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WO2012035670A1
WO2012035670A1 PCT/JP2010/068415 JP2010068415W WO2012035670A1 WO 2012035670 A1 WO2012035670 A1 WO 2012035670A1 JP 2010068415 W JP2010068415 W JP 2010068415W WO 2012035670 A1 WO2012035670 A1 WO 2012035670A1
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Atsushi Iwata
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01N—PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTS THEREOF; BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES OR AS HERBICIDES; PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS
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    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01N—PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTS THEREOF; BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES OR AS HERBICIDES; PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01N—PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTS THEREOF; BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES OR AS HERBICIDES; PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS
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    • A01N—PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTS THEREOF; BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES OR AS HERBICIDES; PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS
    • A01N43/00—Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing heterocyclic compounds
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01N—PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTS THEREOF; BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES OR AS HERBICIDES; PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS
    • A01N57/00—Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing organic phosphorus compounds
    • A01N57/10—Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing organic phosphorus compounds having phosphorus-to-oxygen bonds or phosphorus-to-sulfur bonds
    • A01N57/14—Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing organic phosphorus compounds having phosphorus-to-oxygen bonds or phosphorus-to-sulfur bonds containing aromatic radicals

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  • the present invention relates to a pest controlling composition and a pest controlling method.
  • the present invention has an object of providing a pest controlling composition having an excellent controlling effect on pests.
  • the present inventors have investigated to find a pest controlling composition having an excellent controlling effect on pests and resultantly found that a pest controlling composition comprising clothianidin, ipconazole, carboxin and tolclofos-methyl has an excellent controlling effect on pests, leading to completion of the present invention.
  • the present invention provides the following [1] to [8].
  • a pest controlling composition comprising clothianidin, ipconazole, carboxin and tolclofos-methyl .
  • a pest controlling method comprising a step of treating a plant seed with an effective amount of the pest controlling composition according to any one of [1] to [4].
  • the pest controlling composition of the present invention comprises clothianidin, ipconazole, carboxin and tolclofos-methyl .
  • Clothianidin, ipconazole, carboxin and tolclofos-methyl are all known compounds and described, for example, in "THE PESTICIDE MANUAL - 15th EDITION (published by BCPC) ISBN 1901396188" p. 229, p. 663, p. 164, p. 1135. These compounds are obtained from commercially available preparations, or can be produced by known methods.
  • the content proportions of clothianidin, ipconazole, carboxin and tolclofos-methyl in the pest controlling composition of the present invention are not particularly restricted, the total content proportion of ipconazole, carboxin and tolclofos-methyl is usually 2 to 10000000 parts by weight, preferably 5 to 50000 parts by weight with respect to 1000 parts by weight of clothianidin .
  • the content proportions of ipconazole, carboxin and tolclofos-methyl are not particularly restricted, the content proportions of carboxin and tolclofos-methyl are each 5 to 20000 parts by weight with respect to 1000 parts by weight of ipconazole.
  • the pest controlling composition of the present invention may further comprise metalaxyl, together with clothianidin, ipconazole, carboxin and tolclofos-methyl .
  • Metalaxyl is a known compound, and described, for example, in "THE PESTICIDE MANUAL - 15th EDITION (published by BCPC) ISBN 1901396188", p. 737. Metalaxyl is obtained from commercially available preparations, or can be produced by known methods.
  • the content proportions of clothianidin, ipconazole, carboxin, tolclofos-methyl and metalaxyl are not particularly restricted, however, the total content proportion of ipconazole, carboxin, tolclofos-methyl and metalaxyl is usually 2 to 10000000 parts by weight, preferably 5 to 50000 parts by weight with respect to 1000 parts by weight of clothianidin.
  • the content proportions of ipconazole, carboxin, tolclofos-methyl and metalaxyl are not particularly restricted, the content proportions of carboxin, tolclofos-methyl and metalaxyl are each usually 5 to 20000 parts by weight with respect to 1000 parts by weight of ipconazole.
  • the pest controlling composition of the present invention may be prepared simply by mixing clothianidin, ipconazole, carboxin and tolclofos-methyl, and metalaxyl to be contained if necessary, however, in usual cases , clothianidin, ipconazole, carboxin and tolclofos-methyl, and metalaxyl to be contained if necessary and an inert carrier are mixed, and if necessary, a surfactant and other auxiliary agents for formulation are added, and formulated into an oil solution, an emulsifiable concentrate, a flowable formulation, a wettable powder, a granular wettable powder, a dust, a granule and the like.
  • the above-described pest controlling composition can be used, as it is or with addition of other inert components, as a pest controlling agent.
  • the total amount of clothianidin, ipconazole, carboxin and tolclofos-methyl , and metalaxyl to be contained if necessary, in the pest controlling composition of the present invention is in the range of usually 0.1 to 99 wt%, preferably 0.2 to 90 wt%, further preferably 1 to 80 wt%.
  • the solid carriers to be used in formulation include, for example, fine powders, particles and the like composed of minerals such as kaolin clay, attapulgite clay, bentonite, montmorillonite, acid white clay, pyrophyllite, talc, diatomaceous earth, calcite and the like; natural organic substances such as corn cob powder, walnut shell powder and the like; synthetic organic substances such as urea and the like; salts such as calcium carbonate, ammonium sulfate and the like; synthetic inorganic substances such as synthetic hydrated silicon oxide, and the like, and examples of the liquid carriers include aromatic hydrocarbons such as xylene, alkylbenzene, methylnaphthalene and the like; alcohols such as 2-propanol, ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, ethylene glycol monoethyl ether and the like; ketones such as acetone, cyclohexanone, isophorone and the like; vegetable oils such as soybean oil, cotton seed oil and the like; petroleum
  • surfactant examples include anionic surfactants such as an alkyl sulfuric acid ester salt, alkyl aryl sulfonic acid salt, dialkyl sulfosuccinic acid salt, polyoxyethylene alkyl aryl ether phosphoric acid ester salt, lignin sulfonic acid salt, naphthalene sulfonate formaldehyde polycondensate and the like; nonionic surfactants such as a polyoxyethylene alkyl aryl ether, polyoxyethylene alkyl polyoxypropylene block copolymer, sorbitan fatty ester and the like; and cationic surfactants such as an alkyl trimethyl ammonium salt and the like.
  • anionic surfactants such as an alkyl sulfuric acid ester salt, alkyl aryl sulfonic acid salt, dialkyl sulfosuccinic acid salt, polyoxyethylene alkyl aryl ether phosphoric acid ester salt, lign
  • auxiliary agents for formulation examples include water-soluble polymers such as polyvinyl alcohol, polyvinyl pyrrolidone and the like; polysaccharides such as gum Arabic, alginic acid and salts thereof, CMC (carboxymethylcellulose) , xanthan gum and the like; inorganic substances such as aluminum magnesium silicate, alumina sol and the like; antiseptic agents; coloring agents and, stabilizers such as PAP (acidic isopropyl phosphate), BHT and the like.
  • water-soluble polymers such as polyvinyl alcohol, polyvinyl pyrrolidone and the like
  • polysaccharides such as gum Arabic, alginic acid and salts thereof, CMC (carboxymethylcellulose) , xanthan gum and the like
  • inorganic substances such as aluminum magnesium silicate, alumina sol and the like
  • antiseptic agents coloring agents and, stabilizers such as PAP (acidic isopropyl phosphate), BHT and the like.
  • the pest controlling composition of the present invention can be used for protection of plants from damages caused by pests, such as eating, sucking or plant diseases.
  • the term "pest” includes harmful arthropods such as harmful insects or harmful mites, and microorganism or bacterium each causing plant diseases.
  • harmful arthropods on which the pest controlling composition of the present invention exerts a controlling effect include the following organisms.
  • Planthoppers such as small brown planthopper (Laodelphax striatellus ) , brown rice planthopper (Nilaparvata lugens) , white-backed rice planthopper (Sogatella furcifera) and the like; leafhoppers (Deltocephalidae) such as green rice leafhopper (Nephotettix cincticeps) , green rice leafhopper (Nephotettix virescens ) and the like; aphids (Aphididae) such as cotton aphid (Aphis gossypii) , green peach aphid (Myzus persicae) , cabbage aphid (Brevicoryne brassicae) , potato aphid (Macrosiphum euphorbiae) , foxglove aphid (Aulacorthum solani), oat bird-cherry aphid (Rhopalosip
  • Pyralid moths such as rice stem borer (Chilo suppressalis ) , yellow rice borer (Tryporyza incertulas) , rice leafroller (Cnaphalocrocis medinalis) , cotton leafroller (Notarcha derogata) , Indian meal moth ( Plodia interpunctella) , oriental corn borer (Ostrinia furnacalis) , European corn borer (Ostrinianubilaris ) , cabbage webworm (Hellula undalis) , bluegrass webworm (Pediasia teterrellus) and the like; owlet moths (Noctuidae) such as common cutworm (Spodoptera litura) , beet armyworm (Spodoptera exigua) , armyworm (Pseudaletia separata) , cabbage armyworm (Mamestra brassicae) , black cutworm (Agrotis ips
  • tortricid moths such as Adoxophyes spp., oriental fruit moth (Grapholita molesta) , soybean pod borer (Leguminivora glycinivorella) , azuki bean podworm (Matsumuraeses azukivora) , summer fruit tortrix (Adoxophyes orana fasciata) , smaller tea tortrix (Adoxophyes sp.), oriental tea tortrix (Homona magnanima) , apple tortrix (Archips fuscocupreanus ) , codling moth (Cydia pomonella) and the like; leafblotch miners (Gracillariidae) such as tea leafroller (Caloptilia theivora) , apple leafminer ( Phyllonorycter ringoneella) and the like; Carpos
  • tussock moths (Lymantriidae) such as Lymantria spp., Euproctis spp. and the like; yponomeutid moths (Yponomeutidae) such as diamondback (Plutella xylostella) and the like; gelechiid moths (Gelechiidae) such as pink bollworm ( Pectinophora gossypiella) , potato tubeworm (Phthorimaea operculella) and the like; tiger moths and allies (Arctiidae) such as fall webworm (Hyphantria cunea) and the like; tineid moths (Tineidae) such as casemaking clothes moth (Tinea translucens) , webbing clothes moth (Tineola bisselliella) and the like; etc.
  • tussock moths (Lymantrii
  • Thysanoptera harmful insects are:
  • Thrips such as yellow citrus thrips ( Frankliniella occidentalis ) , melon thrips (Thrips palmi) , yellow tea thrips (Scirtothrips dorsalis) , onion thrips (Thrips tabaci) , flower thrips (Frankliniella intonsa) , tobacco thrips (Frankliniella fusca) and the like, etc.
