Abstract: Compositions are provided that improve overall plant vigor and yield by combining agriculturally effective amounts of at least one environmentally friendly biological control agent and at least one chemical fungicide. A composition of the present invention is particularly effective in the presence of fungal species. Use of a composition of the present invention leads to an overall reduction in crop losses caused by fungi and this reduction is much greater than would have been expected from application of either component alone. Methods for utilizing compositions of the present invention are also provided. Further the compositions according to this invention display synergistic insecticidal and/or fungicidal activity.

Abstract: The use is described of at least one succinate dehydrogenase (SDH) inhibitor for increasing the biomass of the flag leaf, of leaf F-1 and/or of leaf F-2 of the plant of plant species from the family of the true grasses (Poaceae).

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of specific fungicidal active substances, alone or in combination, for controlling mycoses in plants of the palm family and to a method for using said specific fungicidal active substances for controlling said mycoses in the field of plant protection and the protection of materials.

Abstract: Compositions are provided that improve overall plant vigor and yield by combining agriculturally effective amounts of at least one environmentally friendly biological control agent and at least one chemical fungicide. A composition of the present invention is particularly effective in the presence of fungal species. Use of a composition of the present invention leads to an overall reduction in crop losses caused by fungi and this reduction is much greater than would have been expected from application of either component alone. Methods for utilizing compositions of the present invention are also provided. Further the compositions according to this invention display synergistic insecticidal and/or fungicidal activity.

Abstract: Compounds of the formulae (I) and (II) for controlling pathogens by drenching or drip application.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of at least one compound selected from the class of the enaminocarbonyl compounds for enhancing plants' intrinsic defences and/or for improving plant growth and/or for enhancing the resistance of plants to plant diseases which are caused by fungi, bacteria, viruses, MLOs (mycoplasma-like organisms) and/or RLOs (rickettsia-like organisms), and/or for enhancing the resistance of plants to abiotic stress factors.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of specific fungicidal active substances, alone or in combination, for controlling mycoses in plants of the palm family and to a method for using said specific fungicidal active substances for controlling said mycoses in the field of plant protection and the protection of materials.

Abstract: The use is described of at least one succinate dehydrogenase (SDH) inhibitor for increasing the biomass of the flag leaf, of leaf F-1 and/or of leaf F-2 of the plant of plant species from the family of the true grasses (Poaceae).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a new method of plant treatment that is able to induce positive growth regulating responses by applying a non-phytotoxic, effective plant growth promoting amount of an amide compound having the formula (I).

Abstract: Compositions are provided that improve overall plant vigor and yield by combining agriculturally effective amounts of at least one environmentally friendly biological control agent and at least one chemical insect control agent. A composition of the present invention is particularly effective in the presence of fungal species. Use of a composition of the present invention leads to an overall reduction in crop losses caused by fungi and this reduction is much greater than would have been expected from application of either component alone. Methods for utilizing compositions of the present invention are also provided. Further the compositions according to this invention display a synergistic insecticidal, nematicidal, acaricidal or fungicidal activity.

Abstract: Compositions are provided that improve overall plant vigor and yield by combining agriculturally effective amounts of at least one environmentally friendly biological control agent and at least one chemical fungicide. A composition of the present invention is particularly effective in the presence of fungal species. Use of a composition of the present invention leads to an overall reduction in crop losses caused by fungi and this reduction is much greater than would have been expected from application of either component alone. Methods for utilizing compositions of the present invention are also provided. Further the compositions according to this invention display synergistic insecticidal and/or fungicidal activity.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for the protection of harvested fruit, cutflowers or vegetables against decay caused by certain storage diseases or disorders expressed in storage conditions. In particular the invention relates to the application of certain fungicidal active compounds to protect harvested fruit, cutflowers or vegetables against phytopathogenic fungi.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of polymeric guanidine derivatives for the curative and/or preventive treatment of unwanted microorganisms such as bacteria and phytopathogenic fungi in crop protection including the treatment of seed. The invention furthermore relates to novel active compound combinations comprising at least one polymeric guanidine derivative and at least one further fungicidally active compound, their use for the curative or preventive treatment of unwanted microorganisms in crop protection including the treatment of seed and not least the treated seed itself.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of succinate dehydrogenase inhibitors, in particular bixafen, for increasing the resistance of plants to abiotic stress factors, to a method for treating plants or parts of plants for increasing the resistance to abiotic stress factors and to a method for increasing the resistance of seed and germinating plants to abiotic stress factors by treating the seed with a succinate dehydrogenase inhibitor.

Abstract: Compounds of the formulae (I) and (II) for controlling pathogens by drenching or drip application.

Abstract: In soil application, the action of crop protection compositions comprising active compounds from the class of the insecticidal phthalic acid diamides can be improved by adjuvants. The present invention describes corresponding methods and suitable compositions.

Abstract: In soil applications, the action of crop protection compositions comprising active compounds from the classes of the neonicotinoids, the pyrethroids, the butenolides, the ketoenols, the phenylpyrazoles or the fungicides can be improved by adjuvants. The present invention describes corresponding methods and suitable compositions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel active substance combinations containing thiacloprid and at least one of the active substances (1) through (24) listed in the disclosure and having very good insecticidal characteristics.

Abstract: The voltage transformer has a measuring element in the electrical field between an internal conductor and an external conductor of a metal-encapsulated, gas-insulated switchgear. The measuring element includes a Pockels crystal, a crystal of transparent material which, under the influence of the electric field, influences polarized light that is radiated through on account of the Pockels effect. The Pockels crystal has two parallel walls transverse with respect to the field lines. A first deflection prism, which deflects a light beam through 180.degree., is disposed on the crystal face at the high-voltage end. Several optical elements are disposed at the face on the low-voltage side. The optical elements include a light input coupler for polarized light and two light output couplers. The reflected light beam impinges on a beam splitter, which splits the light beam into two partial beams. The first partial beam radiates firstly through a quarter-wave plate and then through a first analyzer.