WO2023073566A1

WO2023073566A1 - Oil dispersion formulation

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Publication number: WO2023073566A1
Application number: PCT/IB2022/060260
Authority: WO
Inventors: Ashim Kumar Dutta; Vishwanath GADE; Shailendra Mitharam Bharambe
Original assignee: Pi Industries Ltd.
Priority date: 2021-10-29
Filing date: 2022-10-26
Publication date: 2023-05-04
Also published as: AR127479A1

Abstract

The present invention discloses an oil dispersion formulation comprising chlorantraniliprole or agrochemically acceptable salt thereof, tolfenpyrad or agrochemically acceptable salt thereof and one or more auxiliaries. The present invention further discloses a process of preparing said formulation thereof. Furthermore, the present invention discloses a method for controlling a wide variety of undesired pathogenic microorganisms, insect pests and mites, for plants, including the treatment of plant/plant parts and a region around the plant by applying the oil dispersion formulation.

Description

OIL DISPERSION FORMULATION

FIELD OF THE INVENTION:

The present invention relates to an oil dispersion (OD) formulation and to a process for the preparation thereof. More particularly, the present invention relates to an oil dispersion (OD) formulation comprising chlorantraniliprole or agrochemically acceptable salt(s) thereof and tolfenpyrad or agrochemically acceptable salt(s) thereof. The present invention further relates to a process for the preparation of an oil dispersion (OD) formulation and use thereof for the control of a wide variety of undesired phytopathogenic microorganisms, insect pests and mites.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION:

In many economically important crops, such as rice, peppers, tomatoes, cabbage, okra, chili, grapes, peas, cotton and other agricultural and horticultural crops, fungal infection and insect infestation may occur simultaneously, for which growers are applying control measures either separately or by simply tank mixing various insecticide(s)/acaricide(s) together. This practice of mixing various pesticides might lead to poor efficacy and crop damage due to compatibility issues. Hence, a premix of the best possible formulation for a combination of insecticide(s)/acaricide(s) would help growers to combat these important diseases and insects/mites in those crop stages.

Typical problems arising in the field of pest control are reducing the dose rates of the active ingredients in order to reduce or avoid unfavorable environmental or toxicological effects whilst still allowing effective disease/pest control. Therefore, a combined application of an effective amount of insecticide(s)/acaricide(s) as a uniform composition is a practical necessity.

Another main concern with the use of pesticide is the development of resistance by the pests for that particular pesticide which ultimately leads to higher usage of the pesticide. This high amount of pesticide usage may result in toxicity to humans and mammals as well as have an adverse effect on the environment.

Formulations of active ingredients for crop protection should generally have high chemical and physical stability, good applicability and user-friendliness and a broad biological effect with high selectivity. Liquid formulations are in most cases easier to apply, are more user-friendly and moreover generally exhibit better biological efficacy.

Chlorantraniliprole is an insecticidal compound, which belongs to anthranilic diamide chemical class. It was developed by DuPont/FMC Corporation and is disclosed in US7232836. It is used to control or suppress a wide range of insect pests and diseases, including Lepidoptera, Coleoptera, Diptera, and Isoptera insects. It is effective in controlling all developmental stages of most target pests. Chlorantraniliprole has low toxicity to humans and mammals. Further, it is effective at low use rates. It is classified under group 28 of the IRAC mode of action. Chlorantraniliprole is a ryanodine receptor modulator that modulates intracellular Ca⁺² releases.

Chemically, it is 3-bromo-N-[4-chloro-2-methyl-6-[(methylamino)carbonyl]phenyl]-l-(3-chloro-2- pyridinyl)-lH-pyrazole-5-carboxamide and has the following structure:

It is known in the art that certain pyrazole carboxamide derivatives have insecticidal as well as fungicidal properties e.g. tolfenpyrad. Tolfenpyrad is a contact insecticide and fungicide, which was developed by Mitsubishi Chemical (now Nihon Nohyaku), as described in US 5039693. It is used to control or suppress wide range of insect pests and diseases including Lepidoptera, Coleoptera, Diptera, Hemiptera, Orthoptera, and Thysanoptera insects, and downy mildew and powdery mildew. It is effective in controlling all developmental stages of most target pests. It is classified under group 21A of the IRAC mode of action and group 39 of FRAC mode of action. Tolfenpyrad is a MET1 inhibitor, which inhibits cell respiration when it comes in contact with the target pests.

Chemically, it is 4-chloro-3-cthyl- l -mcthyl-/V-|4-( -tolyloxy)bciizyl |- l H-pyrazolc-5-carboxamidc and has the following structure:

There are some documents which disclose the pesticidal composition comprising chlorantraniliprole and tolfenpyrad for example CN102726410, CN103053534, CN102599169 and CN102630677. However, there is a need for a stable formulation which has advantages over the existing formulations with respect to higher stability/shelf life, ease of application and has better efficacy. Further, none of these documents specifically discloses the oil dispersion formulation chlorantraniliprole and tolfenpyrad.

Accordingly, the inventors of the present invention found that the oil dispersion formulation comprising chlorantraniliprole and tolfenpyrad in the ranges in accordance with the present invention leads to much better percentile control of the different insect pests or mites and/or phytopathogenic fungi and/or microorganisms along with reducing environmental load. Further, the oil dispersion formulation of the instant invention has higher stability/shelf life as it is oil based and devoid of water which tends to degrade all active ingredients. The oil dispersion formulation of the instant invention is advantageous over the existing formulation in terms of better and longer retention on the leaves being a foliar spray and brings in rain fastness to the product which is a desired attribute in pesticides. Further, the formulation shows excellent biological efficacy.

OBJECTIVE OF THE INVENTION:

The main objective of the present invention is to provide an oil dispersion formulation comprising: a) chlorantraniliprole or agrochemically acceptable salt(s) thereof; and b) tolfenpyrad or agrochemically acceptable salt(s) thereof.

Another objective of the present invention is to provide a synergistic oil dispersion formulation comprising: a) chlorantraniliprole or agrochemically acceptable salt(s) thereof; b) tolfenpyrad or agrochemically acceptable salt(s) thereof; c) agriculturally acceptable auxiliaries.

Yet another objective of the present invention is to provide a synergistic oil dispersion formulation comprising: a) chlorantraniliprole or agrochemically acceptable salt(s) thereof; b) tolfenpyrad or agrochemically acceptable salt(s) thereof; c) agriculturally acceptable auxiliaries; and optionally at least one active ingredient selected from insecticide(s), fungicide(s), acaricide(s), nematicide(s), herbicide(s), plant growth regulator(s), fertilizer(s) or biostimulant(s) or acceptable salt(s) or combination thereof.

Yet another objective of the present invention is to provide an efficient process for the preparation of oil dispersion formulation comprising: a) chlorantraniliprole or agrochemically acceptable salt(s) thereof; and b) tolfenpyrad or agrochemically acceptable salt(s) thereof.

Yet another objective of the present invention is to provide a method for the management of the undesired insect pests or mites and/or phytopathogenic fungi and/or microorganisms, wherein said method comprises applying the oil dispersion formulation of the present invention to the insect pests or mites and/or phytopathogenic fungi and/or microorganisms.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION:

Accordingly, the present invention provides an oil dispersion formulation comprising: a) chlorantraniliprole or agrochemically acceptable salt(s) thereof; and b) tolfenpyrad or agrochemically acceptable salt(s) thereof.

In one embodiment, the present invention provides an oil dispersion formulation comprising: a) chlorantraniliprole or agrochemically acceptable salt(s) thereof; b) tolfenpyrad or agrochemically acceptable salt(s) thereof; and c) agriculturally acceptable auxiliaries. In another embodiment, the formulation of present invention comprises chlorantraniliprole or agrochemically acceptable salt(s) thereof is present in the range of 1 to 20% of total weight of formulation, preferably 1 to 15% of total weight of formulation; and tolfenpyrad or agrochemically acceptable salt(s) thereof is present in the range of 5 to 50% of total weight of formulation, preferably 5 to 40% of total weight of formulation.

In yet another embodiment, the present invention provides an oil dispersion formulation comprising a) chlorantraniliprole or agrochemically acceptable salt(s) thereof; b) tolfenpyrad or agrochemically acceptable salt(s) thereof; c) agrochemically acceptable auxiliaries; and optionally comprises at least one further active compound selected from the group consisting of insecticide(s), fungicide(s), acaricide(s), nematicide(s), herbicide(s), plant growth regulator(s), fertilize(s), biostimulant(s) or acceptable salt(s) thereof or combination thereof.

In a preferred embodiment, the present invention provides an oil dispersion formulation comprising: a) chlorantraniliprole or agrochemically acceptable salt(s) thereof; b) tolfenpyrad or agrochemically acceptable salt(s) thereof; c) one or more oils and/or solvents; d) one or more surfactant(s)/emulsifier(s); e) one or more dispersing agent(s); f) one or more wetting agent(s), and g) optionally agriculturally acceptable additives.

In another preferred embodiment, the present invention provides an oil dispersion formulation comprising: a) chlorantraniliprole or agrochemically acceptable salt(s) thereof; b) tolfenpyrad or agrochemically acceptable salt(s) thereof; c) one or more insecticide(s); d) one or more oils and/or solvents; e) one or more surfactant(s)/emulsifier(s); f) one or more dispersing agent(s); g) one or more wetting agent(s), and h) optionally agriculturally acceptable additives.

In one embodiment, the present invention provides a process for the preparation of oil dispersion formulation, wherein the process comprising the steps of: a) adding surfactant(s)/emulsifier(s), dispersing agent(s) and wetting agent(s) and optionally agriculturally acceptable additives to oils and/or solvents or combination thereof followed by stirring the resulting mixture to form a homogeneous mixture; b) adding chlorantraniliprole or agrochemically acceptable salt(s) thereof to the above homogeneous mixture of step (a) and stirring was continued to form a homogeneous mixture; c) adding tolfenpyrad or agrochemically acceptable salt(s) thereof under constant stirring to homogeneous mixture of step (b) and stirring was continued form a homogeneous mixture; and d) adding the remaining oils and/or solvent under constant stirring till a homogeneous mass obtained.

In another embodiment, the present invention provides a method for the management of the undesired insect pests or mites and/or phytopathogenic fungi and/or microorganisms, wherein said method comprises the applying oil dispersion according to the present invention to the insect pests or mites and/or phytopathogenic fungi and/or microorganisms.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION:

DEFINITIONS

The foregoing definitions provided herein for the terminologies used in the present disclosure are for illustrative purpose only and in no manner limit, the scope of the present invention disclosed in the present disclosure.

It will be understood that the terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing embodiments only, and is not intended to be limiting. As used in this specification, the singular forms "a", "an" and "the" include plural referents unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. Thus, for example, the reference to "a surfactant" includes one or more of such surfactants.

Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one ordinary skilled in the art to which the invention pertains. Although other methods and materials similar, or equivalent, to those described herein can be used in the practice of the present invention, the preferred materials and methods are described herein.

As used herein, the terms "comprises", "comprising", "includes", "including", or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, subject to any limitation explicitly indicated. For example, a composition or a method that comprises a list of elements is not necessarily limited to only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such composition, or method.

As used herein, the term “composition” or "formulation" can be used interchangeably, unless stated otherwise, is meant to encompass, and are not limited to, compositions or formulations containing the combination of chlorantraniliprole and tolfenpyrad.

As used herein, the term “additive(s)” or “auxilliaries” or "auxiliary agent(s)" or “agriculturally acceptable carrier(s)” can be used interchangeably and refers to inert substances, to provide stability or to increase the activity profile of the composition or formulation with or without having agrochemical activity or direct effect on the undesired pathogenic microorganism, insect pests and mites.

As used herein, the term “surfactant(s)” means a compound that, when dissolved in a liquid, reduces the surface tension of the liquid, which reduces the interfacial tension between two liquids or which reduces surface tension between a liquid and a solid.

As used herein, the term “stabilizer(s)” refers to a substance capable of imparting resistance against physical or chemical deterioration or deformulation.

As used herein, the term “defoaming agent(s)” refers to a chemical additive that reduces and hinders the formation of foam in the industrial process liquids, semi-solids, or solids. The terms defoaming agent and anti-foaming agent can be used interchangeably.

As used herein, the term “thickener(s)” refers to a polymeric material, which at a low concentration increases the viscosity of an aqueous solution and helps to stabilize the formulation.

Unless otherwise specified, % refers to % weight; and % weight refers to % of the weight of the respective component with respect to the total weight of the formulation.

