Composition that prevents damage to trees by harmful insects and a prevention method thereof
AssigneeSyngenta Crop Protection AG
InventorsKunitoshi Watanabe, Toshio Suzuki, Suguru Shinya
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a composition comprising a neonicotinoid-based compound having a high degree of insecticidal activity, a surfactant, and an organic solvent, which is capable of demonstrating stable effects and in which the types and amounts of surfactant and organic solvent are adjusted so as to prevent chemical damage in numerous types of trees. In addition, the present invention relates to a method for preventing damage to trees by harmful insects of numerous types of trees by injecting this composition into a tree trunk and allowing the chemical to circulate within the tree body.
Claims9
A method for the prevention of damage to trees caused by harmful insects by injecting into a tree trunk a composition containing clothianidin or dinotefuran.
A method for the prevention of damage to pine trees by Japanese pine sawyer and/or pine caterpillar larva and damage to cherry trees by fall webworm larvae, said method comprising spraying said trees with a composition comprising thiamethoxam.
A method for controlling fall webworm on cherry trees, pine caterpillar and Japanese pine sawyer on pine trees and/or tea tussock moth on camellia trees, said method comprising injecting said trees with a formulation of thiamethoxam comprising:
- a) 4% thiamethoxam, 30% diethylene glycol, 20% acetone, 31% methanol, 5% water and 10% polyoxyethylene hardened castor oil;
- b) 4% thiamethoxam, 30% cyclohexanone, 20% acetone, 31% methanol, 5% water and 10% polyoxyethylene hardened castor oil;
- c) 4% thiamethoxam, 20% cyclohexanone, 20% acetone, 41% methanol, 5% water and 10% polyoxyethylene styryl phenyl ether;
- d) 4% thiamethoxam, 30% N-methylpyrrolidone, 20% acetone, 31% methanol, 5% water and 10% polyoxyethylene hardened castor oil;
- e) 4% thiamethoxam, 30% N,N-dimethylformamide, 20% acetone, 31% methanol, 5% water and 10% polyoxyethylene hardened castor oil;
- f) 4% thiamethoxam, 20% cyclohexanone, 20% acetone, 41% methanol, 5% water, 7% polyoxyethylene styryl phenyl ether and 3% calcium alkyl benzene sulfonate;
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- g) 4% thiamethoxam, 20% cyclohexanone, 20% acetone, 41% methanol, 5% water, 7% polyoxyethylene styryl phenyl ether and 3% sodium alkyl benzene sulfonate.
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The method of claim 8, wherein the formulation of thiamethoxam comprises:
- a) 4% thiamethoxam, 30% diethylene glycol, 20% acetone, 31% methanol, 5% water and 10% polyoxyethylene hardened castor oil;
- b) 4% thiamethoxam, 30% cyclohexanone, 20% acetone, 31% methanol, 5% water and 10% polyoxyethylene hardened castor oil;
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- c) 4% thiamethoxam, 20% cyclohexanone, 20% acetone, 41% methanol, 5% water and 10% polyoxyethylene styryl phenyl ether;
A method for preventing withering of black pine trees comprising injecting said tree with a formulation of thiamethoxam and emamectin benzoate comprising 4% thiamethoxam, 2% emamectin benzoate, 30% cyclohexanone, 10% polyoxyethylene styryl phenyl ether, 5% water, 20% acetone and 29% methanol.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.