  • House flies (Musca domestica) , common house mosquito (Culex popiens pallens) , horsefly (Tabanus trigonus) , onion fly (Hylemya antiqua) , seedcorn maggot (Hylemya platura) , asian tiger mosquito (Anopheles sinensis) ; leafminer flies (Agromyzidae) such as rice leafminer (Agromyza oryzae) , little rice leafminer (Hydrellia griseola) , rice stemmaggot (Chlorops oryzae) , legume leafminer (Liriomyza trifolii) and the like; melon fly (Dacus cucurbitae) , Meditteranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata) , etc.;
  • Twenty-eight-spotted ladybird (Epilachna vigintioctopunctata) , cucurbit leaf beetle (Aulacophora femoralis) , striped flea beetle (Phyllotreta striolata) , rice leaf beetle (Oulema oryzae) , rice curculio (Echinocnemus squameus) , rice water weevil (Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus ) , boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis) , azuki bean weevil (Callosobruchus chinensis), hunting billbug ( Sphenophorus venatus) , Japanese beetle (Popxllia japonica), cupreous chafer (Anomala cuprea), Corn root worms (Diabrotica spp.), Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata) , click be
  • Asiatic locust (Locusta migratoria) , African mole cricket (Gryllotalpa africana) , rice grasshopper (Oxya yezoensis) , rice grasshopper (Oxya japonica) , etc.;
  • Hymenoptera harmful insects
  • Cabbage sawfly (Athalia rosae) , leaf-cutting ant (Acromyrmex spp.), fire ant (Solenopsis spp.), etc.;
  • German cockroach (Blattella germanica) , smokybrown cockroach (Periplaneta fuliginosa) , American cockroach (Periplaneta americana) , Periplaneta brunnea, oriental cockroach (Blatta orientalis) , etc.;
  • aphids (Aphididae) , Thrips (Thripidae) , leafminer flies (Agromyzidae) , horsehair worms (Paragordius tricuspidatus ) , Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata), Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica), cupreous chafer (Anomala cuprea) , boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis ) , rice water weevil (Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus ) , tobacco thrips ( Frankliniella fusca) , Corn root worms (Diabrotica spp.), diamondback (Plutella xylostella) , cabbageworms, soybean pod borer (Leguminivora glycinivorella) , and the like.
  • Examples of plant diseases on which the pest controlling composition of the present invention exerts a controlling effect include the following diseases.
  • Rice diseases Magnaporthe grisea, Cochliobolus miyabeanus, Rhizoctonia solani, Gibberella fujikuroi.
  • Wheat diseases Erysiphe graminis, Fusarium graminearum, F. avenacerum, F. culmorum, Microdochium nivale, Puccinia striiformis P. graminis, P. recondita, Micronectriella nivale, Typhula sp., Ustilago tritici, Tilletia caries,
  • Citrus diseases Diaporthe citri, Elsinoe fawcetti, Penicillium digitatum, P. italicum, Phytophthora parasitica Phytophthora citrophthora .
  • Apple diseases Monilinia mali, Valsa ceratosperma, Podosphaera leucotricha, Alternaria alternata apple
  • Pear diseases Venturia nashicola, V. pirina, Alternaria alternata Japanese pear pathotype, Gymnosporangium haraeanum, Phytophtora cactorum; Peach diseases: Monilinia fructicola, Cladosporium carpophilum, Phomopsis SP..
  • Grape diseases Elsinoe ampelina, Glomerella cingulata Uncinula necator, Phakopsora ampelopsidis, Guignardia bidwellii, Plasmopara viticola.
  • Persimmon diseases Gloeosporium kaki, Cercospora kaki Mycosphaerella nawae.
  • Gourd diseases Colletotrichum lagenarium, Sphaerothec fuliginea, Mycosphaerella melonis, Fusarium oxysporum, Pseudoperonospora cubensis, Phytophthora SP., Pythium sp.;
  • Tomato diseases Alternaria solani, Cladosporium fulvum, Phytophthora infestans
  • Brassicaceous vegetable diseases Alternaria japonica Cercosporella brassicae, Plasmodiophora brassicae,
  • Soybean diseases Cercospora kikuchii, Elsinoe glycines, Diaporthe phaseolorum var . sojae, Septoria glycines Cercospora sojina, Phakopsora pachyrhizi, Phytophthora sojae Rhizoctonia solani.
  • Kidney bean diseases Colletotrichum lindemthianum.
  • Peanut diseases Cercospora personata, Cercospora arachidicola, Sclerotium rolfsii.
  • Potato diseases Alternaria solani, Phytophthora infestans, Phytophthora erythroseptica, Spongospora subterranean f. sp. subterranea.
  • Strawberry diseases Sphaerotheca humuli, Glomerella cingulata .
  • Tea plant diseases Exobasidium reticulatum, Elsinoe leucospila, Pestalotiopsis SP . , Colletotrichum theaesinensis .
  • Tobacco diseases Alternaria longipes, Erysiphe cichoracearum, Colletotrichum tabacum, Peronospora tabacina, Phytophthora nicotianae.
  • Rapeseed diseases Sclerotinia sclerotiorum
  • Rose diseases Diplocarpon rosae, Sphaerotheca pannosa, Peronospora sparsa.
  • Radish diseases Alternaria brassicicola .
  • Zoysia diseases Sclerotinia homeocarpa, Rhizoctonia solani .
  • the pest controlling composition of the present invention is used for controlling a pest, by applying it to a pest, a place where a pest inhabits or a place where a pest possibly inhabits.
  • the place where a pest inhabits or the place where a pest possibly inhabits includes plants or soils in which plants are cultivated.
  • the plants include plant stems and leaves, plant seeds and plant bulbs.
  • the bulb includes specifically a scaly bulb, solid bulb, root stock, stem tuber and rhizophore .
  • the pest controlling method of the present invention is carried out by treatment with the composition of the present invention, and includes specifically a treatment of plant stems and leaves such as spraying onto stems and leaves and the like, a treatment of a plant cultivation land such as a soil treatment and the like, a treatment of seeds such as seed sterilization, seed coat and the like, and a treatment of bulbs such as seed tuber and the like.
  • the treatment of plant stems and leaves according to the pest controlling method of the present invention specifically includes, for example, treatment methods of applying onto the surface of a plant such as spraying onto stems and leaves, and the like.
  • Examples of the method of treatment of a plant cultivation land according to the pest controlling method of the present invention include spraying onto a soil, mixing with a soil, drenching a soil with a drug solution (drug solution irrigation, soil injection, drug solution drip), and examples of the treatment place include a planting hole, planting row, places around a planting hole, places around a planting row, on the whole surface of plantation, culm base parts, planting interval, lower parts of trunk, main path, cultivation soil, seedling raising box, seedling raising tray, seedbed and the like, and the treatment period includes a period before sowing, a period in sowing, a period directly after sowing, a seedling raising period, a period before fix planting, a period in fix planting, a growing period after fix planting, and the like.
  • the pest controlling composition of the present invention may be used to treat a plant simultaneously with treatment of a plant cultivation land, further, a solid fertilizer such as a paste fertilizer containing the composition of the present invention may be applied to a soil.
  • Examples of the methods of treating a seed or a bulb in the controlling method of the present invention include methods of treating a seed or bulb of a plant to be protected from pests, with the composition of the present invention.
  • Such examples specifically includes a spray treatment which comprises spraying, on the surface of a seed or bulb, a mist prepared from a suspension of the composition of the present invention; a coating treatment which comprises coating, on a seed or bulb, a wettable power, emulsifiable concentrate or flowable formulation of the composition of the present invention as it is, or mixture of those formulation with water; an immersion treatment which comprises immersing a seed in a solution of the composition of the present invention for a certain period of time; a film coat treatment; and a pellet coat treatment .
  • a spray treatment which comprises spraying, on the surface of a seed or bulb, a mist prepared from a suspension of the composition of the present invention
  • a coating treatment which comprises coating, on a seed or bulb, a wettable power, emulsifiable concentrate or flowable formulation of the composition of the present invention as it is, or mixture of those formulation with water
  • an immersion treatment which comprises immersing a seed in a solution of the composition of the present invention for
  • composition of the present invention When the composition of the present invention is used to treat a plant or a soil in which a plant is cultivated, its treatment amount can be varied depending on the kind of a plant to be treated, the kind of a pest as a controlling subject and the generation extent thereof, the formulation form, the treatment period, the weather conditions and the like, and the total amount of clothianidin, ipconazole, carboxin and tolclofos-methyl, or the total amount thereof further including the amount of metalaxyl added if necessary is usually 1 to 5000 g, preferably 2 to 400 g per 10000 m 2 of a place wherein the plant is cultivated.
  • An emulsifiable concentrate, wettable powder, flowable formulation or the like is usually diluted with water and sprayed to perform the treatment.
  • tolclofos-methyl or the total amount thereof further including the amount of metalaxyl added if necessary is in the range of usually 0.0001 to 3 wt%, preferably 0.0005 to 1 wt%.
  • a dust, granule and the like are usually used as they are without dilution for the treatment.
  • the total amount of clothianidin, ipconazole, carboxin and tolclofos-methyl , or the total amount thereof further including the amount of metalaxyl added if necessary is in the range of usually 0.001 to 20 g, preferably 0.01 to 5 g with respect to 1 kg of seeds.
  • the total amount of clothianidin, ipconazole, carboxin and tolclofos-methyl , or the total amount thereof further including the amount of metalaxyl added if necessary is in the range of usually 0.001 to 20 g, preferably 0.01 to 5 g with respect to 1 kg of bulbs.
  • the pest controlling method of the present invention can be used in cultivated lands, paddy fields, lawns, orchards and the like, or non-crop lands.
  • the present invention can be used for controlling pests in crop lands, where "plants" listed below are cultivated.
