Method for controlling pests in soybean

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10165778-B2
Application number	US-201715709900-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 20, 2017
Priority date	Feb 27, 2014
Publication date	Jan 1, 2019
Grant date	Jan 1, 2019

Abstract

A method for controlling pests of soybean plants comprises the step of contacting the soybean plant, parts of it, its propagation material, the pests, their food supply, habitat or breeding grounds with one or more components of the ginkgo tree selected from the group consisting of bilobalide, ginkgolide A, ginkgolide B, ginkgolide C, ginkgolide J and ginkgolide M.

First claim

We claim:

1. A method for controlling pests from the family of Pentatomidae and/or Thripidae, comprising contacting the pests, their food supply, habitat and/or breeding ground with one or more components of the ginkgo tree selected from the group consisting of bilobalide, ginkgolide A, ginkgolide B, ginkgolide C, ginkgolide J and ginkgolide M.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the pests are Pentatomidae and are Acrosternum spp. such as Acrosternum hilare, Euschistus spp. such as Euschistus heros, Nezara spp. such as Nezara viridula and/or Piezodrus spp. such as Piezodrus guildini.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the component or components of the ginkgo tree are applied in an amount of from 1 to 500 g/ha.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the component or components of the ginkgo tree are applied by foliar application.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the components of the ginkgo tree are applied to genetically modified soybean plants.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the components of the ginkgo tree are applied to soybean plants that have at least one toxin formed in the plant by genetic material of Bacillus thuringiensis.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the components of the ginkgo tree are applied to soybean plants that have at least one gene selected from CrylA(a), CrylA(b), CrylA(c), CryllA, CrylllA, CryIIIB2, Cry9c, Cry2Ab, Cry3Bb and CrylF, or a combination thereof.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the pests are from the family of Pentatomidae.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the pests are Acrosternum spp., Euschistus spp., Nezara spp. and/or Piezodrus spp.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the pests are Acrosternum hilare, Euschistus heros, Nezara viridula and/or Piezodrus guildini.

11. The method of claim 8 , wherein the component or components of the ginkgo tree are applied in an amount of from 1 to 500 g/ha.

12. The method of claim 8 , wherein the components of the ginkgo tree are applied by foliar application.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the pests are resistant to one or more of the insecticides selected from the group consisting of pyrethroids, neonicotinoids, and organophosphates.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the pests are selected from dichromothrips sp.

15. The method of claim 1 , wherein the soybean plant has an increased tolerance to certain herbicidally active compounds.

Assignees

• Basf Se

Inventors

• Saelinger Daniel
• Dickhaut Joachim
• Koerber Karsten
• Von Deyn Wolfgang
• Koller Raffael
• Narine Arun
• Wach Jean-Yves
• Dietz Jochen

Classifications

• A01N43/90 Primary

  having two or more relevant hetero rings, condensed among themselves or with a common carbocyclic ring system · CPC title

• A01N43/16

  with oxygen as the ring hetero atom · CPC title

• A01N65/00

  Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing material from algae, lichens, bryophyta, multi-cellular fungi or plants, or extracts thereof (containing compounds of determined constitution A01N27/00 - A01N59/00) · CPC title