As used herein, the term “locus" means a plant, plant parts, plant propagation material (preferably seed), soil, area, material or environment in which a pest is growing or may grow.

As used herein, the term “plant parts” are understood to mean all above-ground and below-ground parts and organs of plants, such as shoot, leaf, flower and root, examples including leaves, needles, stems, stalks, flowers, fruit-bodies, fruits and seeds, and also roots, tubers and rhizomes. The plant parts also include harvested plants and vegetative and generative propagation material, e.g. seedlings, tubers, rhizomes, cuttings and seeds.

As used herein, the term “polymorph” encompasses the different crystal forms of compound. When a compound recrystallizes from a solution or slurry, it may crystallize with different spatial lattice arrangements, a property referred to as “polymorphism”. Different polymorphic forms of a given substance may differ from each other with respect to one or more physical properties, such as solubility and dissociation, true density, crystal shape, compaction behavior, flow properties, and/or solid state stability.

As used herein, the term "effective amount" means the amount of the active substances in the formulations to achieve an observable effect on growth, including the effects of necrosis, death, retardation, prevention, and removal, destruction, or otherwise diminishing the occurrence and activity of the target organism. The effective amount can vary for the various formulations used in the present invention. An effective amount of the formulations will also vary according to the prevailing conditions such as desired pesticidal effect and duration, weather, target species, locus, mode of application, and the like.

As used herein, the term “agriculturally acceptable auxiliaries” means it contains specific auxiliaries selected from the oil(s), solvent(s), surfactant(s)/emulsifier(s), dispersing agent(s) or wetting agent(s).

As used herein, the term “agriculturally acceptable additives” means it contains additional additives selected from the solid carrier(s), liquid carrier(s), gaseous carrier(s), binder(s), disintegrating agent(s), pH adjuster(s), spreading agent(s), thickener(s), preservative(s), anti-caking agent(s), antifreezing agent(s), defoaming agent(s), extender(s), stabilizer(s) or coloring agent(s) or combination thereof.

As used herein, the term “chlorantraniliprole” encompasses chlorantraniliprole or agrochemically acceptable salt(s), ester(s), derivative(s) or any other modified form of chlorantraniliprole.

As used herein, the term “tolfenpyrad” encompasses tolfenpyrad or agrochemically acceptable salt(s), ester(s), derivative(s) or any other modified form of tolfenpyrad.

In view of the above defined objectives, the present invention provides an oil dispersion formulation comprising: a) chlorantraniliprole or agrochemically acceptable salt(s) thereof; and b) tolfenpyrad or agrochemically acceptable salt(s) thereof.

In one embodiment, the present invention provides an oil dispersion formulation comprising: a) chlorantraniliprole or agrochemically acceptable salt(s) thereof; b) tolfenpyrad or agrochemically acceptable salt(s) thereof; and c) agriculturally acceptable auxiliaries.

In a preferred embodiment, the agriculturally acceptable auxiliaries are selected from oil(s), solvent(s), surfactant(s)/emulsifier(s), dispersing agent(s), or wetting agent(s) or combination thereof.

In another preferred embodiment, the oil dispersion formulation of the present invention comprises chlorantraniliprole or agrochemically acceptable salt(s) and tolfenpyrad or agrochemically acceptable salt(s), wherein the ratio of chlorantraniliprole to tolfenpyrad is in the range from 1:100 to 100:1, preferably 1:50 to 50:1, more preferably 1:5 to 5:1.

In yet another preferred embodiment, the content of chlorantraniliprole is in the range of 1 to 20 % by weight of the total formulation, preferably 1 to 15% of total weight of formulation; more preferably 1 to 10% of total weight of formulation; and the content of tolfenpyrad is in the range of 5 to 50 % by weight of the total formulation, preferably 5 to 40% of total weight of formulation, more preferably 10 to 40% of total weight of formulation.

The oil dispersion formulation of the present invention may optionally comprise at least one further active compound selected from the group consisting of insecticide(s), fungicide(s), acaricide(s), nematicide(s), herbicide(s), plant growth regulator(s), fertilize(s), biostimulant(s) or acceptable salt(s) thereof or combination thereof.

In another embodiment, the present invention provides a stable oil dispersion formulation comprising: a) chlorantraniliprole or agrochemically acceptable salt(s) thereof; b) tolfenpyrad or agrochemically acceptable salt(s) thereof; and c) agriculturally acceptable auxiliaries.

In yet another embodiment, the present invention provides an oil dispersion formulation comprising: a) chlorantraniliprole or agrochemically acceptable salt(s) thereof; b) tolfenpyrad or agrochemically acceptable salt(s) thereof; c) one or more oils and/or solvents; d) one or more surfactant(s)/emulsifier(s); e) one or more dispersing agent; f) one or more wetting agent(s), and g) optionally agriculturally acceptable additives.

In a prefered embodiment, the present invention provides an oil dispersion formulation comprising: a) chlorantraniliprole or agrochemically acceptable salt(s) thereof in the range of 1 to 20%; b) tolfenpyrad or agrochemically acceptable salt(s) thereof in the range of 5 to 50%; c) one or more oils and/or solvents in the range of 1 to 80%; d) one or more surfactant(s)/emulsifier(s) in the range of 0.1 to 30% ; e) one or more dispersing agent(s) in the range of 0.1 to 30% ; f) one or more wetting agent(s) in the range of 0.1 to 30%, and g) optionally agriculturally acceptable additives in the range of 0 to 75%.

In another preferred embodiment, the present invention provides an oil dispersion formulation comprising: a) chlorantraniliprole or agrochemically acceptable salt(s) thereof in the range of 1 to 20% ; b) tolfenpyrad or agrochemically acceptable salt(s) thereof in the range of 5 to 50%; c) one or more oils in the range of 1 to 80%; d) one or more surfactant(s)/emulsifier(s) in the range of 0.1 to 30%; e) one or more dispersing agent(s) in the range of 0.1 to 30% ; f) one or more wetting agent(s) in the range of 0.1 to 30%, and g) optionally agriculturally acceptable additives in the range of 0 to 75%.

In yet another preferred embodiment, the present invention provides an oil dispersion formulation comprising: a) chlorantraniliprole or agrochemically acceptable salt(s) thereof in the range of 1 to 20%; b) tolfenpyrad or agrochemically acceptable salt(s) thereof in the range of 1 to 50%; c) one or more solvents in the range of 1 to 80%; d) one or more surfactant(s)/emulsifier(s) in the range of 0.1 to 30% ; e) one or more dispersing agent in the range of 0.1 to 30% f) one or more wetting agent(s) in the range of 0.1 to 30%, and g) optionally agriculturally acceptable additives in the range of 0 to 75%.

The particle size of chlorantraniliprole or agrochemically acceptable salt(s) and tolfenpyrad or agrochemically acceptable salt(s) in the oil dispersion formulation of the present invention is 2 to 80 pm, more preferably 2 to 30 pm, most preferably 2 to 10 pm. This particle size of the active ingradients helps to increase the oil dispersion stability of the formulation.

The particle size of chlorantraniliprole or agrochemically acceptable salt(s) and tolfenpyrad or agrochemically acceptable salt(s) are (d50, determined after dispersion in the water phase by laser diffraction) in the oil dispersion formulation of the present invention is 2 to 80 pm, more preferably 2 to 30 pm, most preferably 2 to 10 pm. Smaller particle size is also desirable in view of increasing solubility upon dilution with water and providing greater spreadability.

In one embodiment, the present invention provides an oil dispersion formulation of chlorantraniliprole or agrochemically acceptable salt(s) and tolfenpyrad or agrochemically acceptable salt(s), wherein the chlorantraniliprole referred to herein is a “crystal form A of chlorantraniliprole”, a “crystal form B of chlorantraniliprole” or a “crystal form F of chlorantraniliprole”.

In a preferred embodiment, the chlorantraniliprole crystal form A, crystal form B and crystal form F can be obtained by following the process(es) as disclosed in the patent, e.g. WO2017219768.

The oil dispersion formulation of the present invention further comprises agriculturally acceptable additive(s) are selected from the group comprising solid carrier(s), liquid carrier(s), gaseous carrier(s), binder(s), disintegrating agent(s), pH adjuster(s), thickener(s), preservative(s), anti-caking agent(s), anti-freezing agent(s), defoaming agent(s), extender(s), stabilizer(s) and/or coloring agent(s) or a combination thereof. The formulation may also contain if desired, one or more other customary for crop protection formulations.

The oil(s) which can be used in the oil dispersion formulation of the present invention is selected from the group comprising of, but not limited to, light paraffin oil or its derivatives, paraffinic hydrocarbons, plant oil or its derivatives, seed oil or its derivatives, mineral oil or its derivatives, petroleum oil or derivatives, vegetable oil or derivatives, animal oil or derivatives, or combination thereof. However, those skilled in the art will appreciate that it is possible to utilize other water immiscible solvents without departing from the scope of the present invention.

The mineral oil or petroleum oil can be selected from one or more oil of aliphatic or isoparaffinic series, mixtures of aromatic and aliphatic hydrocarbons, halogenated aromatic or aliphatic hydrocarbons. Paraffinic oil can be selected from linear or branched C8 to C30 paraffins e.g. such as octane, nonane, decane, undecane, dodecane, tridecane, tetradecane, pentadecane, hexadecane, their mixtures, or mixtures thereof with higher boiling homologs, such as hepta-, octa-, nonadecane, eicosane, heneicosane, docosane, tricosane, tetracosane, pentacosane, and the branched chain isomers thereof, unsubstituted or substitutedaromatic or cycloaliphatic C7 to Cl 8 hydrocarbon compounds such as mono- or polyalkylsubstituted benzenes, or mono- or polyalkyl-substituted naphthalenes, or transesterification products thereof, liquid esters of Cl to C12 alcohols such as butanol, n-octanol, i- octanol, dodecanoi, cyclopentanol, cyclohexanol, cyclooctanol, ethylene glycol or propylene glycol with C2 to C12 carboxylic or polycarboxylic acids, such as caproic acid, capric acid, caprylic acid, pelargonic acid, succinic acid and glutaric acid; or with aromatic carboxylic acids such as benzoic acid, toluic acid, salicylic acid and phthalic acid, liquid amides of Cl to C5 amines, alkylamines or alkanolamines with C6 to C18 carboxylic acids, or derivatives thereof. Esters which can be used in the oil dispersions of the invention are benzyl acetate, caproic acid ethyl ester, pelargonic acid ethyl ester, benzoic acid methyl or ethyl ester, salicylic acid methyl, propyl, or butyl ester, diesters of phthalic acid with saturated aliphatic or alicyclic Cl to C12 alcohols, such as phthalic acid dimethyl ester, dibutyl ester, diisooctyt ester, or liquid amides of C1-C3 amines, alkylamines or alkanolamines with C6 - Cl 8 carboxylic acids or derivatives or mixtures thereof. However, those skilled in the art will appreciate that it is possible to utilize other mineral or pertroleum oils without departing from the scope of the present invention.

The vegetable oils can be one or more seed oil. The vegetable oils can also include one or more of soybean oil, methylated soybean oil, rape seed oil, olive oil, castor oil, sunflower seed oil, coconut oil, com oil, cotton seed oil, linseed oil, palm oil, peanut oil, safflower oil, sesame oil, kapok oil, papaya oil, camellia oil, rice bran oil, tung oil and the like; and esters of the above vegetable oils, or transesterification products thereof such as soybean oil methyl esters, ethyl esters, propyl esters, butyl esters or derivatives thereof. The animal oil can be one or more of whale oil, cod-liver oil, or mink oil. However, those skilled in the art will appreciate that it is possible to utilize other vegetable or animal oils without departing from the scope of the present invention.