  • Agricultural crops corn, rice, wheat, barley, rye, oat, sorghum, cotton, soybean, pease, kidney bean, peanut, sarrazin, sugar beet, rapeseed, sunflower, sugar cane, tobacco, etc.;
  • Vegetables Solanaceae vegetables (eggplant, tomato, green pepper, hot pepper, potato etc.), Cucurbitaceae vegetables (cucumber, pumpkin, zucchini, watermelon, melon, squash etc.), Cruciferae vegetables (Japanese radish, turnip, horseradish, kohlrabi, Chinese cabbage, cabbage, brown mustard, broccoli, cauliflower etc.), Compositae vegetables (burdock, garland chrysanthemum, artichoke, lettuce etc.), Liliaceae vegetables (Welsh onion, onion, garlic, asparagus etc.), Umbelliferae vegetables (carrot, parsley, celery, parsnip etc.), Chenopodiaceae vegetables (spinach, Swiss chard etc.), Labiatae vegetables (Japanese basil, mint, basil etc.), strawberry, sweat potato, yam, aroid, etc.;
  • Fruit trees pomaceous fruits (apple, common pear, Japanese pear, Chinese quince, quince etc.), stone fleshy fruits (peach, plum, nectarine, Japanese plum, cherry, apricot, prune etc.), citrus plants (Satsuma mandarin, orange, lemon, lime, grapefruit etc.), nuts (chestnut, walnut, hazel nut, almond, pistachio, cashew nut, macadamia nut etc.), berry fruits (blueberry, cranberry, blackberry, raspberry etc.), grape, persimmon, olive, loquat, banana, coffee, date, coconut palm, etc .
  • Trees other than fruit trees tea, mulberry, flowering trees, street trees (ash tree, birch, dogwood, eucalyptus, ginkgo, lilac, maple tree, oak, poplar, cercis, Chinese sweet gum, plane tree, zelkova, Japanese arborvitae, fir tree, Japanese hemlock, needle juniper, pine, spruce, yew) and the like .
  • corn, wheat, soybean, cotton, rapeseed, sugar beet, rice and the like are mentioned as preferable example.
  • plants also include plants having resistance to an HPPD inhibitor such as isoxaflutole and the like, an ALS inhibitor such as imazethapyr, thifensulfuron-methyl and the like, an EPSP synthesizing enzyme inhibitor such as glyphosate and the like, a glutamine synthesizing enzyme inhibitor such as glufosinate and the like, an acetyl CoA carboxylase inhibitor such as sethoxydim and the like, or a herbicide such as bromoxynil, dicamba, 2,4-D and the like, which resistance has been imparted by a classical breeding method or a gene recombination technology.
  • HPPD inhibitor such as isoxaflutole and the like
  • an ALS inhibitor such as imazethapyr, thifensulfuron-methyl and the like
  • an EPSP synthesizing enzyme inhibitor such as glyphosate and the like
  • glutamine synthesizing enzyme inhibitor such as glufosinate and the like
  • the plant having a resistance imparted by a classical breeding method examples include rapeseed, wheat, sunflower and rice having a resistance to imidazolinone-based ALS inhibitor-type herbicides such as imazethapyr and the like, which are already commercially available under the trade name of Clearfield (registered trademark) .
  • rapeseed, wheat, sunflower and rice having a resistance to imidazolinone-based ALS inhibitor-type herbicides such as imazethapyr and the like, which are already commercially available under the trade name of Clearfield (registered trademark) .
  • sulfonylurea ALS inhibitor herbicides such as thifensulfuron-methyl and the like, likewise imparted by a classical breeding method, and this is already commercially available under the trade name of STS soybean.
  • SR corn and the like as examples of plants having a resistance to acetyl CoA carboxylase inhibitors such as trione oxime herbicides, aryloxyphenoxypropionic acid herbicides and the like, likewise imparted by a classical breeding method. Plants having an imparted resistance to an acetyl CoA carboxylase inhibitor are described in Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 1990, vol. 87, p. 7175-7179, and the like. In addition, a mutant acetyl CoA carboxylase which is resistant to an acetyl CoA carboxylase inhibitor is described in Weed Science, vol. 53, p. 728-746, 2005.
  • acetyl CoA carboxylase gene When such a mutant acetyl CoA carboxylase gene is introduced into a plant by a gene recombination technology or when a mutation related to impartation of the resistance is introduced into an acetyl CoA carboxylase of a plant, a plant resistant to an acetyl CoA carboxylase inhibitor can be produced. Further, nucleic acids for introduction of a base substitution mutation can be introduced into the cells of a plant as typified by the chimeraplasty technology (see, Gura T .
  • Examples of the plant having the resistance imparted by a gene recombination technology include corn, soybean, cotton, rapeseed and sugar beet cultivars which are resistant to glyphosate, which are already commercially available under the trade names of RoundupReady (registered trademark) , AgrisureGT, and the like.
  • Other examples of the plant having the resistance likewise imparted by a gene recombination technology include corn, soybean, cotton and rapeseed cultivars which are resistant to glufosinate, which are already commercially available under the trade name of LibertyLink (registered trademark) and the like.
  • a cotton having a resistance to bromoxynil which is likewise imparted by a gene recombination technology is already commercially available under the trade name of BXN.
  • plants include, for example, also plants which got a possibility of synthesizing selective toxin known as genus Bacillus, using a gene recombination technology.
  • toxins to be manifested in such genetically modified plants include insecticidal proteins derived from Bacillus cereus and Bacillus popilliae; insecticidal proteins such as ⁇ -endotoxins derived from Bacillus thuringiensis , such as CrylAb, CrylAc, CrylF, CrylFa2, Cry2Ab, Cry3A, Cry3Bbl, Cry9C or the like, and VIP 1, VIP 2, VIP 3, VIP 3A or the like; insecticidal proteins derived from nematodes; toxins produced by animals such as scorpion toxins, spider toxins, bee toxins and insect-specific nerve toxins; fungal toxins; plant lectin; agglutinin; protease inhibitors such as trypsin inhibitors, serine protease inhibitors, patatin, cystatin, papain inhibitors and the like; ribosome-inactivating proteins (RIP) such as ricin, corn-RIP, abrin, luffin, sap
  • the toxins to be manifested in such genetically modified plants include also hybrid toxins, partially deleted toxins and modified toxins of insecticidal proteins such as ⁇ -endotoxin proteins such as CrylAb, CrylAc, CrylF, CrylFa2, Cry2Ab, Cry3A, Cry3Bbl, Cry9C, Cry34Ab, Cry35Ab or the like, and VIP 1, VIP 2, VIP 3, VIP 3A or the like.
  • a hybrid toxin is produced by a novel combination of different domains of these proteins, using a gene recombinant technology.
  • CrylAb in which a part of an amino acid sequence is deleted is known.
  • As a modified toxin there is a toxin obtained by substitution of one or more of amino acids in a natural type toxin .
  • Toxins contained these genetically modified plants impart, particularly, a resistance to coleopteran harmful insects, hemipteran harmful insects, dipteran harmful insects, lepidopteran harmful insects and nematodes to a plant.
  • the genetically modified plants which contain one or more insecticidal harmful insect-resistant genes and manifest one or more toxins are already known, and some of them are commercially available.
  • these genetically modified plants include YieldGard (registered trademark) (a corn cultivar expressing CrylAb toxin) , YieldGard Rootworm (registered trademark) (a corn cultivar expressing Cry3Bbl toxin) , YieldGard Plus (registered trademark) (a corn cultivar expressing CrylAb and Cry3Bbl toxins) , Herculex I (registered trademark) (a corn cultivar expressing CrylFa2 toxin and phosphinothricin N-acetyltransferase (PAT) for imparting a resistance to gluphosinate) , NuCOTN33B (registered trademark) (a cotton cultivar expressing CrylAc toxin) , Bollgard I (registered trademark) (a cotton cultivar expressing CrylAc toxin)
  • plants include also plants having an imparted ability for producing anti-pathogen substances having a selective action, using a gene recombination technology.
  • PR proteins PRPs described in EP-A-0 392 .225
  • Such anti-pathogen substances and genetically modified plants producing them are described in EP-A-0 392 225, WO 05/33818, EP-A-0 353 191, and the like.
  • anti-pathogen substances to be manifested in such genetically modified plants include anti-pathogen substances produced by microorganisms such as , for example, ion channel inhibitors such as sodium channel inhibitors, and calcium channel inhibitors (KP1, KP4, KP6 toxins etc. produced by viruses are known) ; stilbene synthase; bibenzyl synthase; chitinase; glucanase; PR proteins; peptide antibiotics, antibiotics having a hetero ring, protein factors related to a plant disease resistance (called a plant disease resistant gene, and described in WO 03/000906) and the like.
  • anti-pathogen substances and genetically modified plants producing them are described in EP-A-0 392 225, WO 05/33818, EP-A-0 353 191, and the like.
  • plants include also plants having beneficial characters such as a modified oil component and an enhanced amino acid content which has been imparted by a gene recombination technology.
  • beneficial characters such as a modified oil component and an enhanced amino acid content which has been imparted by a gene recombination technology.
  • examples thereof include VISTIVET (registered trademark) (low linolenic soybean which has a reduced content of linolenic acid) , and high-lysine (high-oil) corn (corn which has an increased content of lysine or oil) .
  • the above-described plants include also stacked cultivars which have a combination of two or more of beneficial characters such as the above-described classical herbicide-resistant character, or a herbicide-resistant gene, an insecticidal pest-resistant gene, an anti-pathogen substance-producing gene, a modified oil component, and an enhanced amino acid content, and the like.
  • Ten (10) parts of clothianidin, 0.5 parts of ipconazole, 2 parts of carboxin, 1.5 parts of sorbitan trioleate and 30 parts of aqueous solution containing 2 parts of polyvinyl alcohol are mixed and finely pulverized by a wet pulverization method, and then added is thereinto 38.5 parts of an aqueous solution containing 5 parts of tolclofos-methyl , 2.5 parts of metalaxyl, 0.05 parts of xanthan gum and 0.1 part of aluminum magnesium silicate. Further, 10 parts of propylene glycol is added and mixed with stirring, to give a flowable formulation.
  • the formulation produced in Formulation Example 1 is smeared in an amount of 500 ml onto 100 kg of Sorghum dried seeds using a rotation mode seed treating machine (Seed Dresser, manufactured by Hans-Ulrich Hege GmbH) , to give treated seeds.
  • a rotation mode seed treating machine Seed Dresser, manufactured by Hans-Ulrich Hege GmbH
  • the treated seeds are obtained by the same procedure as above except that any one of the formulations produced in Formulation Examples 2 to 6 is used instead of the formulation produced in Formulation Example 1.
  • the formulation produced in Formulation Example 1 is smeared in an amount of 1000 ml onto 100 kg of Sorghum dried seeds using a rotation mode seed treating machine (Seed Dresser, manufactured by Hans-Ulrich Hege GmbH) , to give treated seeds.
  • a rotation mode seed treating machine Seed Dresser, manufactured by Hans-Ulrich Hege GmbH
  • the treated seeds are obtained by the same procedure as above except that any one of the formulations produced in Formulation Examples 2 to 6 is used instead of the formulation produced in Formulation Example 1.
