Title of Invention	AGROCHEMICAL FORMULATIONS COMPRISING AN OIL PHASE FREE OF PESTICIDES
Abstract	The present invention relates to a formulation comprising (a) at least one pesticide; and (b) at least one non-ionic surfactant of formula (I): R -O-(AO)x-(H); wherein R1 represents straight-chain or branched alkyl having 4 to 20 carbon atoms; AO is ethyleneoxy, propyleneoxy or a mixture of ethyleneoxy and propyleneoxy; and x correspond to values from 2 to 30; and (c) at least one ionic tristyrylphenyl alkoylate; and (d) at least one oil; and (e) water, wherein the pesticide is present in the aqueous phase in form of a suspension and the oil is essentially free of pesticide.

Title of Invention

AGROCHEMICAL FORMULATIONS COMPRISING AN OIL PHASE FREE OF PESTICIDES

Abstract

The present invention relates to a formulation comprising (a) at least one pesticide; and (b) at least one non-ionic surfactant of formula (I): R -O-(AO)x-(H); wherein R1 represents straight-chain or branched alkyl having 4 to 20 carbon atoms; AO is ethyleneoxy, propyleneoxy or a mixture of ethyleneoxy and propyleneoxy; and x correspond to values from 2 to 30; and (c) at least one ionic tristyrylphenyl alkoylate; and (d) at least one oil; and (e) water, wherein the pesticide is present in the aqueous phase in form of a suspension and the oil is essentially free of pesticide.

