Process for the agrochemical treatment of rice and seeds thus treated
AssigneeRhone-Poulenc Agrochimie
InventorsFran.cedilla.ois Colliot, King-Su Fang, Gilles Mussard, Michael Pilato
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Abstract
Process for treating rice plants or rice propagation material against insects with a view to obtaining sustained and effective protection of the plant after the sowing period, characterized in that there is applied to the said plants or to their propagation material an effective amount of an insecticide other than an organophosphorus insecticide having systemic properties which is capable of having a long-lasting effect, that is to say even persisting on the growing plant after germination. This process is used with a pyrazole insecticide. The invention also applies to the seeds thus treated and to the nursery boxes containing them.
Claims12
Rice seeds treated to protect rice plants against insects for a prolonged period of time, said seeds internally comprising a compound having the formula
- 1-(2,6-dichloro-4-CF.sub.3 -phenyl)-3-cyano-4-CF.sub.3 S(O).sub.n -5-NH.sub.2 -pyrazole (I)
- wherein n is 0, 1, or 2, in an amount sufficient to effectively protect rice plants germinated from the treated seeds for a period of at least about two months after sowing, wherein said treatment is the sole treatment of the rice seeds or of the rice plants germinated from the treated seeds.
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