  • the formulation produced in Formulation Example 1 is smeared in an amount of 40 ml onto 10 kg of corn dried seeds using a rotation mode seed treating machine (Seed Dresser, manufactured by Hans-Ulrich Hege GmbH) , to give treated seeds.
  • a rotation mode seed treating machine Seed Dresser, manufactured by Hans-Ulrich Hege GmbH
  • the treated seeds are obtained by the same procedure as above except that any one of the formulations produced in Formulation Examples 2 to 6 is used instead of the formulation produced in Formulation Example 1.
  • the formulation produced in Formulation Example 1 is smeared in an amount of 100 ml onto 10 kg of corn dried seeds using a rotation mode seed treating machine (Seed Dresser, manufactured by Hans-Ulrich Hege GmbH) , to give treated seeds.
  • a rotation mode seed treating machine Seed Dresser, manufactured by Hans-Ulrich Hege GmbH
  • the treated seeds are obtained by the same procedure as above except that any one of the formulations produced in Formulation Examples 2 to 6 is used instead of the formulation produced in Formulation Example 1.
  • the wettable powder produced in Formulation Example 7 is dust-coated in an amount of 50 g onto 10 kg of corn dried seeds, to give a treated seed.
  • the formulation produced in Formulation Example 1 is smeared in an amount of 50 ml onto 10 kg of soybean dried seeds using a rotation mode seed treating machine (Seed Dresser, manufactured by Hans-Ulrich Hege GmbH) , to give treated seeds.
  • the treated seeds are obtained by the same procedure as above except that any one of the formulations produced in Formulation Examples 2 to 6 is used instead of the formulation produced in Formulation Example 1.
  • the formulation produced in Formulation Example 1 is smeared in an amount of 100 ml onto 10 kg of soybean dried seeds using a rotation mode seed treating machine (Seed Dresser, manufactured by Hans-Ulrich Hege GmbH) , to give treated seeds.
  • a rotation mode seed treating machine Seed Dresser, manufactured by Hans-Ulrich Hege GmbH
  • the treated seeds are obtained by the same procedure as above except that any one of the formulations produced in Formulation Examples 2 to 6 is used instead of the formulation produced in Formulation Example 1.
  • the formulation produced in Formulation Example 1 is smeared in an amount of 50 ml onto 10 kg of cotton dried seeds using a rotation mode seed treating machine (Seed Dresser, manufactured by Hans-Ulrich Hege GmbH) , to give treated seeds.
  • a rotation mode seed treating machine Seed Dresser, manufactured by Hans-Ulrich Hege GmbH
  • the treated seeds are obtained by the same procedure as above except that any one of the formulations produced in Formulation Examples 2 to 6 is used instead of the formulation produced in Formulation Example 1.
  • the formulation produced in Formulation Example 1 is smeared in an amount of 50 ml onto 10 kg of rapeseed dried seeds using a rotation mode seed treating machine (Seed Dresser, manufactured by Hans-Ulrich Hege GmbH) , to give treated seeds.
  • a rotation mode seed treating machine Seed Dresser, manufactured by Hans-Ulrich Hege GmbH
  • the treated seeds are obtained by the same procedure as above except that any one of the formulations produced in Formulation Examples 2 to 6 is used instead of the formulation produced in Formulation Example 1.
  • the formulation produced in Formulation Example 1 is smeared in an amount of 100 ml onto 10 kg of rapeseed dried seeds using a rotation mode seed treating machine (Seed Dresser, manufactured by Hans-Ulrich Hege GmbH) , to give treated seeds.
  • a rotation mode seed treating machine Seed Dresser, manufactured by Hans-Ulrich Hege GmbH
  • the treated seeds are obtained by the same procedure as above except that any one of the formulations produced in Formulation Examples 2 to 6 is used instead of the formulation produced in Formulation Example 1.
  • the formulation produced in Formulation Example 1 is smeared in an amount of 25 ml onto 10 kg of potato seed tubers using a rotation mode seed treating machine (Seed Dresser, manufactured by Hans-Ulrich Hege GmbH) , to give treated seeds.
  • a rotation mode seed treating machine Seed Dresser, manufactured by Hans-Ulrich Hege GmbH
  • the treated seeds are obtained by the same procedure as above except that any one of the formulations produced in Formulation Examples 2 to 6 is used instead of the formulation produced in Formulation Example 1.
  • the flowable formulation described in Formulation Example 3 is smeared onto corn seeds using a rotation mode seed treating machine (Seed Dresser, manufactured by Hans-Ulrich Hege GmbH), to give treated seeds.
  • the treated seeds are allowed to stand still overnight, then, sowed on a soil stuffed in a plastic pot, and covered with a soil which has been mixed with Rhizoctonia solani separately cultured in a bran medium. Cultivation thereof is carried out at room temperature while water is irrigating (hereinafter, referred to as
  • Controlling value (%) ( A-B ) /A ⁇ 100 formula 2
  • B Disease severity (%) of plant in chemical-treated area
  • Example 6 is smeared onto corn seeds, in an amount of 5 ⁇ with respect to one corn particle, in a 15 ml centrifugal tube, and these are sown in 1/lOOOOa Wagner pot on which a soil has been spread, and allowed to grown for 12 days in a greenhouse, then, 5 insects of Rhopalosiphum padi are released (hereinafter, described as test area) .
  • test area 5 insects of Rhopalosiphum padi are released.
  • sowing, growing and insect-releasing are carried out in the same manner as in the test area (hereinafter, described as control area) .
  • the number of Rhopalosiphum padi insects is checked 7 days after insect-releasing in both the test area and the control area. As a result, the insect number in the test area is smaller as compared with the insect number in the control area, thus, an excellent pest controlling effect in the test area can be confirmed .
  • the present invention is capable of providing a pest controlling composition having a high activity, and a method which is capable of controlling a pest effectively.

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Abstract

A pest controlling composition comprising clothianidin, ipconazole, carboxin and tolclofos-methyl.

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DESCRIPTION
PEST CONTROLLING COMPOSITION AND PEST CONTROLLING METHOD
Technical Field
The present invention relates to a pest controlling composition and a pest controlling method.
Background Art
Conventionally, a lot of compounds are known as active ingredients of a pest controlling composition (see, e.g., The Pesticide Manual - 15th edition (published by BCPC) ISBN 1901396188).
Summary of the Invention
The present invention has an object of providing a pest controlling composition having an excellent controlling effect on pests.
The present inventors have investigated to find a pest controlling composition having an excellent controlling effect on pests and resultantly found that a pest controlling composition comprising clothianidin, ipconazole, carboxin and tolclofos-methyl has an excellent controlling effect on pests, leading to completion of the present invention.
That is, the present invention provides the following [1] to [8].
[1] A pest controlling composition comprising clothianidin, ipconazole, carboxin and tolclofos-methyl .
[2] The pest controlling composition according to [1] , wherein the total content proportion of ipconazole, carboxin and tolclofos-methyl is 2 to 10000000 parts by weight with respect to 1000 parts by weight of clothianidin .
[3] The pest controlling composition according to [1] or [2], further comprising metalaxyl.
[4] The pest controlling composition according to [3], wherein the total content proportion of ipconazole, carboxin, tolclofos-methyl and metalaxyl is 2 to 10000000 parts by weight with respect to 1000 parts by weight of clothianidin.
[5] A pest controlling method comprising a step of treating a plant seed with an effective amount of the pest controlling composition according to any one of [1] to [4].
[6] The pest controlling method according to [5], wherein the plant seed is a seed of corn, cotton, soybean, sugar beet, rapeseed, wheat or paddy.
[7] The pest controlling method according to [6], wherein the plant seed is a genetically modified plant seed.
[8] The pest controlling method according to [7], wherein the genetically modified plant seed is a herbicide resistant genetically modified soybean seed or herbicide resistant genetically modified cotton seed.
Modes for Carrying Out the Invention
The pest controlling composition of the present invention comprises clothianidin, ipconazole, carboxin and tolclofos-methyl . Clothianidin, ipconazole, carboxin and tolclofos-methyl are all known compounds and described, for example, in "THE PESTICIDE MANUAL - 15th EDITION (published by BCPC) ISBN 1901396188" p. 229, p. 663, p. 164, p. 1135. These compounds are obtained from commercially available preparations, or can be produced by known methods.
Though the content proportions of clothianidin, ipconazole, carboxin and tolclofos-methyl in the pest controlling composition of the present invention are not particularly restricted, the total content proportion of ipconazole, carboxin and tolclofos-methyl is usually 2 to 10000000 parts by weight, preferably 5 to 50000 parts by weight with respect to 1000 parts by weight of clothianidin . Though the content proportions of ipconazole, carboxin and tolclofos-methyl are not particularly restricted, the content proportions of carboxin and tolclofos-methyl are each 5 to 20000 parts by weight with respect to 1000 parts by weight of ipconazole.
The pest controlling composition of the present invention may further comprise metalaxyl, together with clothianidin, ipconazole, carboxin and tolclofos-methyl . Metalaxyl is a known compound, and described, for example, in "THE PESTICIDE MANUAL - 15th EDITION (published by BCPC) ISBN 1901396188", p. 737. Metalaxyl is obtained from commercially available preparations, or can be produced by known methods.
When the pest controlling composition of the present invention contains metalaxyl, the content proportions of clothianidin, ipconazole, carboxin, tolclofos-methyl and metalaxyl are not particularly restricted, however, the total content proportion of ipconazole, carboxin, tolclofos-methyl and metalaxyl is usually 2 to 10000000 parts by weight, preferably 5 to 50000 parts by weight with respect to 1000 parts by weight of clothianidin. Though the content proportions of ipconazole, carboxin, tolclofos-methyl and metalaxyl are not particularly restricted, the content proportions of carboxin, tolclofos-methyl and metalaxyl are each usually 5 to 20000 parts by weight with respect to 1000 parts by weight of ipconazole. The pest controlling composition of the present invention may be prepared simply by mixing clothianidin, ipconazole, carboxin and tolclofos-methyl, and metalaxyl to be contained if necessary, however, in usual cases , clothianidin, ipconazole, carboxin and tolclofos-methyl, and metalaxyl to be contained if necessary and an inert carrier are mixed, and if necessary, a surfactant and other auxiliary agents for formulation are added, and formulated into an oil solution, an emulsifiable concentrate, a flowable formulation, a wettable powder, a granular wettable powder, a dust, a granule and the like. The above-described pest controlling composition can be used, as it is or with addition of other inert components, as a pest controlling agent.