Full Text	Liquid water based agrochemical formulations The present invention relates to a formulation comprising (a) at least one pesticide; and (b) at least one non-ionic surfactant of formula I wherein R1 represents straight-chain or branched alkyl having 4 to 20 carbon atoms; AO is ethyleneoxy, propyleneoxy or a mixture of ethyleneoxy and propylene- oxy; and x correspond to values from 2 to 30; and (c) at least one ionic tristyrylphenyl alkoylate; and (d) at least one oil; and (e) water, wherein the pesticide is present in the aqueous phase in form of a suspension and the oil is essentially free of pesticide. Agricultural formulations comprising alkoxylated tristyrylphenoles are known. WO 2006/114186 discloses water in oil suspoemulsions, wherein the oil phase comprises the pesticide. EP 0514769 discloses suspoemulsions comprising a herbicide, an aromatic solvent and ethoxylated tristyrylphenoles. The term suspoemulsions is defined therein according to Mulqeen et al., Pesticide Science, 1990, 29, 451-465 as combination of an emulsion phase, containing one or more active ingredients, with a continu- ous phase also containing one of more active ingredients in the form of a solid disper- sion." On of the object the formulation chemist is faced with is to develop formulations, in which actives are kept in stable suspension. Another object is that it is desirable for many applications in plant protection to provide a formulation, which is capable of keeping more than one active dispersed,, or which is capable of keeping a couple of actives in suspension and at least one oil emulsified in the same medium. The object was solved by a formulation comprising (a) at least one pesticide; (b) at least one non-ionic surfactant of formula I wherein R1 represents straight-chain or branched alky) having 4 to 20 carbon atoms; AO is ethyleneoxy, propyleneoxy or a mixture of ethyleneoxy and propylene- oxy; and x correspond to values from 2 to 20; and (c) at least one ionic tristyrylphenyl alkoylate; and (d) at least one oil; and (e) water, wherein the pesticide is present in the aqueous phase in form of a suspension and the oil is essentially free of pesticide. The formulation may also optionally further comprise a solvent (f). The formulation may also optionally further comprise a non-ionic surfactant (g). The formulation may also optionally further comprise further formulation auxiliaries (h). Preferably, the respective amounts of components (a) to (f) are as follows: The amount of the at least one pesticide (a) is from 1 % up to 60% by weight; preferably 5 to 50, most preferably 7.5 to 30% by weight. The amount of non-ionic surfactant (b) of formula I is from 0.5% up to 30% by weight; preferably 2 to 5% by weight. The amount of ionic tristyrylphenyl ethoxylate (c) is from 0.5% up to 30% by weight; pref- erably 5 to 15% by weight. The amount of oil (d) is from 5% up to 50% by weight; pref- erably 20 to 40% by weight. If a solvent (f) is present, the amount of sovent is from 5% up to 50% by weight preferably 20 to 40 % by weight. If a non-ionic surfactant (g) is present in the formulation, the amount of non-ionic surfactant selected from the group consisting of ethyleneoxid / propyleneoxid block copolymers is from 0.5% up to 20% by weight. Generally, the amount of water (e) add up to 100% by weight. If a further formulation auxiliaries are present, the amount of further formulation auxiliaries is from 0.1 % up to 2% by weight preferably 0.5 to 1 % by weight. Compounds of formula l are well known in the art, and described for example inter alia in WO 03/00053, WO 00/35278, WO 05/105285 and EP 1 140 741. That the specific combination of compounds of formula I with at least one ionic tristyryi- phenyl alkoxylate represents a favorable system for liquid water based agrochemical formulations not disclosed in any of these documents. Furthermore, ethyleneoxy, which represents -CH2-CH2-O- is hereinbelow abbreviated as "EO" and propyleneoxy, which represents -CH2"CH(CH3)-O- is hereinbelow abbrevi- ated as "PO". In formula I, m and n represent mean values. A preferred group of non-ionic surfactants are alcohol alkoxylates of the formula la in which R1 has the meaning indicated above: and o represents numbers from 2 to 20. A further preferred group of non-ionic surfactants are alcohol alkoxylates of the formula Ib in which R1 has the meaning indicated above, and m represents numbers from 1 to 10 and n represents numbers from 1 to 10. A further preferred group of non-ionic surfactants are alcohol alkoxylates of the formula Ic in which R1 has the meaning indicated above, r represents numbers from 1 to 10 and s represents numbers from 1 to 10. A further preferred group of non-ionic surfactants are alcohol alkoxylates of the formula Id In the formulae indicated beforehand R1 preferably represents butyl, i-butyl, n-pentyl, i- pentyl, neopentyl, n-hexyl, i-hexyl, n-octyl, i-octyl, 2-ethyl-hexyl, nonyl, i-nonyl, decyl, n- dodecyl, i-dodecyl, lauryl, myristyl, i-tridecyl, trimethyl-nonyl, palnityl, stearyl or eicosyl, wherein 2 ethyl-hexyl is preferred. Preferred are non-ionic surfactants are alcohol alkoxylates of the formula Ib and Ic, wherein R1 is 2-ethyl-hexyl [CH3-CH2-CH2-CH2-CH(C2H5)-CH2-]. More preferred are alcohol alkoxylates of the formula lb-1, wherein wherein n is preferably 3 to 5, m is preferably to a value from 1 to 2 ; and alcohol alkoxylates of formula lc-1 CH3-CH2-CH2-CH2-CH(C2H5)-CH2-(-PO-)r(EO-)s-H (lc-1) Most preferred are alcohol alkoxylates of the formula Ib, wherein alcohol alkoxylates of the formula lb-1 are utmost preferred. As mentioned above, in all alcohol alkoxylates of formula I, the numbers given for m, n, o, r, s and u are average values (mean values). In addition, the above formulae give a general definition of the alcohol alkoxylates. These substances are mixtures of substances of the type indicated having different chain lengths. For the indices, therefore, average values are calculated which can also differ from integers. By way of example, an alcohol alkoxylate of the formula (lc-1) may be mentioned, in which r represents the average value 6,2 and s represents the average value 8,3. The ionic tristyrylphenyl alkoxylates (c) are preferably phosphated or sulfated and optionally neutralized by a base. More preferably, the tristyrylphenyl alkoxylates comprise formula II The respective free acide forms of formula II can be also neutralized with a base e.g. an alkalimetallhydroxid (e.g. NaOH, KOH) or ammoniac or or an amine (e.g. of formula III NR1R2R3 (III) wherein R1, R2 and R3 are indepently from each other hyrdogen methyl, ethyl or propyl, preferably R1, R2 and R3 are ethyl) in aqueous solution resulting in R2 = SO3X or HPO3Y (wherein X and Y represent independly from each other NH4+, (NR1R2R3)+ with R1, R2 and R3 as defined above, Na+ or K+. Most preferred are ionic tristyrylphenol ethoxylates, which are preferably phosphated or sulfated and optionally neutralized by a base, more preferably those, in which R2 is is SO3X and HPO3Y, wherein X and Y have the meaning as defined above.Herein, the tristyrylphenyl ethoxylates of formula IIa are utmost preferred: wherein v is 1 to 60, more preferably 10 to 25, and most preferably 14 to 18; and R2 is SO3Hor H2PO3 The respective free acide forms can be also neutralized with a base e.g. an alkalimet- allhydroxid (e.g. NaOH, KOH) or ammoniac or an amine (e.g. of formula III NR1R2R3 (III) wherein R1 R2 and R3 are indepently from each other hydrogen, methyl, ethyl or pro- pyl, preferably R1, R2 and R3 are ethyl) in aqueous solution resulting in R2 = SO3X or HPO3Y (wherein X and Y represent independly from each other NH4+, (NR1R2R3)+ with R1, R2 and R3 as defined above, or K+. Most preferred are compounds of formula lla, wherein R2 is SO3X and HPO3Y, wherein X and Y have the meaning as defined above. The preparation of compounds of formula II and lla is known in the art and can be per- formed e.g. in analogy to the methods described in US 5,082,591. Compounds of for- mula II and lla can be obtained by condensation of styrene on phenol followed by eth- oxylation, or by ethoxylation-propoxylation. Anionic tristyrylphenyl alkoxylates can be prepared by phosphatation (e.g. with P2O5) or Sulfatation (e.g. with H2NSO3H) option- ally followed by neutralisation with a base (e.g. alkalihydroxid or ammoniak) Com- pounds of formula I and/or II are available in commercial products, for example Sopro- phor FLK, Soprohor FL, Soprophor 4D384 , Soprophor 4D360 (potassium salt, triethanolamine salt, NhV-salt) from Rhodia. The term "at least one oil" (d) means that either one oil or a mixture of oils can be used. The oil (d) can be selected from the group consisting of mineral oils and synthetic oils and vegetable (plant) and animal oils, e.g. mixtures of Ce to C22 fatty acids. Examples are mineral oil fractions of medium to high boiling point, for example kerosene and die- sel fuel, petroleum derivatives furthermore coal tar oils, hydrocarbons, paraffin oils, unhydrogenated, hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated aromatic or alkylaromatic compounds from the benzene or naphthalene series, fats and oils of vegetable or ani- mal origin, such as mono-, di- and triglycerides, pure or as a mixture, for example in the form of oily extracts of natural products, for example olive oil, soybean oil, sunflower oil, castor oil, sesame oil, corn oil, groundnut oil, rapeseed oil, linseed oil, almond oil, sun- flower oil, coco, palm kern, palm, soya, rapeseed, canola, maize, but also beef tallow oil, sperm oil, hering oil, castor oil and their raffinates, for example hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated products thereof in particular methyl and ethyl esters. Preferred oils are any kind of mineral oil ( petroleum derivatives ) but also vegetable oils like coco, palm kern, palm, soya, rapeseed, canola, maize, but also beef tallow oil, sperm oil, hering oil, castor oil, which are mixtures of natural occuring C8 to C22 fatty acids, and which may be optionally hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated products thereof in particular methyl and ethyl esters. The term "at least one solvent" (f) means that either one organic solvent or a mixture of organic solvents can be used. The organic solvent (f) can be either a polar or non-polar solvent. Examples of suitable solvents (f) are Cs to Cn aromatic petroleum derivatives (aromatic hydrocarbons) with a solubility in water mercial available under the following brand names: Solvesso 100, Solvesso 150, Solvesso 200, Solvesso 150ND, solvesso 200ND, Aromatic 150, Aromatic 200, Hydro- sol A 200, Hydrosol A 230/270, Caromax 20,Caromax 28, Aromat K 150, Aromat K 200, Shellsol A 150, Shellsol A 100, Fin FAS-TX 150, Fin FAS-TX 200), hydrocarbons such as aromatic depleted, linear paraffinic, isoparaffinic, cycloparaffinic having a flash point between 40°C and 250°C and a distillation range from 150°C to 450°C, Ani- sole.Dimethylsulfoxid (DMSO), N-Methylvalerolactam and Lactones such as v- Butyrolacton; and Esters such as Benzylacetate, Benzyl benzoate, Butyl benzoate, 2-, ethoxypropylacetate, methyl proxitol acetate; Tributyl phosphate and Amides such as N,N-dimethyl octanamide, and/or N,N-dimethyl decanamide,; and Ketones such as 2- heptanone, cyclohexanone, acetophenone, and acetophenone derivatives such as 4- methoxy acetophenone; and Alcohols such as cyclohexanol, Benzylalcohol diacetone alcohol, for example 4-hydroxy-4-methyl-2-pentanone, n-octanol, 2 ethylhexanol Diesters such as mixtures of Dimethyl glutarate, dimethyl succinate and dimethyl adi- pate, or mixtures of Diisobutyl glutarate, diidobutyl succinate and diisobutyl adipate and glycol and derivatives such as polyethylene glycol, glycerol, propylene glycol, pro- pylene glycol monomethyl ether acetate, dipropylene glycol monomethyl ether, propyl- ene glycol monophenyl ether; and alkylene carbonates such as Propylencarbonate, Butylene carbonate, and pyrrolidone, derivatives such as N-octylpyrrolidone, N-ethyl pyrrolidone, N-docedyl pyrrolidone, and Lactate esters such as n-propyl lactate, methyl lactate, ethyl lactate, isopropyl lactate, butyl lactate, commercially available under the tradenames Purasolv NPL - Purasolv ML - Purasolv EL - Purasolv IPL Purasolv BL or mixtures selected from at least two of the aforementioned solvents. As mentioned above, the liquid formulation comprises at least one oil (d) and optionally further at least one solvent (f). The pesticide can be dissolved in an oil or a mixture of at least one oil and at least one solvent(s) (and later on emulsified in water) or dissolved in water (if the pesticide is water soluble). According to the invention the pesticide is present in the aqueous phase in form of a suspension and the oil is essentially free of pesticide. The term "essentially" means the concentration of the pesticide in the oil is not exceeeding 5 wt%, preferebly 2 wt% and especially 0.5 wt%, in respect to the total weight of the oil. In case that more than one pesticide is used, e.g. two, the pesticides could be present either in solid form (suspension in water) or solubilized in water. Herein, the pesticides can be present under the same form (e.g. both are present in solid form in form of a suspension) or under different forms (e.g. one pesticide is solubilized in water and the other is present in form of a suspension in the aqueous phase). In a particular preferred embodiment, both pesticides are present in form of a suspension in the aqueous phase, and the oil is essentially free of pesticide. Herein, it is preferred that the formula- tion does not comprise an organic solvent. The formulations as defined above, may comprise a further non-ionic surfactant (g) selected from the group of ethylene propylene oxide block copolymers, wherein the molecular weight of such polymers may lay in a range from 850g/mol to 3250 g/mol (e.g. commercial available as Pluronic® PE types from BASF (e.g. Pluronic® PE 3100, Pluronic® PE 3500, Pluronic® PE 4300, Pluronic® PE 6100, Pluronic® PE 6200, Plu- ronic® PE 6400, Pluronic® PE 6800, Pluronic® PE 7400, Pluronic® PE 8100, Pluronic® PE 9200, Pluronic® PE 9400, Pluronic® PE 10100, Pluronic® PE 10300, Pluronic® PE 1.0400, Pluronic® PE 10500). In a particular preferred embodiment, the formulation comprises (a) one or two pesticides present in form of a suspension; (b) at least one non-ionic surfactant of formula I, preferably lb or Ic, more preferably lb-1 or lc-1 or Ic2, most preferably lb-1 (c) at least one ionic tristyrylphenyl alkoylate, preferably of formula II, more prefera- bly of formula II, most preferably of formula lla; and (d) at least one oil, wherein the oil is essentially free of pesticide; and (e) water; and (g) non-ionic surfactant (g) selected from the group of ethylene propylene oxide block copolymers; and no solvent(s). Optionally, the formulation may comprise also further formulation auxiliaries (h) suitable for the formulation of agrochemicals, such as additional surfactants, antifoaming agents, anti-freezing agents, stabilizers, preservatives and/or antioxidants optionally if the formulation is intended for seed treatment purposes dyes and/or binders. Suitable stabilizers are, for example carboxylic acids ( citric acid, acetic acid, dodecyl- benzensuifonic acidc ), orthophosphoric acid dodecylbenzensulfonic acidcand suitable salts threof. Suitable antioxidants are for example as Butylhydroxytoluene Suitable preservatives are for example 1,2-benzisothiazolin-3-one and/or 2-Methyl-2H- isothiazol-3-one or sodium benzoate or benzoic acid. Suitable antifreeze agents are for example glycerine, ethylene glycol, hexyleneglycol and propylene glycol. Suitable antifoaming agents are for example antifoaming agents based on modified silicon, for example PolyDiMethylSiloxanes. Suitable binders can be added to improve the adhesion of the active materials on the seeds after treatment. Suitable binders are Polyvinylpyrrolidone, Polyvinylacetate, Polyvinylalkohol and Tylose. Suitable dyes for seed treatment formulations are Rhodamin B, C.I. Pigment Red 112, C.I. Solvent Red 1, pigment blue 15:4, pigment blue 15:3, pigment blue 15:2, pigment blue 15:1, pigment blue 80, pigment yellow 1, pigment yellow 13, pigment red 112, pigment red 48:2, pigment red 48:1, pigment red 57:1, pigment red 53:1, pigment or- ange 43, pigment orange 34, pigment orange 5, pigment green 36, pigment green 7, pigment white 6, pigment brown 25, basic violet 10, basic violet 49, acid red 51, acid red 52, acid red 14, acid blue 9, acid yellow 23, basic red 10, basic red 1O8.They must be soluble in solvents. The formulations are prepared in a known manner (see e.g. for review US 3,060,084, EP-A 707 445 (for liquid concentrates), Chemical Engineering, Dec. 4,1967, 147-48, Perry's Chemical Engineer's Handbook, 4th Ed., McGraw-Hill, New York, 1963, pages 8-57 and et seq. WO 91/13546, US 4,172,714, US 4,144,050, US 3,920,442, US 5,180,587, US 5,232,701, US 5,208,030, GB 2,095,558, US 3,299,566, Klingman, Weed Control as a Science, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 1961, Hance et al., Weed Control Handbook, 8th Ed., Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, 1989 and Mollet, H., Grubemann, A., Formulation technology, Wiley VCH Verlag GmbH, Wein- heim (Germany), 2001, 2. D. A. Knowles, Chemistry and Technology of Agrochemical Formulations, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 1998 (ISBN 0-7514-0443-8), for example by extending the pesticide with the solvent and/or mineral oil as defined above and surfactants (b), (c) and optionally (f) according to the present invention as defined above and optionally further surfactant(s) and formulation auxiliaries as defined above. For example, the formulations can be prepared, by comminuting the corresponding pesticide(s) with addition of oil, solvent(s) asdefined above under stirring till the active is fully in solution, then by adding (emulsifiers, antifreeze, antifoaming agents and lastly water) and, if appropriate, further auxiliaries like preservative of dye in a vessel. Another example for preparation is to prepare a premix wet mill-base of the pesticides / to fit with the required particle size distribution. To this wet mill base, further formulation auxiliaries are added, such as e.g antifoams and thickener. An oil and optionally an emulsifier are mixed and stirred to prepare an oily solution.The wet mill-base with for- mulation auxiliaries (antifoams and thickener) is mixed under stirring with the oily solu- tion to give the final formulation. The term "at least one pesticide" within the meaning of the invention states that one or more compounds can be selected from the group consiting of fungicides, insecticides, nematicides herbicide and/or safener or growth regulators can be used. The skilled artisan is familiar with such pesticides, which can be, for example, found in the Pesti- cide Manual, 13th Ed. (2003), The British Crop Protection Council, London. The following list of pesticides together with which the compounds according to the invention can be used, is intended to illustrate possiblities, but not to impose any limitation: The insecticide can be selected from the group consisting of A.1. Organo(thio)phosphates: acephate, azamethiphos, azinphos-methyl, chlorpyrifos, chlorpyrifos-methyl, chlorfenvinphos, diazinon, dichlorvos, dicrotophos, dimethoate, disulfoton, ethion, fenitrothion, fenthion, isoxathion, malathion, methamidophos, methi- dathion, methyl-parathion, mevinphos, monocrotophos, oxydemeton-methyl, paraoxon, parathion, phenthoate, phosalone, phosmet, phosphamidon, phorate, phoxim, pirimi- phos-methyl, profenofos, prothiofos, sulprophos, tetrachlorvinphos, terbufos, triazo- phos, trichlorfon; A.2. Carbamates: alanycarb, aldicarb, bendiocarb, benfuracarb, carbaryl, carbofuran, carbosulfan, fenoxycarb, furathiocarb, methiocarb, methomyl, oxamyl, pirimicarb, pro- poxur, thiodicarb, triazamate; A.3. Pyrethroids: allethrin, bifenthrin, cyfluthrin, cyhalothrin, cyphenothrin, cyperme- thrin, alpha-cypermethrin, beta-cypermethrin, zeta-cypermethrin, deltamethrin, esfen- valerate, etofenprox, fenpropathrin, fenvalerate, imiprothrin, lambda-cyhalothrin, gamma-cyhalothrin, permethrin, prallethrin, pyrethrin I and II, resmethrin, silafluofen, tau-fluvalinate, tefluthrin, tetramethrin, tralomethrin, transfluthrin, profluthrin, dimeflu- thrin; A.4. Growth regulators: a) chitin synthesis inhibitors: benzoylureas: chlorfluazuron, diflubenzuron, flucycloxuron, flufenoxuron, hexaflumuron, lufenuron, novaluron, te- flubenzuron, triflumuron; buprofezin, diofenolan, hexythiazox, etoxazole, clofentazine; b) ecdysone antagonists: halofenozide, methoxyfenozide, tebufenozide, azadirachtin; c) juvenoids: pyriproxyfen, methoprene, fenoxycarb; d) lipid biosynthesis inhibitors: spirodiclofen, spiromesifen, spirotetramat; A.5. Nicotinic receptor agonists/antagonists compounds: clothianidin, dinotefuran, imi- dacloprid, thiamethoxam, nitenpyram, acetamiprid, thiacloprid; the thiazol compound of formula (P) 9 A.7. Macrocyclic lactone insecticides: abamectin, emamectin, milbemectin, lepimectin, spinosad, the compound of formula (r3) (CAS No. 187166-40-1) A.8. METI I compounds: fenazaquin, pyridaben, tebufenpyrad, tolfenpyrad, flufenerim; A.9. METI II and III compounds: acequinocyl, fluacyprim, hydramethylnon; A.10. Uncoupler compounds: chlorfenapyr; A.11. Oxidative phosphorylation inhibitor compounds: cyhexatin, diafenthiuron, fenbu- tatin oxide, propargite; A.12. Moulting disruptor compounds: cyromazine; A.13. Mixed Function Oxidase inhibitor compounds: piperonyl butoxide; A.M. Sodium channel blocker compounds: indoxacarb, metaflumizone, A.15. Various: benclothiaz, bifenazate, cartap, flonicamid, pyridalyl, pymetrozine, sul- fur, thiocyclam, flubendiamide, cyenopyrafen, flupyrazofos, cyflumetofen, amidoflumet, the aminoquinazolinone compound of formula r V* h N-R'-2,2-dihalo-1-R"cyclo-propanecarboxamide-2-(2,6-dichloro-α,α,α-tri-fluoro-p- tolyl)hydrazone or N-R'-2,2-di(R'")propionamide-2-(2,6-dichloro- α,α,α-trifluoro-p-tolyl)- hydrazone, wherein R' is methyl or ethyl, halo is chloro or bromo, R" is hydrogen or methyl and R'" is methyl or ethyl, anthranilamide compounds of formula r5 wherein A1 is CH3, Cl, Br, I, X is C-H, C-CI, C-F or N, Y' is F, Cl, or Br, Y" is H, F, Cl, CF3) B1 is hydrogen, Cl, Br, I, CN, B2 is Cl, Br, CF3, OCH2CF3, OCF2H, and RB is hy- drogen, CH3 or CH(CH3)2, and malononitrile compounds as described in JP 2002 284608, WO 02/89579, WO 02/90320, WO 02/90321, WO 04/06677, WO 04/20399, JP 2004 99597, WO 05/68423, WO 05/68432, or WO 05/63694, especially the malononitrile compounds CF3(CH2)2C(CN)2CH2(CF2)3CF2H, CF3(CH2)2C(CN)2CH2(CF2)5CF2H, CF3(CH2)2C(CN)2(CH2)2C(CF3)2F, CF3(CH2)2C(CN)2(CH2)2(CF2)3CF3, CF2H(CF2)3CH2C(CN)2CH2(CF2)3CF2H, CF3(CH2)2C(CN)2CH2(CF2)3CF3, CF3(CF2)2CH2C(CN)2CH2(CF2)3CF2H, and CF3CF2CH2C(CN)2CH2(CF2)3CF2H The commercially available compounds of the group A may be found in The Pesticide Manual, 13th Edition, British Crop Protection Council (2003) among other publications. Thioamides of formula r2 and their preparation have been described in WO 98/28279. Lepimectin is known from Agro Project, PJB Publications Ltd, November 2004. Ben- clothiaz and its preparation have been described in EP-A1 454621. Methidathion and Paraoxon and their preparation have been described in Farm Chemicals Handbook, Volume 88, Meister Publishing Company, 2001. Acetoprole and its preparation have been described in WO 98/28277. Metaflumizone and its preparation have been de- scribed in EP-A1 462 456. Flupyrazofos has been described in Pesticide Science 54, 1988, p.237-243 and in US 4822779. Pyrafluprole and its preparation have been de- scribed in JP 2002193709 and in WO 01/00614. Pyriprole and its preparation have been described in WO 98/45274 and in US 6335357. Amidoflumet and its preparation have been described in US 6221890 and in JP 21010907. Flufenerim and its prepara- tion have been described in WO 03/007717 and in WO 03/007718. Cyflumetofen and its preparation have been described in WO 04/080180. Anthranilamides of formula r5 and their preparation have been described in WO 01/70671; WO 02/48137; WO 03/24222, WO 03/15518, WO 04/67528; WO 04/33468; and WO 05/118552. The malononitrile compounds CF3(CH2)2C(CN)2CH2(CF2)3CF2H, CF3(CH2)2C(CN)2CH2(CF2)5CF2H, CF3(CH2)2C(CN)2(CH2)2C(CF3)2F, CF3(CH2)2C(CN)2(CH2)2(CF2)3CF3, CF2H(CF2)3CH2C(CN)2CH2(CF2)3CF2H, CF3(CH2)2C(CN)2CH2(CF2)3CF3, CF3(CF2)2CH2C(CN)2CH2(CF2)3CF2H, and CF3CF2CH2C(CN)2CH2(CF2)3CF2H have been described in WO 05/63694. The fungicide can be selected from the group consisting of 1. Strobilurins such as azoxystrobin, dimoxystrobin, enestroburin, fluoxastrobin, lresoxim-methyl, metominostrobin, picoxystrobin, pyraclostrobin, trifloxystrobin, ory- sastrobin, methyl (2-chloro-5-[1 -(3-methylbenzyloxyimino)ethyl]benzyl)carbamate, methyl (2-chloro-5-[1-(6-methylpyridin-2-ylmethoxyimino)ethyl]benzyl)carbamate, methyl 2-(ortho-((2,5-dimethylpheny!oxymethylene)phenyl)-3-methoxyacrylate; 2. Carboxamides such as carboxanilides: benalaxyl, benodanil, boscalid, carboxin, mepronil, fenfuram, fenhex- amid, flutolanil, furametpyr, metalaxyl, ofurace, oxadixyl, oxycarboxin, penthiopyrad, thifluzamide, tiadinil, N-(4'-bromobiphenyl-2-yl)-4-difluoromethyl-2-methylthiazole-5- carboxamide, N-(4'-trifluoromethylbiphenyl-2-yl)-4-difluoromethyl-2-methylthiazole-5- carboxamide, N-(4'-chloro-3'-fluorobiphenyl-2-yl)-4-difluoromethyl-2-methylthiazole-5- carboxamide, N-(3',4'-dichloro-4-fluorobiphenyl-2-yl)-3-difluoromethyl-1-methylpyra- zole-4-carboxamide, N-(2-cyanophenyl)-3,4-dichloroisothiazo\e-5-carboxamide; carboxylic acid morpholides: dimethomorph, flumorph; benzamides: flumetover, fluopicolide (picobenzamid), zoxamide; other carboxamides: carpropamid, diclocymet, mandipropamid, N-(2-(4-[3-(4-chloro- phenyl)prop-2-ynyloxy]-3-methoxyphenyl)ethyl)-2-methanesulfonylamino-3-methyl- butyramide, N-(2-(4-[3-(4-chlorophenyl)prop-2-ynyloxy]-3-methoxyphenyl)ethyl)-2- ethanesulfonylamino-3-methylbutyramide; 3. Azoles such as triazoles: bitertanol, bromuconazole, cyproconazole, difenoconazole, diniconazole, enilconazole, epoxiconazole, fenbuconazole, flusilazole, fluquinconazole, flutriafol, hexaconazole, imibenconazole, ipconazole, metconazole, myclobutanil, penconazole, propiconazole, prothioconazole, simeconazole, tebuconazole, tetraconazole, triadi- menol, triadimefon, triticonazole; imidazoles: cyazofamid, imazalil, pefurazoate, prochloraz, triflumizole; benzimidazoles: benomyl, carbendazim, fuberidazole, thiabendazole; others: ethaboxam, etridiazole, hymexazole; 4. Nitrogenous heterocyclyl compounds such as pyridines: fluazinam, pyrifenox, 3-[5-(4-chlorophenyl)-2,3-dimethylisoxazolidin-3-yl]- pyridine; pyrimidines: bupirimate, cyprodinil, ferimzone, fenarimol, mepanipyrim, nuarimol, pyrimethanil; piperazines: triforine; pyrroles: fludioxonil, fenpiclonil; morpholines: aldimorph, dodemorph, fenpropimorph, tridemorph; dicarboximides: iprodione, procymidone, vinclozolin; others: acibenzolar-S-methyl, anilazine, captan, captafol, dazomet, diclomezine, feno- xanil, folpet, fenpropidin, famoxadone, fenamidone, octhilinone, probenazole, proqui- nazid, pyroquilon, quinoxyfen, tricyclazole, 5-chloro-7-(4-methy!piperidin-1-yl)-6-(2,4,6- trifluorophenyl)-[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine, 2-butoxy-6-iodo-3-propylchromen-4- one, N,N-dimethyl-3-(3-bromo-6-fluoro-2-methylindole-1 -sulfonyl)-[1,2,4]triazole-1 -sul- fonamide; 5. Carbamates and dithiocarbamates such as dithiocarbamates: ferbam, mancozeb, maneb, metiram, metam, propineb, thiram, zineb, ziram; carbamates: diethofencarb, flubenthiavalicarb, iprovalicarb, propamocarb, methyl 3-(4- chlorophenyl)-3-(2-isopropoxycarbonylamino-3-methylbutyrylamino)propionate, 4- fluorophenyl N-(1-(1-(4-cyanophenyl)ethanesulfonyl)but-2-yl)carbamate; 6. Other fungicides such as guanidines: dodine, iminoctadine, guazatine; antibiotics: kasugamycin, polyoxins, streptomycin, validamycin A; organometallic compounds: fentin salts; sulfur-containing heterocyclyl compounds: isoprothiolane, dithianon; organophosphorus compounds: edifenphos, fosetyl, fosetyl-aluminum, iprobenfos, pyrazophos, tolclofos-methyl, phosphorous acid and its salts; organochlorine compounds: thiophanate-methyl, chlorothalonil, dichlofluanid, tolylflua- nid, flusulfamide, phthalide, hexachlorbenzene, pencycuron, quintozene; nitrophenyl derivatives: binapacryl, dinocap, dinobuton; inorganic active compounds: Bordeaux mixture, copper acetate, copper hydroxide, copper oxychloride, basic copper sulfate, sulfur; others: spiroxamine, cyflufenamid, cymoxanil, metrafenone. The herbicide is selected from the group consisting of b1) lipid biosynthesis inhibitors such as chlorazifop, clodinafop, clofop, cyhalofop, diclo- fop, fenoxaprop, fenoxaprop-p, fenthiaprop, fluazifop, fluazifop-P, haloxyfop, haloxyfop- P, isoxapyrifop, metamifop, propaquizafop, quizalofop, quizalofop-P, trifop, alloxydim, butroxydim, clethodim, cloproxydim, cycloxydim, profoxydim, sethoxydim, tepraloxydim, tralkoxydim, butylate, cycloate, diallate, dimepiperate, EPTC, esprocarb, ethiolate, iso- polinate, methiobencarb, molinate, orbencarb, pebulate, prosulfocarb, sulfallate, thiobencarb, tiocarbazil, triallate, vernolate, benfuresate, ethofumesate and bensulide; b2) ALS inhibitors such as amidosulfuron, azimsulfuron, bensulfuron, chlorimuron, chlorsulfuron, cinosulfuron, cyclosulfamuron, ethametsulfuron, ethoxysulfuron, flazasul- furon, flupyrsulfuron, foramsulfuron, halosulfuron, imazosulfuron, iodosulfuron, meso- sulfuron, metsulfuron, nicosulfuron, oxasulfuron, primisulfuron, prosulfuron, pyrazosul- furon, rimsulfuron, sulfometuron, sulfosulfuron, thifensulfuron, triasulfuron, tribenuron, trifloxysulfuron, triflusulfuron, tritosulfuron, imazamethabenz, imazamox, imazapic, imazapyr, imazaquin, imazethapyr, cloransulam, diclosulam, florasulam, flumetsulam, metosulam, penoxsulam, bispyribac, pyriminobac, propoxycarbazone, flucarbazone, pyribenzoxim, pyriftalid and pyrithiobac; b3) photosynthesis inhibitors such as