Claims
- 1. A method for preventing damage by a pest to a seed and/or shoots and foliage of a plant grown from the seed, the method comprising treating the unsown seed with a composition comprising clothianidin and at least one pyrethrin or synthetic pyrethroid.
- 2. The method as set forth in claim 1, wherein the synthetic pyrethroid is selected from the group consisting of tefluthrin, lambda cyhalothrin, cyfluthrin and bifenthrin.
- 3. The method as set forth in claim 2, wherein the composition is included in a seed coating.
- 4. The method as set forth in claim 3, wherein at least one of the pyrethroids is a systemic insecticide.
- 5. The method as set forth in claim 3, wherein the seed is treated with the composition of the pyrethroid and the clothianidin in an amount effective to provide protection to the seed and/or the shoots and foliage of the plant against damage by the pest.
- 6. The method as set forth in claim 3, wherein the seed is treated with the pyrethroid at the same time that it is treated with the clothianidin.
- 7. The method as set forth in claim 3. wherein the seed is treated with the pyrethroid as a different time than it is treated with the clothianidin.
- 8. The method as set forth in claim 3, wherein the composition is included in a seed coating.
- 9. A seed that has been treated by the method as set forth in claim 1.
- 10. The seed as set forth in claim 9, wherein the seed is selected from the group consisting of corn, soybean, cotton, rice, sorghum, sugar beet, wheat, barley, rye, sunflower, tomato, sugarcane, tobacco, rape and oats.
- 11. The seed as set forth in claim 10, wherein the seed is selected from the group consisting of corn, soybean and cotton seed.
- 12. The seed as set forth in claim 11, wherein the seed is corn seed.
- 13. The seed as set forth in claim 10, wherein the seed is a transgenic seed.
- 14. A composition for the treatment of unsown seed comprising clothianidin and at least one pyrethrin or synthetic pyrethroid.
- 15. The composition as set forth in claim 14, where the pyrethrin or synthetic pyrethroid is selected from the group consisting of tefluthrin, lambda-cyhalothrin, taufluvalinate, flumethrin, trans-cyfluthrin, kadethrin, bioresmethrin, tetramethrin, phenothrin, empenthrin, cyphenothrin, prallethrin, imiprothrin, allethrin and bioallethrin.
- 16. A seed that is protected against multiple pests comprising a seed having at least one heterologous gene encoding for the expression of a protein that is active against a first pest and, in addition, having adhered thereto a composition comprising at least one pyrethrin or synthetic pyrethroid and clothianidin, where the composition is present in an amount effective to provide protection to the shoots and foliage of the plant against damage by at least one second pest.
- 17. The seed as set forth in claim 16, wherein the at least one heterologous gene encodes for the expression of a protein that is insecticidally active.
- 18. The seed as set forth in claim 17, wherein the gene is one originally derived from a microorganism selected from the group consisting of Bacillus, Rhizobium, Pseudomonas, Serratia, Trichoderma, Glomus, Gliocladium and mycorrhizal fungi.
- 19. The seed as set forth in claim 18, wherein the protein is active against corn root worm.
- 20. The seed as set forth in claim 19, wherein the protein is active against european corn borer.
- 21. The seed as set forth in claim 20 wherein the gene is one originally derived from a Bacillus sp. microorganism.
- 22. The seed as set forth in claim 21, wherein the gene is one originally derived from Bacillus thuringiensis.
- 23. The seed as set forth in claim 22, wherein the gene is one that encodes for the production of a modified Cry3Bb delta-endotoxin.
- 24. The seed as set forth in claim 16, wherein the seed is selected from the group consisting of corn, soybean, cotton, rice, sorghum, sugar beet, wheat, barley, rye, sunflower, tomato, sugarcane, tobacco, rape and oats.
- 25. A method for treating an unsown seed to prevent damage by a pest to the seed and/or shoots and foliage of a plant grown from the seed, the method comprising contacting the unsown seed with a composition comprising clothianidin and at least one pyrethrin or synthetic pyrethroid.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED PATENTS AND PATENT APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a non-provisional of U.S. Provisional Pat. Appl. No. 60/238,485, filed Oct. 6, 2000, and claims priority thereto.
Provisional Applications (1)
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