METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INSECTS

Fuente: WIPO "tomato"
The present invention relates to a method for controlling hemipteran or lepidopteran insect pests in crops, said method comprising applying to a plant, a plant propagation material, locus or parts thereof or surrounding soil with the composition comprising a mixture of elemental Sulphur in a concentration range of 1% to 90% by weight of the total composition; Selenium in its elemental form or salts or complexes or derivatives or mixture thereof wherein elemental Selenium content is in the range of 0.001% to 10% by weight of the total composition; and at least one agriculturally acceptable excipients wherein the composition comprises particles in the size range of 0.1 to 50 microns.