Active ingredient combinations having insecticidal and acaricidal properties
View Patent ↗The invention relates to insecticidal and acaricidal mixtures comprising certain cyclic ketoenols and agonists or antagonists of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors for protecting plants against attack by pests.
1. A composition, comprising a synergistically effective mixture of:
a) a cyclic ketoenol compound of the Formula (Ia)
and
b) a member selected from the group consisting of one or more agonists of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors and one or more antagonists of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, which agonist or antagonist is a compound of the formula
wherein said cyclic ketoenol compound and either said agonist or said antagonist of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, respectively, are present in a ratio of from 1:25 to 25:1.
2. A method for controlling animal pests selected from the group consisting of insects, arachnids, nematodes and combinations thereof comprising the step of applying the composition of claim 1 to a member selected from the group consisting of a habitat of said animal pests, said animal pests and combinations thereof.
3. A process for preparing a pesticide comprising the step of mixing:
a) the composition according to claim 1 with
b) a member selected from the group consisting of an extender, a surfactant, and combinations thereof.
4. A method for controlling sucking insect pests in or on crop plants by applying a composition as described in claim 1 to the crop plant, the habitat from which it grows or combinations thereof.
5. The method of claim 4 wherein the sucking insect is a pest of the order Homoptera.
6. The method of claim 5 wherein the sucking pest is Aphis gossipyii or Myzus persicae .
7. The composition of claim 1 , wherein b) is a compound of Formula (II e)
8. The composition of claim 1 , wherein b) is a compound of Formula (II g)
9. The composition of claim 1 , wherein b) is a compound of the Formula (II i)
10. The composition of claim 1 , wherein b) is a compound of the Formula (II I)
11. The composition of claim 1 , wherein b) is a compound of the Formula (II m)
12. A composition according to claim 1 , wherein said cyclic ketoenol compound and either said agonist or said antagonist of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, respectively, are present in a ratio of from 1:5 to 5:1.
13. A composition according to claim 1 , wherein said cyclic ketoenol compound and either said agonist or said antagonist of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, respectively, are present in a ratio of from 1:1 to 1:1.