The solvent(s) as used in the oil dispersion formulation of the present invention is selected from the group comprising, but not limited to, water and organic solvents such as saturated hydrocarbons such as pentane, hexane, heptane, octane, and cyclohexane, unsaturated hydrocarbons such as benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, solvent C9 and xylene, carbon tetrachloride, chloroform, dichloromethane, chlorobutane, halogenated saturated hydrocarbons such as bromobutane, chloropentane, bromopentane, chlorohexane, bromohexane, chlorocyclohexane, bromocyclohexane, halogenated unsaturated hydrocarbons such as chlorobenzene, dichlorobenzene, trichlorobenzene, methanol, ethanol, propanol, isopropanol alcohols such as butanol and tert-butyl alcohol, carboxylic acids such as formic acid, acetic acid and propionic acid, dimethyl ether, diethyl ether and methyl-te ethers such as tert-butyl ether, tetrahydrofuran, tetrahydropyran, dioxane, etc., amines such as trimethylamine, triethylamine, A,A,A^W'-tetramethylethylenediamine, pyridine, /V,/V-dimcthylfomiamidc, N,N- examples include amides such as dimethylacetamide, /V,/V-dicthylacctamidc, and /V-mcthylmorphol ine oxide, mixtures of aromatic and aliphatic hydrocarbons, such as solvents of the Solvesso® series, e.g. Solvesso® 100, Solvesso® 150 or Solvesso® 200 (ExxonMobil Chemicals), of the Solvarex®/Solvaro® series (TotalFinaElf) or of the Caromax® series, e.g. Caromax® 28 (Petrochem Carless). Further, include one or more of C2-C4-alkyl lactates, in particular from glycerin triacetate, ethyl lactate, n-propyl lactate and isopropyl lactate. In one embodiment solvent is selected from C6- ClO-alkyl lactates, such as n-hexyl lactate, 1-ethylhexyl lactate, 1 -methylhepytyl lactate, 1,3- dimethylhexyl lactate, 2-methylheptyl lactate, 2,4-dimethylhexyllactate, 2,2,4-trimethylpentyl lactate, n-octyl lactate, 2-ethylhexyl lactate, n-nonyl lactate, 1 -methyloctyl lactate, 2-methyloctyl lactate, 1- methylnonyl lactate, 2-propylheptyl lactate and n-decyl lactate, 2,2,4- trimethylpentyl lactate, butyl lactate, isopropyl myristate, hexylene glycol, dioxane, d-limonene, a C1-C14 saturated straight-chain alcohol, isopropyl alcohol, 2-butanol, isobutyl alcohol, tertiary butyl alcohol, 2-butoxyethanol, 2- phenylethanol, diacetone alcohol, y-butyrolactone, nitromethane, acetophenone, triacetin, pyridine, water, toluene, xylene, petroleum naphtha, crop oil, acetone, methyl ethyl ketone, cyclohexanone, acetic anhydride, acetonitrile, acetophenone, amyl acetate, 2-butanone, chlorobenzene, cyclohexane, cyclohexanol, alkyl acetates, diacetonalcohol, 1,2-dichloropropane, diethanolamine, p- diethylbenzene, abietate, diethylene glycol butyl ether, diethylene glycol ethyl ether, diethylene glycol methyl ether, /V,/V-di methyl formamide, dimethyl sulfoxide, 1,4-dioxane, dipropylene glycol, dipropylene glycol methyl ether, dipropylene glycol dibenzoate, diproxitol, alkyl pyrrolidinone, ethyl acetate, 2-ethyl hexanol, ethylene carbonate, 1,1,1 -trichloroethane, 2-heptanone, alpha pinene, d- limonene, ethylene glycol, ethylene glycol butyl ether, ethylene glycol methyl ether, gammabutyrolactone, glycerol, glycerol diacetate, glycerol monoacetate, glycerol triacetate, hexadecane, hexylene glycol, isoamyl acetate, isobornyl acetate, isooctane, isophorone, isopropyl benzene, isopropyl myristate, lactic acid, laurylamine, mesityl oxide, methoxy-propanol, methyl isoamyl ketone, methyl isobutyl ketone, methyl laurate, methyl octanoate, methyl oleate, methylene chloride, m-xylene, n-hexane, n-octylamine, octadecanoic acid, octyl amine acetate, oleic acid, oleylamine, o- xylene, phenol, polyethylene glycol (PEG400), propionic acid, propylene glycol, propylene glycol monomethyl ether, p-xylene, toluene, triethyl phosphate, triethylene glycol, xylene sulfonic acid, paraffin, mineral oil, trichloroethylene, perchloroethylene, ethyl acetate, amyl acetate, butyl acetate, methanol, ethanol, isopropanol, and higher molecular weight alcohols such as amyl alcohol, tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol, hexanol, octanol, etc. ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, glycerine, N- methyl-2-pyrrolidinone, and the like. The green solvent may include any solvent which is naturally occurring and which has been found not harm the environment when used on an industrial scale. The green solvent may include water, glycerin triacetate, ethyl lactate or an alcohol based solvent (e.g., ethanol). Any of the above mentioned solvent can be used either alone or combination thereof. The solvent C9 is aromatic hydrocarbon solvent which is comprised of a petroleum naphtha refinery stream, “solvent naphtha, (petroleum), light aromatic”, from which the other, more chemically pure members of this category are isolated.

The surfactant(s)/emulsifiers as used in the oil dispersion formulation of the present invention is a nonionic or anionic surfactants or a combination of these surfactants. It is preferred to use one or more than one kind of surfactant. The surfactant(s) is selected from the group comprising, but not limited to, sugar esters such as sorbitan monolaurate, polyoxyethylene sorbitan monolaurate; C1-C30 alkylcarboxylate, C1-C20 hydroxy alkylcarboxy late, polymer containing carboxylate, arylcarboxylate, alkylx (e.g. aliphatic di- and tricarboxylates) having 2 to 32 carbon atoms, such as aconitic acid, adipic acid, aspartic acid, citric acid, fumaric acid, galactaric acid, glutamic acid, glutaric acid, oxoglutaric acid, maleic acid, malic acid, malonic acid, oxalate, sebacic acid, succinic acid, tartaric acid; alkyl poly glucoside such as decyl glucoside; polyoxyethylene alkyl ethers such as polyoxyethylene lauryl ether, or polyoxyethylene coconut fatty alcohol ether; polyoxyethylene alkynyl ether such as polyoxyethylene 2,4,7,9-tetramethyl-5-decyn-4,7-diol ether; polyoxyethylene aryl ethers such as polyoxyethylene nonylphenyl ether or polyoxyethylene tristyrylphenyl ether; polyoxyethylene vegetable oil ethers such as polyoxyethylene castor oil or polyoxyethylene hydrogenated castor oil; vegetable oil ethoxylate; natural or synthetic ethoxylated fatty alcohols, natural or synthetic, ethoxylated and propoxylated fatty alcohols, ethoxylated and propoxylated shortchain alcohols, C6-C20 linear and branched alcohol ethoxylates, C6-C20 alcohol propoxylates, C6- C20 ethoxylated alcohols, C6-C20 propoxylated alcohols; ethoxylated fatty acids, ethoxylated castor oil, ethoxylated sorbitan esters, ethoxylated esterified sorbitols, ethoxylated alkylphenols, ethoxylated tristyrylphenols and ethoxylated fatty amines, polyoxyethylene fatty acid esters such as polyoxyethylene monolaurate, polyoxyethylene distearate or polyoxyethylene resin acid ester; polyoxyethylene polyoxypropylene (EO-PO) block copolymers such as Pluronic®; polyoxyethylene poly oxypropylene alkyl ether such as polyoxyethylene poly oxypropylene lauryl ether; polyoxyethylene polyoxypropylene aryl ether such as polyoxyethylene polyoxypropylene styrylphenyl ether; a modified styrene acrylic polymer, polyoxyethylene alkyl amines such as polyoxyethylene stearyl amine; polyoxyethylene fatty acid amide such as lauric acid diethanolamid; fluorinated surfactant; alkyl sulfates such as sodium lauryl sulfate; sodium alkylbenzene sulfonate, calcium alkylbenzene sulphonate; polyoxyethylene alkyl ether sulfates such as sodium polyoxyethylene lauryl ether sulfate; polyoxyethylene aryl ether sulfates such as sodium polyoxyethylene nonylphenyl ether sulfate or ammonium polyoxyethylene tristyrylphenyl ether sulfate; aryl sulfonate such as calcium benzene sulfonate calcium dodecyl benzene sulfonate, sodium naphthalene sulfonate, sodium salt of naphthalene sulfonate condensate (MORWET® D-425) or sodium naphthalene sulfonate formaldehyde condensate; poly aryl phenyl ether sulphate ammonium salt; ‘alpha’ -olefin sulfonate; lauryl sulfosuccinate, laureth sulfosuccinate, laureth-5 sulfosuccinate, ricinoleamide MEA sulfosuccinate, undecylenearnide MEA sulfosuccinate, diisobutyl sulfosuccinate, dioctyl sulfosuccinate, dihexyl sulfosuccinate, dicyclohexyl sulfosuccinate, diisodecyl sulfosuccinate, diisotridecyl sulfosuccinate, di-2-ethylhexyl sulfosuccinate, di-2-methylamyl sulfosuccinate, dimethylamyl sulfosuccinate, dibutylhexyl sulfosuccinate, diisooctyl sulfosuccinate or their alkali metal salts, sodium lignosulfonate; polycarboxylic acid sodium salt; N-methyl fatty acid sarcosinate; polyoxyethylene alkyl ether phosphate; polyoxyethylene aryl ether phosphates such as polyoxyethylene phenyl ether phosphate; polyoxyethylene alkyl phenyl ether phosphate; graft copolymers such as polymethyl methacrylate -polyethylene glycol graft copolymer. These surfactants may be used alone or combination thereof.

The suitable stabilizing surfactants include anionic, cationic, nonionic and amphoteric surfactants, block polymers and polyelectrolytes. Further on, polysaccharide (e.g. starch, starch derivatives, cellulose derivatives, xanthan gum, and gelatin) may be used as stabilizing surfactants. Preferred stabilizing surfactants are nonionic surfactants (preferably alkoxylates, such as comb polymers) and/or block polymers, and EO-PO block copolymers. Mixtures of aforementioned stabilizing surfactants are also suitable. On the other hand, surfactants may act as detergents, wetting agents, emulsifiers, foaming agents, dispersants, spreader, adjuvant for penetration enhancement, rain fastness, or soil leaching control etc.

The wetting agent is a substance that when added to a liquid increases the spreading or penetration power of the liquid by reducing the interfacial tension between the liquid and the surface on which it is spreading.

The wetting agent(s) as used in the oil dispersion formulation of the present invention is selected from the group comprising, but not limited to, one or more of dioctyl sulfosuccinate, polyoxyalkylene alkyl ether, polyoxyalkylene alkyl phenyl ether sulfonates, non-ionic ethoxylated, ethoxylated polyarylphenol, dialkylsuccinate, sodium blend of alkyl naphthalene sulfonate, sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate, alkyl diphenyl sulfonates, sodium isopropyl naphthalene sulfonate, alkyl naphthalene sulfonate, naphthalene alkyl aryl sulphonate, dioctyl sulfosuccinate, sodium dioctyl sulphosuccinate, sodium lauryl sulfonate, phosphate ester, sodium alkyl naphthalene sulfonate, ethylene oxide/propylene oxide block copolymer, polyarylphenyl ether phosphate, ethoxylated fatty alcohol, or combination thereof. Preferably, the wetting agent(s) are selected from EO-PO block copolymer, Atlox 4914, and Genapol® PF 40.

The dispersing agent(s) as used in the oil dispersion formulation of the present invention is selected from the group comprising, but not limited to, one or more polycarboxylates, alkyl naphthalene sulfonates, naphthalene sulphonate derivative, naphthalene sulfonate of formaldehyde condensate, phenol sulphonic acid condensates, ligno sulphonates, methyl oleyl taurates, silica poly ether copolymer and poly vinyl alcohols, sodium salt of naphthalene sulfonate condensate, atlox Metasperse 550S, mixture of salt of naphthalene sulphonic acid and phenol sulphonic acid condensate, sulfonated aromatic polymer, sodium salt preferably sodium salt of naphthalene sulfonate condensate, castor oil ethoxylate. Further, includes combination of low HLB and high HLB surfactants selected from ethylene oxide propylene oxide block polymers, poly alkaline glycol ether (Atlox 1400, Atlox 1500), calcium dodecyl benzene sulfonate (Rhodocal 60BER), tristyrylphenol ethoxylate (Sophrophor BSU), blends of linear calcium sulfonate and non-alkylphenol non-ionic surfactants (Toximul 3479F), butyl polyalkylene oxide block copolymer (Toximul 8320), acrylic copolymer, graft copolymer, lignin based sulfonate, amine salt of phosphate tristyryl phenol ethoxylated copolymer condensate of ethylene and propylene oxide (Atlox 4894), copolymer condensate of ethylene oxide with methyl methacrylate (Atlox 4913), polyalkylene oxide block copolymer (Atlox G-5000), polyalkylene oxide block copolymer (Atlox G5002L), alkylphenol polyglycol ethers, tristryrylphenol polyglycol ethers, phosphated or sulphated derivatives of these, nonionic random polymeric (Atlox 4914), calcium alkyl benzene sulphonate in 2 -ethylhexanol (Calsogen 4814), n-C12 alkyl benzene sulfonate calcium salt, n-C12 alkyl benzene sulfonate calcium salt (Phenylsulfonat CAL) and calcium dodecyl benzene sulphonated (Rhodocal 60 BER), preferably poly alkaline glycol ethers. Preferably, the dispersing agent(s) are selected from Atlox 4912, and Atlox Metasperse 550S.