The total amount of clothianidin, ipconazole, carboxin and tolclofos-methyl , and metalaxyl to be contained if necessary, in the pest controlling composition of the present invention, is in the range of usually 0.1 to 99 wt%, preferably 0.2 to 90 wt%, further preferably 1 to 80 wt%.
The solid carriers to be used in formulation include, for example, fine powders, particles and the like composed of minerals such as kaolin clay, attapulgite clay, bentonite, montmorillonite, acid white clay, pyrophyllite, talc, diatomaceous earth, calcite and the like; natural organic substances such as corn cob powder, walnut shell powder and the like; synthetic organic substances such as urea and the like; salts such as calcium carbonate, ammonium sulfate and the like; synthetic inorganic substances such as synthetic hydrated silicon oxide, and the like, and examples of the liquid carriers include aromatic hydrocarbons such as xylene, alkylbenzene, methylnaphthalene and the like; alcohols such as 2-propanol, ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, ethylene glycol monoethyl ether and the like; ketones such as acetone, cyclohexanone, isophorone and the like; vegetable oils such as soybean oil, cotton seed oil and the like; petroleum aliphatic hydrocarbons; esters; dimethyl sulfoxide; acetonitrile ; and water.
Examples of the surfactant include anionic surfactants such as an alkyl sulfuric acid ester salt, alkyl aryl sulfonic acid salt, dialkyl sulfosuccinic acid salt, polyoxyethylene alkyl aryl ether phosphoric acid ester salt, lignin sulfonic acid salt, naphthalene sulfonate formaldehyde polycondensate and the like; nonionic surfactants such as a polyoxyethylene alkyl aryl ether, polyoxyethylene alkyl polyoxypropylene block copolymer, sorbitan fatty ester and the like; and cationic surfactants such as an alkyl trimethyl ammonium salt and the like.
Examples of the other auxiliary agents for formulation include water-soluble polymers such as polyvinyl alcohol, polyvinyl pyrrolidone and the like; polysaccharides such as gum Arabic, alginic acid and salts thereof, CMC (carboxymethylcellulose) , xanthan gum and the like; inorganic substances such as aluminum magnesium silicate, alumina sol and the like; antiseptic agents; coloring agents and, stabilizers such as PAP (acidic isopropyl phosphate), BHT and the like.
The pest controlling composition of the present invention can be used for protection of plants from damages caused by pests, such as eating, sucking or plant diseases.
Herein, the term "pest" includes harmful arthropods such as harmful insects or harmful mites, and microorganism or bacterium each causing plant diseases. Examples of harmful arthropods on which the pest controlling composition of the present invention exerts a controlling effect include the following organisms.
Hemiptera harmful insects:
Planthoppers ( Delphacidae ) such as small brown planthopper (Laodelphax striatellus ) , brown rice planthopper (Nilaparvata lugens) , white-backed rice planthopper (Sogatella furcifera) and the like; leafhoppers (Deltocephalidae) such as green rice leafhopper (Nephotettix cincticeps) , green rice leafhopper (Nephotettix virescens ) and the like; aphids (Aphididae) such as cotton aphid (Aphis gossypii) , green peach aphid (Myzus persicae) , cabbage aphid (Brevicoryne brassicae) , potato aphid (Macrosiphum euphorbiae) , foxglove aphid (Aulacorthum solani), oat bird-cherry aphid (Rhopalosiphum padi) , tropical citrus aphid (Toxoptera citricidus) and the like; stink bugs (Pentatomidae) such as green stink bug (Nezara antennata) , bean bug (Riptortus clavetus) , rice bug (Leptocorisa chinensis) , white spotted spined bug (Eysarcoris parvus) , stink bug (Halyomorpha mista) , tarnished plant bug (Lyus lineolarxs) and the like; whiteflies (Aleyrodidae) such as greenhouse whitefly (Trialeurodes vaporariorum) , sweetpotato whitefly (Bemisia tabaci) , silverleaf whitefly (Bemisia argentifolii) and the like; scales (Coccidae) such as Calfornia red scale (Aonidiella aurantii) , San Jose scale (Comstockaspis perniciosa) , citrus north scale (Unaspis citri) , red wax scale (Ceroplastes rubens) , cottonycushion scale (Icerya purchasi) and the like; lace bugs (Tingidae) ; psyllids (Psyllidae) ; etc.
Lepidoptera harmful insects:
Pyralid moths (Pyralidae) such as rice stem borer (Chilo suppressalis ) , yellow rice borer (Tryporyza incertulas) , rice leafroller (Cnaphalocrocis medinalis) , cotton leafroller (Notarcha derogata) , Indian meal moth ( Plodia interpunctella) , oriental corn borer (Ostrinia furnacalis) , European corn borer (Ostrinianubilaris ) , cabbage webworm (Hellula undalis) , bluegrass webworm (Pediasia teterrellus) and the like; owlet moths (Noctuidae) such as common cutworm (Spodoptera litura) , beet armyworm (Spodoptera exigua) , armyworm (Pseudaletia separata) , cabbage armyworm (Mamestra brassicae) , black cutworm (Agrotis ipsilon) , beet semi-looper (Plusia nigrisigna) , Thoricoplusia spp., Heliothis spp., Helicoverpa spp. and the like; white butterflies (Pieridae) such as common white (Pieris rapae) and the like; tortricid moths (Tortricidae) such as Adoxophyes spp., oriental fruit moth (Grapholita molesta) , soybean pod borer (Leguminivora glycinivorella) , azuki bean podworm (Matsumuraeses azukivora) , summer fruit tortrix (Adoxophyes orana fasciata) , smaller tea tortrix (Adoxophyes sp.), oriental tea tortrix (Homona magnanima) , apple tortrix (Archips fuscocupreanus ) , codling moth (Cydia pomonella) and the like; leafblotch miners (Gracillariidae) such as tea leafroller (Caloptilia theivora) , apple leafminer ( Phyllonorycter ringoneella) and the like; Carposinidae such as peach fruit moth (Carposina niponensis) and the like; lyonetiid moths (Lyonetiidae ) such as Lyonetia spp. and the like; tussock moths (Lymantriidae) such as Lymantria spp., Euproctis spp. and the like; yponomeutid moths (Yponomeutidae) such as diamondback (Plutella xylostella) and the like; gelechiid moths (Gelechiidae) such as pink bollworm ( Pectinophora gossypiella) , potato tubeworm (Phthorimaea operculella) and the like; tiger moths and allies (Arctiidae) such as fall webworm (Hyphantria cunea) and the like; tineid moths (Tineidae) such as casemaking clothes moth (Tinea translucens) , webbing clothes moth (Tineola bisselliella) and the like; etc.
Thysanoptera harmful insects:
Thrips (Thripidae) such as yellow citrus thrips ( Frankliniella occidentalis ) , melon thrips (Thrips palmi) , yellow tea thrips (Scirtothrips dorsalis) , onion thrips (Thrips tabaci) , flower thrips (Frankliniella intonsa) , tobacco thrips (Frankliniella fusca) and the like, etc.
Diptera harmful insects:
House flies (Musca domestica) , common house mosquito (Culex popiens pallens) , horsefly (Tabanus trigonus) , onion fly (Hylemya antiqua) , seedcorn maggot (Hylemya platura) , asian tiger mosquito (Anopheles sinensis) ; leafminer flies (Agromyzidae) such as rice leafminer (Agromyza oryzae) , little rice leafminer (Hydrellia griseola) , rice stemmaggot (Chlorops oryzae) , legume leafminer (Liriomyza trifolii) and the like; melon fly (Dacus cucurbitae) , Meditteranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata) , etc.;
Coleoptera harmful insects:
Twenty-eight-spotted ladybird (Epilachna vigintioctopunctata) , cucurbit leaf beetle (Aulacophora femoralis) , striped flea beetle (Phyllotreta striolata) , rice leaf beetle (Oulema oryzae) , rice curculio (Echinocnemus squameus) , rice water weevil (Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus ) , boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis) , azuki bean weevil (Callosobruchus chinensis), hunting billbug ( Sphenophorus venatus) , Japanese beetle (Popxllia japonica), cupreous chafer (Anomala cuprea), Corn root worms (Diabrotica spp.), Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata) , click beetles (Agriotes spp.), cigarette beetle (Lasioderma serricorne) , varied carper beetle (Anthrenus verbasci) , red flour beetle (Tribolium castaneum) , powder-post beetle (Lyctus brunneus) , white-spotted longicorn beetle (Anoplophora malasiaca) , pine shoot beetle (Tomicus piniperda) , etc.;
Orthoptera harmful insects:
Asiatic locust (Locusta migratoria) , African mole cricket (Gryllotalpa africana) , rice grasshopper (Oxya yezoensis) , rice grasshopper (Oxya japonica) , etc.;
Hymenoptera harmful insects:
Cabbage sawfly (Athalia rosae) , leaf-cutting ant (Acromyrmex spp.), fire ant (Solenopsis spp.), etc.;
Blattodea harmful insects:
German cockroach (Blattella germanica) , smokybrown cockroach (Periplaneta fuliginosa) , American cockroach (Periplaneta americana) , Periplaneta brunnea, oriental cockroach (Blatta orientalis) , etc.;
Preferable examples of the above-described harmful arthropods include aphids (Aphididae) , Thrips (Thripidae) , leafminer flies (Agromyzidae) , horsehair worms (Paragordius tricuspidatus ) , Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata), Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica), cupreous chafer (Anomala cuprea) , boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis ) , rice water weevil (Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus ) , tobacco thrips ( Frankliniella fusca) , Corn root worms (Diabrotica spp.), diamondback (Plutella xylostella) , cabbageworms, soybean pod borer (Leguminivora glycinivorella) , and the like.
Examples of plant diseases on which the pest controlling composition of the present invention exerts a controlling effect include the following diseases.
Rice diseases: Magnaporthe grisea, Cochliobolus miyabeanus, Rhizoctonia solani, Gibberella fujikuroi.
Wheat diseases : Erysiphe graminis, Fusarium graminearum, F. avenacerum, F. culmorum, Microdochium nivale, Puccinia striiformis P. graminis, P. recondita, Micronectriella nivale, Typhula sp., Ustilago tritici, Tilletia caries,
Pseudocercosporella herpotrichoides, Mycosphaerella
graminicola, Stagonospora nodorum, Pyrenophora
tritici-repentis .
