Pesticide compositions exhibiting enhanced activity
View Patent ↗Pest controlling compositions exhibiting enhanced pesticidal activity levels are disclosed. In one embodiment, a composition includes at least one pesticide, at least one proteinaceous material and at least one polymeric material. In this embodiment, the composition exhibits enhanced pesticidal activity levels compared to a composition dissimilar only in not having the at least one proteinaceous material and the at least one polymeric material. Still, alternative embodiment pesticide compositions exhibiting enhanced activity levels are disclosed.
1. A composition, comprising from about 2% to about 25% by weight of spinetoram, from about 15% to about 75% by weight of egg albumen, and from about 15% to about 70% by weight of a polymeric material selected from the group consisting of polyvinyl alcohol, a vinyl acrylic latex and a terpene polymer, wherein the weight percentages of spinetoram, egg albumen and the polymeric material are based on the total weight of the composition.
2. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the polymeric material is polyvinyl alcohol.
3. The composition of claim 1 , which includes from about 5% to about 15% by weight of spinetoram and from about 65% to about 75% by weight of egg albumen.
4. The composition of claim 1 , which includes from about 5% to about 15% by weight of spinetoram, from about 10% to about 20% by weight of egg albumen, and from about 65% to about 75% by weight of the polymeric material.
5. A method of controlling insects which comprises applying to a locus where control is desired an insect-inactivating amount of a composition according to claim 1 .
6. A composition, comprising from about 15% to about 60% by weight of spinetoram and from 30% to 75% by weight of polyvinyl alcohol, wherein the weight percentages of spinetoram and polyvinyl alcohol are based on the total weight of the composition.