The stabilizer(s) as used in the oil dispersion formulation of the present invention is selected from the group comprising, but not limited to, drying agent such as zeolite, quick lime or magnesium oxide; antioxidant agent such as phenol type, amine type, sulfur type or phosphorus type; or ultraviolet absorber such as salicylic acid type or a benzophenone type; or methylated soybean oil; or peroxide compounds such as hydrogen peroxide and organic peroxides, alkyl nitrites such as ethyl nitrite and alkyl glyoxylates such as ethyl glyoxylate, zeolite, antioxidants such as phenol compounds, phosphoric acid compounds and the like; ultraviolet absorbers such as benzophenone compounds or derivatives thereof. However, those skilled in the art will appreciate that it is possible to utilize other conventionally known stabilizers without departing from the scope of the present invention. These stabilizers may be used alone or in combination thereof.

As used herein, the term “thickener” or “rheology modifier” refers to a polymeric material, which at a low concentration increases the viscosity of an aqueous solution and helps to stabilize the composition.

The thickener(s) is selected from the group comprising of, but not limited to, water-soluble polymer and inorganic fine powder, wherein water-soluble polymer such as xanthan gum, welan gum, guar gum, polyvinyl alcohol, carboxymethylcellulose, polyvinylpyrrolidone, carboxyvinyl polymer, acrylic polymer, starch derivative or polysaccharide; or an inorganic fine powder selected from high purity silica, bentonite, white carbon. These thickeners may be used alone or in combination thereof. Preferably, the synergistic insecticidal composition comprises xanthan gum as thickener. The thickener is present in an amount in the range from 0.01 to 3.0% w/w.

As used herein, the term “defoaming agent” or “defoamer” or “anti -foaming agent” refers to an excipient that reduces and hinders the formation of foam in the liquid, semi-solid, or solid formulations.

The defoamer(s) is selected from the group comprising of, but not limited to, silicone compounds such as dimethyl polysiloxane emulsion and organic fluorine compounds. These defoaming agents may be used alone or in combination thereof. Preferably, the synergistic insecticidal composition comprises dimethyl polysiloxane emulsion as defoamer. The defoamer is present in an amount in the range from 0.01 to 2.0% w/w.

As used herein, the term “biocide” refers to an agent that prevents spoilage from bacteria, yeasts and fungi.

Biocide is selected from the group comprising of, but not limited to, 20% aqueous dipropylene glycol solution of l,2-benzisothiazolin-3-one (Proxel GXL), formaldehyde, isothiazolinone or a combination thereof. The biocide is added to the composition of the present invention for its preservation against spoilage from bacteria, yeasts and fungi. The biocide is present in an amount in the range from 0.01 to 0.50% w/w.

The liquid carrier(s) is selected from the group comprising, but not limited to, water; alcohols such as ethanol, propanol, butanol, n-octanol, isopropanol ethylene glycol, diethylene glycol, propylene glycol, polyethylene glycol, benzyl alcohol, glycerin; polyol ethers such as ethylene glycol monopropyl ether, diethylene glycol monomethyl ether, dipropylene glycol dimethyl ether; ketones such as acetone, methyl ethyl ketone, methyl isobutyl ketone, cyclohexanone; ethers such as dipropyl ether, dioxane, tetrahydrofuran, aliphatic hydrocarbons such as normal paraffin, isoparaffin, kerosene, mineral oil; aromatic hydrocarbons such as xylene, toluene, naphthene, solvent naphtha, solvent C9, solvent CIO, solvent C12, solvesso 100, solvesso 150, solvesso 200; chlorinated aliphatic or aromatics hydrocarbons such as chlorobenzene, chloroethylene, methylene chloride; esters such as ethyl acetate, diisopropyl phthalate, dimethyl adipate, methyl oleate, methyl tallowate; lactones such as gammabutyrolactone, gamma- valerolactone, epsilon-caprolactone; amides such as dimethylformamide, N- methylpyrrolidone, A-octylpyrolidone, /V,/V-dimcthyldccanamidc; nitriles such as acetonitrile; organosulfur compound such as dimethyl sulfoxide; vegetable oils such as soybean oil, rapeseed oil, cotton seed oil. These liquid carriers may be used alone or in combination.

The gaseous carrier(s) is selected from the group comprising, but not limited to, liquefied petroleum gas, air, nitrogen, carbon dioxide or dimethyl ether. These gaseous carriers may be used alone or in combination thereof. The penetrant(s) as used in the oil dispersion formulation of the present invention is selected from the group comprising, but not limited to, one or more of alcohol, glycol, glycol ether, ester, amine, alkanolamine, amine oxide, quaternary ammonium compound, triglyceride, fatty acid ester, fatty acid ether, /V-mcthyl pyrrolidone, dimethylformamide, dimethyl acetamide, dimethyl sulfoxide, polyoxyethylenetrimethylolpropanemonooleate, polyoxyethylenetrimeth ylolpropanedioleate, polyoxyethylenetrimethylolpropanetrioleate, polyoxyethylenesorbitanmonooleate, polyoxyethylene sorbitol hexaoleate and methylated soybean oil. However, those skilled in the art will appreciate that it is possible to utilize different penetrants without departing from the scope of the present invention.

In another embodiment, the present invention provides an oil dispersion formulation comprising: a) chlorantraniliprole or agrochemically acceptable salt(s) thereof; b) tolfenpyrad or agrochemically acceptable salt(s) thereof; c) agrochemically acceptable auxiliaries; and optionally comprises at least one further active compound selected from the group consisting of insecticide(s), fungicide(s), acaricide(s), nematicide(s), herbicide(s), plant growth regulator(s), fertilize(s), biostimulant(s) or acceptable salt(s) thereof or combination thereof.

The formulation of the present invention further comprises at least one insecticide from the group consisting of:

(A) nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) competitive modulators is selected from the class of (Al) neonicotinoids: (Al-01) acetamiprid, (Al-02) clothianidin, (Al-003) dinotefuran, (Al-04) imidacloprid, (Al-05) nitenpyram, (Al-006) thiacloprid, (Al-07) thiamethoxam;

(A2) nicotine;

(A3) sulfoximines: (A3-01) sulfoxaflor; (A4) butenolides: (A4-01) flupyradifurone;

(A5) mesoionics: (A5-01) triflumezopyrim, (A5-02) dichloromezotiaze;

(B) chordotonal organ TRPV channel modulators is selected from the class of

(Bl) pyridine azomethine derivatives: (Bl-01) pymetrozine, (Bl-02) pyrifluquinazon; or

(B2) afidopyropen.

In a preferred embodiment, the synergistic oil dispersion (OD) formulation comprising: a) chlorantraniliprole or agrochemically acceptable salt(s) thereof; b) tolfenpyrad or agrochemically acceptable salt(s) thereof; c) thiamethoxam or agrochemically acceptable salt(s) thereof; and d) one or more agriculturally acceptable auxiliaries.

In another preferred embodiment, the synergistic oil dispersion (OD) formulation comprising: a) chlorantraniliprole or agrochemically acceptable salt(s) thereof; b) tolfenpyrad or agrochemically acceptable salt(s) thereof; c) pymetrozine or agrochemically acceptable salt(s) thereof; and d) one or more agriculturally acceptable auxiliaries.

In one embodiment, the present invention provides a process for the preparation of an oil dispersion formulation, wherein the process comprising the steps of:

(a) mixing surfactant(s)/emulsifier(s), dispersing agent(s), wetting agent(s), and optionally agrochemically acceptable additives to oils and/or solvents or combination thereof with continuous stirring to form a homogeneous mixture;

(b) adding chlorantraniliprole or agrochemically acceptable salt(s) thereof to the above homogeneous mixture obtained in step (a) with constant stirring to form a homogeneous mixture;

(c) adding tolfenpyrad or agrochemically acceptable salt(s) thereof to the above homogeneous mixture obtained in step (b) with constant stirring to form a homogeneous mixture; and

(d) adding the remaining oils and/or solvent or combination thereof with constant stirring till a homogeneous mass obtained.

The formulations this way produced show excellent storage stability properties regarding physiochemical parameters, including stability of the active ingredients, reduced bleeding, and complete redispersibility.

The formulation of the present invention can be applied by any one of the methods selected from atomization, spreading, dusting, spraying, diffusion, immersion, irrigation, injection, mixing, sprinkling (water immersion), foaming, dressing, coating, blasting, fumigation, smoking, smog and painting.

The present invention further provides an oil dispersion (OD) formulation of chlorantraniliprole or agrochemically acceptable salt(s) thereof and tolfenpyrad or agrochemically acceptable salt(s) thereof for the control of a wide variety of undesired insect pests.

In one embodiment, the present invention provides a method for the management of the undesired insect pests or mites and/or phytopathogenic fungi and/or microorganisms, wherein said method comprises applying the oil dispersion formulation to the insect pests or mites and/or phytopathogenic fungi and/or microorganisms.