Barley diseases: Erysiphe graminis, Fusarium
graminearum, F. avenacerum, F. culmorum, Microdochium nivale) , Puccinia striiformis, P. graminis, P. hordei, Ustilago nuda, Rhynchosporium secalis, Pyrenophora teres, Cochliobolus sativus, Pyrenophora graminea, Rhizoctonia solani.
Corn diseases: Ustilago maydis, Cochliobolus
heterostrophus, Gloeocercospora sorghi, Puccinia polysora, Cercospora zeae-maydis, Rhizoctonia solani.
Citrus diseases: Diaporthe citri, Elsinoe fawcetti, Penicillium digitatum, P. italicum, Phytophthora parasitica Phytophthora citrophthora .
Apple diseases: Monilinia mali, Valsa ceratosperma, Podosphaera leucotricha, Alternaria alternata apple
pathotype, Venturia inaequalis, Colletotrichum acutatum, Phytophtora cactorum, Diplocarpon mali, Botryosphaeria berengeriana .
Pear diseases : Venturia nashicola, V. pirina, Alternaria alternata Japanese pear pathotype, Gymnosporangium haraeanum, Phytophtora cactorum; Peach diseases: Monilinia fructicola, Cladosporium carpophilum, Phomopsis SP..
Grape diseases: Elsinoe ampelina, Glomerella cingulata Uncinula necator, Phakopsora ampelopsidis, Guignardia bidwellii, Plasmopara viticola.
Persimmon diseases : Gloeosporium kaki, Cercospora kaki Mycosphaerella nawae.
Gourd diseases : Colletotrichum lagenarium, Sphaerothec fuliginea, Mycosphaerella melonis, Fusarium oxysporum, Pseudoperonospora cubensis, Phytophthora SP., Pythium sp.;
Tomato diseases: Alternaria solani, Cladosporium fulvum, Phytophthora infestans
Eggplant diseases: Phomopsis vexans, Erysiphe cichoracearum.
Brassicaceous vegetable diseases: Alternaria japonica Cercosporella brassicae, Plasmodiophora brassicae,
Peronospora parasitica.
Welsh onion diseases: Puccinia allii, Peronospora destructor.
Soybean diseases: Cercospora kikuchii, Elsinoe glycines, Diaporthe phaseolorum var . sojae, Septoria glycines Cercospora sojina, Phakopsora pachyrhizi, Phytophthora sojae Rhizoctonia solani.
Kidney bean diseases: Colletotrichum lindemthianum.
Peanut diseases: Cercospora personata, Cercospora arachidicola, Sclerotium rolfsii.
Pea diseases: Erysiphe pisi, Fusarium solani f . sp. Pisi
Potato diseases: Alternaria solani, Phytophthora infestans, Phytophthora erythroseptica, Spongospora subterranean f. sp. subterranea. Strawberry diseases: Sphaerotheca humuli, Glomerella cingulata .
Tea plant diseases: Exobasidium reticulatum, Elsinoe leucospila, Pestalotiopsis SP . , Colletotrichum theaesinensis .
Tobacco diseases: Alternaria longipes, Erysiphe cichoracearum, Colletotrichum tabacum, Peronospora tabacina, Phytophthora nicotianae.
Rapeseed diseases: Sclerotinia sclerotiorum,
Rhizoctonia solani.
Cotton diseases: Rhizoctonia solani.
Sugar beet diseases : Cercospora beticola, Thanatephorus cucumeris, Thanatephorus cucumeris, Aphanomyces cochlioides.
Rose diseases: Diplocarpon rosae, Sphaerotheca pannosa, Peronospora sparsa.
Diseases of chrysanthemum and asteraceae: Bremia lactucae, Septoria chrysanthemi-indici, Puccinia horiana.
Diseases of various plants: Pythium aphanidermatum, Pythium debarianum, Pythium graminicola, Pythium irregulare, Pythium ultimum, Botrytis cinerea, Sclerotinia sclerotiorum.
Radish diseases: Alternaria brassicicola .
Zoysia diseases: Sclerotinia homeocarpa, Rhizoctonia solani .
Banana diseases: Mycosphaerella fijiensis,
Mycosphaerella musicola.
Sunflower diseases: Plasmopara halstedii.
Seed diseases or diseases in the initial stage of growth of various plants caused by Aspergillus spp. , Penicillium spp. , Fusarium spp . , Gibberella spp . , Tricoderma spp . , Thielaviopsis spp., Rhizopus spp., Mucor spp., Corticium spp., Phoma spp., Rhizoctonia spp., Diplodia spp. and the like. Viral diseases of various plants mediated by Polymixa spp., Olpidium spp. or the like.
The pest controlling composition of the present invention is used for controlling a pest, by applying it to a pest, a place where a pest inhabits or a place where a pest possibly inhabits.
The place where a pest inhabits or the place where a pest possibly inhabits includes plants or soils in which plants are cultivated. The plants include plant stems and leaves, plant seeds and plant bulbs. Here, the bulb includes specifically a scaly bulb, solid bulb, root stock, stem tuber and rhizophore .
The pest controlling method of the present invention is carried out by treatment with the composition of the present invention, and includes specifically a treatment of plant stems and leaves such as spraying onto stems and leaves and the like, a treatment of a plant cultivation land such as a soil treatment and the like, a treatment of seeds such as seed sterilization, seed coat and the like, and a treatment of bulbs such as seed tuber and the like.
The treatment of plant stems and leaves according to the pest controlling method of the present invention specifically includes, for example, treatment methods of applying onto the surface of a plant such as spraying onto stems and leaves, and the like.
Examples of the method of treatment of a plant cultivation land according to the pest controlling method of the present invention include spraying onto a soil, mixing with a soil, drenching a soil with a drug solution (drug solution irrigation, soil injection, drug solution drip), and examples of the treatment place include a planting hole, planting row, places around a planting hole, places around a planting row, on the whole surface of plantation, culm base parts, planting interval, lower parts of trunk, main path, cultivation soil, seedling raising box, seedling raising tray, seedbed and the like, and the treatment period includes a period before sowing, a period in sowing, a period directly after sowing, a seedling raising period, a period before fix planting, a period in fix planting, a growing period after fix planting, and the like.
In the above-described method of treating a plant cultivation land,, the pest controlling composition of the present invention may be used to treat a plant simultaneously with treatment of a plant cultivation land, further, a solid fertilizer such as a paste fertilizer containing the composition of the present invention may be applied to a soil.
Examples of the methods of treating a seed or a bulb in the controlling method of the present invention include methods of treating a seed or bulb of a plant to be protected from pests, with the composition of the present invention.
Such examples specifically includes a spray treatment which comprises spraying, on the surface of a seed or bulb, a mist prepared from a suspension of the composition of the present invention; a coating treatment which comprises coating, on a seed or bulb, a wettable power, emulsifiable concentrate or flowable formulation of the composition of the present invention as it is, or mixture of those formulation with water; an immersion treatment which comprises immersing a seed in a solution of the composition of the present invention for a certain period of time; a film coat treatment; and a pellet coat treatment .
When the composition of the present invention is used to treat a plant or a soil in which a plant is cultivated, its treatment amount can be varied depending on the kind of a plant to be treated, the kind of a pest as a controlling subject and the generation extent thereof, the formulation form, the treatment period, the weather conditions and the like, and the total amount of clothianidin, ipconazole, carboxin and tolclofos-methyl, or the total amount thereof further including the amount of metalaxyl added if necessary is usually 1 to 5000 g, preferably 2 to 400 g per 10000 m2 of a place wherein the plant is cultivated.
An emulsifiable concentrate, wettable powder, flowable formulation or the like is usually diluted with water and sprayed to perform the treatment. In this case, the total amount of clothianidin, ipconazole, carboxin and
tolclofos-methyl, or the total amount thereof further including the amount of metalaxyl added if necessary is in the range of usually 0.0001 to 3 wt%, preferably 0.0005 to 1 wt%. A dust, granule and the like are usually used as they are without dilution for the treatment.
In the treatment of a seed, the total amount of clothianidin, ipconazole, carboxin and tolclofos-methyl , or the total amount thereof further including the amount of metalaxyl added if necessary is in the range of usually 0.001 to 20 g, preferably 0.01 to 5 g with respect to 1 kg of seeds.
In the treatment of a bulb, the total amount of clothianidin, ipconazole, carboxin and tolclofos-methyl , or the total amount thereof further including the amount of metalaxyl added if necessary is in the range of usually 0.001 to 20 g, preferably 0.01 to 5 g with respect to 1 kg of bulbs.
The pest controlling method of the present invention can be used in cultivated lands, paddy fields, lawns, orchards and the like, or non-crop lands.
The present invention can be used for controlling pests in crop lands, where "plants" listed below are cultivated.
Agricultural crops: corn, rice, wheat, barley, rye, oat, sorghum, cotton, soybean, pease, kidney bean, peanut, sarrazin, sugar beet, rapeseed, sunflower, sugar cane, tobacco, etc.;
Vegetables: Solanaceae vegetables (eggplant, tomato, green pepper, hot pepper, potato etc.), Cucurbitaceae vegetables (cucumber, pumpkin, zucchini, watermelon, melon, squash etc.), Cruciferae vegetables (Japanese radish, turnip, horseradish, kohlrabi, Chinese cabbage, cabbage, brown mustard, broccoli, cauliflower etc.), Compositae vegetables (burdock, garland chrysanthemum, artichoke, lettuce etc.), Liliaceae vegetables (Welsh onion, onion, garlic, asparagus etc.), Umbelliferae vegetables (carrot, parsley, celery, parsnip etc.), Chenopodiaceae vegetables (spinach, Swiss chard etc.), Labiatae vegetables (Japanese basil, mint, basil etc.), strawberry, sweat potato, yam, aroid, etc.;
Flowering plants (rose, chrysanthemum and the like) ;
Ornamental foliage plants;
Fruit trees: pomaceous fruits (apple, common pear, Japanese pear, Chinese quince, quince etc.), stone fleshy fruits (peach, plum, nectarine, Japanese plum, cherry, apricot, prune etc.), citrus plants (Satsuma mandarin, orange, lemon, lime, grapefruit etc.), nuts (chestnut, walnut, hazel nut, almond, pistachio, cashew nut, macadamia nut etc.), berry fruits (blueberry, cranberry, blackberry, raspberry etc.), grape, persimmon, olive, loquat, banana, coffee, date, coconut palm, etc . ; Trees other than fruit trees: tea, mulberry, flowering trees, street trees (ash tree, birch, dogwood, eucalyptus, ginkgo, lilac, maple tree, oak, poplar, cercis, Chinese sweet gum, plane tree, zelkova, Japanese arborvitae, fir tree, Japanese hemlock, needle juniper, pine, spruce, yew) and the like .
