Abstract: The application discloses non-naturally occurring barley plants with increased resistance to herbicides, particularly imidazolinone herbicides. Also disclosed are the barley seeds per se, an isolated nucleic acid incorporating the nucleic acid sequence conferring imidazolinone resistance, a method of inhibiting weed growth in the vicinity of a barley plant, an a method of growing a barley crop. Seeds have been deposited at NCIMB.

Abstract: A rice cultivar designated CL 142-AR is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of rice cultivar CL 142-AR, to the plants of rice CL 142-AR, to methods for producing a rice plant produced by crossing the cultivar CL 142-AR with itself or another rice variety, and to methods for controlling weeds in the vicinity of plants of rice cultivar CL 142-AR, which comprises increased resistance to acetohydroxyacid synthase-inhibiting herbicides. The invention further relates to hybrid rice seeds and plants produced by crossing the cultivar CL 142-AR with another rice cultivar.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to wheat plants having increased resistance to an imidazolinone herbicide. More particularly, the present invention includes wheat plants containing one or more IMI nucleic acids such as a Gunner IMI 205, Gunner IMI 208 and Madsen IMI cultivar. The present invention also includes seeds produced by these wheat plants and methods of controlling weeds in the vicinity of these wheat plants.

Abstract: A novel rice cultivar, designated ‘CL131,’ is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of rice cultivar ‘CL131,’ to the plants of rice ‘CL131,’ and to methods for producing a rice plant produced by crossing the cultivar ‘CL131’ with itself or another rice variety, and to single gene conversions of such plants. The invention further relates to hybrid rice seeds and plants produced by crossing the cultivar ‘CL131’ with another rice cultivar. The invention further relates to other derivatives of the cultivar ‘CL131.

Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of Formula 1, including N-oxides, and salts thereof, wherein W is O or NR7, n is 0 or 1, and R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 and m are as defined in the disclosure. Also disclosed are compositions containing the compounds of Formula 1 and methods for controlling undesired vegetation comprising contacting the undesired vegetation or its environment with an effective amount of a compound or a composition of the invention. Also disclosed are mixtures and compositions comprising a herbicidally effective amount of a compound of Formula 1 and an effective amount of another herbicide or herbicide safener.

Abstract: A compound of general formula (I): A process for preparing this compound. A fungicide composition comprising a compound of general formula (I). A method for treating plants by applying a compound of general formula (I) or a composition comprising it.

Abstract: A method of improving the growth of a plant comprising applying to a plant, plant propagation material or locus thereof a composition comprising a product, which comprises microcapsules which themselves comprise (a) a polymeric shell; and (b) a core which comprises a dispersed solid active ingredient compound wherein the compound is one or more of a neonicotinoid, fipronil, a strobilurin, carboxin, acibenzolar-S-methyl, and probenazole.

Abstract: Rice plants are disclosed with multiple sources of resistance to herbicides that normally inhibit a plant's acetohydroxyacid synthase (AHAS) enzyme. Besides controlling red rice, many AHAS-inhibiting herbicides also effectively control other weeds that are common in rice fields. Several of these herbicides have residual activity, so that one treatment can control both existing weeds and weeds that sprout later. With effective residual activity against red rice and other weeds, rice producers now have a weed control system superior to those that are currently available commercially.

Abstract: The present invention relates to N-cycloalkyl-carboxamide, N-cycloalkyl-thiocarboxamide and N-cycloalkyl-N-substituted carboximidamide derivatives of formula (I) wherein A represents carbo-linked, 5-membered heterocyclyl groups, T represents O, S, NRc, N—ORd, N—NRcRd or N—CN, Z1 represents cycloalkyl groups and Z2 and Z3, W1 to W5 represent various substituents; their process of preparation, their use as fungicide active agents, particularly in the form of fungicide compositions, and methods for the control of phytopathogenic fungi, notably of plants, using these compounds or compositions.

