Patent ID: 6838473

Claim:
A method for protecting a seed and/or shoots and foliage of a plant grown from the seed against damage by a pest, the method comprising treating the unsown seed with a combination of insecticides consisting essentially of clothianidin and a pyrethrin or synthetic pyrethroid selected from the group consisting of 2-allyl-4-hydroxy-3-methyl-2-cyclopenten-1-one ester of 2,2-dimethyl-3-(2methyl propenyl)-cyclopropane carboxylic acid, 2-allyl-4-hydroxy-3-methyl-2-cyclopenten-1-one ester of (2-methyl-1-propenyl)-2-methoxy-4-oxo-3-(2 propenyl)-2-cyclopenten-1-yl ester, fenvalerate, esfenvalerate, permethrin, cypermethrin, beta-cypermethrin, theta cypermethrin, zeta-cypermethrin, deltamethrin, fenpropathrin, tau-fluvalinate, tefluthrin, flucythrinate, flumethrin, cyfluthrin, beta cyfluthrin, transfluthrin, acrinathrin, alpha-cypermethrin, tralomethrin, cycloprothrin, cyhalothrin, lambda cyhalothrin, bifenthrin, kadethrin, resmethrin, bioresmethrin, tetramethrin, phenothrin, empenthrin, cyphenothrin, prallethrin, imiprothrin, allethrin, bioallethrin, ZXI8901, and mixtures thereof, wherein the weight ratio of the clothianidin to the pyrethrin or synthetic pyrethroid in the combination is within a range of from 1:10 to 10:1.