Abstract: The present invention provides a method for protecting living plants from harmful insects by using a sheetlike structure impregnated with an insecticide to cover the surface of the trunk, pseudotrunk, branch, root ball and/or root region of the plant. Additionally provided are living plants whose trunk, pseudotrunk, branch, root ball and/or root region surface is covered with a sheetlike structure impregnated with an insecticide. The invention also relates to a rectangular sheetlike structure impregnated with an insecticide and comprising a fastening means which, following tubular coverage of the surface of trunk, pseudotrunk or branch of a plant, allows a permanent hold thereto. It further relates to a sheetlike structure impregnated with an insecticide, in the form of a perforated sheet which has a continuous interruption between the outer and inner edges. Lastly, it also relates to the use of the sheetlike structure for protecting living plants from harmful insects.

Abstract: A rodenticidal mixture comprising a) 0.0015 to 99.89% by weight of at least one rodenticide, b) 10?8 to 95% by weight of at least one painkiller and c) 0.01 to 99.9984% by weight of at least one biocide, where the percentages by weight are based on the total of components (a), (b) and (c), is suitable for the preparation of rodenticidal bait formulations which are employed for controlling rodent pests.