Abstract: Suitable for controlling harmful plants in sugar beet crops composed of tolerant or resistant mutants or transgenic sugar beet plants are herbicide combinations (A)+(B), if appropriate in the presence of safeners, with an effective content of (A) broad-spectrum herbicides from the group (A1) glufosinate (salts) and related compounds, (A2) glyphosate (salts) and related compounds such as sulfosate and (A3) imidazolinones or their salts and (B) herbicides from the group consisting of (B0) one or more structurally different herbicides from the abovementioned group (A) or (B1) foliar- and predominantly soil-acting herbicides which are active against monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous harmful plants, or (B2) herbicides which are active predominantly against dicotyledonous harmful plants, and (B3) herbicides which are predominantly foliar-acting and which can be employed against monocotyledonous harmful plants, or (B4) herbicides which are both foliar- and soil-acting and which can be employed agai

Abstract: Benzoylcyclohexanedione derivatives of the formula (I) and their use as herbicides are described. In this formula (I), R1, R3, and R4 are various radicals, L—(R2)n is haloalkyl, and n is 0 to 2.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a herbicidal composition comprising A) one or more sulfonylureas of the formula (I) and/or their salts in which R1 is C2-C4-alkoxy or CO—Ra, where Ra is OH, C1-C6-alkoxy or NRbRc, where Rb and Rc independently of one another are identical or different and are H or C1-C6-alkyl, R2 is halogen or (A)n—NRdRe, where n is zero or 1, A is a group CRfRg, where Rf and Rg independently of one another are identical or different and are H or C1-C6-alkyl, Rd is H or C1-C6-alkyl and Re is H, C1-C6-alkyl or an acyl radical, where Rd and Re may also form a heterocyclic ring and where, if R1 is C2-C4-alkoxy, R2 may also be H, R3 is H or C1-C6-alkyl, m is zero or 1, X and Y independently of one another are identical or different and are C1-C6-alkyl, C1-C6-alkoxy or C1-C6-alkylthio, where each of the three radicals mentioned is unsubstituted or substituted by one or more radicals selected from the group consisting of halogen, C1-C4-alkoxy and C1-C4-alkylthio,

Abstract: There are described benzoylcyclohexanediones of the formula I, their preparation, and their use as herbicides and plant growth regulators. In this formula (I), R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, Ra, Rb and Rc are various radicals, and Y and Z are a monoatomic bridge element.

Abstract: The invention relates to the formulation of deltamethrin as water-dispersible granules which comprise wetting agents, dispersants, solid inert substances and one or more acids in an amount sufficient to adjust the pH of the mixture to a value in the range from 1 to 7. The granules are particularly useful for controlling animal pests.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a herbicidal composition, comprising A) one or more compounds of the formula (I) in which Hal1 and Hal2 are identical or different halogen atoms, R1 is H, a cation or a C1-C20-carbon-containing radical and B) one or more surfactants, comprising as structural element at least 12 alkylene oxide units.

Abstract: Suitable for controlling harmful plants in oil-seed rape composed of tolerant or resistant mutants or transgenic oil-seed rape plants, and, if appropriate, for regulating the growth of oil-seed rape, are herbicide combinations (A)+(B), if appropriate in the presence of safeners, with an effective content of (A) broad-spectrum herbicides from the group (A1) glufosinate (salts) and related compounds, (A2) glyphosate (salts) and related compounds such as sulfosate, (A3) imidazolinones such as imazethapyr, imazapyr, imazaquin, imazamox, imazapic or their salts and/or (A4) herbicidal azoles from the group of the inhibitors of protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO inhibitors), and (B) herbicides from the group (B1) foliar- and soil-acting herbicides, such as metazachlor, trifluralin, clomazone, napropamide, carbetamide, dimefuron and dimethachlor, which are active against monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous harmful plants, (B2) predominantly foliar-acting herbicides, such as quinmerac, clopyralid, pyridate a

Abstract: There are described herbicidal compositions comprising herbicidal compounds of the formula I and a safener-active compound of the formula II or III In formulae I, II and III, the symbols R1 to R10 are hydrogen, halogen and various organic radicals.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I), are described in which X is halogen, cyano, nitro, (C1-C4)-alkyl, (C1-C4)-alkoxy, (C1-C4)-alkylthio or (C1-C4)-alkylsulfinyl; R1 is halogen, (C1-C4)-haloalkyl, (C1-C4)-alkyl, (C1-C4)-alkoxy, (C1-C4)-haloalkoxy or cyano; m is 0 to 3; n is 1 to 5; Z is oxygen, sulfur, CH2 or NR2; R2 is CN, (C1-C4)-alkoxy-(C1-C4)-alkyl, CHO, (C1-C6)-alkylcarbonyl, (C1-C6)-alkoxycarbonyl or (CW)NR3R4; R3, R4 are H or (C1-C6)-alkyl; W is O or S; G is mono- to tetrasubstituted isoxazoline which is attached in the 3-, 4- or 5-position to the adjacent phenyl ring. The compounds are suitable for use as pesticides.