atraton, atrazine, ametryne, aziprotryne, cy- anazine, cyanatryn, chlorazine, cyprazine, desmetryne, dimethametryne, dipropetryn, eglinazine, ipazine, mesoprazine, methometon, methoprotryne, procyazine, pro- glinazine, prometon, prometryne, propazine, sebuthylazine, secbumeton, simazine, simeton, simetryne, terbumeton, terbuthylazine, terbutryne, trietazine, ametridione, amibuzin, hexazinone, isomethiozin, metamitron, metribuzin, bromacil, isocil, lenacil, terbacil, brompyrazon, chloridazon, dimidazon, desmedipham, phenisopham, phen- medipham, phenmedipham-ethyl, benzthiazuron, buthiuron, ethidimuron, isouron, methabenzthiazuron, monoisouron, tebuthiuron, thiazafluron, anisuron, buturon, chlor- bromuron, chloreturon, chlorotoluron, chloroxuron, difenoxuron, dimefuron, diuron, fenuron, fluometuron, fluothiuron, isoproturon, linuron, methiuron, metobenzuron, me- tobromuron, metoxuron, monolinuron, monuron, neburon, parafluron, phenobenzuron, siduron, tetrafluron, thidiazuron, cyperquat, diethamquat, difenzoquat, diquat, morfam- quat, paraquat, bromobonil, bromoxynil, chloroxynil, iodobonil, ioxynil, amicarbazone, bromofenoxim, flumezin, methazole, bentazone, propanil, pentanochlor, pyridate, and pyridafol; b4) protoporphyrinogen-IX oxidase inhibitors such as acifluorfen, bifenox, chlomethoxy- fen, chlornitrofen, ethoxyfen, fluorodifen, fluoroglycofen, fluoronitrofen, fomesafen, fury- loxyfen, halosafen, lactofen, nitrofen, nitrofluorfen, oxyfluorfen, fluazolate, pyraflufen, cinidon-ethyl, flumiclorac, flumioxazin, flumipropyn, fluthiacet, thidiazimin, oxadiazon, oxadiargyl, azafenidin, carfentrazone, sulfentrazone, pentoxazone, benzfendizone, butafenacil, pyraclonil, profluazol, flufenpyr, flupropacil, nipyraclofen and etnipromid; b5) bleacher herbicides such as metflurazon, norflurazon, flufenican, diflufenican, pi- colinafen, beflubutamid, fluridone, flurochloridone, flurtamone, mesotrione, sulcotrione, isoxachlortole, isoxaflutole, benzofenap, pyrazolynate, pyrazoxyfen, benzobicyclon, amitrole, clomazone, aclonifen, 4-(3-trifluoromethylphenoxy)- 2-(4- trifluoromethylphenyl)pyrimidine, and also 3-heterocyclyl-substituted benzoyl deriva- tives of the formula II (see in WO 96/26202, WO 97/41116, WO 97/41117 and WO 97/41118) in which the variables R8 to R13 are as defined below: R8, R10 are hydrogen, halogen, C1-C6-alkyl, C1-C6-haloalkyl, C1-C6-alkoxy, C1-C6- haloalkoxy, C1-C6-alkylthio, C1-C6-alkylsulfinyl or C1-C6-alkylsulfonyl; R9 is a heterocyclic radical selected from the group consisting of such as thiazol-2-yl, thiazol-4-yl, thiazol-5-yl, isoxazol-3-yl, isoxazol-4-yl, isoxazol-5-yl, 4,5-dihydroisoxazol- 3-yl, 4,5-dihydroisoxazol-4-yl and 4,5-dihydroisoxazol-5-yl, where the nine radicals mentioned may be unsubstituted or mono- or polysubstituted, e.g. mono-, di-, tri- or tetrasubstituted, by halogen, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy, C1-C4-haloalkyl, C1-C4- haloalkoxy or C1-C4-alkylthio; b9) mitose inhibitors such as benfluralin, butralin, dinitramine, ethalfluralin, fluchloralin, isopropalin, methalpropalin, nitralin, oryzaiin, pendimethalin, prodiamine, profluraiin, trifluralin, amiprofos-methyl, butamifos, dithiopyr, thiazopyr, propyzamide, tebutam, chlorthal, carbetamide, chlorbufam, chlorpropham and propham; b10) VLCFA inhibitors such as acetochlor, alachlor, butachlor, butenachlor, delachlor, diethatyl, dimethachlor, dimethenamid, dimethenamid-P, metazachlor, metolachlor, S- metolachlor, pretilachlor, propachlor, propisochlor, prynachlor, terbuchlor, thenylchlor, xylachlor, allidochlor, CDEA, epronaz, diphenamid, napropamide, naproanilide, peth- oxamid, flufenacet, mefenacet, fentrazamide, anilofos, piperophos, cafenstrole, indano- fan and tridiphane; b11) cellulose biosynthesis inhibitors such as dichlobenil, chlorthiamid, isoxaben and flupoxam; b12) decoupler herbicides such as dinofenate, dinoprop, dinosam, dinoseb, dinoterb, DNOC, etinofen and medinoterb; b13) auxin herbicides such as clomeprop, 2,4-D, 2,4,5-T, MCPA, MCPA thioethyl, di- chlorprop, dichlorprop-P, mecoprop, mecoprop-P, 2,4-DB, MCPB, chloramben, dicamba, 2,3,6-TBA, tricamba, quinclorac, quinmerac, clopyralid, fluroxypyr, picloram, triclopyr and benazolin; b14) auxin transport inhibitors such as naptalam, diflufenzopyr; b15) benzoylprop, fiamprop, flamprop-M, bromobutide, chlorflurenol, cinmethylin, me- thyldymron, etobenzanid, fosamine, metam, pyributicarb, oxaziclomefone, dazomet, triaziflam and methyl bromide. Fungicides and Insecticides are preferred. Preferred Insecticides are Carbamates such as Alanycarb, Benfuracarb, Carbaryl, Carbosulfan, Fenoxycarb, Furathiocarb, Indoxacarb, Methiocarb, Methomyl, Oxamyl, Pirimicarb, Propoxur, Thio- dicarb, Triazamate; Pyrethroids such as Bifenthrin, Cyfluthrin, Cypermethrin, alpha-Cypermethrin, Deltame- thrin, Esfenvalerate, Ethofenprox, Fenpropathrin, Fenvalerate, Cyhalothrin, Lambda- Cyhalothrin, Permethrin, Silafluofen, Tau-Fluvalinate, Tefluthrin, Tralomethrin, Zeta- Cypermethrin; Arthropod growth regulators such as chitin synthesis inhibitors: benzoylureas: Chlorfluazuron, Diflubenzuron, Flucycloxuron, Flufenoxuron, Hexaflumuron, Lufenuron, Novaluron, Teflubenzuron, Triflumuron; Bu- profezin, Diofenolan, Hexythiazox, Etoxazole, Clofentazine; b) ecdysone antagonists: Halofenozide, Methoxyfenozide, Tebufenozide; c) juvenoids: Pyriproxyfen, Methoprene, Fenoxycarb; d) lipid biosynthesis inhibitors: Spirodiclofen; Neonicotinoids such as Acetamiprid, Clothianidin, Flonicamid, Imidacloprid, Niten- pyram, Thiacloprid, Thiamethoxam, Dinetofuran and Ethiprole, Fipronil, Metaflumizone, N-R'-2,2-dihalo-1-R"cyclo- propanecarboxamide-2-(2,6-dichloro- α,α,α-tri-fluoro-p-tolyl)hydrazone or N-R'-2,2- di(R"')propionamide-2-(2,6-dichloro- α,α,α- -trifluoro-p-tolyl)-hydrazone, wherein R' is methyl or ethyl, halo is chloro or bromo, R" is hydrogen or methyl and R'" is methyl or ethyl, Abamectin, Acequinocyl, Amitraz, Azadirachtin, Bifenazate, Bacillus thuringien- sis, Bacillus subtilis, Cartap, Chlorfenapyr, Chlordimeform, Cyromazine, Diafenthiuron, , Diofenolan, Emamectin, Endosulfan, Fenazaquin, Formetanate, Formetanate hydro- chloride, Hydramethylnon, Indoxacarb, 4-{(2Z)-2-({[4-(trifluoro-methoxy)anilino] car- bonyl} hydrazono)-2-[3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]ethyl} benzo-nitrile, Pyridaben, Pyridalyl, Pymetrozine, Spinosad, Sulfur, Tebufenpyrad, and Thiocyclam. More preferred Insecticides are Fipronil, Flufenoxuron, Teflubenzuron, metaflumizone and Alphacypermethrin. Most preferred Insecticides are Fipronil, Flufenoxuron and Alphacypermethrin. As mentioned above, also mixtures of actives are preferred. For example, the Insecti- cide following mixtures are preferred: the mixture of alphacypermethrin and acetami- prid; the mixture of fipronil and imidacloprid; the mixture of fipronil and acetamiprid ; the mixture of fiponil and acephate; the mixture of fipronil and thiametoxan; the mixture of fipronil and pymetrozine; the mixture of fipronil and alphacypermethrin; the mixture of metaflumizone and acetamiprid; the mixture of metaflumizone and teflubenzuron; the mixture of alphacypermethrin and chlorpyrifos; and the mixture of metaflumizone and flufenoxuron, wherein the mixture of fipronil and alphacypermethrin is most preferred. Preferred fungicides are epoxiconazole, pyraclostrobin, kresoxim-methyl, carbendazim, metrafenone, boscalid, triticonazole, metconazole, dimethomorph, fenpropimorph, pro- chloraz, vinclozolin, iprodione, ditianon, metiram, tebuconazole, azoxystrobin, man- cozeb, trifloxystrobin, chlorothalonil, metalaxyl, fosetyl, difemoconazole, cyprodinil, spi- roxamine, prothioconazole, picoxystrobin. All embodiments of the formulations as defined above are hereinbelow referred to as "formulation according to the present invention". The present invention furthermore relates to a method of combating harmful insects and/or phytopathogenic fungi, which comprises contacting said harmful insects and/or phytopathogenic fungi, their habit, breeding ground, food supply, plant, seed, soil, area, material or environment in which the harmful insects and/or phytopathogenic fungi are growing or may grow, or the materials, plants, seeds, soils, surfaces or spaces to be protected from attack or infestation by said harmful insects and/or phytopathogenic fungi with an effective amount of a agrochemical formulation according to the present invention. Thus, the formulations according to the present invention can therefore be used for the control of a multitude of phytopaghogenic fungi or insects on various cultivated plants or weeds in , such as wheat, rye, barley, oats, rice, corn, grass, bananas, cotton, soya, coffee, sugar cane, vines, fruits and ornamental plants, and vegetables, such as cu- cumbers, beans, tomatoes, potatoes and cucurbits, and on the seeds of these plants. The present invention furthermore relates to a method of controlling undesired vegeta- tion and/or a method of growth regulation of plants, which comprises allowing a herbi- cidally or growth regulatory effective amount of a agrochemical formulation according to the present invention to act on plants, their habitat or on seed of said plants. The term phytopathogenic fungi includes but is not limited to the following species: Alternaria spp. on rice, vegetables, soybeans, canola/oilseed rape and sugarbeet and fruit, Aphanomyces spp. on sugarbeet and vegetables Bipolaris and Drechslera spp. on corn, cereals, rice and turf, Blumeria graminis (powdery mildew) on cereals, Botrytis cinerea (gray mold) on strawberries, vegetables, ornamentals and grapevines, Bremia lactucae on lettuce Cercospora spp. on corn, soyabeans and sugarbeet Cochliobolus spp. on corn, cereals on rice (e.g. Cochliobolus sativus on cereals, Cochliobolus miya- beanus on rice) Colletotrichum spp. on soybeans and cotton Drechslera spp. on cere- als and com Exserohilum spp. on corn Erysiphe cichoracearum and Sphaerotheca fuliginea on cucurbits, Erysiphe necator on grapevines Fusarium and Verticillium spp. on various plants, Gaeumannomyces graminis on cereals Gibberella spp. on cereals and rice (e.g. Gibberella fujikuroi on rice, Gibberella zeae on cereals) Grainstaining complex on rice Microdochium nivale on cereals Mycosphaerella spp. on cereals, ba- nanas and peanuts, Phakopsora pachyrhizi and Phakopsora meibomiae on soybeans Phomopsis spp. on soybeans and sunflower Phytophthora infestans on potatoes and tomatoes, Plasmopara viticola on grapevines, Podosphaera leucotricha on apples, Pseudocercosporella herpotrichoides on wheat and barley, Pseudoperonospora spp. on hops and cucumbers, Puccinia spp. on cereals and corn, Pyrenophora spp. on ce- reals Pyricularia oryzae on rice, Cochliobolus miyabeanus and Corticium sasakii (Rhizoctonia solani), Fusarium semitectum (and/or moniliforme), Cercospora oryzae, Sarocladium oryzae, S attenuatum, Entyloma oryzae, Gibberella fujikuroi (bakanae), Grainstaining complex (various pathogens), Bipolaris spp., Drechslera spp. and Py- thium and Rhizoctonia spp. on rice, corn, cotton, canola, oilseed rape, sunflower, sugarbeet, vegetables, turf, nuts and other various plants Rhizoctonia solani on potato Sclerotinia spp. on canola/oilseed rape and sunflower Septoria tritici and Stagonospora nodorum on wheat, Uncinula necator on grapevines, Sphacelotheca reiliana on corn Thievaliopsis spp. on soybeans and cotton Tilletia spp. on cereals Ustilago spp. on cereals corn, and sugar cane, and Venturia spp. (scab) on apples and pears; The term harmful insect pests includes but is not limited to the following arthropods and nematodes: millipedes (Diplopoda) such as Blaniulus species Ants (Hymenoptera), such as. Atta capiguara, Atta cephalotes, Atta laevigata, Atta ro- busta, Atta sexdens, Atta texana, Monomorium pharaonis, Solenopsis geminata, So- lenopsis invicta, Pogonomyrmex species and Pheidole megacephala, Beetles (Coleoptera), such as Agrilus sinuatus, Agriotes lineatus, Agriotes obscurus and other Agriotes species, Amphimallus solstitialis, Anisandrus dispar, Anthonomus grandis, Anthonomus pomorum, Aracanthus morei, Atomaria linearis, Blapstinus spe- cies, Blastophagus piniperda, Blitophaga undata, Bothynoderes punciventris, Bruchus rufimanus, Bruchus pisorum, Bruchus lentis, Byctiscus betulae, Cassida nebulosa, Cerotoma trifurcata, Ceuthorrhynchus assimilis, Ceuthorrhynchus napi, Chaetocnema tibialis, Conoderus vespertinus and other Conoderus species, Conorhynchus men- dicus, Crioceris asparagi, Cylindrocopturus adspersus, Diabrotica (longicornis) barberi, Diabrotica semi-punctata, Diabrotica speciosa, Diabrotica undecimpunctata, Diabrotica virgifera and other Diabrotica species, Eleodes species, Epilachna varivestis, Epitrix hirtipennis, Eutinobothrus brasiliensis, Hylobius abietis, Hypera brunneipennis, Hypera postica, Ips typographus, Lema bilineata, Lema melanopus, Leptinotarsa decem- lineata, Limonius califomicus and other Limonius species, Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus, Listronotus bonariensis, Melanotus communis and other Melanotus species, Me- ligethes aeneus, Melolontha hippocastani, Melolontha melolontha, Oulema oryzae, Ortiorrhynchus sulcatus, Oryzophagus oryzae, Otiorrhynchus ovatus, Oulema oryzae, Phaedon cochleariae, Phyllotreta chrysocephala, Phyllophaga cuyabana and other Phyllophaga species, Phyllopertha horticola, Phyllotreta nemorum, Phyllotreta striolata, and other Phyllotreta species, Popillia japonica, Promecops carinicollis, Premnotrypes voraz, Psylliodes species, Sitona lineatus, Sitophilus granaria, Sternechus pinguis, Sternechus subsignatus, and Tanymechus palliatus and other Tanymechus species, Flies (Diptera) such as Agromyza oryzea, Chrysomya bezziana, Chrysomya homi- nivorax, Chrysomya macellaria, Contarinia sorghicola, Cordylobia anthropophaga, Dacus cucurbitae, Dacus oleae, Dasineura brassicae, Delia antique, Delia coarctata, Delia platura, Delia radicum, Fannia canicularis, Gasterophilus intestinalis, Geomyza Tripunctata, Glossina morsitans, Haematobia irritans, Haplodiplosis equestris, Hypo- derma lineata, Liriomyza sativae, Liriomyza trifolii, Lucilia caprina, Lucilia cuprina, Lucilia sericata, Lycoria pectoralis, Mayetiola destructor, Muscina stabulans, Oestrus ovis, Opomyzaflorum, Oscinella frit, Pegomya hysocyami, Phorbia antiqua, Phorbia brassicae, Phorbia coarctata, Progonya leyoscianii, Psila rosae, Rhagoletis cerasi, Rhagoletis pomonella, Tabanus bovinus, Tetanops myopaeformis, Tipula oleracea and Tipula paludosa, Heteropterans (Heteroptera), such as Acrostemum hilare, Blissus leucopterus, Cicadel- lidae such as Empoasca fabae, Chrysomelidae, Cyrtopeltis notatus, Delpahcidae, Dys- dercus cingulatus, Dysdercus intermedius, Eurygaster integriceps, Euschistus impic- tiventris, Leptoglossus phyllopus, Lygus iineolaris, Lygus pratensis, Nephotettix spe- cies, Nezara viridula, Pentatomidae, Piesma quadrata, Solubea insularis and Thyanta perditor, Aphids and other homopterans (Homoptera), e.g. Acyrthosiphon onobrychis, Adelges laricis, Aphidula nasturtii, Aphis fabae, Aphis forbesi, Aphis glycines, Aphis gossypii, Aphis grossulariae, Aphis pomi, Aphis schneideri, Aphis spiraecola, Aphis sambuci, Acyrthosiphon pisum, Aulacorthum solani, Brachycaudus cardui, Brachycaudus helichrysi, Brachycaudus persicae, Brachycaudus prunicola, Brevicoryne brassicae, Capitophorus horni, Cerosipha gossypii, Chaetosiphon fragaefolii, Cryptomyzus ribis, Dreyfusia nordmannianae, Dreyfusia piceae, Dysaphis radicola, Dysaulacorthum pseudosolani, Dysaphis plantaginea, Dysaphis pyri, Empoasca fabae, Hyalopterus pruni, Hyperomyzus lactucae, Macrosiphum avenae, Macrosiphum euphorbiae, Mac- rosiphon rosae, Megoura viciae, Melanaphis pyrarius, Metopolophium dirhodum, My- zodes (Myzus) persicae, Myzus ascalonicus, Myzus cerasi, Myzus varians, Nasonovia ribis-nigri, Nilaparvata lugens, Pemphigus bursarius, Pemphigus populivenae, and other Pemphigus species, Perkinsiella saccharicida, Phorodon humuli, Psyllidae such as Psylla mali, Psylla piri and other Psylla species, Rhopalomyzus ascalonicus, Rhopa- losiphum maidis, Rhopalosiphum padi, Rhopalosiphum insertum, Sappaphis mala, Sappaphis mali, Schizaphis graminum, Schizoneura lanuginosa, Sitobion avenae, Tri- aleurodes vaporariorum, Toxoptera aurantiiand, and Viteus vitifolii; Lepidopterans (Lepidoptera), for example Agrotis ypsilon, Agrotis segetum and other Agrotis species, Alabama argillacea, Anticarsia gemmatalis, Argyresthia conjugella, Autographa gamma, Bupalus piniarius, Cacoecia murinana, Capua reticulana, Cheima- tobia brumata, Chilo suppresalis and other Chilo species,Choristoneura fumiferana, Choristoneura occidentalis, Cirphis unipuncta, Cnaphlocrocis medinalis, Cydia pomo- nella, Dendrolimus pini, Diaphania nitidalis, Diatraea grandiosella, Earias insulana, Elasmopalpus lignosellus, Eupoecilia ambiguella, Euxoa species, Evetria bouliana, Feltia subterranea, Galleria mellonella, Grapholitha funebrana, Grapholitha molesta, Heliothis armigera, Heliothis virescens, Heliothis zea, Hellula undalis, Hibernia defo- liaria, Hyphantria cunea, Hyponomeuta malinellus, Keiferia lycopersicella, Lambdina fiscellaria, Laphygma exigua, Lerodea eufala, Leucoptera coffeella, Leucoptera scitella, Lithocolletis blancardella, Lobesia botrana, Loxostege sticticalis, Lymantria dispar, Lymantria monacha, Lyonetia clerkella, Malacosoma neustria, Mamestra brassicae, Momphidae, Orgyia pseudotsugata, Ostrinia nubiialis, Panolis flammea, Pectinophora gossypiella, Peridroma saucia, Phalera bucephala, Phthorimaea operculella, Phylloc- nistis citrella, Pieris brassicae, Plathypena scabra, Plutella xylostella, Pseudoplusia includens, Rhyacionia frustrana, Scrobipalpula absoluta,Sesamia nonagrioides and other Sesamia species, Sitotroga cerealella, Sparganothis pilleriana, Spodoptera frugiperda, Spodoptera littoralis, Spodoptera litura, Thaumatopoea pityocampa, Tortrix viridana, Trichoplusia ni and Zeiraphera canadensis, orthopterans (Orthoptera), such as Acrididae, Acheta domestica, Blatta orientalis, Blat- tella germanica, Forficula auricularia, Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa, Locusta migratoria, Melanoplus bivittatus, Melanoplus femur-rubrum, Melanoplus mexicanus, Melanoplus sanguinipes, Melanoplus spretus, Nomadacris septemfasciata, Periplaneta americana, Schistocerca americana, Schistocerca peregrina, Stauronotus maroccanus and Tachy- cines asynamorus; termites (Isoptera), such as Calotermes flavicollis, Coptotermes species, Daibulus maidis, Leucotermes flavipes, Macrotermes gilvus, Reticulitermes lucifugus and Ter- mes natalensis; thrips (Thysanoptera) such as Frankliniella fusca, Frankliniella occidentalis, Frank- liniella tritici and other Frankliniella species, Scirtothrips citri, Thrips oryzae, Thrips palmi, Thrips simplex and Thrips tabaci, Arachnoidea, such as arachnids (Acarina), for example e.g. of the families Argasidae, Ixodidae and Sarcoptidae, such as Amblyomma americanum, Amblyomma variegatum, Argas persicus, Boophilus annulatus, Boophilus decoloratus, Boophilus microplus, Dermacentor silvarum, Hyalomma truncatum, Ixodes ricinus, Ixodes rubicundus, Orni- thodorus moubata, Otobius megnini, Dermanyssus gallinae, Psoroptes ovis, Rhipicephalus appendiculatus, Rhipicephalus evertsi, Sarcoptes scabiei, and Eriophyi- dae species such as Aculus schlechtendali, Phyllocoptrata oleivora and Eriophyes sheldoni; Tarsonemidae species such as Phytonemus pallidus and Polyphagotar- sonemus latus; Tenuipalpidae species such as Brevipalpus phoenicis; Tetranychidae species such as Tetranychus cinnabarinus, Tetranychus kanzawai, Tetranychus pacifi- cus, Tetranychus telarius and Tetranychus urticae, Panonychus ulmi, Panonychus citri, and Oligonychus pratensis; Nematodes, especially plant parasitic nematodes such as root knot nematodes, Meloi- dogyne hapla, Meloidogyne incognita, Meloidogyne javanica, and other Meloidogyne species; cyst-forming nematodes, Globodera rostochiensis and other Globodera spe- cies; Heterodera avenae, Heterodera glycines, Heterodera schachtii, Heterodera trifolii, and other Heterodera species; Seed gall nematodes, Anguina species; Stem and foliar nematodes, Aphelenchoides species; Sting nematodes, Belonolaimus longicaudatus and other Belonolaimus species; Pine nematodes, Bursaphelenchus xylophilus and other Bursaphelenchus species; Ring nematodes, Criconema species, Criconemella species, Criconemoides species, Mesocriconema species; Stem and bulb nematodes, Ditylenchus destructor, Ditylenchus dipsaci and other Ditylenchus species; Awl nema- todes, Dolichodorus species; Spiral nematodes, Heliocotylenchus multicinctus and other Helicotylenchus species; Sheath and sheathoid nematodes, Hemicycliophora species and Hemicriconemoides species; Hirshmanniella species; Lance nematodes, Hoploaimus species; false rootknot nematodes, Nacobbus species; Needle nematodes, Longidorus elongatus and other Longidorus species; Lesion nematodes, Praty- lenchus neglectus, Pratylenchus penetrans, Pratylenchus curvitatus, Pratylenchus goodeyi and other Pratylenchus species; Burrowing nematodes, Radopholus similis and other Radopholus species; Reniform nematodes, Rotylenchus robustus and other Rotylenchus species; Scutellonema species; Stubby root nematodes, Trichodorus primitivus and other Trichodorus species, Paratrichodorus species; Stunt nematodes, Tylenchorhynchus claytoni, Tylenchorhynchus dubius and other Tylenchorhynchus species; Citrus nematodes, Tylenchulus species; Dagger nematodes, Xiphinema species; and other plant parasitic nematode species. The control of undesired vegetation is understood as meaning the destruction of weeds. Weeds, in the broadest sense, are understood as meaning all those plants which grow in locations where they are undesired. As mentioned above, in one embodiment of the methods of combating harmfull fungi and/or insects, the formulation according to the invention can be used also for the treatment of seeds from plants. The present invention also comprises seeds coated with formulation according to the present invention. The term seed embraces seeds and plant propagules of all kinds including but not lim- ited to true seeds, seed pieces, suckers, corms, bulbs, fruit, tubers, grains, cuttings, cut shoots and the like and means in a preferred embodiment true seeds. Suitable seed is seed of cereals, root crops, oil crops, vegetables, spices, ornamentals, for example seed of durum and other wheat, barley, oats, rye, maize (fodder maize and sugar maize / sweet and field corn), soybeans, oil crops, crucifers, cotton, sunflowers, bananas, rice, oilseed rape, turnip rape, sugarbeet, fodder beet, eggplants, potatoes, grass, lawn, turf, fodder grass, tomatoes, leeks, pumpkin/squash, cabbage, iceberg lettuce, pepper, cucumbers, melons, Brassica species, melons, beans, peas, garlic, onions, carrots, tuberous plants such as potatoes, sugar cane, tobacco, grapes, petu- nias, geranium/pelargoniums, pansies and impatiens. In addition, the formulation according to the invention may also be used for the treat- ment seeds from plants, which tolerate the action of herbicides or fungicides or insecti- cides owing to breeding, including genetic engineering methods, for example seeds of transgenic crops which are resistant to herbicides from the group consisting of the sul- fonylureas (EP-A-0257993, U.S. Pat. No. 5,013,659), imidazolinones (see for example US 6222100, WO0182685, WO0026390, WO9741218, WO9802526, WO9802527, WO 04/106529, WO 05/20673, WO 03/14357, WO 03/13225, WO 03/14356, WO 04/16073), glufosinate-type (see for example EP-A-0242236, EP-A-242246) or gly- phosate-type (see for example WO 92/00377) or in seeds of plants resistant towards herbicides selected from the group of cyclohexadienone/Aryloxyphenoxypropionic acid herbicides (US 5,162,602 , US 5,290,696 , US 5,498,544 , US 5,428,001 , US 6,069,298 , US 6,268,550 , US 6,146,867 , US 6,222,099 , US 6,414,222) or in seeds of transgenic crop plants, for example cotton, with the capability of producing Bacillus thuringiensis toxins (Bt toxins) which make the plants resistant to certain pests (EP-A- 0142924, EP-A-0193259) The seed treatment application of the formulation according to the invention is carried out by spraying or dusting the seeds before sowing of the plants and before emergence of the plants by methods known to the skilled artisan. In the treatment of seeds the corresponding formulations are applied by treating the seeds with an effective amount of the formulation according to the present invention. Herein, the application rates of pesticide are generally from 0.1 g to 10 kg per 100 kg of seed, preferably from 1 g to 5 kg per 100 kg of seed, in particular from 1 g to 2,5 kg per 100 kg of seed. For specific crops such as lettuce or onion, the rate can be higher. The present invention provides several advantages over known agrochemical formulations: One or even more than one pesticide can be kept in stable suspension. Additionally, an oil can be added to the formulation. Furthermore, the toxicity of formulation is lowered by reducing the concentration of organic solvents compared to emulsifiable concentrates or by reducing the amount of pesticide, which is dissolved in organic solvent. A further advantage is that there is no risk of crystallization of pesticides in the emulsion phase at lower temperature or during storage, because the oil is essentially free of pesticide. The invention is further illustrated but not limited by the following examples. Example 1 - Preparation of a formulation comprising alpha-cypermethrin and fipronil A) Preparation of the premix A solution of 280g water, 0.75g citric acid, 2g Acticide MBS (1,2-Benzisothiazol-3(2H)- on + 2-Methyl-2H-isothiazol-3-on), 83.3g Pluronic PE 10500 (non-ionic surfactant, eth- ylene propylene oxide block copolymer from BASF, 18 wt% in water) and 100g of So- prophor FLK (ionic trisytrylphenylethoxylate from Rhodia), were prepared by stirring in a vessel (until dissolved). Afterwards, 180g fipronil and then 120g alpha-cypermethrin were added under stirring conditions. Then 2.5g Rhodorsil 416 (dialkylpolysiloxane antifoaming agent, from Rhodia) and 0.5g Rhodorsil 432 (dialkylpolysiloxane antifoaming agent, from Rhodia) were added until the resulting mixture was homogeneous. The resulting suspension was then passed through a horizontal bead mill (glass or zir- conium beads) until a particle size specification (80% milling, 0.75g xanthan gum (thickener) was added under stirring conditions and stirred until dissolved. B) Preparation of the oil phase In a separate vessel, 300g corn oil and 20g of an alkohol alkoxylate of formula (Ib) (GT2624 from AKZO) were mixed with a stirrer until a clear liquid is achieved. C) Preparation of the final product 320g of the oil-phase phase was added to 770.75g milled premix (amount depends on purity of the particular ingredients) and blended by a colloid mill until it was homogene- ous. Comparative Example The procedure of Example 1 was repeated, wherein the alcohol alkoxylate of formula (Ib) in step B) was substituted by a commercial mixture of fatty acid polyethylene glycol esters (Geronol ® VO 2001, a nonionic emulsifier from Rodhia) or by polyethylenglykol 300 ester of 9-octadecenoic acid (Alkamuls ® A, a nonionic emulsifier from Rodhia). In both cases the formulation was not stable and separated. Claims 1. Formulation comprising (a) at least one pesticide; and (b) at least one non-ionic surfactant of formula I wherein R1 represents straight-chain or branched alkyi having 4 to 20 carbon atoms; AO is ethyleneoxy, propyleneoxy or a mixture of ethyleneoxy and propyl- eneoxy; and x correspond to values from 2 to 30; and (c) at least one ionic tristyrylpheny! alkoxylate; and (d) at least one oil; and (e) water, wherein the pesticide is present in the aqueous phase in form of a suspension and the oil is essentially free of pesticide. 2. Formulation according to claim 1, additionally comprising at least one solvent (f). 3. A formulation according to any of claims 1 to 2, wherein the non-ionic surfactant (b) comprises formula (Ib) wherein R1 represents straight-chain or branched alkyl having 4 to 20 carbon atoms; A is ethyleneoxy; B is propyleneoxy; and n, m correspond to values from 1 to 10 provided that the sum of m, n is at least 2. 4. A formulation according to claim 3, wherein in the in formula Ib of the non-ionic surfactant (b) R1 represents 2-ethylhexyl. 5. A formulation according to any of claims 1 to 4, wherein component (c) repre- sents an ionic phosphated or sulfated ionic tristyrylphenol ethoxylate. 6. A formulation according to any of claims 1 to 6, additionally comprising a further non-ionic surfactant (f) selected from the group consisting of ethyleneoxid / pro- pyleneoxid block copolymers. 7. A formulation according to any of claims 1 to 6, wherein the oil is free of pesti- cide. 8. A method of combating harmful insects and/or phytopathogenic fungi, which comprises contacting said harmful insects and/or phytopathogenic fungi, their habit, breeding ground, food supply, plant, seed, soil, area, material or environ- ment in which the harmful insects and/or phytopathogenic fungi are growing or may grow, or the materials, plants, seeds, soils, surfaces or spaces to be pro- tected from attack or infestation by said harmful insects and/or phytopathogenic fungi with an effective amount of a agrochemical formulation as claimed in any of claims 1 to 7. 9. A method of controlling undesired vegetation, which comprises allowing a herbi- cidally effective amount of a agrochemical formulation as claimed in any of claims 1 to 7 to act on plants, their habitat or on seed of said plants. 10. Seeds treated with a formulation of any of claims 1 to 7. The present invention relates to a formulation comprising (a) at least one pesticide; and (b) at least one non-ionic surfactant of formula (I): R -O-(AO)x-(H); wherein R1 represents straight-chain or branched alkyl having 4 to 20 carbon atoms; AO is ethyleneoxy, propyleneoxy or a mixture of ethyleneoxy and propyleneoxy; and x correspond to values from 2 to 30; and (c) at least one ionic tristyrylphenyl alkoylate; and (d) at least one oil; and (e) water, wherein the pesticide is present in the aqueous phase in form of a suspension and the oil is essentially free of pesticide.

