A method of controlling or preventing pest and/or pathogenic damage in a plant propagation material, a plant, and/or plant organs that grow at a later point in time, which comprises applying on the plant, part of the plant, or the surrounding area thereof, a pesticidal combination comprising, for example, at least two active ingredient components optionally together with one or more customary formulation auxiliaries, wherein component (I) is one or more insecticide(s) selected from the group comprising thiodicarb, clothianidin, imidacloprid, thiamethoxam, acetamiprid, thiacloprid, chlorantraniliprole, beta-cyfluthrin, lambda-cyhalothrin, tefluthrin, fipronil and abamectin and component (II) is one or more plant activators), provided that a) if component (II) is acibenzolar-S-methyl then component (I) is not solely thiamethoxam, b) if component (II) is acibenzolar-S-methyl or harpin then component (I) is not solely abamectin or a mixture of abamectin with one of clothianidin, imidacloprid or thiamethoxam, c) if component (U) is acibenzolar-S-methyl or harpin then component (I) is not solely thiodicarb or a mixture of thiodicarb with one of clothianidin, imidacloprid or thiamethoxam, and d) if component (II) is acibenzolar-S-methyl or harpin then no plant growth regulator selected from the group comprising paclobutrazol, cyproconazole, uniconazole, tetcyclacis, trinexapac, gibberellic acid and gibberellic acid-3 is present.
