II-84), fenvalerate (II-85), flucythrinate (II-86), fluvalinate (II-87), gamma-cyhalothrin (II-88), imiprothrin (II-89), lambda-cyhalothrin (II-90), permethrin (11-91 ), prallethrin (II-92), pyrethrin I and II (II-93), resmethrin (II-94), silafluofen (II- 95), tau-fluvalinate (II-96), tefluthrin (II-97), tetramethrin (II-98), tralomethrin (II-99), transfluthrin (11-100), profluthrin (11-101 ), dimefluthrin (11-102); and
the group of insect growth regulators consisting of bistrifluron (11-103), chlorfluazuron (11-104), cyramazin (11-105), diflubenzuron (11-106), flucycloxuron (11-107), flufenoxuron (11-108), hexaflumuron (11-109), lufenuron (11-1 10), novaluron (11-1 1 1 ), noviflumuron (11-1 12), teflubenzuron (11-1 13), triflumuron (11-1 14), buprofezin (11-1 15), diofenolan (11-1 16), hexythiazox (11-1 17), etoxazole (11-1 18), clofentazine (11-1 19); chromafenozide (11-120), halofenozide (11-121 ), methoxyfenozide (11-122), tebufeno- zide (11-123), azadirachtin (11-124); pyriproxyfen (11-125), methoprene (11-126), fenoxycarb (11-127); spirodiclofen (11-128), spiromesifen (11-129), spirotetramat (II- 130); and
the group of nicotinic receptor agonists/antagonists compounds consisting of clothi- anidin (11-131 ), dinotefuran (11-132), flupyradifurone (11-133), imidacloprid (11-134), thiamethoxam (11-135), nitenpyram (11-136), acetamiprid (11-137), thiacloprid (11-138), 1 -2-chloro-thiazol-5-ylmethyl)-2-nitrimino-3,5-dimethyl-[1 ,3,5]triazinane (11-139); and the group of GABA antagonist compounds consisting of endosulfan (11-140), ethiprole (11-141 ), fipronil (11-142), vaniliprole (11-143), pyrafluprole (11-144), pyriprole (11-145), 5-amino-1 -(2,6-dichloro-4-methyl-phenyl)-4-sulfinamoyl-1 H-pyrazole-3- carbothioic acid amide (11-146); and
macrocyclic lactone insecticides consisting of abamectin (11-147), emamectin (II- 148), milbemectin (11-149), lepimectin (11-150), spinosad (11-151 ), spinetoram (11-152); and
the group of mitochondrial electron transport inhibitor (METI) I acaricides consisting of fenazaquin (11-153), pyridaben (11-154), tebufenpyrad (11-155), tolfenpyrad (11-156), flufenerim (11-157); and
METI II and III compounds consisting of acequinocyl (11-158), fluacyprim (11-159), hydramethylnon (11-160); and
the group of uncouplers consisting of chlorfenapyr (11-161 ); and
oxidative phosphorylation inhibitors consisting of cyhexatin (11-162), diafenthiuron (II-
163), fenbutatin oxide (11-164), propargite (11-165); and
moulting disruptor compounds consisting of cryomazine (11-166); and
mixed function oxidase inhibitors consisting of piperonyl butoxide (11-167); and the group of sodium channel blockers consisting of indoxacarb (11-168), metaflumi- zone (11-169); and
the group of ryanodine receptor inhibitors consisting of chlorantraniliprole (11-170), cyantraniliprole (11-171 ), cyclaniliprole (11-172), flubendiamide (11-173), tetraniliprole (11-174), N-[4,6-dichloro-2-[(diethyl-lambda-4-sulfanylidene)carba-moyl]-phenyl]-2- (3-chloro-2-pyridyl)-5-(trifluoromethyl)pyrazole-3-carboxamide (11-175), N-[4-chloro- 2-[(diethyl-lambda-4-sulfanylidene)carbamoyl]-6-methyl-phenyl]-2-(3-chloro-2- pyridyl)-5-(trifluoromethyl)pyrazole-3-carboxamide (11-176), N-[4-chloro-2-[(di-2- propyl-lambda-4-sulfanylidene)carbamoyl]-6-methyl-phenyl]-2-(3-chloro-2-pyridyl)-5- (trifluoromethyl)pyrazole-3-carboxamide (11-177), N— [4,6-dichloro-2-[(di-2-propyl- lambda-4-sulfanylidene)carbamoyl]-phenyl]-2-(3-chloro-2-pyridyl)- 5-(trifluoromethyl)pyrazole-3-carboxamide (11-178), N-[4,6-dichloro-2-[(diethyl- lambda-4-sulfanylidene)carbamoyl]-phenyl]-2-(3-chloro-2-pyridyl)-5- (d-fluoromethyl)pyrazole-3-carboxamide (11-179), N-[4,6-dibromo-2-[(di-2-propyl- lambda-4-sulfanylidene)carba-moyl]-phenyl]-2-(3-chloro-2-pyridyl)-5- (trifluorometh-yl)pyrazole-3-carboxamide (11-180), N-[4-chloro-2-[(di-2-propyl- lambda-4-sulfanyli-dene)carbamoyl]-6-cyano-phenyl]-2-(3-chloro-2-pyridyl)-5- (trifluoromethyl)pyrazole-3-carboxamide (11-181 ), N-[4,6-dibromo-2-[(diethyl-lambda-
4- sulfanylidene)carba-moyl]-phenyl]-2-(3-chloro-2-pyridyl)-
5- (trifluoromethyl)pyrazole-3-carboxamide (11-182); and
