Plant treatment composition formulated as a liquid and comprising fludioxonil and one or more neonicotinoid insecticides selected from clothianidin, imidacloprid and thiamethoxam
Disclosed is a liquid composition for treating plant propagation material, and which comprises A) water； B) fludioxonil； C) one or more neonicotinoid insecticides selected from the group consisting of clothianidin, imidacloprid, and thiamethoxam； and D) a blend of the following components, by weight: i) 0.05-20% wetting agent selected from one or more lignosulfonic acid Na salt or naphthalenesulfonic acid sodium salt； ii) 0.05-10% dispersing agent selected from one or more of copolymer butanol PO/EO and acrylic graft copolymer in water and propyleneglycol； iii) 0.05-5% drying agent selected from one or more of inorganic oxides or polymer waxes and wherein the inorganic oxides are selected from the group consisting of silicon dioxide, titanium dioxide, aluminium oxide, zirconium oxide and fumed silica, and wherein the polymer waxes are selected from the group consisting of oxidized and non-oxidized polyethylene wax, polyethylene copolymer wax, Montan wax, and polyether wax； and iv) 0.01-20% suberization agent selected from at least one starch, alkyl triol, glycerol, alkyl diol, or octanoic acid. Further disclosed is a method for preventing pest infestation in useful crops comprising treating the plant propagation material of a useful crop with a pesticidally effective amount of a composition as defined above, wherein said plant propagation material is selected from seeds, roots, fruits, tubers, bulbs, or rhizomes.
