Patent ID: 6713077
Filing Date: 2004-03-30
Classification: A01C,A01N

Abstract:
A method of protecting a transgenic plant against damage by multiple pests, the method comprising treating a seed from which the transgenic plant grows, which seed has at least one heterologous gene encoding for the expression of a protein that is active against a first pest, with a composition comprising at least one pyrethrin or pyrethroid that is selected on the basis of its pesticidal activity against a pest that is different from the first pest and which has a vapor pressure of less than 6 mPa at 20Â° C. in an amount of at least 88 grams per 100 kilograms of the seed, and wherein the seed is selected from the group consisting of corn, soybean, cotton, rice, sorghum, wheat, barley, rye, sunflower, tomato, sugarcane, tobacco, rape and oats.