PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for controlling insect pests by which insect pest damage during a seedling raising period and after transplanting can be prevented with saved labor.SOLUTION: The method for controlling the insect pests includes irrigating a composition containing a compound represented by formula 1 or an agriculturally suitable salt thereof as an active ingredient into soil during seeding or plant bodies during seedling raising in a seedling raising bed or into the soil in plant feet of the plant bodies during the seedling raising in the seedling raising bed.COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT【課題】省力的に育苗期間中および定植後の害虫被害を防止できる害虫防除方法を提供すること。【解決手段】式1で表される化合物またはその農学的に適切な塩を活性成分として含有する組成物を、播種時または育苗床育苗中の植物体または育苗床育苗中の植物体の株元の土壌に灌注することを特徴とする、害虫の防除方法。【選択図】なし
