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Compositions for the control of plant pests

Granted 12 Oct 2010 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH · originally Bayer Corporation

Inventors: Wolfram Andersch, Angelika Lubos-Erdelen, legal representative, Christopher Erdelen, Wolfgang KrÃ¤mer +4 · Examiner: John Pak · AU 1616 · TC 1600

published 19 Aug 2010

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US 7,811,970

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Abstract

The present invention provides a composition comprising imidacloprid and metalaxyl. The compositions of the present invention find use as pesticides.

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›1.independentA composition comprising+11

›2.↳ 1The composition of claim 1, comprising 0.1 to 10 parts by weight of metalaxyl per part by weight of imidacloprid.d2

›3.↳ 1The composition of claim 1, comprising 0.3 to 3 parts by weight of metalaxyl per part by weight of imidacloprid.d2

›4.↳ 1The composition of claim 1, further comprising at least one solid carrier.d2+1

›6.↳ 1The composition of claim 1, further comprising at least one extender or surface-active agent.d2

›7.↳ 1A method of controlling phytopathogenic fungi, comprising contacting said fungi with an effective amount of the composition of claim 1.d2

›8.↳ 1A method of controlling plant disease, comprising contacting aerial parts of a plant, propagation stock, seed, or soil with an effective amount of the…d2+3

›12.↳ 1A method of controlling plant insects, comprising contacting said insects with an effective amount of the composition of claim 1.d2

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IPC · International Patent Classification

Section A — Human necessities

A01N37/22
A01N43/40
A01N37/46
A01N37/20

USPC · US Patent Classification

504/100514/538514/341

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Type	Document	Date
related publication	US 20100210691 A1	19 Aug 2010

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