The undesired pathogenic microorganism for the present invention is selected from the group comprising Albugo spp. (white rust) on ornamentals, vegetables (e.g. A. Candida) and sunflowers (e.g. A. tragopogonis); Altemaria spp. (Alternaria leaf spot) on vegetables, citrus fruits (A. citri), rape (A. brassicola or brassicae), sugar beets (A. tenuis), fruits, rice, soybeans, potatoes (e.g. A. solani or A. altemata), tomatoes (e.g. A. solani or A. altemata) and wheat; Aphanomyces spp. on sugar beets and vegetables; Ascochyta spp. on cotton, cereals and vegetables, e.g. A. tritici (anthracnose) on wheat and A. hordei on barley; Bipolaris and Drechslera spp. (teleomorph: Cochliobolus spp. for e.g. Cochliobolus carbonum (northern corn leaf blight)), e.g. Southern leaf blight (D. maydis) or Northern leaf blight (B. zeicola) on corn, e.g. spot blotch (B. sorokiniand) on cereals, e.g. B. oryzae on rice and turfs and on oats; Blumeria (formerly Erysiphe) graminis (powdery mildew) on cereals (e.g. on wheat or barley); Botrytis cinerea (teleomorph: Botryotinia fuckeliana: grey mold) on fruits and berries (e.g. strawberries), vegetables (e.g. lettuce, carrots, celery and cabbages), rape, flowers, vines, forestry plants and wheat; Bremia lactucae (downy mildew) on lettuce; Ceratocystis (syn. Ophiostomd) spp. (rot or wilt) on broadleaved trees and evergreens, e.g. C. ulmi (Dutch elm disease) on elms; Cercospora spp. (Cercospora leaf spots) on corn and cotton, (Cercospora blight spots) on cotton, (e.g. Gray leaf spot: C. zeae-maydis), rice, sugar beets (e.g. C. beticola), sugar cane, vegetables, coffee, soybeans (e.g. C. sojina or C. kikuchii) and rice, sunflower (e.g. cercospora leaf spot: C. helianthi), peanut (e.g. early leaf spot: C. arachidicola)-, Cercosporidium spp. on peanut (e.g. C. personatum: late leaf spot); Cladosporium spp. on tomatoes (e.g. C. fulvum: leaf mold) and cereals, e.g. C. herbarum (black ear) on wheat, C. caryigenum (pecan scab) on pecan; Cylindrocladium spp. on peanut (C. crotalariae: cylindrocladium black rot); Claviceps purpurea (ergot) on cereals; Cochliobolus (anamorph: Helminthosporium of Bipolaris) spp. (leaf spots) on corn (C. carbonum), cereals (e.g. C. sativus (black point), anamorph: B. sorokiniana) and rice (e.g. C. miyabeanus, anamorph: H. oryzae)-, Colletotrichum (teleomorph: Glomerella) spp. (anthracnose) on cotton (e.g. C. gossypii), corn (e.g. C. graminicola: Anthracnose stalk rot), soft fruits, potatoes (e.g. C. coccodes: black dot), beans (e.g. C. lindemuthianum), citrus fruits (e.g. C. acutatum (post bloom fruit drop), C. gloeosporioides) and soybeans (e.g. C. truncatum or C. gloeosporioides)-, Corticium spp., e.g. C. sasakii (sheath blight) on rice; Corynespora cassiicola (leaf spots) on soybeans and ornamentals; Cycloconium spp., e.g. C. oleaginum on olive trees; Cylindrocarpon spp. (e.g. fruit tree canker or young vine decline, teleomorph: Nectria or Neonectria spp.) on fruit trees, vines (e.g. C. liriodendri, teleomorph: Neonectria liriodendri: Black Foot Disease) and ornamentals; Dematophora (teleomorph: Rosellinia) necatrix (root and stem rot) on soybeans; Diplodia spp. e.g. Diplodia boll rot on cotton, Diaporthe spp., e.g. D. phaseolorum (damping off) on soybeans, D. citri (melanose) on citrus fruits; Drechslera (syn. Helminthosporium, teleomorph: Pyrenophora) spp. on corn, cereals, such as barley (e.g. D. teres, net blotch), oats (e.g. D. avenae, leaf spot), and wheat (e.g. D. tritici-repentis: tan spot), rice and turf; Esca (dieback, apoplexy) on vines, caused by Formitiporia (syn. Phellinus) punctata, F. mediterranea, Phaeomoniella chlamydospora (earlier Phaeoacremonium chlamydosporum), Phaeoacremonium aleophilum and/or Botryosphaeria obtusa', Elsinoe spp. on pome fruits (E. pyri), on citrus fruits (E. fawcetti), soft fruits (E. veneta: anthracnose) and vines (E. ampelina: anthracnose); Entyloma oryzae (leaf smut) on rice; Epicoccum spp. (black mold) on wheat; Erysiphe spp. (powdery mildew) on sugar beets (E. betae), (powdery mildew) on rye (E. graminis), vegetables (e.g. E. pisi), such as cucurbits (e.g. E. cichoracearum), cabbages, sunflower, rape (e.g. E. cruciferarum), peas and bean (e.g. E. polygamy, Eutypa lata (Eutypa canker or dieback, anamorph: Cytosporina lata, syn. Libertella blepharis) on fruit trees, vines and ornamental woods; Exserohilum (syn. Helminthosporium) spp. on corn (e.g. E. turcicum , Fusarium (teleomorph: Gibberella) spp. (wilt, root or stem rot) on various plants, such as hardlock, boll rot of cotton, F. graminearum or F. culmorum (root rot, scab or head blight) on cereals (e.g. wheat or barley), F. oxysporum on tomatoes, F. solani on soybeans and F. verdcillioides on corn; Gaeuman nomyces graminis (take-all patch) on cereals (e.g. wheat or barley) and corn; Gibberella spp. on cereals (e.g. G. zeae) and rice (e.g. G. fujikuroi: Bakanae disease); Glomerella cingulata on vines, pome fruits and other plants and G. gossypii on cotton; Grain staining complex on rice; Guignardia bidwellii (black rot) on vines, Guignardia citricarpa (balck spot) on citrus fruits; Gymnosporangium spp. on rosaceous plants and junipers, e.g. G. sabinae (rust) on pears; Helmintho sporium spp. (syn. Drechslera, teleomorph: Cochliobolus) on corn, cereals and rice; Hemileia spp., e.g. H. vastatrix (coffee leaf rust) on coffee; Isariopsis clavispora (syn. Cladosporium vids) on vines; Kabatiella zeae (eyespot) on corn; Laetisaria fuciformis (red thread); Limonomyces roseipellis (pink patch); Leptosphaeria maculans (blackleg) on oilseed crops, Leptosphaeria korrae and Leptosphaeria namari on bluegrass, Ophiosphaerella herpotricha on bermudagrass; Leptosphaerulina spp. on peanut (e.g. L. crassiasca: pepperspot); Macrophomina phaseolina (syn. phaseoli) (root and stem rot) on soybeans and cotton; Microdochium (syn. Fusarium) nivale (pink snow mold) on cereals (e.g. wheat or barley); Microsphaera diffusa (powdery mildew) on soybeans; Myeosphaerella citri (greasy spot) on citrus fruit, Monilinia spp., e.g. M. laxa, M. fructicola and M. fructigena (bloom and twig blight, brown rot) on stone fruits and other rosaceous plants; Myeosphaerella spp. on peas and beans, cereals, bananas, soft fruits and ground nuts, such as e.g. M. graminicola (anamorph: Septaria tri ci, Septaria blotch) on wheat or M. fijiensis (black Sigatoka disease) on bananas; Peronospora spp. (downy mildew) on cabbage (e.g. P. brassicae), rape (e.g. P. parasitica), onions (e.g. P. destructor), tobacco (P. tabacina) and soybeans (e.g. P. manshurica , Phyllosticta maydis (yellow leaf blight) on corn; Phakopsora pachyrhizi and P. meibomiae (soybean rust) on soybeans; Phialophora spp. e.g. on vines (e.g. P. tracheiphila and P. tetraspora) and soybeans (e.g. P. gregata: stem rot); Phoma lingam (root and stem rot) on rape and cabbage and P. betae (root rot, leaf spot and damping-off) on sugar beets, Phoma exigua (ascochyta blight) on peas and beans, phoma blight, boll rot on cotton, Phoma arachidicola (web blotch) on peanut; Phomopsis spp. on sunflowers, vines (e.g. P. viticola-. can and leaf spot) and soybeans (e.g. stem rot:, phaseoli, teleomorph: Diaporthe phaseolorum , Phykopsora spp. e.g. rust on cotton, Physoderma maydis (physoderma brown spot) on corn; Phytophthora spp. (wilt, root, leaf, fruit and stem root) on various plants, such as paprika and cucurbits (e.g. P. capsici), soybeans (e.g. P. megasperma, syn. P. sojae), potatoes and tomatoes (e.g. P. infestans: late blight), broad-leaved trees (e.g. P. ramorum: sudden oak death) and peas and beans (e.g. P. nicodanae: downy mildew); Plasmodiophora brassicae (club root) on cabbage, rape, radish and other plants; Plasmopara spp., e.g. P. viticola (downy mildew) on vines and P. halstedii on sunflowers; Podosphaera spp. (powdery mildew) on rosaceous plants, hop, pome and soft fruits, e.g. P. leucotricha on apples; Polymyxa spp., e.g. on cereals, such as barley and wheat (P. graminis) and sugar beets (P. betae) and thereby transmitted viral diseases; Pseudocercosporella herpotrichoides (eyespot, teleomorph: Tapesia yallundae) on cereals, e.g. wheat or barley; Pseudoperonospora (downy mildew) on various plants, e.g. P. cubensis on cucurbits or P. humili on hop; Pseudopezicula tracheiphila (red fire disease or rotbrenner, anamorph: Phialophora) on vines; Puccinia spp. (rusts) on various plants, e.g. P. dichondrae (dichondra rust), P. triticina (brown or leaf rust), P. striiformis (stripe or yellow rust), P. hordei (dwarf rust), P. graminis (stem or black rust) or P. recondita (brown or leaf rust) on cereals, such as e.g. wheat, barley or rye (P. recondita), P. kuehnii (orange rust) on sugar cane and P. asparagi on asparagus, P. coronata (crown rust) and P. graminis (stem rust) on oats, P. arachidis (rust) on peanut; Pyrenophora (anamorph: Drechslera) tritici-repentis (tan spot) on wheat, P. feres (net blotch) on barley, or P. avenae (leaf blotch) on oats; Pyricularia spp., e.g. P. oryz.ae (teleomorph: Magnaporthe grisea, rice blast) on rice, Magnaporthe poae (summer patch) on Kentucky bluegrass and P. grisea (gray leafspot) on turf and cereals; Pythium spp. (damping-off) on turf, rice, corn, wheat, cotton, rape, sunflowers, soybeans, sugar beets, vegetables and various other plants (e.g. P. ultimum or P. aphanidermatum)', Ramularia spp., e.g. R. collo-cygni (Ramularia leaf spots, physiological leaf spots) on barley and mint, and R. beticola on sugar beets; Rhizoctonia spp. on cotton, rice, potatoes, turf, corn, rape, potatoes, sugar beets, vegetables and various other plants, e.g. R. solani (brown patch) (root and stem rot) on soybeans, R. solani (sheath blight) on rice and peanut, or R. cerealis (Rhizoctonia spring blight) on wheat or barley; Rhizopus stolonifer (black mold, soft rot) on strawberries, carrots, cabbage, vines and tomatoes; Rhynchosporium secalis (scald) on barley, rye and triticale; Sarocladium oryzae and S. attenuatum (sheath rot) on rice; Sclerotinia spp. (stem rot or white mold) on vegetables and field crops, such as rape, sunflowers (e.g. S. sclerotiorum) and soybeans (e.g. S. rolfsii or S. sclerotiorum), Sclerotinia homoeocarpa (Dollar spot), S. minor (sclerotinia blight) on peanut, S. sclerotiorum (white mold) on potato; Sclerotium spp. on peanut (e.g. S. rolfsii)', Septoria spp. on various plants, e.g. S. glycines (brown spot) on soybeans, S. tritici (Septoria blotch) on wheat, S. avenae (septoria blotch) on oats, S. linicola (pasmo) on flax seed; Unc inula (syn. Erysiphe) necator (powdery mildew, anamorph: Oidium tuckeri) on vines; Setospaeria spp. (leaf blight) on corn (e.g. S. turcicum, syn. Helminthosporium turcicum) and turf; Sphacelotheca spp. (smut) on corn, (e.g. S. reiliana: head smut), sorghum und sugarcane; Sphaerotheca fuliginea (powdery mildew) on cucurbits; Spongospora subterranea (powdery scab) on potatoes and thereby transmitted viral diseases; Stagonospora spp. on cereals, e.g. S. nodorum (Stagonospora blotch, teleomorph: Leptosphaeria (syn. Phaeosphaeria) nodorum) on wheat, septrotia leaf and glume blotch on rye; Stemphyllium spp. e.g. stemphyllium leaf spot on cotton, Synchytrium endobioticum on potatoes (potato wart disease); Taphrina spp., e.g. T. deformans (leaf curl disease) on peaches and T. pruni (plum pocket) on plums; Thielaviopsis spp. (black root rot) on tobacco, pome fruits, vegetables, soybeans and cotton, e.g. T. basicola (syn. Chalara elegans)', Tilletia spp. (common bunt or stinking smut) on cereals, such as e.g. T. tritici (syn. T. caries, wheat bunt) and T. controversa (dwarf bunt) on wheat; Typhula incamata (grey snow mold) on barley or wheat; Urocystis spp., e.g. U. occulta (stem smut) on rye, U. agropyn on wheat; Uromyces spp. (rust) on vegetables, such as beans (e.g. U. appendiculatus, syn. U. phaseoli) and sugar beets (e.g. U. betaey. Ustilago spp. (loose smut) on cereals (e.g. U. nuda and U. avaenaey corn (e.g. U. maydis: corn smut) and sugar cane, U. striiformis (stripe smut) on grasses grown for turf; Venturia spp. (scab) on apples (e.g. V. inaequalis) and pears; and Verticillium spp. (wilt) on various plants, such as fruits and ornamentals, vines, soft fruits, vegetables and field crops, e.g. V. dahliae on strawberries, rape, potatoes and tomatoes.

In a preferred embodiment, the present invention provides a fungicidal and/or insecticidal oil dispersion formulation comprising chlor antranilipr ole, tolfenpyrad and optionally at least one insecticide(s), fungicide(s), acaricide(s), nematicide(s), herbicide(s), plant growth regulator(s), fertilize(s), biostimulant(s) or acceptable salt(s) thereof or any combination to control the undesired pathogenic microorganisms selected from the group comprising, but not limited to, powdery mildew, dollar spot, anthracnose, brown patch, pink patch, red thread, red stalk rot of cereals, collar rot, stripe smut, gray leafspot, melting out leafspot, Australian carpet beetle, summer patch, poa patch, take-all patch, spring dead spot, necrotic ring spot, pink snowmold, fusarium patch, yellow patch, zoysia patch, stem rust, dichondra rust, crown rust, brown rust, yellow rust, stripe smut, leaf blights, rhizoctonia spring blight, sheath blight, sooty mold, pink snow mold, and sclerotinia.

