Pesticidal composition comprising a pyridylethylbenzamide derivative and an insecticide compound
View Patent ↗A composition comprising at least a pyridylethylbenzamide derivative of general formula (I) (a) and an insecticide compound (b) in a (a)/(b) weight ratio of from 1/1000 to 1000/1. A composition further comprising an additional fungicidal compound. A method for preventively or curatively combating the pests and diseases of crops by using this composition.
1. A synergistic composition comprising:
a) N-{2-[3-chloro-5-(trifluoromethyl)-2-pyridinyl]ethyl}-2-trifluoromethylbenzamide and
b) an insecticide compound selected from the group consisting of clothianidin, cyromazine, fenamifos, fipronil, imidacloprid, pymetrozine, spinosad, and thiacloprid;
wherein the (a)/(b) weight ratio is from 1/125 to 125/1;
with the proviso that said insecticide compound is not a compound of formula (II)
in which:
Hal represents a chlorine atom, a bromine atom or an iodine atom,
* represents a carbon atom in R- or S-configuration.
2. A composition according to claim 1 , further comprising a fungicide compound (c) selected from the group consisting of fludioxonil, ipconazole, triadimenol, prothioconazole, tebuconazole and trifloxystrobin.
3. A composition according to claim 1 , further comprising an agriculturally acceptable support, carrier, filler and/or surfactant.
4. A method for controlling insects, said method comprising applying an effective and non-phytotoxic amount of a composition according to claim 1 via seed treatment, foliar application, stem application, drench/drip application and/or by chemigation to the seed, the plant, to the fruit of the plant, to soil, to an inert substrate, Pumice, Pyroclastic materials/tuff, synthetic organic substrates, organic substrates and/or to a liquid substrate in which the plant is growing or in which a plant is desired to grow.
5. Seed treated with a composition of claim 1 .
6. A composition according to claim 1 , wherein the (a)/(b) weight ratio is from 1/1 to 125/1.
7. A composition according to claim 1 , wherein the insecticide is clothianidin.
8. A composition according to claim 1 , wherein the insecticide is cyromazine.
9. A composition according to claim 1 , wherein the insecticide is fenamifos.
10. A composition according to claim 1 , wherein the insecticide is fipronil.
11. A composition according to claim 1 , wherein the insecticide is imidacloprid.
12. A composition according to claim 1 , wherein the insecticide is pymetrozine.
13. A composition according to claim 1 , wherein the insecticide is spinosad.
14. A composition according to claim 1 , wherein the insecticide is thiacloprid.
15. The composition according to claim 2 , wherein compounds (a), (b) and (c) are present in an amount of (a):(b):(c) weight ratio of from 1:0.01:0.01 to 1:100:100.
16. The composition according to claim 2 , wherein compounds (a), (b) and (c) are present in an amount of (a):(b):(c) weight ratio of from 1:0.05:0.05 to 1:80:80.