Treatment of Transgenic Crops with Mixtures of Fiproles and Chloronicotinyls

1 ) A method for increasing the production potential of plants and/or controlling pests in plants with at least one transgenic modification related to yield increase as compared to a corresponding wild-type plant, comprising treating the location where the plant with at least one transgenic modification is growing or is expected to grow and/or the transgenic plant with at least one transgenic modification or propagation material of the plant with at least one transgenic modification with an effective amount of an insecticidal composition comprising a

component A, selected from the group consisting of imidacloprid, thiacloprid, clothianidin, acetamiprid, dinotefuran, nitenpyram, sulfoxaflor and thiamethoxam; and a

component B, selceted from the group consisting of fipronil and ethiprole.

2 ) The method of claim 1 , wherein the transgenic plant

a. is selected from the plants listed in Table A: A-1 to A-134 or

b. is selected from the plants listed in Table B: B-1 to B-85, or

c. comprises one or more transgenic events selected from the transgenic events listed in Table A from A-1 to A-134 or in Table B from B-1 to B-85, or

d. displays a trait based one or several transgenic events as listed in Table C from C-1 to C-11, or

3 ) The method of claim 1 or 2 , wherein component A is imidacloprid and component B is fipronil.

4 ) The method of claim 1 or 2 , wherein component A is clothianidin and component B is fipronil.

5 ) The method of claim 1 or 2 , wherein component A is sulfoxaflor and component B is fipronil.

6 ) The method of any of the claims 1 to 5 , wherein the transgenic plants are selected from: maize, soybean, cotton, tobacco, rice, potato and sugar beet.

7 ) The method to any of the claims 1 to 6 , wherein the transgenic plant is a soybean plant.

8 ) The method of any of the claims 1 to 7 , wherein strains of the pests are targeted that are at least partially resistant or tolerant to the transgenic events that confer resistance of the plant against the wildtype or sensitive strains of the aforesaid pest.

9 ) The method of any one of the claims 1 to 8 , wherein an additional active ingredient is used with the insecticidal compositions, wherein this additional active ingredient is selected from the group consisting of acephate, chlorpyrifos, diazinon, dichlorvos, dimethoate, fenitrothion, methamidophos, methidathion, methyl-parathion, monocrotophos, phorate, profenofos, terbufos, aldicarb, carbaryl, carbofuran, carbosulfan, methomyl, thiodicarb, bifenthrin, cyfluthrin, cypermethrin, alpha-cypermethrin, zeta-cypermethrin, deltamethrin, esfenvalerate, lambda-cyhalothrin, permethrin, tefluthrin, diflubenzuron, flufenoxuron, lufenuron, teflubenzuron, spirotetramat; clothianidin, dinotefuran, imidacloprid, thiamethoxam, acetamiprid, thiacloprid; endosulfan, ethiprole, abamectin, emamectin, spinosad, spinetoram.

10 ) The method of any one of the claims 1 to 9 , wherein an additional active ingredient is used with the insecticidal compositions, wherein this additional active ingredient is selected from the group consisting of azoxystrobin, dimoxystrobin, kresoxim-methyl, orysastrobin, pyraclostrobin, trifloxystrobin, bixafen, boscalid, isopyrazam, metalaxyl, penthiopyrad, 3-difluoromethyl-1-methyl-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxylic acid (2′,4′,5′-trifluorobiphenyl-2-yl)-amide, N-(2-bicyclopropyl-2-yl-phenyl)-3-difluoromethyl-1-methyl-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxylic acid amide, dimethomorph, fluopicolide, difenoconazole, epoxiconazole, fluquinconazole, flusilazole, flutriafol, metconazol, myclobutanil, propiconazole, prothioconazole, tebuconazole, tetraconazole, triticonazole, prochloraz, carbendazim, fluazinam, cyprodinil, pyrimethanil, fludioxonil, dodemorph, fenpropimorph, tridemorph, fenpropidin, iprodione, vinclozolin, famoxadone, probenazole, captan, folpet, 5-ethyl-6-octyl-[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine-7-ylamine, mancozeb, maneb, metiram, thiram, dithianon, fosetyl, fosetyl-aluminium, chlorothalonil, thiophanate methyl, cymoxanil, metrafenone, spiroxamine, bixafen, N-(3′,4′,5′-trifluorobiphenyl-2-yl)-3-difluoromethyl-1-methyl-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide, N-[2-(4′-trifluoromethylthio)-biphenyl]-3-difluoromethyl-1-methyl-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide, N-[2-(1,3-dimethylbutyl)-phenyl]-1,3-dimethyl-5-fluoro-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide, N-(2-bicyclopropyl-2-yl-phenyl)-3-difluoromethyl-1-methyl-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide, N-(cis-2-bicyclopropyl-2-yl-phenyl)-3-difluoromethyl-1-methyl-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide, N-(trans-2-bicyclopropyl-2-yl-phenyl)-3-difluoromethyl-1-methyl-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide, N-[1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-9-(1-methylethyl)-1,4-methanonaphthalen-5-yl]-3-(difluoromethyl)-1-methyl-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide.

11 ) The method to any of the claims 1 to 10 , wherein a seed is treated.

12 ) The method to any of the claims 1 to 11 , for increasing the yield of the plant.

13 ) The method to any of the claims 1 to 11 , for increasing the tolerance of the plant against abiotic stress.