Abstract: An improved herbicide composition comprising: (a) from about 10 to about 60 percent 1-m-trifluoromethylphenyl-3-chloro-4-chloromethyl-2-pyrrolidone; (b) from about 1 to about 10 percent aluminum oxide/magnesium oxide wherein the mole ratio of aluminum oxide to magnesium oxide ranges from about 1:1 to about 1:2, or a polyamide; (c) from about 5 to about 15 percent high surface area silica; (d) from about 15 to about 40 percent amine treated bentonite; (e) from about 1 to about 10 percent dispersant; (f) from about 1 to about 10 percent wetting agent; and (g) from about 1 to about 10 percent urea.

Abstract: N-(heterocyclicaminocarbonyl)pyridinesulfonamides; are useful for the regulation of plant growth and as pre-emergence and post-emergence herbicides.

Abstract: A method of treating surfaces colonized or colonizable by bryophites or lichens which comprises applying thereto sufficient of a water soluble tetrakis (hydroxymethyl) phosphonium salt to kill, or inhibit the growth thereon of said bryophytes or lichens.

Abstract: A plant growth promoter comprising as an active ingredient for plant growth promotion at least one phenylglycine selected from the group consisting of(1) monomeric phenylglycines,(2) N-phenylglycylphenylglycines, and(3) cyclic dimers of phenylglycines.

Abstract: A water-insoluble biocide component can be effectively dispersed in water by using as a dispersant a phosphoric acid ester salt of a nonionic surfactant.

Abstract: The yield of a cereal is increased by application of an agent selected from brassinolide derivatives of the formulae: ##STR1## wherein R is hydrogen or acetyl.

Abstract: A method of regulating the growth of plants which comprises applying to such plants or to a locus in which said plants are grown a plant growth-regulating effective amount of a composition comprising(a) 1-cyclohexyl-4,4-dimethyl-2-(1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)-pent-1-en-3-ol of the formula ##STR1## and (b) 2-chloroethyl-trimethyl-ammonium chloride of the formulaCl-CH.sub.2 -CH.sub.2 -N.sup..crclbar. (CH.sub.3).sub.3 Cl.sup..sym.

Abstract: A contradeglutitious solid herbicidal composition comprising a 1,1'-dimethyl-4,4'-bipyridylium salt in a substantially solid state and a thickening agent and, optionally, a water absorbable inorganic fine powder. This composition is difficult to swallow in its original form or even when diluted in a glass of water. The composition does not impair the inherent herbicidal effects and applicability of paraquat.

Abstract: Certain water-soluble derivatives of vitamin K compounds have been found to regulate the growth of plants. The present invention relates to a method for plant growth regulation with such water-soluble derivatives of vitamin K compounds and plant growth regulating compositions comprising the same.

Abstract: The disclosure describes compositions and methods for improved delivery of plant growth regulators comprising contacting a plant with a composition comprising an effective amount of a plant growth regulator and an effective delivery enhancing amount of compound having the structural formula ##STR1## wherein R' is H or a lower alkyl group having 1-4 carbon atoms, m is 3-7, n is 0-17 and R is --CH.sub.3, ##STR2## where R" is H or halogen, with the proviso that if m is 3 and R is CH.sub.3, then n is 5-17.

Abstract: The disclosure herein relates to a group of N-hydrocarbyloxymethyl-2-haloacetanilide compounds, herbicidal compositions containing said compounds as the active ingredient and herbicidal method of use in various crops, particularly sugarbeets. The herbicides herein are particularly effective against annual grasses, including hard-to-kill narrowleaf weeds such as blackgrass, wild oats, and downy brome and other prevalent grasses such as yellow foxtail, barnyardgrass, crabgrass, annual rye, etc.