Abstract: The present invention provides a composition including a polymer nanoparticle and at least one agricultural active compound incorporated with the nanoparticle, wherein the nanoparticle are less than 100 nm in diameter, and the polymer includes a polyelectrolyte.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a compound for plant growth regulation, preferably by application of the compound to plants, to the seeds from which they grow or to the locus in which they grow, in an effective plant growth regulating, preferably non-phytotoxic amount, which compound is a 3,4-disubstituted maleimide derivative of formula (I) or an agriculturally acceptable salt thereof, wherein: X is aryl or heteroaryl which groups are unsubstituted or substituted; Y is NH or a covalent bond; and Z is aryl or heteroaryl which groups are unsubstituted or substituted and a method for treatment of plants with such compounds in order to induce growth regulating responses.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for improving the utilization of the production potential of transgenic plants which comprises treating the plant with active compound combinations comprising an active compound from the group of the anthranilamides and at least one further insecticide.

Abstract: An agrochemical composition includes a homogeneous single-phase liquid crystal in thermodynamic equilibrium. The agrochemical composition can be a surfactant composition or a pesticide composition. The surfactant composition is a blend of surfactants, whereas a pesticide composition has an active ingredient and one or more surfactant adjuvants. A pesticide composition, or a surfactant composition in combination with an active ingredient, may be used to control pests.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel active substance combinations which comprise firstly a known herbicide selected from among glyphosate derivatives, cyclohexenone oximes, imidazolinone derivatives, dinitroaniline derivatives, amide derivatives and quaternary ammonium salts, and at least one fungicidal active substance, and which are suitable for controlling undesirable phytopathogenic fungi, in particular soybean rust.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula I in which the substituents are as defined in claim 1 are suitable for use as herbicides.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel pyrazolyl-substituted heterocycles of the formula (I) in which X, Y, Z and Het are as defined in the disclosure, to processes for their preparation, and to their use as pesticides, microbicides and herbicides.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of improving the growth of plants selected from the group of amenity trees and forest trees comprising applying to said plants or the locus thereof at least one compound selected from the class of agonists and antagonists of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptors.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for increasing the stress tolerance in plants and plant cells whereby neonicotinoid compounds, such as but not limited to imidacloprid, clothianidin, thiamethoxam, dinotefuran, nitenpyram, acetamiprid or thiacloprid, are applied to plants, or cells thereof, which comprise a genome that has been modified to make the plants or their cells more stress tolerant i.e. plants engineered to be stress tolerant. Particularly effective stress tolerance synergists in combination with genetically modified stress tolerant plants or their cells are neonicotinoid compounds which comprise a chloropyridine side chain, like e.g. imidacloprid, thiacloprid, acetamiprid, nitenpyram and 6-chloronicotinic acid (6-CNA).

Abstract: The present invention is directed to wheat plants having increased resistance to an imidazolinone herbicide. More particularly, the present invention includes wheat plants containing one or more IMI nucleic acids such as an Einkorn IMI cultivar. The present invention also includes seeds produced by these wheat plants and methods of controlling weeds in the vicinity of these wheat plants.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to wheat plants having increased resistance to an imidazolinone herbicide. More particularly, the present invention includes wheat plants containing one or more IMI nucleic acids such as a Teal IMI cultivar. The nucleic acids are preferably located on or derived from different genomes. The present invention also includes seeds produced by these wheat plants and methods of controlling weeds in the vicinity of these wheat plants.

Abstract: A herbicidal mixture, comprising a) a herbicidally effective amount of an imidazolinone herbicide selected from the group consisting of imazamox, imazapic, imazapyr; b) an adjuvant comprising at least one of the following components: a partial phosphoric ester or a partial sulfuric ester of a monohydroxy-functional polyalkyl ether and optionally c) a further additive.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I), in which the substituents are as defined in claim 1 are suitable for use as microbiocides.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of compounds of the formula (I) or salts thereof in which R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and n are as defined in claim 1 as herbicides and plant growth regulators. The invention also relates to novel compounds of the formula (I) and salts thereof (see claim 5).

Abstract: The present invention is directed to plants having increased resistance to an imidazolinone herbicide. More particularly, the present invention includes wheat plants and triticale plants containing at least one IMI nucleic acid such as an imidazolinone resistant Brookton BR-8 or Krichauff K-42 cultivar. The present invention also includes seeds produced by these wheat plants and triticale plants and methods of controlling weeds in the vicinity of these wheat plants.