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Liquid water based agrochemical formulations
The present invention relates to a formulation comprising
(a) at least one pesticide; and
(b) at least one non-ionic surfactant of formula I

wherein
R1 represents straight-chain or branched alkyl having 4 to 20 carbon atoms;
AO is ethyleneoxy, propyleneoxy or a mixture of ethyleneoxy and propylene-
oxy; and
x correspond to values from 2 to 30; and
(c) at least one ionic tristyrylphenyl alkoylate; and
(d) at least one oil; and
(e) water,
wherein the pesticide is present in the aqueous phase in form of a suspension and the
oil is essentially free of pesticide.
Agricultural formulations comprising alkoxylated tristyrylphenoles are known. WO
2006/114186 discloses water in oil suspoemulsions, wherein the oil phase comprises
the pesticide. EP 0514769 discloses suspoemulsions comprising a herbicide, an aromatic
solvent and ethoxylated tristyrylphenoles. The term suspoemulsions is defined
therein according to Mulqeen et al., Pesticide Science, 1990, 29, 451-465 as combination
of an emulsion phase, containing one or more active ingredients, with a continu-
ous phase also containing one of more active ingredients in the form of a solid disper-
sion."
On of the object the formulation chemist is faced with is to develop formulations, in
which actives are kept in stable suspension. Another object is that it is desirable for
many applications in plant protection to provide a formulation, which is capable of
keeping more than one active dispersed,, or which is capable of keeping a couple of
actives in suspension and at least one oil emulsified in the same medium.
The object was solved by a formulation comprising

(a) at least one pesticide;
(b) at least one non-ionic surfactant of formula I

wherein
R1 represents straight-chain or branched alky) having 4 to 20 carbon atoms;
AO is ethyleneoxy, propyleneoxy or a mixture of ethyleneoxy and propylene-
oxy; and
x correspond to values from 2 to 20; and
(c) at least one ionic tristyrylphenyl alkoylate; and
(d) at least one oil; and
(e) water,
wherein the pesticide is present in the aqueous phase in form of a suspension and the
oil is essentially free of pesticide.
The formulation may also optionally further comprise a solvent (f). The formulation may
also optionally further comprise a non-ionic surfactant (g). The formulation may also
optionally further comprise further formulation auxiliaries (h).
Preferably, the respective amounts of components (a) to (f) are as follows:
The amount of the at least one pesticide (a) is from 1 % up to 60% by weight; preferably
5 to 50, most preferably 7.5 to 30% by weight. The amount of non-ionic surfactant (b)
of formula I is from 0.5% up to 30% by weight; preferably 2 to 5% by weight. The
amount of ionic tristyrylphenyl ethoxylate (c) is from 0.5% up to 30% by weight; pref-
erably 5 to 15% by weight. The amount of oil (d) is from 5% up to 50% by weight; pref-
erably 20 to 40% by weight. If a solvent (f) is present, the amount of sovent is from 5%
up to 50% by weight preferably 20 to 40 % by weight. If a non-ionic surfactant (g) is
present in the formulation, the amount of non-ionic surfactant selected from the group
consisting of ethyleneoxid / propyleneoxid block copolymers is from 0.5% up to 20% by
weight.
Generally, the amount of water (e) add up to 100% by weight.
If a further formulation auxiliaries are present, the amount of further formulation auxiliaries
is from 0.1 % up to 2% by weight preferably 0.5 to 1 % by weight.

