Fungicidal composition based on at least one pyridylmethylbenzamide derivatives and at least on dithiocarbamate derivative

1. A fungicidal composition comprising:

a) a pyridylmethylbenzamide derivative of formula (I):

 in which

R 1 and R 2 are each hydrogen atoms;

R 3 and R 4 are each a member selected from the group consisting of a halogen atom, a nitro radical, an alkyl radical and a trifluoromethyl radical;

c represents 1 or 2;

q represents 1 or 2;

and their agriculturally acceptable optical and/or geometric isomers, tautomers and addition salts with an acid or a base;

b) a compound (II) which is a dithiocarbamate derivative having a fungicide activity selected from the group consisting of ferbam, mancopper, mancozeb, maneb, metiram, nabam, propineb and zineb, and their agriculturally acceptable isomers and addition salts with an acid; and

wherein the compound of formula (I)/compound (II) weight ratio ranges from 1/500 to 30/1.

2. The composition of A claim 1 , wherein

c and q are each 2.

3. The composition of claim 2 , wherein the halogen atom is a chlorine atom.

4. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the compound of formula (I) is a member selected from the group consisting of:

2,6-dichloro-N-{[3-chloro-5-(trifluoromethyl)-2-pyridinyl]methyl}benzamide;

N-{[3-chloro-5-(trifluoromethyl)-2-pyridinyl]methyl}-2-fluoro-6-nitrobenzamide;

N-{[3-chloro-5-(trifluoromethyl)-2-pyridinyl]methyl}-2-methyl-6-nitrobenzamide;

and their agriculturally acceptable tautomers and addition salts with an acid or a base.

5. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the compound of formula (I) is 2,6-dichloro-N-{[3-chloro-5-(trifluoromethyl)-2-pyridinyl]methyl }benzamide and compound (II) is mancozeb or propineb.

6. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the compound of formula (I)/compound (II) weight ratio ranges from 1/200 to 20/1.

7. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the compound of formula (I)/compound (II) ratio is between 1/100 and 1/5.

8. The composition of claim 1 , further comprising at least one agriculturally suitable inert carrier and an agriculturally suitable surfactant.

9. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the composition comprises between 0.00001 and 100% of the combination of the compound of formula (I) and of compound (II).

10. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the compound of formula (I)/compound (II) weight ratio ranges from 1/10 to 10/1.

11. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the composition is between 0.001 and 80% of the combination of the compound of formula (I) and of compound (II).

12. A method for controlling, combating, and/or protecting against phytopathogenic fungi of plants, characterized in that an agronomically effective and non-phytotoxic quantity of a fungicidal composition according to claim 1 is applied to the soil where plants grow or are capable of growing, to the leaves and/or the fruits of plants or to the seeds of plants.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the fungicidal composition is applied by spraying a liquid to the aerial parts of the plants to be treated.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the quantity of fungicidal composition corresponds to a dose of the compound of formula (I) and of compound (II) of between about 1 g/ha and about 10,000 g/ha.

15. The method of claim 12 , wherein the quantity of fungicidal composition corresponds to a dose of compound of formula (I) and of compound (II) of between about 1 g/ha and about 10,000 g/ha.

16. The method of claim 12 , wherein said plants are selected from the group consisting of grapevine, cereal crops, vegetable crops, fruit crops, sunflower, beetroot, tobacco, hop, and ornamental crops.

17. A product comprising a compound of formula (I) and a compound (II) as a combined preparation for simultaneous, separate or sequential use in controlling the phytopathogenic fungi of crops at a site, wherein said compound of formula (I) is a pyridylmethylbenzamide derivative of formula (I):

in which

R 1 and R 2 are each hydrogen atoms;

R 3 and R 4 are each a member selected from the group consisting of a halogen atom, a nitro radical, an alkyl radical and a trifluoromethyl radical;

c represents 1 or 2;

q represents 1 or 2;

and their agriculturally acceptable optical and/or geometric isomers, tautomers and addition salts with an acid or a base;

said compound (II) is a dithiocarbamate derivative having a fungicide activity selected from the group consisting of ferbam, mancopper, mancozeb, maneb, metiram, nabam, propineb and zineb, and their agriculturally acceptable isomers and addition salts with an acid; and

weight ratio of said compound of formula (I) to compound (II) ranges from 1/500 to 30/1.