Among the above-described plants, corn, wheat, soybean, cotton, rapeseed, sugar beet, rice and the like are mentioned as preferable example.
The above-described "plants" also include plants having resistance to an HPPD inhibitor such as isoxaflutole and the like, an ALS inhibitor such as imazethapyr, thifensulfuron-methyl and the like, an EPSP synthesizing enzyme inhibitor such as glyphosate and the like, a glutamine synthesizing enzyme inhibitor such as glufosinate and the like, an acetyl CoA carboxylase inhibitor such as sethoxydim and the like, or a herbicide such as bromoxynil, dicamba, 2,4-D and the like, which resistance has been imparted by a classical breeding method or a gene recombination technology.
Examples of "the plant" having a resistance imparted by a classical breeding method include rapeseed, wheat, sunflower and rice having a resistance to imidazolinone-based ALS inhibitor-type herbicides such as imazethapyr and the like, which are already commercially available under the trade name of Clearfield (registered trademark) . There is a soybean having a resistance to sulfonylurea ALS inhibitor herbicides such as thifensulfuron-methyl and the like, likewise imparted by a classical breeding method, and this is already commercially available under the trade name of STS soybean. There are SR corn and the like as examples of plants having a resistance to acetyl CoA carboxylase inhibitors such as trione oxime herbicides, aryloxyphenoxypropionic acid herbicides and the like, likewise imparted by a classical breeding method. Plants having an imparted resistance to an acetyl CoA carboxylase inhibitor are described in Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 1990, vol. 87, p. 7175-7179, and the like. In addition, a mutant acetyl CoA carboxylase which is resistant to an acetyl CoA carboxylase inhibitor is described in Weed Science, vol. 53, p. 728-746, 2005. When such a mutant acetyl CoA carboxylase gene is introduced into a plant by a gene recombination technology or when a mutation related to impartation of the resistance is introduced into an acetyl CoA carboxylase of a plant, a plant resistant to an acetyl CoA carboxylase inhibitor can be produced. Further, nucleic acids for introduction of a base substitution mutation can be introduced into the cells of a plant as typified by the chimeraplasty technology (see, Gura T . 1999, Repairing the Genome ' s Spelling Mistakes , Science 285: 316-318) to induce a site-directed amino acid substitution mutation in an acetyl CoA carboxylase gene or an AL gene and the like of the plant, thereby, a plant resistant to an acetyl CoA carboxylase inhibitor or ALS inhibitor and the like can be produced.
Examples of the plant having the resistance imparted by a gene recombination technology include corn, soybean, cotton, rapeseed and sugar beet cultivars which are resistant to glyphosate, which are already commercially available under the trade names of RoundupReady (registered trademark) , AgrisureGT, and the like. Other examples of the plant having the resistance likewise imparted by a gene recombination technology include corn, soybean, cotton and rapeseed cultivars which are resistant to glufosinate, which are already commercially available under the trade name of LibertyLink (registered trademark) and the like. A cotton having a resistance to bromoxynil which is likewise imparted by a gene recombination technology is already commercially available under the trade name of BXN.
The above-described "plants" include, for example, also plants which got a possibility of synthesizing selective toxin known as genus Bacillus, using a gene recombination technology.
Examples of toxins to be manifested in such genetically modified plants include insecticidal proteins derived from Bacillus cereus and Bacillus popilliae; insecticidal proteins such as δ-endotoxins derived from Bacillus thuringiensis , such as CrylAb, CrylAc, CrylF, CrylFa2, Cry2Ab, Cry3A, Cry3Bbl, Cry9C or the like, and VIP 1, VIP 2, VIP 3, VIP 3A or the like; insecticidal proteins derived from nematodes; toxins produced by animals such as scorpion toxins, spider toxins, bee toxins and insect-specific nerve toxins; fungal toxins; plant lectin; agglutinin; protease inhibitors such as trypsin inhibitors, serine protease inhibitors, patatin, cystatin, papain inhibitors and the like; ribosome-inactivating proteins (RIP) such as ricin, corn-RIP, abrin, luffin, saporin, briodin and the like; steroid metabolizing enzymes such as 3-hydroxysteroid oxidase, ecdysteroid-UDP-glucosyltransferase, cholesterol oxidase and the like; ecdysone inhibitors; H G-CoA reductase; ion channel inhibitors such as sodium channel inhibitors, calcium channel inhibitors and the like; juvenile hormone esterase; diuretic hormone receptors; stilbene synthase; bibenzyl synthase; chitinase; and glucanase, and the like.
The toxins to be manifested in such genetically modified plants include also hybrid toxins, partially deleted toxins and modified toxins of insecticidal proteins such as δ-endotoxin proteins such as CrylAb, CrylAc, CrylF, CrylFa2, Cry2Ab, Cry3A, Cry3Bbl, Cry9C, Cry34Ab, Cry35Ab or the like, and VIP 1, VIP 2, VIP 3, VIP 3A or the like. A hybrid toxin is produced by a novel combination of different domains of these proteins, using a gene recombinant technology. As a partially deleted toxin, CrylAb in which a part of an amino acid sequence is deleted is known. As a modified toxin, there is a toxin obtained by substitution of one or more of amino acids in a natural type toxin .
Examples of these toxins and genetically modified plants which are capable of synthesizing these toxins are described in EP-A-0 374 753, WO 93/07278, WO 95/34656, EP-A-0 427 529, EP-A-451878, WO 03/052073, and the like.
Toxins contained these genetically modified plants impart, particularly, a resistance to coleopteran harmful insects, hemipteran harmful insects, dipteran harmful insects, lepidopteran harmful insects and nematodes to a plant.
The genetically modified plants which contain one or more insecticidal harmful insect-resistant genes and manifest one or more toxins are already known, and some of them are commercially available. Examples of these genetically modified plants include YieldGard (registered trademark) (a corn cultivar expressing CrylAb toxin) , YieldGard Rootworm (registered trademark) (a corn cultivar expressing Cry3Bbl toxin) , YieldGard Plus (registered trademark) (a corn cultivar expressing CrylAb and Cry3Bbl toxins) , Herculex I (registered trademark) (a corn cultivar expressing CrylFa2 toxin and phosphinothricin N-acetyltransferase (PAT) for imparting a resistance to gluphosinate) , NuCOTN33B (registered trademark) (a cotton cultivar expressing CrylAc toxin) , Bollgard I (registered trademark) (a cotton cultivar expressing CrylAc toxin) , Bollgard II (registered trademark) (a cotton cultivar expressing CrylAc and Cry2Ab toxins), VIPCOTTM (a cotton cultivar expressing VIP toxin) , NewLeaf (registered trademark) (a potato cultivar expressing Cry3A toxin) , NatureGard (registered trademark) Agrisure (registered trademark) GT Advantage (GA21 glyphosate-resistant character) , Agrisure (registered trademark) CB Advantage (Btll corn borer (CB) character), Protecta (registered trademark), and the like.
The above-described "plants" include also plants having an imparted ability for producing anti-pathogen substances having a selective action, using a gene recombination technology.
As examples of the anti-pathogen substances, PR proteins (PRPs described in EP-A-0 392 .225) are known. Such anti-pathogen substances and genetically modified plants producing them are described in EP-A-0 392 225, WO 05/33818, EP-A-0 353 191, and the like.
Examples of the anti-pathogen substances to be manifested in such genetically modified plants include anti-pathogen substances produced by microorganisms such as , for example, ion channel inhibitors such as sodium channel inhibitors, and calcium channel inhibitors (KP1, KP4, KP6 toxins etc. produced by viruses are known) ; stilbene synthase; bibenzyl synthase; chitinase; glucanase; PR proteins; peptide antibiotics, antibiotics having a hetero ring, protein factors related to a plant disease resistance (called a plant disease resistant gene, and described in WO 03/000906) and the like. Such anti-pathogen substances and genetically modified plants producing them are described in EP-A-0 392 225, WO 05/33818, EP-A-0 353 191, and the like.
The above-described "plants" include also plants having beneficial characters such as a modified oil component and an enhanced amino acid content which has been imparted by a gene recombination technology. Examples thereof include VISTIVET (registered trademark) (low linolenic soybean which has a reduced content of linolenic acid) , and high-lysine (high-oil) corn (corn which has an increased content of lysine or oil) .
Furthermore, the above-described plants include also stacked cultivars which have a combination of two or more of beneficial characters such as the above-described classical herbicide-resistant character, or a herbicide-resistant gene, an insecticidal pest-resistant gene, an anti-pathogen substance-producing gene, a modified oil component, and an enhanced amino acid content, and the like.
Example
The present invention will be illustrated further in detail by formulation examples, application examples and test examples below, but the present invention is not limited only to the following examples. In the following examples, parts are by weight unless otherwise stated.
Formulation Example 1
Twenty (20) parts of clothianidin, 0.5 parts of ipconazole, 3.5 parts of carboxin, 0.5 parts of tolclofos-methyl , 1.5 parts of sorbitan trioleate and 28 parts of aqueous solution containing 2 parts of polyvinyl alcohol are mixed and finely pulverized by a wet pulverization method, and then added is thereinto 36 parts of an aqueous solution containing 0.05 parts of xanthun gum and 0.1 part of aluminum magnesium silicate. Further, 10 parts of propylene glycol is added to the mixture, and then mixed with stirring to give a flowable formulation.
Formulation Example 2
Twenty (20) parts of clothianidin, 0.5 parts of ipconazole, 3.5 parts of carboxin, 0.5 parts of tolclofos-methyl , 0.5 parts of metalaxyl, 1.5 parts of sorbitan trioleate and 28.5 parts of aqueous solution containing 2 parts of polyvinyl alcohol are mixed and finely pulverized by a wet pulverization method, and then added is thereinto 35 parts of an aqueous solution containing 0.05 parts of xanthun gum and 0.1 part of aluminum magnesium silicate. Further, 10 parts of propylene glycol is added to the mixture, and then mixed with stirring to give a flowable formulation. Formulation Example 3
Forty (40) parts of clothianidin, 0.5 parts of ipconazole, 8 parts of carboxin, 0.5 parts of tolclofos-methyl, 4.5 parts of propylene glycol (manufactured by nacalai tesque) , 5 parts of Soprophor FLK (manufactured by Rhodia Nikka) , 0.2 parts of Antifoam C Emulsion (manufactured by Dow Corning), 0.3 parts of Proxel GXL (manufactured by Arch Chemicals) and 41 parts of ion exchanged water are mixed, to prepare a raw slurry. To 100 parts of the slurry, 150 parts of glass beads (φ = 1 mm) are added, and the mixture is pulverized for 2 hours while it is cooled with cooling water. After pulverization, the glass beads are removed by filtration, to give a flowable formulation.
