Abstract: Fungicidal combination comprising a compound A which is iprodione, vinclozoline or procymidone, and a compound B which is cyprodinil, also known as 2-phenylamino-4-cyclopropyl-6-methylpyrimidine, fungicidal compositions comprising same, and method of preventing fungal attacks on crops.

Abstract: Helianthinin is an 11S seed storage protein of sunflower embryos. The present invention is directed to the 5' regulatory regions of helianthinin genes. More particularly, the present invention is directed to specific cis-regulatory elements of this regulatory region which direct tissue-specific, temporally-regulated, or abscisic acid-responsive gene expression. The present invention provides chimeric genes comprising the cis-regulatory elements linked to a coding sequence from a heterologous gene to control expression of these genes. The chimeric genes provided by the instant invention are useful in conferring herbicide resistance and improved seed lipid quality to transgenic plants.

Abstract: 3-arylpyrazole derivatives of the formula ##STR1## in which X.sub.1, X.sub.2, X.sub.3, X.sub.4 and X.sub.5, which are the same or different, are H, Hal, nitro, alkyl, alkoxy, Y is H, Hal, nitro, CN, alkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio or an optionally substituted amino; Ra is H, R(alkyl, phenyl, Het), C(V)-V'Ro or C(V)NR.sub.0 R'.sub.0 where: V and V' are O, S; R.sub.0 and R'.sub.0, H, R, R' optionally substituted by .alpha., which can be GR.sub.1, NZ.sub.1 Z.sub.2, SO.sub.2 NZ.sub.1 Z.sub.2, CVZ.sub.1 Z.sub.2, Rb is H or can form with Ra a hydrocarbon ring of 4-6 C, R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are H, R.sub.0, R.sub.3, G1-T1-Rc, C(O)R.sub.0, NTT'. Said fungicides are useful in agriculture.

Abstract: A biotinylated protein is disclosed which is obtained from the seeds of leguminous plants and which is expressed exclusively in the seeds and in no other tissue. The protein comprises at least one subunit of 50-85 kDa. Levels of the protein decrease rapidly as germination of the seed progresses. The protein does not exhibit the activity of either acetyl-CoA carboxylase or 3-methyl crotonyl-CoA carboxylase. In the pea, Pisum sativum, the protein is designated SBP65 and comprises 6-8 identical subunits, each having a molecular weight of about 65 kDa. The protein may be a useful marker for determining the germination stage of seeds.

Abstract: Helianthinin is an 11S seed storage protein of sunflower embryos. The present invention is directed to the 5' regulatory regions of helianthinin genes. More particularly, the present invention is directed to specific cis-regulatory elements of this regulatory region which direct abscisic acid-responsive gene expression. The present invention provides chimeric genes comprising the cis-regulatory elements linked to a coding sequence from a heterologous gene to control expression of these genes. The chimeric genes provided by the instant invention are useful in conferring herbicide resistance and improved seed lipid quality to transgenic plants.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a chimeric gene for conferring to plants an increased tolerance to a herbicide. This chimeric gene comprises, in the direction of transcription, a promoter region, a transit peptide region, a sequence encoding glyphosate tolerance and a polyadenylation signal region, wherein the promoter region consists of at least one promoter of a plant histone gene enabling the expression of the herbicide tolerance protein in the regions of glyphosate accumulation. The present invention further provides vectors containing the present chimeric genes, of glyphosate-tolerant plants.

Abstract: Linoleic acid is converted into .gamma.-linolenic acid by the enzyme .DELTA.6-desaturase. The present invention is directed to isolated nucleic acids comprising the .DELTA.6-desaturase gene. More particularly, the isolated nucleic acid comprises the promoter, coding region and termination regions of the .DELTA.6-desaturase gene. The present invention provides recombinant constructions comprising the .DELTA.6-desaturase coding region in functional combination with heterologous regulatory sequences. The nucleic acids and recombinant constructions of the instant invention are useful in the production of GLA in transgenic organisms.

