Active ingredient combinations having insecticidal and acaricidal properties
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.