A method of preventing damage to the seed and/or shoots and foliage of a plantby a pest includes treating the seed from which the plant grows with acomposition that includes a combination of clothianidin and at least onepyrethrin or synthetic pyrethroid. The treatment is applied to the unsownseed. In another embodiment, the seed is a transgenic seed having at least oneheterologous gene encoding for the expression of a protein having pesticidalactivity against a first pest and the composition has activity against atleast one second pest. Treated seeds are also provided.