Abstract: Herbicidal compositions, characterized in that they comprise: (a) as active ingredient, a herbicidally effective amount of a mixture comprising HERB1, known under the common name of ET-751, and a second herbicide (II) selected from the group consisting of flurtamone and aclonifen; and (b) an agriculturally acceptable carrier therefor.

Abstract: Chimeric gene which is usable for endowing plants with resistance to a herbicide based on 3,5-dihalo-4-hydroxybenzonitrile, comprising at least one gene coding for resistance to this herbicide, a foreign promoter and, optionally, a polyadenylation signal region, wherein the promoter originates from a gene which is naturally expressed in plant cells and is chosen from the group comprising the promoter of the 35 S RNA for cauliflower mosaic virus (CaMV 35S) and the promoter of the small subunit (SSU) of sunflower (Helianthus annuus) ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (RubisCO).

Abstract: A termite control composition for soil treatment containing a 3-cyano-1-(substituted phenyl)pyrazole and a pyrethroid compound as effective ingredients, and a method of controlling pests such as termites using said composition. The termite control composition is improved for soil treatment as well as for the ability to prevent termites from passing through a pesticidally treated layer.

Abstract: 3-arylpyrazole derivatives of the formula ##STR1## in which X.sub.1, X.sub.2, X.sub.3, X.sub.4 and X.sub.5, which are the same or different, are H, Hal, nitro, alkyl, alkoxy, Y is H, Hal, nitro, CN, alkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio or an optionally substituted amino; Ra is H, R(alkyl, phenyl, Het), C(V)-V'Ro or C(V)NR.sub.0 R'.sub.0 where: V and V' are O, S; R.sub.0 and R'.sub.0, H, R, R' optionally substituted by .alpha., which can be GR.sub.1, NZ.sub.1 Z.sub.2, SO.sub.2 NZ.sub.1 Z.sub.2, CVZ.sub.1 Z.sub.2, Rb is H or can form with Ra a hydrocarbon ring of 4-6 C, R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are H, R.sub.0, R.sub.3, G1-T1-Rc, C(O)R.sub.0, NTT'. Said fungicides are useful in agriculture.

Abstract: Plant cells are transformed by:(i) transforming a plant cell whose growth is sensitive to inhibition by a sulfonamide or a salt thereof with a chimaeric gene comprising (a) a plant promoter, (b) a sulfonamide resistance gene having a sequence encoding a transit peptide fused to the 5'-end of the resistance gene and (c) a plant polyadenylation/terminator sequence;(ii) selecting a transformed plant cell whose growth is resistant to inhibition by a sulfonamide or salt thereof;(iii) optionally, regenerating from the transformed plant cell a genetically transformed plant which exhibit the said resistance;(iv) optionally, obtaining seed from the regenerated plant; and(v) optionally, propagating plants from the seed.The growth of weeds can be controlled at a locus where a transgenic plant obtained as above is being cultivated by applying to the locus an effective amount of a herbicide, such as asulam, which acts by inhibiting dihydropteroate synthase.

Abstract: Process for treating rice plants or rice propagation material against insects with a view to obtaining sustained and effective protection of the plant after the sowing period, characterised in that there is applied to the said plants or to their propagation material an effective amount of an insecticide other than an organophosphorus insecticide having systemic properties which is capable of having a long-lasting effect, that is to say even persisting on the growing plant after germination. This process is used with a pyrazole insecticide. The invention also applies to the seeds thus treated and to the nursery boxes containing them.

Abstract: Novel 1,3-oxazin-4-one derivatives of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 to R.sup.5 are hydrocarbyl radicals which are optionally substituted, and herbicidal compositions comprising the same as active ingredients and their use in controlling the growth of weeds. The compounds can be produced by reacting substituted 1,3-dioxin-4-one derivatives and N-methylene-alkylamine.