The oil dispersion formulation of the present invention is also suitable for controlling the undesired pathogenic microorganisms occurring in plant parts, in the protection of materials (e.g. wood, paper, paint dispersions, fiber or fabrics) and in the protection of stored products. The term "protection of materials" is to be understood to denote the protection of technical and non-living materials, such as adhesives, glues, wood, paper and paperboard, textiles, leather, paint dispersions, plastics, cooling lubricants, fiber or fabrics, against the infestation and destruction by undesired pathological microorganisms, such as fungi and bacteria. As to the protection of wood and other materials, the particular attention is paid to the following undesired pathogenic microorganisms: Ascomycetes such as Ophiostoma spp., Ceratocystis spp., Aureobasidium pullulans, Sclerophoma spp., Chaetomium spp., Humicola spp., Petriella spp., Trichurus spp.; Basidiomycetes such as Coniophora spp., Coriolus spp., Gloeophyllum spp., Lentinus spp., Pleurotus spp., Poria spp., Serpula spp. and Tyromyces spp., Deuteromycetes such as Aspergillus spp., Cladosporium spp., Penicillium spp., Trichorma spp., Alternaria spp., Paecilomyces spp. and Zygomycetes such as Mucor spp., and in addition in the protection of stored products the following undesired pathogenic microorganisms are worthy of note: Candida spp. and Saccharomyces cerevisae.

The oil dispersion formulation of the present invention also provides a nonagronomic (other than field crops) application such as application on horticultural crops (e.g., greenhouse, nursery or ornamental plants not grown in a field), residential, commercial and industrial structures, turf (e.g., sod farm, pasture, golf course, lawn, sports field, etc.).

In one embodiment, the present invention provides a method for controlling insect pests and mites with an effective amount of an oil dispersion formulation of chlorantraniliprole and tolfenpyrad.

In another embodiment, the present invention provides a method for controlling insect pests and mites with an effective amount of an oil dispersion formulation of chlorantraniliprole, tolfenpyrad and optionally at least one insecticide(s), fungicide(s), acaricide(s), nematicide(s), herbicide(s), plant growth regulator(s), fertilize(s), biostimulant(s) or acceptable salt(s) thereof or any combination.

Insect pests or mites is selected from the order of moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera). beetles (Coleopterd), flies, mosquitoes (Diptera), thrips (Thysanoptera), termites Jsoptera), cockroaches (Blattaria - Blattodea). true bugs (Hemiptera), crickets, grasshoppers, locusts (Orthopterd), arachnids (Acarina), fleas (Siphonaptera), silverfish, firebrat (Thysanura), millipedes (Diplopoda), earwigs (Dermapterd), lice (Phthiraptera), or plant parasitic nematodes.

In a further embodiment of the present invention defines the insect pests and mites from the orders of: lepidopterans Lepidoptera), e.g. Agrotis ypsilon, Agrotis segetum (cutworm), Alabama argillacea, Anticarsia gemmatalis, Argyresthia conjugella, Autographa gamma, Bupalus piniarius, Cacoecia murinana, Capua reticulana, Cheimatobia brumata, Choristoneura fumiferana, Choristoneura occidentalis, Cirphis unipuncta, Cydia pomonella, Cydia caryana (hickory shuckworm), Dendrolimus pini, Diaphania nitidalis, Diatraea grandosella, Earias insulana, Elasmopalpus lignosellus, Eupoecilia ambiguella, Evetria bouliana, Feltia subterranea, Galleria mellonella, Grapholitha funebrana, Grapholitha molesta,Heliothis armigera, Heliothis virescens (tobacco budworm), Heliothis zea, Hellula undalis, Hiberniadefoliaria, Hyphantria cunea, Hyponomeuta malinellus, Keiferia lycopersicella, Lambdina fiscellaria, Laphygma exigua, Leucoptera coffeella, Leucoptera scitella, Lithocolletis blancardella, Lobesia botrana, Loxostege sticticalis, Lymantria dispar, Lymantria monacha, Lyonetia clerkella, Malacosoma neustria, Mamestra brassicae, Orgyia pseudotsugata, Ostrinia nubilalis (european corn borer), Panolis flammea, Pectinophora gossypiella (pink bollworm), Peridroma saucia, Phalera bucephala, Phthorimaea operculella, Phyllocnistis citrella, Pieris brassicae, Pieris rapae (imported cabbageworm), Plathypena scabra, Plutella xylostella, Pseudoplusia includens, Rhyacionia frustrana, Scrobipalpula absoluta, Sitotroga cerealella, Sparganothis pilleriana, Spodoptera frugiperda (fall armyworm), Spodoptera littoralis, Spodoptera litura, Thaumatopoea pityocampa, Tortrix viridana, Trichoplusia ni, Zeiraphera canadensis, Giant swallowtail (orangedog), Paralobesia viteana (grape berry moth), Desmia funeralis (grape leaffolder), Helicoverpa zea (corn earworm), Helicoverpa armigeral (cotton bollworm), Agrotis segetum, Agrotis ipsilon, Agrotis exclamationis, Manduca quinquemaculata (tomato hornworm), Lithophane antennata (green fruitworm), Lithophane unimoda, Orthosia hibisci, Anarsia lineatella (peach twig borer), Acrobasis nuxvorella (pecan nut casebearer), Amyelois transitella (navel orangeworm), Marmara gulosa (Citrus peelminer) and Harrisina Americana (Grapeleaf skeletonizer), beetles (Coleoptera), e.g. Agrilus sinuatus, Agriotes lineatus, Agriotes obscuras, Amphimallus solsddalis, Anisandrus dispar, Anthonomus grandis, Anthonomus pomorum, Aphthona euphoridae, Athous haemorrhoidalis, Atomaria linearis, Blastophagus piniperda, Blitophaga undata, Bruchus rufimanus, Bruchus pisorum, Bruchus lentis, Byctiscus betulae, Cassida nebulosa, Cerotoma trifurcata, Cetonia aurata, Ceuthorrhynchus assimilis, Ceuthorrhynchus napi, Chaetocnema tibialis, Conoderus vespertinus, Crioceris asparagi, Ctenicera ssp., Curculio caryae (pecan weevil), Diabrotica longicornis, Diabrotica semipunctata, Diabrotica 12-punctata, Diabrotica speciosa, Diabrotica virgifera, Epilachna varivestis, Epitrix hirtipennis, Eutinobothrus brasiliensis, Hylobius abietis, Hypera brunneipennis, Hypera postica, Ips typographus, Lerna bilineata, Lerna melanopus, Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Colorado potato beetle), Limonius califomicus, Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus, Melanotus communis, Meligethes aeneus, Melolontha hippocastani, Melolontha melolontha, Oulema oryzae, Ortiorrhynchus sulcatus, Otiorrhynchus ovatus, Phaedon cochleariae, Phyllobius pyri, Phyllotreta chrysocephala, Phyllophaga sp., Phyllopertha hordeola, Phyllotreta nemorum, Phyllotreta striolata, Popillia japonica (Japanese beetle), Sitona lineatus, Sitophilus granaria, Diaprepes abbreviatus, and Conotrachelus nenuphar (plum curculio), flies, mosquitoes (Dipterd), e.g. Aedes aegypti, Aedes albopictus, Aedes vexans, Anastrepha ludens, Anopheles maculipennis, Anopheles crucians, Anopheles albimanus, Anopheles gambiae, Anopheles freeborni, Anopheles leucosphyrus, Anopheles minimus, Anopheles quadrimaculatus, Calliphora vicina, Cera tis capitata, Chrysomya bezziana, Chrysomya hominivorax, Chrysomya macellaria, Chrysops discalis, Chrysops silacea, Chrysops atlandcus, Cochliomyia hominivorax, Contarinia sorghicola Cordylobia anthropophaga, Culicoides furens, Culex pipiens, Culex nigripalpus, Culex quinquefasciatus, Culex tarsalis, Culiseta inornata, Culiseta melanura, Dacus cucurbitae, Dacus oleae, Dasineura brassicae, Delia antique, Delia coarctata, Delia platura, Delia radicum, Dermatobia hominis, Drosophila suzukii (spotted wing drosophila), Fannia canicularis, Geomyza Tripunctata, Gasterophilus intestinalis, Glossina morsitans, Glossina palpalis, Glossina fuscipes, Glossina tachinoides, Haematobia irritans, Haplodiplosis equestris, Hippelates spp., Hylemyia platura, Hypoderma lineata, Leptoconops torrens, Liriomyza sadvae, Liriomyza trifolii, Lucilia caprina, Lucilia cuprina, Lucilia sericata, Lycoria pectoralis, Mansonia ddllanus, Mayetiola destructor, Musca domesdea, Muscina stabulans, Oestrus ovis, Opomyza florum, Oscinella frit, Pegomya hysocyami, Phorbia antiqua, Phorbia brassicae, Phorbia coarctata, Phlebotomus argendpes, Psorophora columbiae, Psila rosae, Psorophora discolor, Prosimulium mixtum, Rhagoleds cerasi, Rhagoleds pomonellal (apple maggot), Sarcophaga haemorrhoidalis, Sarcophaga sp., Simulium vittatum, Stomoxys calcitrans, Tabanus bovinus, Tabanus atratus, Tabanus lineola, Tabanus similis, Tipula oleracea, Tipula paludosa, and Rhagoleds cerasi (cherry fruit fly), thrips (Thysanopterd), e.g. Dichromothrips corbetti, Dichromothrips ssp., Frankliniella fusca, Frankliniella occidentalis, Frankliniella tritici, Scirtothrips citri (Citrus thrips), Thrips oryzae, Thrips palmi, Thrips tabaci, and Drepanothrips reuteri (grape thrips) termites (Isoptera). e.g. Calotermes flavicollis, Leucotermes flavipes, Heterotermes aureus, Reticulitermes flavipes, Reticulitermes virginicus, Reticulitermes lucifugus, Termes natalensis, and Coptotermes formosanus, cockroaches (Blattaria - Blattodea), e.g. Blattella germanica, Blattella asahinae, Penplaneta americana, Periplaneta japonica, Periplaneta brunnea, Periplaneta fuligginosa, Periplaneta australasiae, and Blatta orientalis, true bugs (Hemiptera), e.g. Diaphorina citri, Acrosternum hilare, Blissus leucopterus, Cyrtopeltis notatus, Dysdercus cingulatus, Dysdercus intermedins, Eurygaster integriceps, Euschistus impictiventris, Leptoglossus phyllopus, Lygus lineolaris, Lygus pratensis, Nezara viridula, Piesma quadrata, Solubea insularis , Thyanta perditor, Acyrthosiphon onobrychis, Adelges laricis, Aphidula nasturtii, Aphis fabae, Aphis forbesi, Aphis pomi, Aphis gos sypii, Aphis grossulariae, Aphis schneideri, Aphis spiraecola, Aphis sambuci, Acyrthosiphon pisum, Aulacorthum solani, Bemisia argentifolii, 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, Macrosiphon rosae, Megoura viciae, Melanaphis pyrarius, Metopolophium dirhodum, Myzus persicae, Myzus ascalonicus, Myzus cerasi, Myzus varians, Nasonovia ribis-nigri, Nilaparvata lugens, Pemphigus bursarius, Perkinsiella saccharicida, Phorodon humuli, Psylla mail, Psylla piri, Rhopalomyzus ascalonicus, Rhopalosiphum maidis, Rhopalosiphum padi, Rhopalosiphum insertum, Sappaphis mala, Sappaphis mall, Schizaphis graminum, Schizoneura lanuginosa, Sitobion avenae, Trialeurodes vaporariorum,Toxoptera aurantiiaud, Viteus vitifolii, Cimex lectularius, Cimex hemipterus, Reduvius senilis, Triatoma spp., Cicadella viridis (green leafhoppers), Bactericera cockerelli (potato psyllid), Arilus critatus, Pianococcus citri (citrus mealybug), Pseudococcus maritimus (grape mealybug), Pseudatomoscelis seriatus (cotton fleahopper), Proxys punctulatus (black stink bug), Halyomorpha halys, Citricola scale (Coccus pseudomagnoliarum), Barnacle scale (Ceroplastes cirripediformis), and Brown soft scale (Coccus hesperidum , ants, bees, wasps, sawflies (Hymenoptera), e.g. Athalia rosae, Atta cephalotes, Atta capiguara, Atta cephalotes, Atta laevigata, Atta robusta, Atta sexdens, Atta texana, Crematogasterspp., Hoplocampa minuta, Hoplocampa testudinea, Monomorium pharaonis, Solenopsis geminata, Solenopsis invicta, Solenopsis richteri, Solenopsis xyloni, Pogonomyrmex barbatus, Pogonomyrmex californicus, Pheidole megacephala, Dasymutilla occidentalis, Bombus spp. Vespula squamosa, Paravespula vulgaris, Paravespula pennsylvanica, Paravespula germanica, Dolichovespula maculata, Vespa crabro, Polistes rubiginosa, Camponotus floridanus, and Linepithema humile, crickets, grasshoppers, locusts (Orthoptera), e.g. Acheta domestica, Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa, Locusta migratoria, Melanoplus bivittatus, Melanoplus femurrubrum, Melanoplus mexicanus, Melanoplus sanguinipes, Melanoplus spretus, Nomadacris septemfasciata, Schistocerca americana, Schistocerca gregaria, Dociostaurus maroccanus, Tachycines asynamorus, Oedaleus senegalensis, Zonozerus variegatus, Hieroglyphus daganensis, Kraussaria angulifera, Calliptamus italicus, Chortoicetes terminifera, Scudderia spp. (katydid) and Locustana pardalina,