Formulation Example 4
Forty (40) parts of clothianidin, 0.5 parts of ipconazole, 8 parts of carboxin, 0.5 parts of tolclofos-methyl, 0.5 parts of metalaxyl, 5 parts of propylene glycol (manufactured by nacalai tesque) , 5 parts of Soprophor FLK (manufactured by Rhodia Nikka) , 0.2 parts of Antifoam C Emulsion (manufactured by Dow Corning) , 0.3 parts of Proxel GXL (manufactured by Arch Chemicals) and 40 parts of ion exchanged water are mixed, to prepare a raw slurry. To 100 parts of the slurry, 150 parts of glass beads (φ = 1 mm) are added, and the mixture is pulverized for 2 hours while it is cooled with cooling water. After pulverization, the glass beads are removed by filtration, to give a flowable formulation.
Formulation Example 5
Ten (10) parts of clothianidin, 0.5 parts of ipconazole, 2 parts of carboxin, 1.5 parts of sorbitan trioleate and 30 parts of aqueous solution containing 2 parts of polyvinyl alcohol are mixed and finely pulverized by a wet pulverization method, and then added is thereinto 38.5 parts of an aqueous solution containing 5 parts of tolclofos-methyl , 2.5 parts of metalaxyl, 0.05 parts of xanthan gum and 0.1 part of aluminum magnesium silicate. Further, 10 parts of propylene glycol is added and mixed with stirring, to give a flowable formulation.
Formulation Example 6
Nine point five (9.5) parts of clothianidin, 0.2 parts of ipconazole, 0.5 parts of carboxin, 0.3 parts of tolclofos-methyl, 0.5 parts of metalaxyl, 35 parts of a mixture of white carbon and polyoxyethylene alkyl ether sulfate ammonium salt (weight ratio = 1:1) and 54 parts of water are mixed and finely pulverized by a wet pulverization method to give a flowable formulation.
Formulation Example 7
Sixty (60) parts of clothianidin, 0.2 parts of ipconazole, 6 parts of carboxin, 0.3 parts of tolclofos-methyl , 0.5 parts of metalaxyl, 3 parts of calcium ligninsulfonate, 2 parts of sodium laurylsulfate and 28 parts of synthetic hydrated silicon oxide are thoroughly pulverized and mixed, to obtain a wettable powder . Application examples the pest controlling compositions of the present invention to seeds and seed tubers are shown below.
Application Example 1
The formulation produced in Formulation Example 1 is smeared in an amount of 500 ml onto 100 kg of Sorghum dried seeds using a rotation mode seed treating machine (Seed Dresser, manufactured by Hans-Ulrich Hege GmbH) , to give treated seeds.
The treated seeds are obtained by the same procedure as above except that any one of the formulations produced in Formulation Examples 2 to 6 is used instead of the formulation produced in Formulation Example 1.
Application Example 2
The formulation produced in Formulation Example 1 is smeared in an amount of 1000 ml onto 100 kg of Sorghum dried seeds using a rotation mode seed treating machine (Seed Dresser, manufactured by Hans-Ulrich Hege GmbH) , to give treated seeds.
The treated seeds are obtained by the same procedure as above except that any one of the formulations produced in Formulation Examples 2 to 6 is used instead of the formulation produced in Formulation Example 1.
Application Example 3
The formulation produced in Formulation Example 1 is smeared in an amount of 40 ml onto 10 kg of corn dried seeds using a rotation mode seed treating machine (Seed Dresser, manufactured by Hans-Ulrich Hege GmbH) , to give treated seeds.
The treated seeds are obtained by the same procedure as above except that any one of the formulations produced in Formulation Examples 2 to 6 is used instead of the formulation produced in Formulation Example 1.
Application Example 4
The formulation produced in Formulation Example 1 is smeared in an amount of 100 ml onto 10 kg of corn dried seeds using a rotation mode seed treating machine (Seed Dresser, manufactured by Hans-Ulrich Hege GmbH) , to give treated seeds.
The treated seeds are obtained by the same procedure as above except that any one of the formulations produced in Formulation Examples 2 to 6 is used instead of the formulation produced in Formulation Example 1.
Application Example 5
The wettable powder produced in Formulation Example 7 is dust-coated in an amount of 50 g onto 10 kg of corn dried seeds, to give a treated seed.
Application Example 6
The formulation produced in Formulation Example 1 is smeared in an amount of 50 ml onto 10 kg of soybean dried seeds using a rotation mode seed treating machine (Seed Dresser, manufactured by Hans-Ulrich Hege GmbH) , to give treated seeds. The treated seeds are obtained by the same procedure as above except that any one of the formulations produced in Formulation Examples 2 to 6 is used instead of the formulation produced in Formulation Example 1.
Application Example 7
The formulation produced in Formulation Example 1 is smeared in an amount of 100 ml onto 10 kg of soybean dried seeds using a rotation mode seed treating machine (Seed Dresser, manufactured by Hans-Ulrich Hege GmbH) , to give treated seeds.
The treated seeds are obtained by the same procedure as above except that any one of the formulations produced in Formulation Examples 2 to 6 is used instead of the formulation produced in Formulation Example 1.
Application Example 8
The formulation produced in Formulation Example 1 is smeared in an amount of 50 ml onto 10 kg of cotton dried seeds using a rotation mode seed treating machine (Seed Dresser, manufactured by Hans-Ulrich Hege GmbH) , to give treated seeds.
The treated seeds are obtained by the same procedure as above except that any one of the formulations produced in Formulation Examples 2 to 6 is used instead of the formulation produced in Formulation Example 1.
Application Example 9
The formulation produced in Formulation Example 1 is smeared in an amount of 50 ml onto 10 kg of rapeseed dried seeds using a rotation mode seed treating machine (Seed Dresser, manufactured by Hans-Ulrich Hege GmbH) , to give treated seeds.
The treated seeds are obtained by the same procedure as above except that any one of the formulations produced in Formulation Examples 2 to 6 is used instead of the formulation produced in Formulation Example 1.
Application Example 10
The formulation produced in Formulation Example 1 is smeared in an amount of 100 ml onto 10 kg of rapeseed dried seeds using a rotation mode seed treating machine (Seed Dresser, manufactured by Hans-Ulrich Hege GmbH) , to give treated seeds.
The treated seeds are obtained by the same procedure as above except that any one of the formulations produced in Formulation Examples 2 to 6 is used instead of the formulation produced in Formulation Example 1.
Application Example 11
The formulation produced in Formulation Example 1 is smeared in an amount of 25 ml onto 10 kg of potato seed tubers using a rotation mode seed treating machine (Seed Dresser, manufactured by Hans-Ulrich Hege GmbH) , to give treated seeds.
The treated seeds are obtained by the same procedure as above except that any one of the formulations produced in Formulation Examples 2 to 6 is used instead of the formulation produced in Formulation Example 1.
The effect of the present invention will be shown by test examples below.
Test Example 1
The flowable formulation described in Formulation Example 3 is smeared onto corn seeds using a rotation mode seed treating machine (Seed Dresser, manufactured by Hans-Ulrich Hege GmbH), to give treated seeds. The treated seeds are allowed to stand still overnight, then, sowed on a soil stuffed in a plastic pot, and covered with a soil which has been mixed with Rhizoctonia solani separately cultured in a bran medium. Cultivation thereof is carried out at room temperature while water is irrigating (hereinafter, referred to as
chemical-treated area) . Ten (10) days after sowing, the number of no-bud seeds is checked, and the disease severity is calculated according to the following "formula 1". Using non-treated corn seeds, sowing, soil-covering and cultivation are carried out in the same manner as for the chemical-treated area (hereinafter, described as non-treated area) . Ten (10) days after sowing, the number of no-bud seeds is checked, and the disease severity is calculated according to the following "formula 1". An excellent pest controlling effect of the chemical-treated area can be confirmed by calculating the controlling value in the chemical-treated area according to the following "formula 2", based on the pathogenesis degrees of the chemical-treated area and the non-treated area, Disease severity (%) = (number of no-bud seeds )/ (total number of sown seeds) * 100 formula 1
Controlling value (%) = ( A-B ) /A χ 100 formula 2
A: Disease severity (%) of plant in non-treated area B : Disease severity (%) of plant in chemical-treated area
Test Example 2
The flowable formulation described in Formulation
Example 6 is smeared onto corn seeds, in an amount of 5 μΐ with respect to one corn particle, in a 15 ml centrifugal tube, and these are sown in 1/lOOOOa Wagner pot on which a soil has been spread, and allowed to grown for 12 days in a greenhouse, then, 5 insects of Rhopalosiphum padi are released (hereinafter, described as test area) . Using corn seeds not treated with the flowable formulation described in Formulation Example 6, sowing, growing and insect-releasing are carried out in the same manner as in the test area (hereinafter, described as control area) .
The number of Rhopalosiphum padi insects is checked 7 days after insect-releasing in both the test area and the control area. As a result, the insect number in the test area is smaller as compared with the insect number in the control area, thus, an excellent pest controlling effect in the test area can be confirmed .
Industrial Applicability
The present invention is capable of providing a pest controlling composition having a high activity, and a method which is capable of controlling a pest effectively.

Claims

1. A pest controlling composition comprising clothianidin, ipconazole, carboxin and tolclofos-methyl .
2. The pest controlling composition according to Claim 1, wherein the total content proportion of ipconazole, carboxin and tolclofos-methyl is 2 ' to 10000000 parts by weight with respect to 1000 parts by weight of clothianidin.
3. The pest controlling composition according to Claim 1 or 2, further comprising metalaxyl.
4. The pest controlling composition according to Claim 3, wherein the total content proportion of ipconazole, carboxin, tolclofos-methyl and metalaxyl is 2 to 10000000 parts by weight with respect to 1000 parts by weight of clothianidin.
5. A pest controlling method comprising a step of treating a plant seed with an effective amount of the pest controlling composition according to any one of Claims 1 to 4.
6. The pest controlling method according to Claim 5, wherein the plant seed is a seed of corn, cotton, soybean, sugar beet, rapeseed, wheat or paddy.
7. The pest controlling method according to Claim 6, wherein the plant seed is a genetically modified plant seed.
8. The pest controlling method according to Claim 7, wherein the genetically modified plant seed is a herbicide resistant genetically modified soybean seed or herbicide resistant genetically modified cotton seed.
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