Abstract: Linoleic acid is converted into .gamma.-linolenic acid by the enzyme .DELTA.6-desaturase. The present invention is directed to an isolated nucleic acid comprising the .DELTA.6-desaturase gene. More particularly, the isolated nucleic acid comprises the promoter, coding region and termination regions of the .DELTA.6-desaturase gene. The present invention provides recombinant constructions comprising the .DELTA.6-desaturase coding region in functional combination with heterologous regulatory sequences. The nucleic acids and recombinant constructions of the instant invention are useful in the production of GLA in transgenic organisms.

Abstract: Herbicidal compositions, characterized in that they comprise: (a) as active ingredient, a herbicidally effective amount of a mixture comprising HERB1, known under the chemical name of 1-methyl-3-?2-fluoro-4-chloro-5-(ethoxycarbonylmethoxy)phenyl!-4-chloro-5- difluoromethoxypyrazole (I), and a second herbicide (II) selected from the group consisting of diflufenican, bromoxynil, flurtamone, aclonifen and isoproturon; and (b) an agriculturally acceptable carrier therefor.

Abstract: A herbicidal composition containing as active ingredients the following two components, (A): at least one of 1,3-oxazin-4-one derivatives represented by the following general formula (I) ##STR1## wherein, R is a methyl or an ethyl group, Y is a halogen atom, a lower haloalkyl or a lower haloalkoxy group, and n is 0, 1, 2 or 3,and (B): at least one compound selected from certain known herbicides. It is possible, by use of this composition, to completely control annual gramineous weeds, annual broad-leaved weeds and perennial weeds, without causing any phytotoxicity on agriculturally important crops at a low dose of the active ingredients.

Abstract: Linoleic acid is converted into .gamma.-linolenic acid by the enzyme .DELTA.6-desaturase. The present invention is directed to an isolated nucleic acid comprising the .DELTA.6-desaturase gene. More particularly, the isolated nucleic acid comprises the promoter, coding region and termination regions of the .DELTA.6-desaturase gene. The present invention provides recombinant constructions comprising the .DELTA.6-desaturase coding region in functional combination with heterologous regulatory sequences. The nucleic acids and recombinant constructions of the instant invention are useful in the production of GLA in transgenic organisms.

Abstract: Phenylpyrazoles of the formula: ##STR1## in which: X=H, hal, NO.sub.2, CN, SCN, alkyl (C.sub.1 -C.sub.4), alkenyl (C.sub.2 -C.sub.4), alkynyl (C.sub.2 -C.sub.4), alkoxy (C.sub.1 -C.sub.4), alkylthio (C.sub.1 -C.sub.4), phenyl, phenoxy; mono- or di- alkyl- or phenyl- amino; alkylcarbonyl, carbamoyl, carboxyl, benzoyl; alkyl- sulphinyl or sulphonyl;Y, Z=H, hal, OH, NO.sub.2, NO, CN, SCN, alkyl (C.sub.1 -C.sub.4), alkenyl (C.sub.2 -C.sub.4), alkynyl (C.sub.2 -C.sub.4), alkoxy (C.sub.1 -C.sub.4), alkylthio (C.sub.1 -C.sub.4), phenyl, phenoxy; mono- or di- alkyl- or phenyl- amino; alkylcarbonyl, carbamoyl, carboxyl, benzoyl; alkyl- sulphinyl or sulphonyl, for example; andY, Z may also form a bridge of 1 to 4 atoms, of which at least one can be a hetero atom, optionally substituted. The products are useful as fungicides in agriculture.

Abstract: Concentrated fungicidal compositions, in the form of water-dispersible granules are disclosed which contain:5 to 95% of phosphite-type active substance in solid or soildified form,0.1 to 8% of a wetting agent,0.3 to 15% of a dispersing agent,0 to 50% of a support. These granules have a particle size of between 0.1 mm and 10 mm.