Abstract: The present invention relates to surfactant/solvent systems for liquid formulations comprising &agr;) one or more nonaromatic-based surfactants, &bgr;) as solvent, one or more triester(s) of phosphoric acid with alcohols, preferably from the group consisting of 1 ) monohydric alkanols having 5 to 22 carbon atoms, for example with n-, i- or neo-pentanol, n-hexanol, n-octanol, 2-ethylhexanol, 2) diols or polyols, such as ethylene glycol, propylene glycol or glycerol, 3) aryl, alkylaryl, poly(alkyl)aryl and poly(arylalkyl)aryl alcohols, for example with phenol and/or cresol, octylphenol, nonylphenol, triisobutylphenol, tristyrylphenol, 4) alkoxylated alcohols obtained by reacting the alcohols mentioned above under 1), 2) or 3) with alkylene oxides, preferably (C1-C4)alkylene oxides, and 5) alkoxylated alcohols obtained by reacting monohydric alkanols having 1 to 4 carbon atoms and alkylene oxides.

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing transgenic monocotyledonous plants, plant cells, plant parts, seeds, and reproduction material with modified 5-aminolevulinic acid biosynthesis. This is achieved by stably integrating one or several nucleic acid molecules coding for a protein with a 5-aminolevulinic acid synthase function (ALAS) isolated from the alpha group of purple bacteria, an active fragment thereof or an antisense or complementary sequence thereof, into tie plant genome in stable form. This method can also be used to control undesired vegetation Also provided is a method for producing transgenic plants or plant cells whose glutamate-1-semialdehyde transferase (GSAAT) expression is suppressed or inhibited by stable integration of at least one nucleic acid molecule encoding an ALAS isolated from the alpha group of purple bacteria into the plant plastome by plastid transformation.

Abstract: Nucleic acid molecules are described which encode enzymes which participate in starch synthesis in plants. These enzymes are a new isoform of starch synthase. There are furthermore described vectors for generating transgenic plant cells and plants which synthesize a modified starch. There are furthermore described methods for the generation of these transgenic plant cells and plants, and methods for producing modified starches.

Abstract: Described are herbicidal compositions comprising A) at least one compound from the benzoylcyclohexanedione group and B) at least one compound from the group of the herbicides which act selectively against monocotyledonous and/or dicotyledonous harmful plants in maize. These compositions have a superior action compared with the herbicides employed individually.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a herbicidal composition comprising d) one or more herbicidal active substances from the group of the grass-controlling sulfonamides, e) one or more silicone surfactants, and f) one or more humectants. The composition according to the invention is outstandingly suitable for controlling a variety of harmful plants.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a herbicidal composition comprising A) one or more sulfonylureas of the formula (I) and/or their salts  in which R1 is C2-C4-alkoxy or CO—Ra, where Ra equals OH, C1-C4-alkoxy or NRbRc, in which Rb and Rc independently of one another are identical or different and are H or C1-C4-alkyl, R2 is halogen or (A)n—NRdRe, in which n equals zero or 1, A is a group CR′R″, in which R′ and R″ independently of one another are identical or different and are H or C1-C4-alkyl, Rd equals H or C1-C4-alkyl and Re is an acyl radical and, in the event that R1 equals C2-C4-alkoxy, Re may also be H, R3 is H or C1-C4-alkyl, m equals zero or 1, X and Y independently of one another are identical or different and are C1-C6-alkyl, C1-C6-alkoxy or C1-C6-alkylthio, each of the three radicals mentioned being unsubstituted or substituted by one or more radicals selected from the group consisting of halogen, C1-C4-alkoxy and C1-C4-alkylthio, or a

Abstract: 4-Haloalkylnicotinonitriles having the formula (I) which are suitable as intermediates in the preparation of pesticides, are obtained by: (a) reacting a 3-amino-1-haloalkyl-2-propen-1-one RF—C(O)—CH═CH—NH2  (II)  in a condensation reaction with a compound of the formula (III) to (VII), (R1Z)CH═CH—CN  (III) (R1Z)2CH—CH2—CN  (IV) Hal-CH═CH—CN  (V) Hal2CH—CH2CN  (VI) HC≡C—CN  (VII),  to give a compound of the formula (VIII), (IX) and/or (X), RF—C(O)—CH═CH—NH—CH═CH—CN  (VIII) RF—C(O)—CH═CH—NH—CH(ZR1)—CH2—CN  (IX) RF—C(O)—CH═CH—NH—CH(Hal)—CH2—CN  (X)  wherein RF is (C1-C4)-haloalkyl, R1 is alkyl, Hal is Cl or Br and each Z, independently, is O, S, NR or OCO; and (b) subjecting the react

Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of the formula (I) The compound according to the invention is suitable for the preparation of herbicidal active substances such as sulfonylureas.

Abstract: 5-Halo-4-fluoro-4,7,7-trimethyl-3-oxabicyclo[4.1.0]heptan-2-ones, process for their preparation and their use for preparing cyclopropanecarboxylic acids Compounds of the formula (I), in which Hal is Cl, Br or I, are suitable for use as intermediates in the preparation of pyrethroids.

Abstract: Herbicide combinations with a content of components (A) and (B) have synergistic herbicidal effects: (A) one or more herbicides of the formula (I) or their salts,  where R1, R2, R3, X, Y and Z are as defined in claim 1, and (B) one or more herbicides selected from amongst the specific herbicides of the following groups of compounds: (B1) herbicides which act selectively in some dicotyledonous crops against monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous harmful plants, (B2) herbicides which act selectively in some dicotyledonous crops, predominantly against dicotyledonous harmful plants, and (B3) herbicides which act selectively in some dicotyledonous crops, predominantly against monocotyledonous harmful plants.

Abstract: Pesticidal compositions comprising deltamethrin and acetamiprid.