Patent ID: 6032414
Filing Date: 2000-03-07
Classification: A01N

Abstract:
A nursery box which comprises:(i) a growth substrate for rice;(ii) rice seeds; and(iii) an aqueous formulation for treating said rice seeds to protect rice plants against insects for a prolonged period of time, said aqueous formulation comprising water and a compound having the formula1-(2,6-dichloro-4-CF.sub.3 -phenyl)-3-cyano-4-CF.sub.3 S(O).sub.n -5-NH.sub.2 -pyrazole (I)wherein n is 0, 1 or 2, in an amount sufficient to impregnate said rice seeds and effectively protect rice plants germinated from the impregnated seeds from insects for a period of at least two months after sowing, in the absence of any other insecticidal treatment of the impregnated seeds or of the rice plants germinated from the impregnated seeds.