Patent ID: 6582732
Filing Date: 2003-06-24
Classification: A01N,B27K,Y10S

Abstract:
An insecticide treated wood comprising wood treated with a wood treatment material comprising a synergistic combination of a boron-containing insecticide and a synthetic pyrethroid selected from the group consisting of deltamethrin, permethrin, cyfluthrin, trilomethrin, cypermethrin and resmethrin, said boron-containing insecticide and said synthetic pyrethroid present in sufficient amounts in the wood treatment material so that wood treated with the wood treatment material contains said boron-containing insecticide in an amount of about 0.05 to 2.0 wt % and said synthetic pyrethroid in an amount of about 1 ppm to 1000 ppm, based on the weight of the wood after treatment.