Seed treatment with combinations of insecticides

An unsown seed that has been treated with a composition consisting essentially of a pyrethrin or a synthetic pyrethroid and an insecticide selected from the group consisting of an oxadiazine derivative, a chloronicotinyl, a nitroguanidine, a pyrrol, a pyrazole, a diacylhydrazine, a triazole, a biological/fermentation product that is selected from avermectin or spinosad, a phenyl pyrazole, an organophosphate and a carbamate, wherein the insecticide is other than thiamethoxam or clothianidin.

A composition for the treatment of unsown seed, the composition consisting essentially of a pyrethrin or a synthetic pyrethroid and an insecticide selected from the group consisting of an oxadiazine derivative, a chloronicotinyl, a nitroguanidine, a pyrrol, a pyrazole, a diacylhydrazine, a triazole, a biological/fermentation product that is selected from avermectin or spinosad, a phenyl pyrazole, an organophosphate and a carbamate, wherein the ether insecticide is other than thiamethoxam or clothianidin.

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 to the seed a composition consisting essentially of a pyrethrin or a synthetic pyrethroid and an insecticide selected from the group consisting of an oxadiazine derivative, a chloronicotinyl, a nitroguanidine, a pyrrol, a pyrazole, a diacylhydrazine, a triazole, a biological/fermentation product that is selected from avermectin or spinosad, a phenyl pyrazole, an organophosphate and a carbamate, wherein the insecticide is other than thiamethoxam or clothianidin and 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.

A method for treating an unsown seed to protect the seed and/or shoots and foliage of a plant grown from the seed from damage by a pest, the method comprising contacting the unsown seed with a composition consisting essentially of a pyrethrin or a synthetic pyrethroid and an insecticide selected from the group consisting of a chloronicotinyl, a nitroguanidine, a pyrrol, a pyrazole, a diacylhydrazine, a triazole, a biological/fermentation product that is selected from avermectin or spinosad, a phenyl pyrazole, an organophosphate and a carbamate, wherein the insecticide is other than thiamethoxam or clothianidin.