Arachnoidea, such as arachnids (Acarina), e.g. of the families Argasidae, Ixodidae and Sarcoptidae, such as Amblyomma americanum, Amblyomma variegatum, Ambryomma maculatum, Argas persicus, Boophilus annulatus, Boophilus decoloratus, Boophilus microplus, Dermacentor silvarum, Dermacentor andersoni, Dermacentor variabilis, Hyalomma truncatum, Ixodes ricinus, Ixodes rubicundus, Ixodes scapularis, Ixodes holocyclus, Ixodes pacificus, Ornithodorus moubata, Ornithodorus hermsi, Ornithodorus turicata, Ornithonyssus bacoti, Otobius megnini, Dermanyssus gallinae, Psoroptes ovis, Rhipicephalus sanguineus, Rhipicephalus appendiculatus, Rhipicephalus evertsi, Sarcoptes scabiei, and Eriophyidae spp. such as Aculus schlechtendali, Phyllocoptrata oleivora (citrus rust mite), Aceria sheldoni (citrus bud mite) and Eriophyes sheldoni; Tarsonemidae spp. such as Phytonemus pallidus and Polyphagotarsonemus latus; Tenuipalpidae spp. such as Brevipalpus phoenicis; Tetranychidae spp. such as Tetranychus cinnabarinus, Tetranychus kanzawai, Tetranychus pacificus, Tetranychus telarius and Tetranychus urticae, Panonychus ulmi, Panonychus citri (citrus red mite), and Oligonychus pratensis; Araneida, e.g. Latrodectus mactans, and Loxosceles reclusa, fleas (Siphonaptera'), e.g. Ctenocephalides felis, Ctenocephalides canis, Xenopsylla cheopis, Pulex irritans, Tunga penetrans, and Nosopsyllus fasciatus, silverfish, firebrat (Thysanura ). e.g. Lepisma saccharina and Thermobia domestica, centipedes (Chilopoda). e.g. Scutigera coleoptrata, millipedes (Diplopoda). e.g. Narceus spp., earwigs (Dermaptera). e.g. forficula auricularia, lice (Phthiraptera). e.g. Pediculus humanus capitis, Pediculus humanus corporis, Pthirus pubis, Haematopinus eurystemus, Haematopinus suis, Linognathus vituli, Bovicola bovis, Menopon gallinae, Menacanthus stramineus and Solenopotes capillatus, plant parasitic nematodes such as root-knot nematodes, Meloidogyne arenaria, Meloidogyne chitwoodi, Meloidogyne exigua, Meloidogyne hapla, Meloidogyne incognita, Meloidogyne javanica and other Meloidogyne species; cyst nematodes, Globodera rostochiensis, Globodera pallida, Globodera tabacum and other Globodera species, Heterodera avenae, Heterodera glycines, Heterodera schachtii, Heterodera trifolii, and other Heterodera species; seed gall nematodes, Anguina funesta, Anguina tritici and other Anguina species; stem and foliar nematodes, Aphelenchoides besseyi, Aphelenchoides fragariae, Aphelenchoides ritzemabosi and other 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, and Mesocriconema species; stem and bulb nematodes, Ditylenchus destructor, Ditylenchus dipsaci, Ditylenchus myceliophagus and other Ditylenchus species; awl nematodes, Dolichodorus species; spiral nematodes, Helicotylenchus dihystera, Helicotylenchus multicinctus and other Helicotylenchus species, Rotylenchus robustus and other Rotylenchus species; sheath nematodes, Hemicycliophora species and Hemicriconemoides species; Hirshmanniella species; lance nematodes, Hoplolaimus columbus, Hoplolaimus galeatus and other Hoplolaimus species; false root-knot nematodes, Nacobbus aberrans and other Nacobbus species; needle nematodes, Longidorus elongates and other Longidorus species; pin nematodes, Paratylenchus species; lesion nematodes, Pratylenchus brachyurus, Pratylenchus coffeae, Pratylenchus curvitatus, Pratylenchus goodeyi, Pratylencus neglectus, Pratylenchus penetrans, Pratylenchus scribneri, Pratylenchus vulnus, Pratylenchus zeae and other Pratylenchus species; Radinaphelenchus cocophilus and other Radinaphelenchus species; burrowing nematodes, Radopholus similis and other Radopholus species; reniform nematodes, Rotylenchulus reniformis and other Rotylenchulus species; Scutellonema species; stubby root nematodes, Trichodorus primitivus and other Trichodorus species; Paratrichodorus minor and other Paratrichodorus species; stunt nematodes, Tylenchorhynchus claytoni, Tylenchorhynchus dubius and other Tylenchorhynchus species and Merlinius species; citrus nematodes, Tylenchulus semipenetrans and other Tylenchulus species; dagger nematodes, Xiphinema americanum, Xiphinema index, Xiphinema diversicaudatum and other Xiphinema species; and other plant parasitic nematode species.

In a preferred embodiment, the present invention provides a fungicidal or insecticidal oil dispersion formulation of chlor antraniliprole, tolfenpyrad and optionally at least one insecticide(s), fungicide(s), acaricide(s), nematicide(s), herbicide(s), plant growth regulator(s), fertilize(s), biostimulant(s) or acceptable salt(s) thereof or any combination to control the insect pests and mites from the order of Lepidoptera, Coleoptera, Diptera, Isoptera and Acarina.

In one embodiment, the oil dispersion formulation of the present invention used to control a wide variety of undesired pathogenic microorganisms, insect pests and mites, is advantageous, for several purposes, e.g.: useful for addressing a wider range of pest and diseases e.g. insecticidal, fungicidal and acaricidal activity; • offering a single application as a uniform composition in place of separate application of fungicides and insecticides;

• offering crop health improvement in comparison to separate applications of fungicides and insecticides;

• longer residual control after application of the composition.

Further, the oil dispersion formulation of the instant invention has higher stability/shelf life as it is oil based and devoid of water which tends to degrade all active ingredients. The oil dispersion formulation of the instant invention is advantageous over the existing formulation in terms of better and longer retention on the leaves being a foliar spray and brings in rain fastness to the product which is a desired attribute in pesticides.

In another embodiment, the present invention provides an oil dispersion formulation which shows enhanced action against the undesired pathogenic microorganisms, insect pests and mites, in comparison to the control rates that are possible with the individual compounds and/or suitable for improving the health of plants when applied to plants, parts of plants, plant propagation materials, or at their locus of their growth.

In yet another embodiment, the oil dispersion formulation of the present invention is particularly important for controlling a multitude of undesired pathogenic microorganisms, insect pests and mites, on various cultivated plants or plant parts, such as cereals, e.g. wheat, rye, barley, triticale, oats, rice, mushroom; beet, e.g. sugar beet or fodder beet; fruits, such as pomes, stone fruits or soft fruits, e.g. apples, apricot, peanut, pears, pecan, plums, peaches, almonds, cherries, strawberries, raspberries, nectarine, prune, blackberries or gooseberries; leguminous plants, such as lentils, peas, alfalfa or soybeans; oil plants, such as oilseed rape, mustard, olives, sunflowers, coconut, cocoa beans, castor oil plants, oil palms, ground nuts or soybeans; cucurbits, such as squashes, cucumber or melons; fiber plants, such as cotton, flax, hemp or jute; citrus fruit, such as oranges, lemons, grapefruits or mandarins; vegetables, such as spinach, lettuce, asparagus, cabbages, carrots, onions, tomatoes, potatoes, cucurbits or paprika; lauraceous plants, such as avocados, cinnamon or camphor; energy and raw material plants, such as corn, soybean, rape, sugar cane or oil palm; corn; tobacco; nuts; coffee; tea; bananas; vines (table grapes and grape juice grape vines); hop; turf; sweet leaf (also called Stevia); natural rubber plants or ornamental and forestry plants, such as flowers, shrubs, broad-leaved trees or evergreens, e.g. conifers; and on the plant propagation material, such as seeds, and the crop material of these plants.

In a preferred embodiment, the oil dispersion formulation of the present invention is particularly important for controlling a multitude of undesired pathogenic microorganisms, insect pests and mites, in the rice, tomato, chili, cabbage, okra, cotton, soybean and cucumber crop. 1 In one embodiment, the method of combating harmful fungi depending on the type of compound and the desired effect, the application rates of the mixture of according to the invention are preferably from 5 to 1000 g/ha, most preferably from 10 to 750 g/ha, in particular from 20 to 500 g/ha.

In preferred embodiment, the method of combating pests (insects, acarids or nematodes) depending on the type of compound and the desired effect, the application rates of the mixture according to the invention are from, preferably from 20 to 1000 g/ha, more preferably from 10 to 750 g/ha, in particular from 20 to 500 g/ha.

In an embodiment, the present invention provides a method for improving crop health (phyto-tonic effect), comprising treating a plant with an pesticidally effective amount of oil dispersion formulation of the present invention. The oil dispersion formulation of the present invention also widens the spectrum and said to have longer residual effect against undesired pathogenic microorganisms, insect pests and mites. The oil dispersion formulation is also able to increase plant health.

The oil dispersion (OD) formulation of the present invention provides a number of other advantages:

(a) Increased efficacy in comparison to the other formulations tested during the trial.

(b) Economically beneficial to the farmers as it provides better yield of the crop with reduction in the number of sprays.

(c) Reduced possibility of hazards to the farmers due to occupational exposure because of reduction in the number of sprays.

(d) Is storage-stable.

(e) Is non-phytotoxic.

(f) Number of sprays will reduce which in turn reduce the quantity of water required for spray.

(g) Lower consumption of the chemicals will reduce the generation of number of empty containers there by reducing the concern for disposal.

Calculation of two-way combination for expected activity with the Colby formula:

The expected activity for a given combination of two active compounds (binary composition) can be calculated as follows:

100

In which E represents the expected percentage of inhibition of the disease for the combination of two pesticides at defined doses (for example equal to x and y respectively), x is the percentage of inhibition observed for the disease by the compound (1) at a given dose (equal to x), y is the percentage of inhibition observed for the disease by the compound (2) at a defined dose (equal to y). When the percentage of inhibition observed for the combination is greater than E, there is a synergistic effect.

Calculation of three-way combination for expected activity with the Colby formula:

The expected activity for a given combination of three active compounds (ternary composition) can be calculated as follows:

100 10006

X: efficacy, expressed in % of the untreated control, when using the active compound (1) at the concentration a,

Y: efficacy, expressed in % of the untreated control, when using the active compound (2) at the concentration b

Z: efficacy, expressed in % of the untreated control, when using the active compound (3) at the concentration c.

E is the efficacy when the active compounds (1), (2) and (3) are applied at application rates of a, b and c.

EXAMPLES

The present invention is further illustrated by the following examples. These examples describe possible preferred embodiments for illustrative purposes only, but they do not limit the scope of the invention. Certain modifications and equivalents will be apparent to those skilled in the art and are intended to be included within the scope of the present invention. These laboratory scale experiments can be scaled up to industrial/ commercial scale.