the group of various and unknown mode of action consisting of afidopyropen (II- 183), benclothiaz (11-184), bensultap (11-185), bifenazate (11-186), cyromazine (II- 187), fluensulfone (11-188), flonicamid (11-189), flometoquin (11-190), pyridalyl (11-191 ), pymetrozine (11-192), sulfur (11-193), thiocyclam (11-194), cyenopyrafen (11-195), flupy- razofos (11-196), cyflumetofen (11-197), amidoflumet (11-198), imicyafosbistrifluron (II- 199), pyrifluquinazon (II-200), 1 ,1 '-[(3S,4R,4aR,6S,6aS,12R,12aS,12bS)-4-[[(2- cyclopropylacetyl)-oxy]methyl]-1 ,3, 4, 4a, 5, 6, 6a, 12, 12a, 12b-decahydro-12-hydroxy- 4,6a, 12b-trimethyl-1 1 -oxo-9-(3-pyridinyl)-2H , 1 1 H-naphtho[2, 1 -b]pyrano[3,4-e]pyran- 3,6-diyl] cyclopropane-acetic acid ester (11-201 ), sulfoxaflor (II-202), triflumezopyrim (II-203), tioxazafen (II-204), clofentezine (II-205), fenpyroximate (II-206), amitraz (II- 207), azocyclotin (II-208), bromopropylate (II-209), diflovidazin (11-210), fluacrypyrim (11-21 1 ), pyrimidifen (11-212), dicofol (11-213), lindane (11-214), metaldehyde (11-215).
A mixture as claimed in claims 1 , wherein the compound II is selected from the group of acephate (11-1 ), chlorpyrifos (II-6), dimethoate (11-13), methamidophos (II-24), terbufos (II- 48), carbofuran (II-57), methomyl (II-64), thiodicarb (II-68), bifenthrin (II-72), cypermethrin (II-77), alpha-cypermethrin (II-78), deltamethrin (11-81 ), esfenvalerate (II-82), fenvalerate (II- 85), flucythrinate (II-86), lambda-cyhalothrin (II-90), permethrin (11-91 ), flufenoxuron (II- 108), lufenuron (11-1 10), teflubenzuron (11-1 13), spirodiclofen (11-128), spirotetramat (11-130), clothianidin (11-131 ), dinotefuran (11-132), flupyradifurone (11-133), imidacloprid (11-134), thi- amethoxam (11-135), nitenpyram (11-136), acetamiprid (11-137), thiacloprid (11-138), 1 -2- chloro-thiazol-5-ylmethyl)-2-nitrimino-3,5-dimethyl-[1 ,3,5]triazinane (11-139), fipronil (11-142), abamectin (11-147), emamectin (11-148), spinosad (11-151 ), spinetoram (11-152), pyridaben (11-154), tebufenpyrad (11-155), hydramethylnon (11-160), chlorfenapyr (11-161 ), indoxacarb (11-168), metaflumizone (11-169), chlorantraniliprole (11-170), cyantraniliprole (11-171 ), cyclaniliprole (11-172), flubendiamide (11-173), tetraniliprole (11-174), afidopyropen (11-183), cyflumetofen (11-197) and sulfoxaflor (II-202).
3. A mixture as claimed in any of claims 1 to 2, wherein ratio by weight of compound I and compound II is from 20000:1 to 1 :20000.
4. A mixture as claimed in any of claims 1 to 2, wherein ratio by weight of compound I and compound II is from 100:1 to 1 :100.
5. A mixture as claimed in any of claims 1 to 2, wherein ratio by weight of compound I and compound II is from 50:1 to 1 :50.
6. A pesticidal composition, comprising a liquid or solid carrier and a mixture as defined in any of claims 1 to 5.
7. A method for controlling phytopathogenic pests, wherein the pest, their habitat, breeding grounds, their locus or the plants to be protected against pest attack, the soil or plant propagation material are treated with an effective amount of a mixture as defined in any of claims 1 to 5.
8. 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 are treated with an effective amount of a mixture as defined in any of claims 1 to 5.
9. A method for protection of plant propagation material from pests comprising contacting the plant propagation materials with a mixture as defined in any of claims 1 to 5 in pesticidally effective amounts.
10. A method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the mixture as defined in any of claims 1 to 5 is applied in an amount of from 0.01 g to 10 kg per 100 kg of plant propagation materials.
1 1 . A method as claimed in claims 7 to 10, wherein the mixture as defined in any of claims 1 to 5 are applied simultaneously, that is jointly or separately, or in succession.
12. Plant propagation material, comprising the mixture as defined in any of claims 1 to 5 in an amount of from 0.01 g to 10 kg per 100 kg of plant propagation materials.
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