Method for reducing pest damage to corn by treating transgenic corn seeds with clothianidin pesticide
AssigneeMonsanto Technology LLC
InventorsJawed Asrar, Frank C. Kohn, Ernest F. Sanders
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Abstract
A method to protect corn against feeding damage by one or more pests includes the treatment of corn seed having a transgenic event that is targeted against at least one of the pests with clothianidin pesticide (clothianidin) in an amount that is effective against the same or another of the one or more pests. Seeds having such protection are also disclosed.
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A method for protecting a transgenic corn plant against feeding damage by one or more pests, the method comprising
- providing a seed for the transgenic corn plant, wherein the seed comprises a transgenic event having activity against at least one of the one or more pests;
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- treating the seed with an effective amount of clothianidin which, in combination with the transgenic event, is effective to protect the corn plant which grows from the corn seed against feeding damage by at least one of the one or more pests to a degree greater than would be expected due to either the clothianidin or the transgenic event alone.
A seed of a transgenic corn plant that provides increased resistance to the resulting corn plant against feeding damage by one or more pests, the seed comprising a transgenic event having activity against at least one of the one or more pests, wherein the seed has been treated with an effective amount of clothianidin effective to protect the resulting corn plant against feeding damage by at least one of the one or more pests to a degree greater than would be expected due to either the clothianidin or the transgenic event alone.
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