	US 12,356,987 B2
	Insecticidal composition and method of controlling harmful organism
Jotaro Kida, Moriyama (JP); Mika Higuchi, Hikone (JP); Niiha Sasakura, Yasu (JP); Shuji Ishizaki, Kawasaki (JP); and Takashi Obayashi, Moriyama (JP)
Assigned to MITSUI CHEMICALS CROP & LIFE SOLUTIONS, INC., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/291,815
Filed by Mitsui Chemicals Crop & Life Solutions, Inc., Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Nov. 13, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/044564 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 6, 2021, PCT Pub. No. WO2020/100948, PCT Pub. Date May 22, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-214095 (JP), filed on Nov. 14, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0386062 A1, Dec. 16, 2021
Int. Cl. A01N 37/46 (2006.01); A01N 25/04 (2006.01); A01N 25/30 (2006.01)

CPC A01N 37/46 (2013.01) [A01N 25/04 (2013.01); A01N 25/30 (2013.01)]

9 Claims

1. An insecticidal composition comprising:

(1) a diamide-based insecticidal active ingredient;

(2) a solvent having 5 or more of a relative dielectric constant (ε_r) and 38 kcal/mol or more of a transition energy (ε_T(30));

(3) a nonionic surfactant; and

(4) a nonpolar solvent that is contained in an amount less than 30% by weight with respect to a total amount of the composition,

wherein (2) the solvent is one or more selected from the group consisting of N,N′-dimethylpropylene urea, N-methylpyrrolidone, dimethylsulfoxide, 3-methoxy-N,N-dimethylpropanamide, N-butylpyrrolidone, cyclohexanone, 3-butoxy-N,N-dimethylpropanamide, methyl 5-(dimethylamino)-2-methyl-5-oxopentanoate, N,N-dimethyloctanamide, lactic acid dimethylamide, N,N-dimethyldecanamide, y-butyrolactone, 3-methyl-2-oxazodone, ethylene glycol monomethyl ether, and benzyl alcohol.