PESTICIDAL COMPOSITIONS AND RELATED METHODS

• Main Authors: RUSHTON, Mary, BURKHART, Miriam, GOMEZ, Luis E, LIU, Lei, WU, Dan, WAID, Christopher
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 07.02.2018
• Subjects: AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES, AS HERBICIDES; CHEMISTRY; FERTILISERS; FERTILISERS CHARACTERISED BY THEIR FORM; FISHING; FORESTRY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; MANUFACTURE THEREOF; METALLURGY; MIXTURES OF FERTILISERS COVERED INDIVIDUALLY BY DIFFERENTSUBCLASSES OF CLASS C05; MIXTURES OF ONE OR MORE FERTILISERS WITH MATERIALS NOT HAVINGA SPECIFIC FERTILISING ACTIVITY, e.g. PESTICIDES,SOIL-CONDITIONERS, WETTING AGENTS; ORGANIC FERTILISERS NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C05B, C05C, e.g. FERTILISERS FROM WASTE OR REFUSE; PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTSTHEREOF; TRAPPING

A pesticidal composition comprises at least one soil conditioner selected from the group consisting of organic soil conditioners, microorganisms, activators, and combinations thereof and an active ingredient group alpha (AIGA) compound. The weight ratio of soil conditioner to AIGA compound is at least about 20:1. The pesticidal composition shows an enhanced residue activity of the AIGA compound in soil. A method of controlling a sap-feeding insect on a top part of the plant comprises applying a pesticidally effective amount of such pesticidal composition to soil around a root system of the plant. A method of controlling pests comprises applying a pesticidally effective amount of such pesticidal composition to at least one of: soil, seed of a plant, a portion of a plant, and locus where control of pests is desired.