The present invention provides a microencapsulated formulation comprising a pyrethroid insecticide solubilized in vegetable oil or derivatives thereof, the solubilized pyrethroid insecticide being encapsulated in a capsule having a polymeric shell wall. The invention also provides a process of preparing said microencapsulated formulation. The invention further provides a co-formulation comprises microencapsulated formulation of pyrethroid and a suspension concentrate comprising benzoylurea insecticide.

The invention relates to biocontrol compositions comprising an entomopathogenic fungus, kits comprising such an entomopathogenic fungus, and methods of using such a fungus and compositions to reduce or kill the population of agricultural, vegetable, or horticultural crop insect pests.

An outdoor aerosol agent for insect pest control useful for insect pests with reduced sensitivity to pyrethroid-based insecticidal components, particularly mosquitoes, having excellent adhesion to surfaces to be treated and effectiveness of formation of a barrier space without causing issues with VOC regulations. The aerosol agent is obtained by filling a pressure-resistant container with an aerosol stock solution and a propellant, wherein VOC content in the aerosol stock solution is 30% by mass or less, the aerosol stock solution including: (a) 0.01 to 3.0% by mass of a room-temperature volatile pyrethroid-based insecticidal component that has a vapor pressure of 2×10.sup.−4 to 1×10.sup.−2 mmHg at 30° C.; (b) 0.5 to 10% by mass of a glycol ether compound having a boiling point of 160 to 320° C.; (c) 0.2 to 5.0% by mass of a nonionic surfactant and/or an anionic surfactant; and (d) the remainder % by mass being water.

An object of the present invention is to provide novel means and method for efficiently controlling a harmful organism that is difficult to control by treatment with a single agrochemical compound. This object can be achieved by a harmful organism control composition comprising an active ingredient being a compound represented by the general formula (I):

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{wherein R.sup.1 represents a (C.sub.1-C.sub.6) alkyl group, R.sup.2 represents a halogen atom, a halo (C.sub.1-C.sub.6) alkyl group, or a (C.sub.3-C.sub.6) cycloalkyl group, R.sup.3 represents a hydrogen atom or a (C.sub.1-C.sub.6) alkylcarbonyl group, R.sup.4 represents a halogen atom, a (C.sub.1-C.sub.6) alkoxy group, or a (C.sub.1-C.sub.6) alkoxycarbonyl group, R.sup.5 represents a halogen atom, a (C.sub.1-C.sub.6) alkyl group, a halo (C.sub.1-C.sub.6) alkyl group, a halo (C.sub.1-C.sub.6) alkoxy group, or a (C.sub.3-C.sub.6) cycloalkyl group, and m represents 0, 1, or 2} or a salt thereof; and another active ingredient being one or more other compounds having harmful organism control activity or salts thereof as well as by a method for using the harmful organism control composition.

In crop production in the fields of agriculture, horticulture and the like, the damage caused by insect pests etc. is still immense, and insect pests resistant to existing insecticides have emerged. The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to develop and provide a novel agricultural and horticultural insecticide. The present invention provides a condensed heterocyclic compound represented by the general formula (1): ##STR00001## {wherein Q represents a ring group represented by any of Q-1, Q-2, and Q-3, R.sup.5 and R.sup.8 each represent a hydrogen atom, R.sup.6 and R.sup.7 each represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or a (C.sub.1-C.sub.6) haloalkyl group, and m represents 2}, or a salt thereof.

A composition containing a compound having excellent controlling effects against a harmful arthropod is represented by formula (I). In formula (I), Q represents a group represented by formula Q1; a group represented by formula Q2 or a group represented by formula Q3; a combination of A.sup.2 and A.sup.3 represents a combination in which A.sup.2 is a nitrogen atom and A.sup.3 is CR.sup.4b, or a combination in which A.sup.2 is CR.sup.4a and A.sup.3 is a nitrogen atom; Z represents an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom; and T represents a C2-C10 chain hydrocarbon group having one or more halogen atoms. ##STR00001##

The disclosure provides nucleic acids, and variants and fragments thereof, obtained from strains of Bacillus thuringiensis encoding polypeptides having pesticidal activity against insect pests, including Lepidoptera. Particular embodiments of the disclosure provide isolated nucleic acids encoding pesticidal proteins, pesticidal compositions, DNA constructs, and transformed microorganisms and plants comprising a nucleic acid of the embodiments. These compositions find use in methods for controlling pests, especially plant pests.

The present invention relates to a stable liquid agrochemical formulation in the form of an oil dispersion comprising neonicotinoid compounds and pyrethroid compounds that is stable at low temperatures.

Described are compositions and methods relating to a coated granule comprising a core coated with cross-linkable polymer, where the cross-linkable polymer is applied using a feed suspension that includes an acid-neutralized volatile base and a calcium salt insoluble at the pH of the neutralized feed suspension. Volatilization of the base decreases the pH of the feed suspension, thereby solubilizing the calcium salt, and inducing in situ ion-mediated cross-linking of the cross-linkable polymer.

The present invention provides a compound that have excellent harmful arthropod controlling effects, the compounds being represented by formula (I) [wherein R represents a C1-C6 chain hydrocarbon group etc., X represents a C1-C4 chain hydrocarbon group etc., G represents a C1-C4 chain hydrocarbon group etc., and n is 0, 1, 2, or 3], as well as a composition for controlling harmful arthropod comprising the same, and a method for controlling harmful arthropod comprising applying the same.

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