Compounds of formula l are well known in the art, and described for example inter alia
in WO 03/00053, WO 00/35278, WO 05/105285 and EP 1 140 741.
That the specific combination of compounds of formula I with at least one ionic tristyryi-
phenyl alkoxylate represents a favorable system for liquid water based agrochemical
formulations not disclosed in any of these documents.
Furthermore, ethyleneoxy, which represents -CH2-CH2-O- is hereinbelow abbreviated
as "EO" and propyleneoxy, which represents -CH2"CH(CH3)-O- is hereinbelow abbrevi-
ated as "PO".
In formula I, m and n represent mean values.
A preferred group of non-ionic surfactants are alcohol alkoxylates of the formula la

in which
R1 has the meaning indicated above: and o represents numbers from 2 to 20.
A further preferred group of non-ionic surfactants are alcohol alkoxylates of the formula
Ib

in which
R1 has the meaning indicated above, and
m represents numbers from 1 to 10 and
n represents numbers from 1 to 10.
A further preferred group of non-ionic surfactants are alcohol alkoxylates of the formula
Ic
in which
R1 has the meaning indicated above,
r represents numbers from 1 to 10 and

s represents numbers from 1 to 10.
A further preferred group of non-ionic surfactants are alcohol alkoxylates of the formula
Id

In the formulae indicated beforehand R1 preferably represents butyl, i-butyl, n-pentyl, i-
pentyl, neopentyl, n-hexyl, i-hexyl, n-octyl, i-octyl, 2-ethyl-hexyl, nonyl, i-nonyl, decyl, n-
dodecyl, i-dodecyl, lauryl, myristyl, i-tridecyl, trimethyl-nonyl, palnityl, stearyl or eicosyl,
wherein 2 ethyl-hexyl is preferred.
Preferred are non-ionic surfactants are alcohol alkoxylates of the formula Ib and Ic,
wherein R1 is 2-ethyl-hexyl [CH3-CH2-CH2-CH2-CH(C2H5)-CH2-].
More preferred are alcohol alkoxylates of the formula lb-1, wherein

wherein n is preferably 3 to 5, m is preferably to a value from 1 to 2 ; and alcohol
alkoxylates of formula lc-1
CH3-CH2-CH2-CH2-CH(C2H5)-CH2-(-PO-)r(EO-)s-H (lc-1)

Most preferred are alcohol alkoxylates of the formula Ib, wherein alcohol alkoxylates of
the formula lb-1 are utmost preferred.

As mentioned above, in all alcohol alkoxylates of formula I, the numbers given for m, n,
o, r, s and u are average values (mean values).
In addition, the above formulae give a general definition of the alcohol alkoxylates.
These substances are mixtures of substances of the type indicated having different
chain lengths. For the indices, therefore, average values are calculated which can also
differ from integers.
By way of example, an alcohol alkoxylate of the formula (lc-1) may be mentioned, in
which r represents the average value 6,2 and s represents the average value 8,3.
The ionic tristyrylphenyl alkoxylates (c) are preferably phosphated or sulfated and optionally
neutralized by a base. More preferably, the tristyrylphenyl alkoxylates comprise
formula II

The respective free acide forms of formula II can be also neutralized with a base e.g.
an alkalimetallhydroxid (e.g. NaOH, KOH) or ammoniac or or an amine (e.g. of formula
III
NR1R2R3 (III)
wherein R1, R2 and R3 are indepently from each other hyrdogen methyl, ethyl or propyl,
preferably R1, R2 and R3 are ethyl) in aqueous solution resulting in R2 = SO3X or
HPO3Y (wherein X and Y represent independly from each other NH4+, (NR1R2R3)+ with
R1, R2 and R3 as defined above, Na+ or K+.
Most preferred are ionic tristyrylphenol ethoxylates, which are preferably phosphated or
sulfated and optionally neutralized by a base, more preferably those, in which R2 is is
SO3X and HPO3Y, wherein X and Y have the meaning as defined above.Herein, the
tristyrylphenyl ethoxylates of formula IIa are utmost preferred:

wherein v is 1 to 60, more preferably 10 to 25, and most preferably 14 to 18; and
R2 is SO3Hor H2PO3
The respective free acide forms can be also neutralized with a base e.g. an alkalimet-
allhydroxid (e.g. NaOH, KOH) or ammoniac or an amine (e.g. of formula III
NR1R2R3 (III)
wherein R1 R2 and R3 are indepently from each other hydrogen, methyl, ethyl or pro-
pyl, preferably R1, R2 and R3 are ethyl) in aqueous solution resulting in R2 = SO3X or
HPO3Y (wherein X and Y represent independly from each other NH4+, (NR1R2R3)+ with
R1, R2 and R3 as defined above, or K+.
Most preferred are compounds of formula lla, wherein R2 is SO3X and HPO3Y, wherein
X and Y have the meaning as defined above.
The preparation of compounds of formula II and lla is known in the art and can be per-
formed e.g. in analogy to the methods described in US 5,082,591. Compounds of for-
mula II and lla can be obtained by condensation of styrene on phenol followed by eth-
oxylation, or by ethoxylation-propoxylation. Anionic tristyrylphenyl alkoxylates can be
prepared by phosphatation (e.g. with P2O5) or Sulfatation (e.g. with H2NSO3H) option-
ally followed by neutralisation with a base (e.g. alkalihydroxid or ammoniak) Com-
pounds of formula I and/or II are available in commercial products, for example Sopro-
phor FLK, Soprohor FL, Soprophor 4D384 , Soprophor 4D360 (potassium salt,
triethanolamine salt, NhV-salt) from Rhodia.
The term "at least one oil" (d) means that either one oil or a mixture of oils can be used.
The oil (d) can be selected from the group consisting of mineral oils and synthetic oils
and vegetable (plant) and animal oils, e.g. mixtures of Ce to C22 fatty acids. Examples
are mineral oil fractions of medium to high boiling point, for example kerosene and die-
sel fuel, petroleum derivatives furthermore coal tar oils, hydrocarbons, paraffin oils,
unhydrogenated, hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated aromatic or alkylaromatic

compounds from the benzene or naphthalene series, fats and oils of vegetable or ani-
mal origin, such as mono-, di- and triglycerides, pure or as a mixture, for example in the
form of oily extracts of natural products, for example olive oil, soybean oil, sunflower oil,
castor oil, sesame oil, corn oil, groundnut oil, rapeseed oil, linseed oil, almond oil, sun-
flower oil, coco, palm kern, palm, soya, rapeseed, canola, maize, but also beef tallow
oil, sperm oil, hering oil, castor oil and their raffinates, for example hydrogenated or
partially hydrogenated products thereof in particular methyl and ethyl esters. Preferred
oils are any kind of mineral oil ( petroleum derivatives ) but also vegetable oils like
coco, palm kern, palm, soya, rapeseed, canola, maize, but also beef tallow oil, sperm
oil, hering oil, castor oil, which are mixtures of natural occuring C8 to C22 fatty acids,
and which may be optionally hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated products thereof
in particular methyl and ethyl esters.
The term "at least one solvent" (f) means that either one organic solvent or a mixture of
organic solvents can be used.
The organic solvent (f) can be either a polar or non-polar solvent. Examples of suitable
solvents (f) are Cs to Cn aromatic petroleum derivatives (aromatic hydrocarbons) with
a solubility in water mercial available under the following brand names: Solvesso 100, Solvesso 150,
Solvesso 200, Solvesso 150ND, solvesso 200ND, Aromatic 150, Aromatic 200, Hydro-
sol A 200, Hydrosol A 230/270, Caromax 20,Caromax 28, Aromat K 150, Aromat K
200, Shellsol A 150, Shellsol A 100, Fin FAS-TX 150, Fin FAS-TX 200), hydrocarbons
such as aromatic depleted, linear paraffinic, isoparaffinic, cycloparaffinic having a flash
point between 40°C and 250°C and a distillation range from 150°C to 450°C, Ani-
sole.Dimethylsulfoxid (DMSO), N-Methylvalerolactam and Lactones such as v-
Butyrolacton; and Esters such as Benzylacetate, Benzyl benzoate, Butyl benzoate, 2-,
ethoxypropylacetate, methyl proxitol acetate; Tributyl phosphate and Amides such as
N,N-dimethyl octanamide, and/or N,N-dimethyl decanamide,; and Ketones such as 2-
heptanone, cyclohexanone, acetophenone, and acetophenone derivatives such as 4-
methoxy acetophenone; and Alcohols such as cyclohexanol, Benzylalcohol diacetone
alcohol, for example 4-hydroxy-4-methyl-2-pentanone, n-octanol, 2 ethylhexanol
Diesters such as mixtures of Dimethyl glutarate, dimethyl succinate and dimethyl adi-
pate, or mixtures of Diisobutyl glutarate, diidobutyl succinate and diisobutyl adipate
and glycol and derivatives such as polyethylene glycol, glycerol, propylene glycol, pro-
pylene glycol monomethyl ether acetate, dipropylene glycol monomethyl ether, propyl-
ene glycol monophenyl ether; and alkylene carbonates such as Propylencarbonate,
Butylene carbonate, and pyrrolidone, derivatives such as N-octylpyrrolidone, N-ethyl
pyrrolidone, N-docedyl pyrrolidone, and Lactate esters such as n-propyl lactate, methyl
lactate, ethyl lactate, isopropyl lactate, butyl lactate, commercially available under the
tradenames Purasolv NPL - Purasolv ML - Purasolv EL - Purasolv IPL Purasolv BL or
mixtures selected from at least two of the aforementioned solvents.

As mentioned above, the liquid formulation comprises at least one oil (d) and optionally
further at least one solvent (f).
The pesticide can be dissolved in an oil or a mixture of at least one oil and at least one
solvent(s) (and later on emulsified in water) or dissolved in water (if the pesticide is
water soluble).
According to the invention the pesticide is present in the aqueous phase in form of a
suspension and the oil is essentially free of pesticide. The term "essentially" means the
concentration of the pesticide in the oil is not exceeeding 5 wt%, preferebly 2 wt% and
especially 0.5 wt%, in respect to the total weight of the oil.
In case that more than one pesticide is used, e.g. two, the pesticides could be present
either in solid form (suspension in water) or solubilized in water. Herein, the pesticides
can be present under the same form (e.g. both are present in solid form in form of a
suspension) or under different forms (e.g. one pesticide is solubilized in water and the
other is present in form of a suspension in the aqueous phase). In a particular preferred
embodiment, both pesticides are present in form of a suspension in the aqueous
phase, and the oil is essentially free of pesticide. Herein, it is preferred that the formula-
tion does not comprise an organic solvent.
The formulations as defined above, may comprise a further non-ionic surfactant (g)
selected from the group of ethylene propylene oxide block copolymers, wherein the
molecular weight of such polymers may lay in a range from 850g/mol to 3250 g/mol
(e.g. commercial available as Pluronic® PE types from BASF (e.g. Pluronic® PE 3100,
Pluronic® PE 3500, Pluronic® PE 4300, Pluronic® PE 6100, Pluronic® PE 6200, Plu-
ronic® PE 6400, Pluronic® PE 6800, Pluronic® PE 7400, Pluronic® PE 8100, Pluronic®
PE 9200, Pluronic® PE 9400, Pluronic® PE 10100, Pluronic® PE 10300, Pluronic® PE
1.0400, Pluronic® PE 10500).
In a particular preferred embodiment, the formulation comprises
(a) one or two pesticides present in form of a suspension;
(b) at least one non-ionic surfactant of formula I, preferably lb or Ic, more preferably
lb-1 or lc-1 or Ic2, most preferably lb-1
(c) at least one ionic tristyrylphenyl alkoylate, preferably of formula II, more prefera-
bly of formula II, most preferably of formula lla; and

(d) at least one oil, wherein the oil is essentially free of pesticide; and
(e) water; and
(g) non-ionic surfactant (g) selected from the group of ethylene propylene oxide
block copolymers; and no solvent(s).
Optionally, the formulation may comprise also further formulation auxiliaries (h) suitable
for the formulation of agrochemicals, such as additional surfactants, antifoaming
agents, anti-freezing agents, stabilizers, preservatives and/or antioxidants optionally if
the formulation is intended for seed treatment purposes dyes and/or binders.
Suitable stabilizers are, for example carboxylic acids ( citric acid, acetic acid, dodecyl-
benzensuifonic acidc ), orthophosphoric acid dodecylbenzensulfonic acidcand suitable
salts threof. Suitable antioxidants are for example as Butylhydroxytoluene
Suitable preservatives are for example 1,2-benzisothiazolin-3-one and/or 2-Methyl-2H-
isothiazol-3-one or sodium benzoate or benzoic acid.
Suitable antifreeze agents are for example glycerine, ethylene glycol, hexyleneglycol
and propylene glycol.
Suitable antifoaming agents are for example antifoaming agents based on modified
silicon, for example PolyDiMethylSiloxanes.
Suitable binders can be added to improve the adhesion of the active materials on the
seeds after treatment. Suitable binders are Polyvinylpyrrolidone, Polyvinylacetate,
Polyvinylalkohol and Tylose.
Suitable dyes for seed treatment formulations are Rhodamin B, C.I. Pigment Red 112,
C.I. Solvent Red 1, pigment blue 15:4, pigment blue 15:3, pigment blue 15:2, pigment
blue 15:1, pigment blue 80, pigment yellow 1, pigment yellow 13, pigment red 112,
pigment red 48:2, pigment red 48:1, pigment red 57:1, pigment red 53:1, pigment or-
ange 43, pigment orange 34, pigment orange 5, pigment green 36, pigment green 7,
pigment white 6, pigment brown 25, basic violet 10, basic violet 49, acid red 51, acid
red 52, acid red 14, acid blue 9, acid yellow 23, basic red 10, basic red 1O8.They must
be soluble in solvents.
The formulations are prepared in a known manner (see e.g. for review US 3,060,084,
EP-A 707 445 (for liquid concentrates), Chemical Engineering, Dec. 4,1967, 147-48,
Perry's Chemical Engineer's Handbook, 4th Ed., McGraw-Hill, New York, 1963, pages

