Patent · US Expired

Method for reducing pest damage to corn by treating transgenic corn seeds with thiamethoxam pesticide

US8080496B2 · kind B2 · utility

2Cited by

42References

24Claims

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Assignee

Syngenta Crop Protection AG · CH

Inventors

Jawed Asrar · Englewood, US
Frank C. Kohn · Chesterfield, US
Ernest Sanders · Chesterfield, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 1, 2001
Grant date	Dec 20, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 1, 2021

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02A40/146
WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method to protect corn against feeding damage by one or more pests includes the treatment of corn seed having a transgenic event that is targeted against at least one of the pests with thiamethoxam in an amount that is effective against the same or another of the one or more pests. Seeds having such protection are also disclosed.

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