Examples 1-3: Preparation of Oil Dispersion (OD) Formulation

Preparation method for Example 1:

Active ingredients chlorantraniliprole and tolfenpyrad were weighed as per Example 1, then adding both AIs to C9 with continuous stirring for an hour to ensure uniformity of the mixture. To this mixture, the methyl ester of vegetable oil is added to form a homogeneous mixture. Mixing EO-PO block copolymer, Atlox 4914 and Atlox 4916 with light paraffin by maintaining high-shear mixing to form uniform mixture. Stirring is continued until thoroughly mixed. Subsequent the two separately made mixtures are mixed to form the final product. The formulation is physically stable and easy to use in the fields. Preparation method for Examples 2 and 3:

All the ingredients were weighed as per Examples 2 and 3. Examples 2 and 3 provides quantities of active ingredients and raw material charged to prepare the synergistic formulation of the present invention in OD form. In Examples 2 and 3 the active ingredients are in technical grade with 98% purity (Chlorantraniliprole), and 98.3% purity (Tolfenpyrad). Examples 4-6: Preparation of Oil Dispersion (OD) Formulation

Preparation method for Examples 4-6:

All the ingredients were weighed as per Examples 4-6. Examples 4-6 provides quantities of active ingredients and raw material charged to prepare the synergistic formulation of the present invention in OD form. In Examples 4-6 the active ingredients are in technical grade with 98% purity (Chlor antraniliprole), and 98.3% purity (Tolfenpyrad).

Example 7: Preparation of Oil Dispersion (OD) Formulation

Preparation method for Example 7:

All the ingredients were weighed as per Example 7. Example 7 provides quantities of active ingredients and raw material charged to prepare the synergistic formulation of the present invention in OD form. In Example 7 the active ingredients are in technical grade with 98% purity (Chlor antraniliprole), and 98.3% purity (Tolfenpyrad). Example 8-10: Preparation of Oil Dispersion (OD) Formulation

Preparation method for Examples 8-10:

All the ingredients were weighed as per Examples 8-10. Examples 8-10 provides quantities of active ingredients and raw material charged to prepare the synergistic formulation of the present invention in OD form. In Examples 8-10 the active ingredients are in technical grade with 98% purity (Chlor antraniliprole), 98.3% purity (Tolfenpyrad), and 97.6% purity (Thiamethoxam).

Determination of Viscosity: The viscosity of the formulations of was measured as per CIPAC MT 192. The measurement of dynamic viscosity is carried at room temperature. Sample to be tested for viscosity was kept undisturbed for 1 hour before measurement. The viscosity of the liquid agrochemical formulation was determined to be 100 - 900 cps.

Formulation Stability Data: Chlorantraniliprole 3% + Tolfenpyrad 15% oil dispersion (OD) formulation

Table: 1

Laboratory storage for 14 days

Conclusion: As observed from the Table 1, Example 1 exhibited good dispersion stability at room temperature as well as at accelerated conditions (54°C). The sample at 54 °C showed no sediment volume and top cream volume.

Biological Efficacy Trials:

The whole plant assay was conducted in the greenhouse, in which the OD formulation given in Example 1 (see Table 2) was taken for performance evaluation. 25 to 30 days old brinjal and cabbage plants were used for the treatments. The OD formulation of Example 1 were sprayed in the booth of Generation III research sprayer @ 1 L/hectare (to obtain uniformity in spray) with a delivery rate of about 500 L/hectare of spray solution through flat fan nozzle. After the treatment, the plants were allowed to dry and then moved to the laboratory. The treated plants were covered with a mylar sheet for restricting the larval movement. Thrips (Order: Thysanoptera) and Jassids (Order: Hemiptera) was released on to the brinjal plants and Diamondback moth (DBM) (Order: Lepidoptera) on cabbage plants and mylar sheet was covered at the top with a muslin cloth for better air ventilation. The observation on dead, moribund and alive larvae was recorded at 5^th day after treatment. Percent mortality was calculated by combining dead and moribund larvae.

Table 2: Effect of OD formulation against Diamondback moth (DBM)

Table 3: Effect of OD formulation against Thrips

Table 4: Effect of OD formulation against Jassid

It was concluded that all treatments planned in various concentration rates with the OD formulation developed according to the present invention found to be effective. Further, it has been found that the OD formulations according to the present invention indicated synergies at 1:5 ratio of Chlorantarniliprole and Tolfenpyrad, respectively against Thrips, Jassid and DBM.

This concludes that the OD formulation developed according to the present invention was found to be very effective in controlling Thrips and Jassid on to the brinjal plants and DBM on to the cabbage plants population on soybean crop.

Claims

CLAIMS:

1. An oil dispersion formulation comprising: a) chlorantraniliprole or agrochemically acceptable salt(s) thereof; b) tolfenpyrad or agrochemically acceptable salt(s) thereof; and c) one or more agriculturally acceptable auxiliaries.

2. The oil dispersion formulation as claimed in claim 1, wherein said agriculturally acceptable auxiliaries are selected from oil(s), solvent(s), surfactant(s)/emulsifier(s), dispersing agent(s), wetting agent(s) and optionally agriculturally acceptable additives.

3. The oil dispersion formulation as claimed in claim 1, wherein chlorantraniliprole or agrochemically acceptable salt(s) thereof is present in the range of 1 to 20% of total weight of formulation, preferably 1 to 15% of total weight of formulation; and tolfenpyrad or agrochemically acceptable salt(s) thereof is present in the range of 5 to 50% of total weight of formulation, preferably 5 to 40% of total weight of formulation.

4. The oil dispersion formulation as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said formulation comprising: a) chlorantraniliprole or agrochemically acceptable salt(s) thereof in the range of 1 to 20% ; b) tolfenpyrad or agrochemically acceptable salt(s) thereof in the range of 5 to 50% ; c) one or more oils and/or solvents in the range of 1 to 80% ; d) one or more surfactant(s)/emulsifier(s) in the range of 0.1 to 30%; e) one or more dispersing agent in the range of 0.1 to 30%; f) one or more wetting agent(s) in the range of 0.1 to 30%; and g) optionally agriculturally acceptable additives in the range of 0 to 75%.

5. The oil dispersion formulation as claimed in claim 1 or 4, wherein said oil is selected from light paraffin oil or its derivatives, paraffinic hydrocarbons, plant oil or its derivatives, seed oil or its derivatives, vegetable oil or its derivatives, animal oil or derivatives, mineral oil or its derivatives, petroleum oil or its derivatives, animal oil or its derivatives or combination thereof.

6. The oil dispersion formulation as claimed in claim 1 or 4, wherein said solvent is selected from C2-C4-alkyl lactates, alkyl benzenes, alkylnaphthalenes, polyalkylene glycol ethers, fatty acid diesters, fatty alkylamides and diamides, dialkylene carbonates, monoethylene glycol, diethylene glycol, polypropylene glycol, polyethylene glycol, propylene glycol esters of fatty acids, or propylene glycol ester, methyl ether, diethylene glycol methyl ether, propylene glycol methyl ether, di-propylene glycol methyl ether, ethylene glycol ethyl ether, diethylene glycol ethyl ether, propylene glycol ethyl ether, solvent C9, ethyl lactate, glycerin triacetate, cyclohexanone, di-propylene glycol ethyl ether, ethylene glycol, propane diols, or glycerine or combination thereof.

35 The oil dispersion formulation as claimed in claim 1 or 4, wherein said surfactant/emulsifier is selected from C6-C20 ethoxylated alcohols, C6-C20 propoxylated alcohols, calcium alkyl benzene sulphonates, alkyl sulphonate, ether sulphonate, ether phosphate, alkoxylated alcohols, alkoxylated alkyl phenols, tridecyl alcohol ethoxylate, ethoxylated fatty acids dodecyl benzene sulphonate, sulphonates of other C11-C16 alkyl benzenes, alkyl ether sulphates, alkyl phenol ether phosphates, ester phosphates, natural or synthetic ethoxylated fatty alcohols, natural or synthetic propoxylated fatty alcohols, EO-PO copolymers, ethoxylated fatty acids, ethoxylated castor oil, ethoxylated sorbitan esters, ethoxylated esterified sorbitols, ethoxylated alkylphenols, ethoxylated tristyrylphenols or ethoxylated fatty amines or combination thereof. The oil dispersion formulation as claimed in claim 1 or 4, wherein said wetting agent is selected from dioctyl sulfosuccinate, polyoxyalkylene alkyl ether, polyoxyalkylene alkyl phenyl ether sulfonates, dialkylsuccinate, EO-PO block copolymer, Atlox 4914, PF40 Clariant, sodium dioctyl sulphosuccinate, sodium lauryl sulfonate, sodium blend of alkyl naphthalene sulfonate, trisiloxane ethoxylate, poly dimethylsiloxane, polyoxyethylene methyl polysiloxane, polyoxyalkylene methyl polysiloxane, polyether polymethyl siloxane copolymer, modified heptamethyl trisiloxane, polyether modified polysiloxane, or combination thereof. The oil dispersion formulation as claimed in claim 1 or 4, wherein said dispersing agent is selected from the group comprising phosphated ethoxylated alkylphenols, phosphated ethoxylated and proproxylated alkylphenols, phosphated ethoxylated tristyrylphenols, phosphated ethoxylated natural or synthetic fatty alcohols, phosphated ethoxylated and proproxylated natural or synthetic fatty alcohols, ethanolamine fatty amides, polyesters, polyamides, polycarbonates, polyurea, polyurethanes, Atlox 4912, Atlox 4916, Atlox Metasperse 550S, acrylic polymers and copolymers, styrene copolymers, butadiene copolymers, polylactic acid, poly (lactic acid-glycolic acid) copolymers, poly carboxylates, alkyl naphthalene sulfonates, phenol sulphonic acid condensates, ligno sulphonates, methyl oleyl taurates, silica poly ether copolymer, poly vinyl alcohols, sodium salt of naphthalene sulfonate condensate, mixture of salt of naphthalene sulphonic acid and phenol sulphonic acid condensate, sulfonated aromatic polymer, sodium salt of naphthalene sulfonate condensate, castor oil ethoxylate or combination thereof. The oil dispersion formulation as claimed in claim 1 or 4, wherein chlorantraniliprole is in the crystal form selected from crystal form A, crystal form B, or crystal form F. The oil dispersion formulation as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said agriculturally acceptable additive(s) are selected from the group comprising solid carrier(s), liquid carrier(s), gaseous carrier(s), binder(s), disintegrating agent(s), pH adjuster(s), spreading agent(s), thickener(s),

36 preservative(s), anti-caking agent(s), anti-freezing agent(s), defoaming agent(s), extender(s), stabilizer(s), coloring agent(s) or combination thereof. The oil dispersion formulation as claimed in claim 1 or 4, wherein said formulation further comprises at least one insecticide(s), fungicide(s), acaricide(s), nematicide(s), herbicide(s), plant growth regulator(s), fertilize(s), biostimulant(s) or acceptable salt(s) thereof or combination thereof. The oil dispersion formulation as claimed in claim 12, wherein said insecticide is selected from the group consisting of:

(A) nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) competitive modulators is selected from the class of (Al) neonicotinoids: (Al-01) acetamiprid, (Al-02) clothianidin, (Al-003) dinotefuran, (A 1-04) imidacloprid, (Al -05) nitenpyram, (Al -006) thiacloprid, (A 1-07) thiamethoxam; (A2) nicotine; (A3) sulfoximines: (A3-01) sulfoxaflor; (A4) butenolides: (A4- 01) flupyradifurone; (A5) mesoionics: (A5-01) triflumezopyrim, (A5-02) dichloromezotiaze;

(B) chordotonal organ TRPV channel modulators is selected from the class of (Bl) pyridine azomethine derivatives: (Bl-01) pymetrozine, (Bl-02) pyrifluquinazon; or (B2) afidopyropen or combination thereof. The oil dispersion formulation as claimed in claim 1, wherein said formulation is stable. A process for preparing an oil dispersion formulation as claimed in claim 1 or 4, wherein said process comprising the steps of: a) mixing surfactant(s)/emulsifier(s), dispersing agent(s), wetting agent(s), and optionally agrochemically acceptable additives to oils and/or solvents or combination thereof with continuous stirring to form a homogeneous mixture; b) adding chlorantraniliprole or agrochemically acceptable salt(s) thereof to the above homogeneous mixture obtained in step (a) with constant stirring to form a homogeneous mixture; c) adding tolfenpyrad or agrochemically acceptable salt(s) thereof to the above homogeneous mixture obtained in step (b) with constant stirring to form a homogeneous mixture; and d) adding the remaining oil(s) and/or solvent(s) or combination thereof with constant stirring till a homogeneous mass obtained. A method for controlling or combating the undesired insect pests or mites and/or phytopathogenic fungi and/or microorganisms, wherein said oil dispersion formulation as claimed in claim 1 or 4, is applied to the plants, to parts thereof or to a locus thereof.