8-57 and et seq. WO 91/13546, US 4,172,714, US 4,144,050, US 3,920,442, US
5,180,587, US 5,232,701, US 5,208,030, GB 2,095,558, US 3,299,566, Klingman,
Weed Control as a Science, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 1961, Hance et al.,
Weed Control Handbook, 8th Ed., Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, 1989 and
Mollet, H., Grubemann, A., Formulation technology, Wiley VCH Verlag GmbH, Wein-
heim (Germany), 2001, 2. D. A. Knowles, Chemistry and Technology of Agrochemical
Formulations, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 1998 (ISBN 0-7514-0443-8), for
example by extending the pesticide with the solvent and/or mineral oil as defined above
and surfactants (b), (c) and optionally (f) according to the present invention as defined
above and optionally further surfactant(s) and formulation auxiliaries as defined above.
For example, the formulations can be prepared, by comminuting the corresponding
pesticide(s) with addition of oil, solvent(s) asdefined above under stirring till the active
is fully in solution, then by adding (emulsifiers, antifreeze, antifoaming agents and lastly
water) and, if appropriate, further auxiliaries like preservative of dye in a vessel.
Another example for preparation is to prepare a premix wet mill-base of the pesticides /
to fit with the required particle size distribution. To this wet mill base, further formulation
auxiliaries are added, such as e.g antifoams and thickener. An oil and optionally an
emulsifier are mixed and stirred to prepare an oily solution.The wet mill-base with for-
mulation auxiliaries (antifoams and thickener) is mixed under stirring with the oily solu-
tion to give the final formulation.
The term "at least one pesticide" within the meaning of the invention states that one or
more compounds can be selected from the group consiting of fungicides, insecticides,
nematicides herbicide and/or safener or growth regulators can be used. The skilled
artisan is familiar with such pesticides, which can be, for example, found in the Pesti-
cide Manual, 13th Ed. (2003), The British Crop Protection Council, London.
The following list of pesticides together with which the compounds according to the
invention can be used, is intended to illustrate possiblities, but not to impose any
limitation:
The insecticide can be selected from the group consisting of
A.1. Organo(thio)phosphates: acephate, azamethiphos, azinphos-methyl, chlorpyrifos,
chlorpyrifos-methyl, chlorfenvinphos, diazinon, dichlorvos, dicrotophos, dimethoate,
disulfoton, ethion, fenitrothion, fenthion, isoxathion, malathion, methamidophos, methi-
dathion, methyl-parathion, mevinphos, monocrotophos, oxydemeton-methyl, paraoxon,
parathion, phenthoate, phosalone, phosmet, phosphamidon, phorate, phoxim, pirimi-
phos-methyl, profenofos, prothiofos, sulprophos, tetrachlorvinphos, terbufos, triazo-
phos, trichlorfon;

A.2. Carbamates: alanycarb, aldicarb, bendiocarb, benfuracarb, carbaryl, carbofuran,
carbosulfan, fenoxycarb, furathiocarb, methiocarb, methomyl, oxamyl, pirimicarb, pro-
poxur, thiodicarb, triazamate;
A.3. Pyrethroids: allethrin, bifenthrin, cyfluthrin, cyhalothrin, cyphenothrin, cyperme-
thrin, alpha-cypermethrin, beta-cypermethrin, zeta-cypermethrin, deltamethrin, esfen-
valerate, etofenprox, fenpropathrin, fenvalerate, imiprothrin, lambda-cyhalothrin,
gamma-cyhalothrin, permethrin, prallethrin, pyrethrin I and II, resmethrin, silafluofen,
tau-fluvalinate, tefluthrin, tetramethrin, tralomethrin, transfluthrin, profluthrin, dimeflu-
thrin;
A.4. Growth regulators: a) chitin synthesis inhibitors: benzoylureas: chlorfluazuron,
diflubenzuron, flucycloxuron, flufenoxuron, hexaflumuron, lufenuron, novaluron, te-
flubenzuron, triflumuron; buprofezin, diofenolan, hexythiazox, etoxazole, clofentazine;
b) ecdysone antagonists: halofenozide, methoxyfenozide, tebufenozide, azadirachtin;
c) juvenoids: pyriproxyfen, methoprene, fenoxycarb; d) lipid biosynthesis inhibitors:
spirodiclofen, spiromesifen, spirotetramat;
A.5. Nicotinic receptor agonists/antagonists compounds: clothianidin, dinotefuran, imi-
dacloprid, thiamethoxam, nitenpyram, acetamiprid, thiacloprid;
the thiazol compound of formula (P)

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A.7. Macrocyclic lactone insecticides: abamectin, emamectin, milbemectin, lepimectin,
spinosad, the compound of formula (r3) (CAS No. 187166-40-1)

A.8. METI I compounds: fenazaquin, pyridaben, tebufenpyrad, tolfenpyrad, flufenerim;
A.9. METI II and III compounds: acequinocyl, fluacyprim, hydramethylnon;
A.10. Uncoupler compounds: chlorfenapyr;
A.11. Oxidative phosphorylation inhibitor compounds: cyhexatin, diafenthiuron, fenbu-
tatin oxide, propargite;
A.12. Moulting disruptor compounds: cyromazine;
A.13. Mixed Function Oxidase inhibitor compounds: piperonyl butoxide;
A.M. Sodium channel blocker compounds: indoxacarb, metaflumizone,
A.15. Various: benclothiaz, bifenazate, cartap, flonicamid, pyridalyl, pymetrozine, sul-
fur, thiocyclam, flubendiamide, cyenopyrafen, flupyrazofos, cyflumetofen, amidoflumet,
the aminoquinazolinone compound of formula r
V* h
N-R'-2,2-dihalo-1-R"cyclo-propanecarboxamide-2-(2,6-dichloro-α,α,α-tri-fluoro-p-
tolyl)hydrazone or N-R'-2,2-di(R'")propionamide-2-(2,6-dichloro- α,α,α-trifluoro-p-tolyl)-
hydrazone, wherein R' is methyl or ethyl, halo is chloro or bromo, R" is hydrogen or
methyl and R'" is methyl or ethyl, anthranilamide compounds of formula r5

wherein A1 is CH3, Cl, Br, I, X is C-H, C-CI, C-F or N, Y' is F, Cl, or Br, Y" is H, F, Cl,
CF3) B1 is hydrogen, Cl, Br, I, CN, B2 is Cl, Br, CF3, OCH2CF3, OCF2H, and RB is hy-
drogen, CH3 or CH(CH3)2, and malononitrile compounds as described in JP 2002
284608, WO 02/89579, WO 02/90320, WO 02/90321, WO 04/06677, WO 04/20399,
JP 2004 99597, WO 05/68423, WO 05/68432, or WO 05/63694, especially the
malononitrile compounds CF3(CH2)2C(CN)2CH2(CF2)3CF2H,
CF3(CH2)2C(CN)2CH2(CF2)5CF2H, CF3(CH2)2C(CN)2(CH2)2C(CF3)2F,
CF3(CH2)2C(CN)2(CH2)2(CF2)3CF3, CF2H(CF2)3CH2C(CN)2CH2(CF2)3CF2H,
CF3(CH2)2C(CN)2CH2(CF2)3CF3, CF3(CF2)2CH2C(CN)2CH2(CF2)3CF2H, and
CF3CF2CH2C(CN)2CH2(CF2)3CF2H
The commercially available compounds of the group A may be found in The Pesticide
Manual, 13th Edition, British Crop Protection Council (2003) among other publications.
Thioamides of formula r2 and their preparation have been described in WO 98/28279.
Lepimectin is known from Agro Project, PJB Publications Ltd, November 2004. Ben-
clothiaz and its preparation have been described in EP-A1 454621. Methidathion and
Paraoxon and their preparation have been described in Farm Chemicals Handbook,
Volume 88, Meister Publishing Company, 2001. Acetoprole and its preparation have
been described in WO 98/28277. Metaflumizone and its preparation have been de-
scribed in EP-A1 462 456. Flupyrazofos has been described in Pesticide Science 54,
1988, p.237-243 and in US 4822779. Pyrafluprole and its preparation have been de-
scribed in JP 2002193709 and in WO 01/00614. Pyriprole and its preparation have
been described in WO 98/45274 and in US 6335357. Amidoflumet and its preparation
have been described in US 6221890 and in JP 21010907. Flufenerim and its prepara-
tion have been described in WO 03/007717 and in WO 03/007718. Cyflumetofen and
its preparation have been described in WO 04/080180.
Anthranilamides of formula r5 and their preparation have been described in
WO 01/70671; WO 02/48137; WO 03/24222, WO 03/15518, WO 04/67528;
WO 04/33468; and WO 05/118552. The malononitrile compounds
CF3(CH2)2C(CN)2CH2(CF2)3CF2H, CF3(CH2)2C(CN)2CH2(CF2)5CF2H,
CF3(CH2)2C(CN)2(CH2)2C(CF3)2F, CF3(CH2)2C(CN)2(CH2)2(CF2)3CF3,
CF2H(CF2)3CH2C(CN)2CH2(CF2)3CF2H, CF3(CH2)2C(CN)2CH2(CF2)3CF3,
CF3(CF2)2CH2C(CN)2CH2(CF2)3CF2H, and CF3CF2CH2C(CN)2CH2(CF2)3CF2H have
been described in WO 05/63694.

The fungicide can be selected from the group consisting of
1. Strobilurins such as azoxystrobin, dimoxystrobin, enestroburin, fluoxastrobin,
lresoxim-methyl, metominostrobin, picoxystrobin, pyraclostrobin, trifloxystrobin, ory-
sastrobin, methyl (2-chloro-5-[1 -(3-methylbenzyloxyimino)ethyl]benzyl)carbamate,
methyl (2-chloro-5-[1-(6-methylpyridin-2-ylmethoxyimino)ethyl]benzyl)carbamate,
methyl 2-(ortho-((2,5-dimethylpheny!oxymethylene)phenyl)-3-methoxyacrylate;
2. Carboxamides such as
carboxanilides: benalaxyl, benodanil, boscalid, carboxin, mepronil, fenfuram, fenhex-
amid, flutolanil, furametpyr, metalaxyl, ofurace, oxadixyl, oxycarboxin, penthiopyrad,
thifluzamide, tiadinil, N-(4'-bromobiphenyl-2-yl)-4-difluoromethyl-2-methylthiazole-5-
carboxamide, N-(4'-trifluoromethylbiphenyl-2-yl)-4-difluoromethyl-2-methylthiazole-5-
carboxamide, N-(4'-chloro-3'-fluorobiphenyl-2-yl)-4-difluoromethyl-2-methylthiazole-5-
carboxamide, N-(3',4'-dichloro-4-fluorobiphenyl-2-yl)-3-difluoromethyl-1-methylpyra-
zole-4-carboxamide, N-(2-cyanophenyl)-3,4-dichloroisothiazo\e-5-carboxamide;
carboxylic acid morpholides: dimethomorph, flumorph;
benzamides: flumetover, fluopicolide (picobenzamid), zoxamide;
other carboxamides: carpropamid, diclocymet, mandipropamid, N-(2-(4-[3-(4-chloro-
phenyl)prop-2-ynyloxy]-3-methoxyphenyl)ethyl)-2-methanesulfonylamino-3-methyl-
butyramide, N-(2-(4-[3-(4-chlorophenyl)prop-2-ynyloxy]-3-methoxyphenyl)ethyl)-2-
ethanesulfonylamino-3-methylbutyramide;
3. Azoles such as
triazoles: bitertanol, bromuconazole, cyproconazole, difenoconazole, diniconazole,
enilconazole, epoxiconazole, fenbuconazole, flusilazole, fluquinconazole, flutriafol,
hexaconazole, imibenconazole, ipconazole, metconazole, myclobutanil, penconazole,
propiconazole, prothioconazole, simeconazole, tebuconazole, tetraconazole, triadi-
menol, triadimefon, triticonazole;
imidazoles: cyazofamid, imazalil, pefurazoate, prochloraz, triflumizole;
benzimidazoles: benomyl, carbendazim, fuberidazole, thiabendazole;
others: ethaboxam, etridiazole, hymexazole;
4. Nitrogenous heterocyclyl compounds such as
pyridines: fluazinam, pyrifenox, 3-[5-(4-chlorophenyl)-2,3-dimethylisoxazolidin-3-yl]-
pyridine;
pyrimidines: bupirimate, cyprodinil, ferimzone, fenarimol, mepanipyrim, nuarimol,
pyrimethanil;
piperazines: triforine;
pyrroles: fludioxonil, fenpiclonil;
morpholines: aldimorph, dodemorph, fenpropimorph, tridemorph;
dicarboximides: iprodione, procymidone, vinclozolin;

others: acibenzolar-S-methyl, anilazine, captan, captafol, dazomet, diclomezine, feno-
xanil, folpet, fenpropidin, famoxadone, fenamidone, octhilinone, probenazole, proqui-
nazid, pyroquilon, quinoxyfen, tricyclazole, 5-chloro-7-(4-methy!piperidin-1-yl)-6-(2,4,6-
trifluorophenyl)-[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine, 2-butoxy-6-iodo-3-propylchromen-4-
one, N,N-dimethyl-3-(3-bromo-6-fluoro-2-methylindole-1 -sulfonyl)-[1,2,4]triazole-1 -sul-
fonamide;
5. Carbamates and dithiocarbamates such as
dithiocarbamates: ferbam, mancozeb, maneb, metiram, metam, propineb, thiram,
zineb, ziram;
carbamates: diethofencarb, flubenthiavalicarb, iprovalicarb, propamocarb, methyl 3-(4-
chlorophenyl)-3-(2-isopropoxycarbonylamino-3-methylbutyrylamino)propionate, 4-
fluorophenyl N-(1-(1-(4-cyanophenyl)ethanesulfonyl)but-2-yl)carbamate;
6. Other fungicides such as
guanidines: dodine, iminoctadine, guazatine;
antibiotics: kasugamycin, polyoxins, streptomycin, validamycin A;
organometallic compounds: fentin salts;
sulfur-containing heterocyclyl compounds: isoprothiolane, dithianon;
organophosphorus compounds: edifenphos, fosetyl, fosetyl-aluminum, iprobenfos,
pyrazophos, tolclofos-methyl, phosphorous acid and its salts;
organochlorine compounds: thiophanate-methyl, chlorothalonil, dichlofluanid, tolylflua-
nid, flusulfamide, phthalide, hexachlorbenzene, pencycuron, quintozene;
nitrophenyl derivatives: binapacryl, dinocap, dinobuton;
inorganic active compounds: Bordeaux mixture, copper acetate, copper hydroxide,
copper oxychloride, basic copper sulfate, sulfur;
others: spiroxamine, cyflufenamid, cymoxanil, metrafenone.
The herbicide is selected from the group consisting of
b1) lipid biosynthesis inhibitors such as chlorazifop, clodinafop, clofop, cyhalofop, diclo-
fop, fenoxaprop, fenoxaprop-p, fenthiaprop, fluazifop, fluazifop-P, haloxyfop, haloxyfop-
P, isoxapyrifop, metamifop, propaquizafop, quizalofop, quizalofop-P, trifop, alloxydim,
butroxydim, clethodim, cloproxydim, cycloxydim, profoxydim, sethoxydim, tepraloxydim,
tralkoxydim, butylate, cycloate, diallate, dimepiperate, EPTC, esprocarb, ethiolate, iso-
polinate, methiobencarb, molinate, orbencarb, pebulate, prosulfocarb, sulfallate,
thiobencarb, tiocarbazil, triallate, vernolate, benfuresate, ethofumesate and bensulide;
b2) ALS inhibitors such as amidosulfuron, azimsulfuron, bensulfuron, chlorimuron,
chlorsulfuron, cinosulfuron, cyclosulfamuron, ethametsulfuron, ethoxysulfuron, flazasul-
furon, flupyrsulfuron, foramsulfuron, halosulfuron, imazosulfuron, iodosulfuron, meso-

sulfuron, metsulfuron, nicosulfuron, oxasulfuron, primisulfuron, prosulfuron, pyrazosul-
furon, rimsulfuron, sulfometuron, sulfosulfuron, thifensulfuron, triasulfuron, tribenuron,
trifloxysulfuron, triflusulfuron, tritosulfuron, imazamethabenz, imazamox, imazapic,
imazapyr, imazaquin, imazethapyr, cloransulam, diclosulam, florasulam, flumetsulam,
metosulam, penoxsulam, bispyribac, pyriminobac, propoxycarbazone, flucarbazone,
pyribenzoxim, pyriftalid and pyrithiobac;
b3) photosynthesis inhibitors such as atraton, atrazine, ametryne, aziprotryne, cy-
anazine, cyanatryn, chlorazine, cyprazine, desmetryne, dimethametryne, dipropetryn,
eglinazine, ipazine, mesoprazine, methometon, methoprotryne, procyazine, pro-
glinazine, prometon, prometryne, propazine, sebuthylazine, secbumeton, simazine,
simeton, simetryne, terbumeton, terbuthylazine, terbutryne, trietazine, ametridione,
amibuzin, hexazinone, isomethiozin, metamitron, metribuzin, bromacil, isocil, lenacil,
terbacil, brompyrazon, chloridazon, dimidazon, desmedipham, phenisopham, phen-
medipham, phenmedipham-ethyl, benzthiazuron, buthiuron, ethidimuron, isouron,
methabenzthiazuron, monoisouron, tebuthiuron, thiazafluron, anisuron, buturon, chlor-
bromuron, chloreturon, chlorotoluron, chloroxuron, difenoxuron, dimefuron, diuron,
fenuron, fluometuron, fluothiuron, isoproturon, linuron, methiuron, metobenzuron, me-
tobromuron, metoxuron, monolinuron, monuron, neburon, parafluron, phenobenzuron,
siduron, tetrafluron, thidiazuron, cyperquat, diethamquat, difenzoquat, diquat, morfam-
quat, paraquat, bromobonil, bromoxynil, chloroxynil, iodobonil, ioxynil, amicarbazone,
bromofenoxim, flumezin, methazole, bentazone, propanil, pentanochlor, pyridate, and
pyridafol;
b4) protoporphyrinogen-IX oxidase inhibitors such as acifluorfen, bifenox, chlomethoxy-
fen, chlornitrofen, ethoxyfen, fluorodifen, fluoroglycofen, fluoronitrofen, fomesafen, fury-
loxyfen, halosafen, lactofen, nitrofen, nitrofluorfen, oxyfluorfen, fluazolate, pyraflufen,
cinidon-ethyl, flumiclorac, flumioxazin, flumipropyn, fluthiacet, thidiazimin, oxadiazon,
oxadiargyl, azafenidin, carfentrazone, sulfentrazone, pentoxazone, benzfendizone,
butafenacil, pyraclonil, profluazol, flufenpyr, flupropacil, nipyraclofen and etnipromid;
b5) bleacher herbicides such as metflurazon, norflurazon, flufenican, diflufenican, pi-
colinafen, beflubutamid, fluridone, flurochloridone, flurtamone, mesotrione, sulcotrione,
isoxachlortole, isoxaflutole, benzofenap, pyrazolynate, pyrazoxyfen, benzobicyclon,
amitrole, clomazone, aclonifen, 4-(3-trifluoromethylphenoxy)- 2-(4-
trifluoromethylphenyl)pyrimidine, and also 3-heterocyclyl-substituted benzoyl deriva-
tives of the formula II (see in WO 96/26202, WO 97/41116, WO 97/41117 and WO
97/41118)