Abstract: m-Anilido-urethanes of the formula ##STR1## where A and B independently of one another are oxygen or sulfur,R.sup.1 is alkyl, which is unsubstituted or substituted by halogen, alkoxy, alkoxycarbonyl or cyano, or is alkenyl which is unsubstituted or substituted by halogen, or is alkynyl which is unsubstituted or substituted by halogen or alkoxy, or is cycloalkyl which is unsubstituted or substituted by alkyl, or is aryl,R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are each independently of one another hydrogen, alkyl, alkoxyalkyl or haloalkyl,R.sup.4 is alkylene of 1 to 6 carbon atoms which is unsubstituted or substituted by alkyl, alkoxyalkyl or haloalkyl,X is hydrogen, alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, halogen, nitro or amino,Y is hydrogen, alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxyalkyl, cycloalkyl, aralkyl, halogen, alkoxy, haloalkoxy, alkylthio, nitro, aryl, thiocyanato, cyano, ##STR2## where R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 are each, independently of one another, hydrogen or have the meanings given for R.sup.

Abstract: Fungicidal or insecticidal seed dressings characterized by a water content substantially greater than that of the carrier vehicle providing homogeneous coating.

Abstract: A synergistic herbicidal composition comprising a mixture of: (a) a herbicidally effective amount of 2-(2-chloro-4-methanesulfonylbenzoyl)-1,3-cyclohexanedione; and (b) a herbicidally effective amount of a compound selected from the group consisting of 2-chloro-4-(ethylamino)-6-(isopropylamino)-s-triazine, 3-amino-2,5-dichlorobenzoic acid, and 2-chloro-N-isopropylacetanilide, and mixtures thereof; at a weight ratio of (a) to (b) of from about 0.1:1 to about 20:1.

Abstract: A herbicidal composition which comprises as the active ingredients (a) 2-(4-chloro-2-fluoro-5-n-pentyloxycarbonylmethoxyphenyl)-4,5,6,7-tetrahydr o-2H-isoindole-1,3-dione and (b) ethyl [[[[2-(4-chloro-6-methoxypyrimidin-2-yl)amino]carbonyl]amino]sulfonyl]benz oate, and an inert carrier or diluent. The composition exerts an enhanced herbicidal potency.

Abstract: N-(heterocyclicaminocarbonyl)arylsulfonamides in which aryl radical is substituted in the 2-position by a carboxy radical, ester, thioester, or amide thereof; e.g. N-[(4,6-dimethylpyrimidin-2-yl)-aminocarbonyl]-2-methoxycarbonylbenzenesul fonamide or N-[(4,6-dimethoxy-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl)aminocarbonyl]-2-methoxycarbonylbenze nesulfonamide; are useful for the regulation of plant growth and as pre-emergence and post-emergence herbicides.

Abstract: The synergistic herbicidal compositions of the invention comprise a non-phytotoxic crop oil, a surfactant, and a hydrophobic mycoherbicide spore. This composition is useful to control undesirable plants, generally referred to as weeds, by application of the composition with standard agricultural spray equipment to the undesirable plant. Exemplified herein is the application of Alternaria cassiae spores in mixture with well-known non-phytotoxic crop oil:surfactant products to the well-known weed, sicklepod. The results, as shown in Table 1, are dramatically synergistic and, thus, presage a high degree of practical utility for the subject invention in weed control.

Abstract: A composition for regulating the growth of plants which comprises as active ingredients an effective amount of (E)-1-(4-chlorophenyl)-4,4-dimethyl-2-(1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)-1-pentene-3-ol and one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of 2-chloro-4,6-bis(ethylamino)-s-triazine, 2-chloro-4-ethylamino-6-isopropylamino-s-triazine and a phenoxyacetic acid type compound represented by the formula, ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents a chlorine atom or methyl group, and R.sub.2 represents a carboxymethyl, carboxyethyl or carboxypropyl group, and an inert carrier.

Abstract: There are disclosed a herbicidal composition containing, as an active ingredient, a phenoxyalkylamide derivative represented by the formula ##STR1## wherein X, n, Y, Z, R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 have the same meanings as defined in the specification, and a method for controlling weeds by the use of the same. The herbicidal composition according to this invention shows a superior weed-killing activity by pre- and post-emergence treatment in soil.

Abstract: Special quaternary ammonium compounds are suitable for controlling bacteria, algae and other micro-organisms in cooling water circulation systems, swimming pools and industrial water tanks.