PESTICIDAL COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING A CHITIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITOR AND PIPERONYL BUTOXIDE

摘要

The present invention relates to pesticide compositions and particularly to compositions which are able to provide an improved protecting effect against invertebrates such as insects and acari. More particularly, the present invention relates to synergistic pesticide compositions comprising a chitin synthesis inhibitor and piperonyl butoxide for protecting any living or non-living material, such as crops, plants, fruits, seeds, building parts made of wood, thatch or the like, biodegradable material and textiles against deterioration due to the action of pests such as insects and for treating animals, especially mammals, gallinaceae and anatidae, against such harmful invertebrates. This invention thus relates to the field of protection of plants, crops, warm-blooded animals, food, building materials and textiles through the control of pests. The chitin biosynthesis inhibitors are specifically, bistrifluron, buprofezin, chlorfluazuron, diflubenzuron, flucycloxuron, flufenoxuron, hexaflumuron, lufenuron, novaluron, teflubenzuron or triflumuron. Preferred is flufenoxuron.