in which the variables R8 to R13 are as defined below:
R8, R10 are hydrogen, halogen, C1-C6-alkyl, C1-C6-haloalkyl, C1-C6-alkoxy, C1-C6-
haloalkoxy, C1-C6-alkylthio, C1-C6-alkylsulfinyl or C1-C6-alkylsulfonyl;
R9 is a heterocyclic radical selected from the group consisting of such as thiazol-2-yl,
thiazol-4-yl, thiazol-5-yl, isoxazol-3-yl, isoxazol-4-yl, isoxazol-5-yl, 4,5-dihydroisoxazol-
3-yl, 4,5-dihydroisoxazol-4-yl and 4,5-dihydroisoxazol-5-yl, where the nine radicals
mentioned may be unsubstituted or mono- or polysubstituted, e.g. mono-, di-, tri- or
tetrasubstituted, by halogen, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy, C1-C4-haloalkyl, C1-C4-
haloalkoxy or C1-C4-alkylthio;

b9) mitose inhibitors such as benfluralin, butralin, dinitramine, ethalfluralin, fluchloralin,
isopropalin, methalpropalin, nitralin, oryzaiin, pendimethalin, prodiamine, profluraiin,
trifluralin, amiprofos-methyl, butamifos, dithiopyr, thiazopyr, propyzamide, tebutam,
chlorthal, carbetamide, chlorbufam, chlorpropham and propham;
b10) VLCFA inhibitors such as acetochlor, alachlor, butachlor, butenachlor, delachlor,
diethatyl, dimethachlor, dimethenamid, dimethenamid-P, metazachlor, metolachlor, S-
metolachlor, pretilachlor, propachlor, propisochlor, prynachlor, terbuchlor, thenylchlor,
xylachlor, allidochlor, CDEA, epronaz, diphenamid, napropamide, naproanilide, peth-
oxamid, flufenacet, mefenacet, fentrazamide, anilofos, piperophos, cafenstrole, indano-
fan and tridiphane;

b11) cellulose biosynthesis inhibitors such as dichlobenil, chlorthiamid, isoxaben and
flupoxam;
b12) decoupler herbicides such as dinofenate, dinoprop, dinosam, dinoseb, dinoterb,
DNOC, etinofen and medinoterb;
b13) auxin herbicides such as clomeprop, 2,4-D, 2,4,5-T, MCPA, MCPA thioethyl, di-
chlorprop, dichlorprop-P, mecoprop, mecoprop-P, 2,4-DB, MCPB, chloramben,
dicamba, 2,3,6-TBA, tricamba, quinclorac, quinmerac, clopyralid, fluroxypyr, picloram,
triclopyr and benazolin;
b14) auxin transport inhibitors such as naptalam, diflufenzopyr;
b15) benzoylprop, fiamprop, flamprop-M, bromobutide, chlorflurenol, cinmethylin, me-
thyldymron, etobenzanid, fosamine, metam, pyributicarb, oxaziclomefone, dazomet,
triaziflam and methyl bromide.
Fungicides and Insecticides are preferred.
Preferred Insecticides are
Carbamates such as Alanycarb, Benfuracarb, Carbaryl, Carbosulfan, Fenoxycarb,
Furathiocarb, Indoxacarb, Methiocarb, Methomyl, Oxamyl, Pirimicarb, Propoxur, Thio-
dicarb, Triazamate;
Pyrethroids such as Bifenthrin, Cyfluthrin, Cypermethrin, alpha-Cypermethrin, Deltame-
thrin, Esfenvalerate, Ethofenprox, Fenpropathrin, Fenvalerate, Cyhalothrin, Lambda-
Cyhalothrin, Permethrin, Silafluofen, Tau-Fluvalinate, Tefluthrin, Tralomethrin, Zeta-
Cypermethrin;
Arthropod growth regulators such as
chitin synthesis inhibitors: benzoylureas: Chlorfluazuron, Diflubenzuron, Flucycloxuron,
Flufenoxuron, Hexaflumuron, Lufenuron, Novaluron, Teflubenzuron, Triflumuron; Bu-
profezin, Diofenolan, Hexythiazox, Etoxazole, Clofentazine;
b) ecdysone antagonists: Halofenozide, Methoxyfenozide, Tebufenozide;
c) juvenoids: Pyriproxyfen, Methoprene, Fenoxycarb;
d) lipid biosynthesis inhibitors: Spirodiclofen;
Neonicotinoids such as Acetamiprid, Clothianidin, Flonicamid, Imidacloprid, Niten-
pyram, Thiacloprid, Thiamethoxam, Dinetofuran
and Ethiprole, Fipronil, Metaflumizone, N-R'-2,2-dihalo-1-R"cyclo-
propanecarboxamide-2-(2,6-dichloro- α,α,α-tri-fluoro-p-tolyl)hydrazone or N-R'-2,2-

di(R"')propionamide-2-(2,6-dichloro- α,α,α- -trifluoro-p-tolyl)-hydrazone, wherein R' is
methyl or ethyl, halo is chloro or bromo, R" is hydrogen or methyl and R'" is methyl or
ethyl, Abamectin, Acequinocyl, Amitraz, Azadirachtin, Bifenazate, Bacillus thuringien-
sis, Bacillus subtilis, Cartap, Chlorfenapyr, Chlordimeform, Cyromazine, Diafenthiuron,
, Diofenolan, Emamectin, Endosulfan, Fenazaquin, Formetanate, Formetanate hydro-
chloride, Hydramethylnon, Indoxacarb, 4-{(2Z)-2-({[4-(trifluoro-methoxy)anilino] car-
bonyl} hydrazono)-2-[3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]ethyl} benzo-nitrile, Pyridaben, Pyridalyl,
Pymetrozine, Spinosad, Sulfur, Tebufenpyrad, and Thiocyclam.
More preferred Insecticides are Fipronil, Flufenoxuron, Teflubenzuron, metaflumizone
and Alphacypermethrin.
Most preferred Insecticides are Fipronil, Flufenoxuron and Alphacypermethrin.
As mentioned above, also mixtures of actives are preferred. For example, the Insecti-
cide following mixtures are preferred: the mixture of alphacypermethrin and acetami-
prid; the mixture of fipronil and imidacloprid; the mixture of fipronil and acetamiprid ; the
mixture of fiponil and acephate; the mixture of fipronil and thiametoxan; the mixture of
fipronil and pymetrozine; the mixture of fipronil and alphacypermethrin; the mixture of
metaflumizone and acetamiprid; the mixture of metaflumizone and teflubenzuron; the
mixture of alphacypermethrin and chlorpyrifos; and the mixture of metaflumizone and
flufenoxuron, wherein the mixture of fipronil and alphacypermethrin is most preferred.
Preferred fungicides are epoxiconazole, pyraclostrobin, kresoxim-methyl, carbendazim,
metrafenone, boscalid, triticonazole, metconazole, dimethomorph, fenpropimorph, pro-
chloraz, vinclozolin, iprodione, ditianon, metiram, tebuconazole, azoxystrobin, man-
cozeb, trifloxystrobin, chlorothalonil, metalaxyl, fosetyl, difemoconazole, cyprodinil, spi-
roxamine, prothioconazole, picoxystrobin.
All embodiments of the formulations as defined above are hereinbelow referred to as
"formulation according to the present invention".
The present invention furthermore relates to a method of combating harmful insects
and/or phytopathogenic fungi, which comprises contacting said harmful insects and/or
phytopathogenic fungi, their habit, breeding ground, food supply, plant, seed, soil, area,
material or environment in which the harmful insects and/or phytopathogenic fungi are
growing or may grow, or the materials, plants, seeds, soils, surfaces or spaces to be
protected from attack or infestation by said harmful insects and/or phytopathogenic
fungi with an effective amount of a agrochemical formulation according to the present
invention.

Thus, the formulations according to the present invention can therefore be used for the
control of a multitude of phytopaghogenic fungi or insects on various cultivated plants
or weeds in , such as wheat, rye, barley, oats, rice, corn, grass, bananas, cotton, soya,
coffee, sugar cane, vines, fruits and ornamental plants, and vegetables, such as cu-
cumbers, beans, tomatoes, potatoes and cucurbits, and on the seeds of these plants.
The present invention furthermore relates to a method of controlling undesired vegeta-
tion and/or a method of growth regulation of plants, which comprises allowing a herbi-
cidally or growth regulatory effective amount of a agrochemical formulation according
to the present invention to act on plants, their habitat or on seed of said plants.
The term phytopathogenic fungi includes but is not limited to the following species:
Alternaria spp. on rice, vegetables, soybeans, canola/oilseed rape and sugarbeet and
fruit, Aphanomyces spp. on sugarbeet and vegetables Bipolaris and Drechslera spp. on
corn, cereals, rice and turf, Blumeria graminis (powdery mildew) on cereals, Botrytis
cinerea (gray mold) on strawberries, vegetables, ornamentals and grapevines, Bremia
lactucae on lettuce Cercospora spp. on corn, soyabeans and sugarbeet Cochliobolus
spp. on corn, cereals on rice (e.g. Cochliobolus sativus on cereals, Cochliobolus miya-
beanus on rice) Colletotrichum spp. on soybeans and cotton Drechslera spp. on cere-
als and com Exserohilum spp. on corn Erysiphe cichoracearum and Sphaerotheca
fuliginea on cucurbits, Erysiphe necator on grapevines Fusarium and Verticillium spp.
on various plants, Gaeumannomyces graminis on cereals Gibberella spp. on cereals
and rice (e.g. Gibberella fujikuroi on rice, Gibberella zeae on cereals) Grainstaining
complex on rice Microdochium nivale on cereals Mycosphaerella spp. on cereals, ba-
nanas and peanuts, Phakopsora pachyrhizi and Phakopsora meibomiae on soybeans
Phomopsis spp. on soybeans and sunflower Phytophthora infestans on potatoes and
tomatoes, Plasmopara viticola on grapevines, Podosphaera leucotricha on apples,
Pseudocercosporella herpotrichoides on wheat and barley, Pseudoperonospora spp.
on hops and cucumbers, Puccinia spp. on cereals and corn, Pyrenophora spp. on ce-
reals Pyricularia oryzae on rice, Cochliobolus miyabeanus and Corticium sasakii
(Rhizoctonia solani), Fusarium semitectum (and/or moniliforme), Cercospora oryzae,
Sarocladium oryzae, S attenuatum, Entyloma oryzae, Gibberella fujikuroi (bakanae),
Grainstaining complex (various pathogens), Bipolaris spp., Drechslera spp. and Py-
thium and Rhizoctonia spp. on rice, corn, cotton, canola, oilseed rape, sunflower,
sugarbeet, vegetables, turf, nuts and other various plants Rhizoctonia solani on potato
Sclerotinia spp. on canola/oilseed rape and sunflower Septoria tritici and Stagonospora
nodorum on wheat, Uncinula necator on grapevines, Sphacelotheca reiliana on corn
Thievaliopsis spp. on soybeans and cotton Tilletia spp. on cereals Ustilago spp. on
cereals corn, and sugar cane, and Venturia spp. (scab) on apples and pears;

The term harmful insect pests includes but is not limited to the following arthropods and
nematodes:
millipedes (Diplopoda) such as Blaniulus species
Ants (Hymenoptera), such as. Atta capiguara, Atta cephalotes, Atta laevigata, Atta ro-
busta, Atta sexdens, Atta texana, Monomorium pharaonis, Solenopsis geminata, So-
lenopsis invicta, Pogonomyrmex species and Pheidole megacephala,
Beetles (Coleoptera), such as Agrilus sinuatus, Agriotes lineatus, Agriotes obscurus
and other Agriotes species, Amphimallus solstitialis, Anisandrus dispar, Anthonomus
grandis, Anthonomus pomorum, Aracanthus morei, Atomaria linearis, Blapstinus spe-
cies, Blastophagus piniperda, Blitophaga undata, Bothynoderes punciventris, Bruchus
rufimanus, Bruchus pisorum, Bruchus lentis, Byctiscus betulae, Cassida nebulosa,
Cerotoma trifurcata, Ceuthorrhynchus assimilis, Ceuthorrhynchus napi, Chaetocnema
tibialis, Conoderus vespertinus and other Conoderus species, Conorhynchus men-
dicus, Crioceris asparagi, Cylindrocopturus adspersus, Diabrotica (longicornis) barberi,
Diabrotica semi-punctata, Diabrotica speciosa, Diabrotica undecimpunctata, Diabrotica
virgifera and other Diabrotica species, Eleodes species, Epilachna varivestis, Epitrix
hirtipennis, Eutinobothrus brasiliensis, Hylobius abietis, Hypera brunneipennis, Hypera
postica, Ips typographus, Lema bilineata, Lema melanopus, Leptinotarsa decem-
lineata, Limonius califomicus and other Limonius species, Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus,
Listronotus bonariensis, Melanotus communis and other Melanotus species, Me-
ligethes aeneus, Melolontha hippocastani, Melolontha melolontha, Oulema oryzae,
Ortiorrhynchus sulcatus, Oryzophagus oryzae, Otiorrhynchus ovatus, Oulema oryzae,
Phaedon cochleariae, Phyllotreta chrysocephala, Phyllophaga cuyabana and other
Phyllophaga species, Phyllopertha horticola, Phyllotreta nemorum, Phyllotreta striolata,
and other Phyllotreta species, Popillia japonica, Promecops carinicollis, Premnotrypes
voraz, Psylliodes species, Sitona lineatus, Sitophilus granaria, Sternechus pinguis,
Sternechus subsignatus, and Tanymechus palliatus and other Tanymechus species,
Flies (Diptera) such as Agromyza oryzea, Chrysomya bezziana, Chrysomya homi-
nivorax, Chrysomya macellaria, Contarinia sorghicola, Cordylobia anthropophaga,
Dacus cucurbitae, Dacus oleae, Dasineura brassicae, Delia antique, Delia coarctata,
Delia platura, Delia radicum, Fannia canicularis, Gasterophilus intestinalis, Geomyza
Tripunctata, Glossina morsitans, Haematobia irritans, Haplodiplosis equestris, Hypo-
derma lineata, Liriomyza sativae, Liriomyza trifolii, Lucilia caprina, Lucilia cuprina,
Lucilia sericata, Lycoria pectoralis, Mayetiola destructor, Muscina stabulans, Oestrus
ovis, Opomyzaflorum, Oscinella frit, Pegomya hysocyami, Phorbia antiqua, Phorbia
brassicae, Phorbia coarctata, Progonya leyoscianii, Psila rosae, Rhagoletis cerasi,
Rhagoletis pomonella, Tabanus bovinus, Tetanops myopaeformis, Tipula oleracea and
Tipula paludosa,

Heteropterans (Heteroptera), such as Acrostemum hilare, Blissus leucopterus, Cicadel-
lidae such as Empoasca fabae, Chrysomelidae, Cyrtopeltis notatus, Delpahcidae, Dys-
dercus cingulatus, Dysdercus intermedius, Eurygaster integriceps, Euschistus impic-
tiventris, Leptoglossus phyllopus, Lygus iineolaris, Lygus pratensis, Nephotettix spe-
cies, Nezara viridula, Pentatomidae, Piesma quadrata, Solubea insularis and Thyanta
perditor,
Aphids and other homopterans (Homoptera), e.g. Acyrthosiphon onobrychis, Adelges
laricis, Aphidula nasturtii, Aphis fabae, Aphis forbesi, Aphis glycines, Aphis gossypii,
Aphis grossulariae, Aphis pomi, Aphis schneideri, Aphis spiraecola, Aphis sambuci,
Acyrthosiphon pisum, Aulacorthum solani, Brachycaudus cardui, Brachycaudus
helichrysi, Brachycaudus persicae, Brachycaudus prunicola, Brevicoryne brassicae,
Capitophorus horni, Cerosipha gossypii, Chaetosiphon fragaefolii, Cryptomyzus ribis,
Dreyfusia nordmannianae, Dreyfusia piceae, Dysaphis radicola, Dysaulacorthum
pseudosolani, Dysaphis plantaginea, Dysaphis pyri, Empoasca fabae, Hyalopterus
pruni, Hyperomyzus lactucae, Macrosiphum avenae, Macrosiphum euphorbiae, Mac-
rosiphon rosae, Megoura viciae, Melanaphis pyrarius, Metopolophium dirhodum, My-
zodes (Myzus) persicae, Myzus ascalonicus, Myzus cerasi, Myzus varians, Nasonovia
ribis-nigri, Nilaparvata lugens, Pemphigus bursarius, Pemphigus populivenae, and
other Pemphigus species, Perkinsiella saccharicida, Phorodon humuli, Psyllidae such
as Psylla mali, Psylla piri and other Psylla species, Rhopalomyzus ascalonicus, Rhopa-
losiphum maidis, Rhopalosiphum padi, Rhopalosiphum insertum, Sappaphis mala,
Sappaphis mali, Schizaphis graminum, Schizoneura lanuginosa, Sitobion avenae, Tri-
aleurodes vaporariorum, Toxoptera aurantiiand, and Viteus vitifolii;
Lepidopterans (Lepidoptera), for example Agrotis ypsilon, Agrotis segetum and other
Agrotis species, Alabama argillacea, Anticarsia gemmatalis, Argyresthia conjugella,
Autographa gamma, Bupalus piniarius, Cacoecia murinana, Capua reticulana, Cheima-
tobia brumata, Chilo suppresalis and other Chilo species,Choristoneura fumiferana,
Choristoneura occidentalis, Cirphis unipuncta, Cnaphlocrocis medinalis, Cydia pomo-
nella, Dendrolimus pini, Diaphania nitidalis, Diatraea grandiosella, Earias insulana,
Elasmopalpus lignosellus, Eupoecilia ambiguella, Euxoa species, Evetria bouliana,
Feltia subterranea, Galleria mellonella, Grapholitha funebrana, Grapholitha molesta,
Heliothis armigera, Heliothis virescens, Heliothis zea, Hellula undalis, Hibernia defo-
liaria, Hyphantria cunea, Hyponomeuta malinellus, Keiferia lycopersicella, Lambdina
fiscellaria, Laphygma exigua, Lerodea eufala, Leucoptera coffeella, Leucoptera scitella,
Lithocolletis blancardella, Lobesia botrana, Loxostege sticticalis, Lymantria dispar,
Lymantria monacha, Lyonetia clerkella, Malacosoma neustria, Mamestra brassicae,
Momphidae, Orgyia pseudotsugata, Ostrinia nubiialis, Panolis flammea, Pectinophora
gossypiella, Peridroma saucia, Phalera bucephala, Phthorimaea operculella, Phylloc-
nistis citrella, Pieris brassicae, Plathypena scabra, Plutella xylostella, Pseudoplusia
includens, Rhyacionia frustrana, Scrobipalpula absoluta,Sesamia nonagrioides and

other Sesamia species, Sitotroga cerealella, Sparganothis pilleriana, Spodoptera
frugiperda, Spodoptera littoralis, Spodoptera litura, Thaumatopoea pityocampa, Tortrix
viridana, Trichoplusia ni and Zeiraphera canadensis,
orthopterans (Orthoptera), such as Acrididae, Acheta domestica, Blatta orientalis, Blat-
tella germanica, Forficula auricularia, Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa, Locusta migratoria,
Melanoplus bivittatus, Melanoplus femur-rubrum, Melanoplus mexicanus, Melanoplus
sanguinipes, Melanoplus spretus, Nomadacris septemfasciata, Periplaneta americana,
Schistocerca americana, Schistocerca peregrina, Stauronotus maroccanus and Tachy-
cines asynamorus;
termites (Isoptera), such as Calotermes flavicollis, Coptotermes species, Daibulus
maidis, Leucotermes flavipes, Macrotermes gilvus, Reticulitermes lucifugus and Ter-
mes natalensis;
thrips (Thysanoptera) such as Frankliniella fusca, Frankliniella occidentalis, Frank-
liniella tritici and other Frankliniella species, Scirtothrips citri, Thrips oryzae, Thrips
palmi, Thrips simplex and Thrips tabaci,
Arachnoidea, such as arachnids (Acarina), for example e.g. of the families Argasidae,
Ixodidae and Sarcoptidae, such as Amblyomma americanum, Amblyomma variegatum,
Argas persicus, Boophilus annulatus, Boophilus decoloratus, Boophilus microplus,
Dermacentor silvarum, Hyalomma truncatum, Ixodes ricinus, Ixodes rubicundus, Orni-
thodorus moubata, Otobius megnini, Dermanyssus gallinae, Psoroptes ovis,
Rhipicephalus appendiculatus, Rhipicephalus evertsi, Sarcoptes scabiei, and Eriophyi-
dae species such as Aculus schlechtendali, Phyllocoptrata oleivora and Eriophyes
sheldoni; Tarsonemidae species such as Phytonemus pallidus and Polyphagotar-
sonemus latus; Tenuipalpidae species such as Brevipalpus phoenicis; Tetranychidae
species such as Tetranychus cinnabarinus, Tetranychus kanzawai, Tetranychus pacifi-
cus, Tetranychus telarius and Tetranychus urticae, Panonychus ulmi, Panonychus citri,
and Oligonychus pratensis;
Nematodes, especially plant parasitic nematodes such as root knot nematodes, Meloi-
dogyne hapla, Meloidogyne incognita, Meloidogyne javanica, and other Meloidogyne
species; cyst-forming nematodes, Globodera rostochiensis and other Globodera spe-
cies; Heterodera avenae, Heterodera glycines, Heterodera schachtii, Heterodera trifolii,
and other Heterodera species; Seed gall nematodes, Anguina species; Stem and foliar
nematodes, Aphelenchoides species; Sting nematodes, Belonolaimus longicaudatus
and other Belonolaimus species; Pine nematodes, Bursaphelenchus xylophilus and
other Bursaphelenchus species; Ring nematodes, Criconema species, Criconemella
species, Criconemoides species, Mesocriconema species; Stem and bulb nematodes,
Ditylenchus destructor, Ditylenchus dipsaci and other Ditylenchus species; Awl nema-

todes, Dolichodorus species; Spiral nematodes, Heliocotylenchus multicinctus and
other Helicotylenchus species; Sheath and sheathoid nematodes, Hemicycliophora
species and Hemicriconemoides species; Hirshmanniella species; Lance nematodes,
Hoploaimus species; false rootknot nematodes, Nacobbus species; Needle nematodes,
Longidorus elongatus and other Longidorus species; Lesion nematodes, Praty-
lenchus neglectus, Pratylenchus penetrans, Pratylenchus curvitatus, Pratylenchus
goodeyi and other Pratylenchus species; Burrowing nematodes, Radopholus similis
and other Radopholus species; Reniform nematodes, Rotylenchus robustus and other
Rotylenchus species; Scutellonema species; Stubby root nematodes, Trichodorus
primitivus and other Trichodorus species, Paratrichodorus species; Stunt nematodes,
Tylenchorhynchus claytoni, Tylenchorhynchus dubius and other Tylenchorhynchus
species; Citrus nematodes, Tylenchulus species; Dagger nematodes, Xiphinema species;
and other plant parasitic nematode species.
The control of undesired vegetation is understood as meaning the destruction of
weeds. Weeds, in the broadest sense, are understood as meaning all those plants
which grow in locations where they are undesired.
As mentioned above, in one embodiment of the methods of combating harmfull fungi
and/or insects, the formulation according to the invention can be used also for the
treatment of seeds from plants.
The present invention also comprises seeds coated with formulation according to the
present invention.
The term seed embraces seeds and plant propagules of all kinds including but not lim-
ited to true seeds, seed pieces, suckers, corms, bulbs, fruit, tubers, grains, cuttings, cut
shoots and the like and means in a preferred embodiment true seeds.
Suitable seed is seed of cereals, root crops, oil crops, vegetables, spices, ornamentals,
for example seed of durum and other wheat, barley, oats, rye, maize (fodder maize and
sugar maize / sweet and field corn), soybeans, oil crops, crucifers, cotton, sunflowers,
bananas, rice, oilseed rape, turnip rape, sugarbeet, fodder beet, eggplants, potatoes,
grass, lawn, turf, fodder grass, tomatoes, leeks, pumpkin/squash, cabbage, iceberg
lettuce, pepper, cucumbers, melons, Brassica species, melons, beans, peas, garlic,
onions, carrots, tuberous plants such as potatoes, sugar cane, tobacco, grapes, petu-
nias, geranium/pelargoniums, pansies and impatiens.
In addition, the formulation according to the invention may also be used for the treat-
ment seeds from plants, which tolerate the action of herbicides or fungicides or insecti-
cides owing to breeding, including genetic engineering methods, for example seeds of
transgenic crops which are resistant to herbicides from the group consisting of the sul-

fonylureas (EP-A-0257993, U.S. Pat. No. 5,013,659), imidazolinones (see for example
US 6222100, WO0182685, WO0026390, WO9741218, WO9802526, WO9802527,
WO 04/106529, WO 05/20673, WO 03/14357, WO 03/13225, WO 03/14356, WO
04/16073), glufosinate-type (see for example EP-A-0242236, EP-A-242246) or gly-
phosate-type (see for example WO 92/00377) or in seeds of plants resistant towards
herbicides selected from the group of cyclohexadienone/Aryloxyphenoxypropionic acid
herbicides (US 5,162,602 , US 5,290,696 , US 5,498,544 , US 5,428,001 , US
6,069,298 , US 6,268,550 , US 6,146,867 , US 6,222,099 , US 6,414,222) or in seeds
of transgenic crop plants, for example cotton, with the capability of producing Bacillus
thuringiensis toxins (Bt toxins) which make the plants resistant to certain pests (EP-A-
0142924, EP-A-0193259)
The seed treatment application of the formulation according to the invention is carried
out by spraying or dusting the seeds before sowing of the plants and before emergence
of the plants by methods known to the skilled artisan.
In the treatment of seeds the corresponding formulations are applied by treating the
seeds with an effective amount of the formulation according to the present invention.
Herein, the application rates of pesticide are generally from 0.1 g to 10 kg per 100 kg of
seed, preferably from 1 g to 5 kg per 100 kg of seed, in particular from 1 g to 2,5 kg per
100 kg of seed. For specific crops such as lettuce or onion, the rate can be higher.
The present invention provides several advantages over known agrochemical formulations:
One or even more than one pesticide can be kept in stable suspension. Additionally,
an oil can be added to the formulation. Furthermore, the toxicity of formulation is
lowered by reducing the concentration of organic solvents compared to emulsifiable
concentrates or by reducing the amount of pesticide, which is dissolved in organic solvent.
A further advantage is that there is no risk of crystallization of pesticides in the
emulsion phase at lower temperature or during storage, because the oil is essentially
free of pesticide.
The invention is further illustrated but not limited by the following examples.

Example 1 - Preparation of a formulation comprising alpha-cypermethrin and fipronil
A) Preparation of the premix
A solution of 280g water, 0.75g citric acid, 2g Acticide MBS (1,2-Benzisothiazol-3(2H)-
on + 2-Methyl-2H-isothiazol-3-on), 83.3g Pluronic PE 10500 (non-ionic surfactant, eth-
ylene propylene oxide block copolymer from BASF, 18 wt% in water) and 100g of So-
prophor FLK (ionic trisytrylphenylethoxylate from Rhodia), were prepared by stirring in
a vessel (until dissolved). Afterwards, 180g fipronil and then 120g alpha-cypermethrin
were added under stirring conditions. Then 2.5g Rhodorsil 416 (dialkylpolysiloxane
antifoaming agent, from Rhodia) and 0.5g Rhodorsil 432 (dialkylpolysiloxane
antifoaming agent, from Rhodia) were added until the resulting mixture was homogeneous.
The resulting suspension was then passed through a horizontal bead mill (glass or zir-
conium beads) until a particle size specification (80% milling, 0.75g xanthan gum (thickener) was added under stirring conditions and stirred
until dissolved.
B) Preparation of the oil phase
In a separate vessel, 300g corn oil and 20g of an alkohol alkoxylate of formula (Ib)
(GT2624 from AKZO) were mixed with a stirrer until a clear liquid is achieved.
C) Preparation of the final product
320g of the oil-phase phase was added to 770.75g milled premix (amount depends on
purity of the particular ingredients) and blended by a colloid mill until it was homogene-
ous.
Comparative Example
The procedure of Example 1 was repeated, wherein the alcohol alkoxylate of formula
(Ib) in step B) was substituted by a commercial mixture of fatty acid polyethylene glycol
esters (Geronol ® VO 2001, a nonionic emulsifier from Rodhia) or by polyethylenglykol
300 ester of 9-octadecenoic acid (Alkamuls ® A, a nonionic emulsifier from Rodhia). In
both cases the formulation was not stable and separated.

Claims
1. Formulation comprising
(a) at least one pesticide; and
(b) at least one non-ionic surfactant of formula I

wherein
R1 represents straight-chain or branched alkyi having 4 to 20 carbon atoms;
AO is ethyleneoxy, propyleneoxy or a mixture of ethyleneoxy and propyl-
eneoxy;
and
x correspond to values from 2 to 30; and
(c) at least one ionic tristyrylpheny! alkoxylate; and
(d) at least one oil; and
(e) water,
wherein the pesticide is present in the aqueous phase in form of a suspension
and the oil is essentially free of pesticide.
2. Formulation according to claim 1, additionally comprising at least one solvent (f).
3. A formulation according to any of claims 1 to 2, wherein the non-ionic surfactant
(b) comprises formula (Ib)

wherein
R1 represents straight-chain or branched alkyl having 4 to 20 carbon atoms;
A is ethyleneoxy;
B is propyleneoxy;

and n, m correspond to values from 1 to 10 provided that the sum of m, n is at
least 2.
4. A formulation according to claim 3, wherein in the in formula Ib of the non-ionic
surfactant (b) R1 represents 2-ethylhexyl.
5. A formulation according to any of claims 1 to 4, wherein component (c) repre-
sents an ionic phosphated or sulfated ionic tristyrylphenol ethoxylate.
6. A formulation according to any of claims 1 to 6, additionally comprising a further
non-ionic surfactant (f) selected from the group consisting of ethyleneoxid / pro-
pyleneoxid block copolymers.
7. A formulation according to any of claims 1 to 6, wherein the oil is free of pesti-
cide.
8. A method of combating harmful insects and/or phytopathogenic fungi, which
comprises contacting said harmful insects and/or phytopathogenic fungi, their
habit, breeding ground, food supply, plant, seed, soil, area, material or environ-
ment in which the harmful insects and/or phytopathogenic fungi are growing or
may grow, or the materials, plants, seeds, soils, surfaces or spaces to be pro-
tected from attack or infestation by said harmful insects and/or phytopathogenic
fungi with an effective amount of a agrochemical formulation as claimed in any of
claims 1 to 7.
9. A method of controlling undesired vegetation, which comprises allowing a herbi-
cidally effective amount of a agrochemical formulation as claimed in any of claims
1 to 7 to act on plants, their habitat or on seed of said plants.
10. Seeds treated with a formulation of any of claims 1 to 7.

The present invention relates to a formulation comprising (a) at least one pesticide; and (b) at least one non-ionic surfactant of formula (I): R -O-(AO)x-(H); wherein R1 represents straight-chain or branched alkyl having 4 to 20 carbon atoms; AO is ethyleneoxy, propyleneoxy or a mixture of ethyleneoxy and propyleneoxy; and x correspond to values from 2 to 30; and (c) at least one ionic tristyrylphenyl alkoylate; and (d) at least one oil; and (e) water, wherein the pesticide is present in the aqueous phase
in form of a suspension and the oil is essentially free of pesticide.

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Patent Number

270410

Indian Patent Application Number

1785/KOLNP/2009

PG Journal Number

52/2015

Publication Date

25-Dec-2015

Grant Date

18-Dec-2015

Date of Filing

14-May-2009

Name of Patentee

BASF SE

Applicant Address

67056 LUDWIGSHAFEN

Inventors:

#	Inventor's Name	Inventor's Address
1	TARANTA, CLAUDE	HAHNENFUSSWEG 8, 76297 STUTENSEE
2	ATRAUSS, KARL	GINSTERPLATZ 8, 67117 LIMBURGERHOF
3	KRAUSHAAR, ARNOLD	FISCHMARKT 4A, 67346 SPEYER
4	MEIER, WOLFGANG	MAINSTRASSE 8, 67117 LIMBURGERHOF
5	STEINBRENNER, ULRICH	MÜLLER-THURGAU-WEG 20, 67435 NEUSTADT

PCT International Classification Number

A01N 25/04,A01P 3/00

PCT International Application Number

PCT/EP2007/062110

PCT International Filing date

2007-11-09

PCT Conventions:

#	PCT Application Number	Date of Convention	Priority Country
1	06124554.4	2006-11-22	EUROPEAN UNION