Abstract: A method of increasing the inherent defense mechanisms of plants by treating them with chloronicotinyls is disclosed. Chloronicotinyls produce, independently of their control of insects, effective protection of plants against damage from fungal, bacterial or viral pathogens. This defense against pathogens is obtained by the induction of PR proteins resulting from treatment with at least one chloronicotinyl.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula I in which the substituents are as defined in claim 1 are suitable for use as herbicides.

Abstract: A method of producing lignin-based matrix microparticles for the controlled release of an agricultural active includes forming an emulsion of an organic solution in an aqueous solution, wherein the organic solution contains a lignin derivative and an agricultural active in a volatile organic solvent and the aqueous solution contains an emulsifier; and removing the organic solvent, thereby producing microparticles having a matrix comprising the lignin derivative within which the agricultural active is distributed. Small, spherical lignin-based matrix microparticles that release an agricultural active at a controlled rate are described, as are plants and plant propagation materials that are treated with such microparticles.

Abstract: The invention relates to formulations of agrochemical compounds formulated as water emulsifiable granules and combined with boron containing fertilisers in the spray tank, to a process for the production of such formulations and to their use as novel, advantageous formulations of crop protection agents.

Abstract: A description is given of 4-trifluoromethylpyrazolyl-substituted pyridines and pyrimidines of the formula (I) and of their use as herbicides. In this formula (I), R1, R2, R3 and R4 stand for various radicals, A for an aromatic or heteroaromatic radical, and Z denotes a nitrogen or carbon atom.

Abstract: Compounds of Formula (1), their N-oxides and agriculturally suitable salts, are disclosed which are useful for controlling undesired vegetation wherein A, R1, R2a, R2b, W, Y, and Z are as defined in the disclosure. Also disclosed are compositions containing the compounds of Formula (1) and a method for controlling undesired vegetation which involves contacting the vegetation or its environment with an effective amount of a compound of Formula (1).

Abstract: There is now described a method of controlling pests with nitroimino- or nitroguanidino-compounds; more specifically a method of controlling pests in and on transgenic crops of useful plants, such as, for example, in crops of maize, cereals, soya beans, tomatoes, cotton, potatoes, rice and mustard, with a nitroimino- or nitroguanidino-compound, especially with thiamethoxam, characterized in that a pesticidal composition comprising a nitroimino- or nitroguanidino-compound in free form or in agrochemically useful salt form and at least one auxiliary is applied to the pests or their environment, in particular to the crop plant itself.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel arylphenyl-substituted cyclic ketoenols of the formula (I) in which X represents halogen, alkyl, alkoxy, alkenyloxy, alkylthio, alkylsulphinyl, alkylsulphonyl, halogenoalkyl, halogenoalkoxy, halogenoalkenyloxy, nitro, cyano or in each case optionally substituted phenyl, phenoxy, phenylthio, phenylalkoxy or phenylalkylthio, Y represents in each case optionally substituted cycloalkyl, aryl or hetaryl, Z represents hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, alkoxy, alkenyloxy, halogenoalkyl, halogenoalkoxy, halogenoalkenyloxy, nitro or cyano, CKE represents one of the groups ?in which A, B, D, G and Q1 to Q6 are each as defined in the description, to a plurality of processes for their preparation and to their use as pesticides and herbicides.

Abstract: A description is given of 4-trifluoromethylpyrazolyl-substituted pyridines and pyrimidines of formula (I) and of their use as herbicides. In this formula (I) R1, R2, R3 and R4 are various radicals, A is an aromatic or heteroaromatic radical, and Z is a nitrogen or carbon atom.

Abstract: The invention concerns insecticide compositions comprising: (a) between 0.001 and 5%, preferably between 0.05 and 1% of a compound of the type 1-phenyl pyrazole, in particular 1-[2,6-Cl24-CF3 phenyl]3-CN 4-[SO—CF3]5-NH2 pyrazole; and (b) between 0.05 and 10%, preferably between 0.1 and 5% of one (or several) moisture retaining agent of the organic type; and (c) between 40 and 99%, preferably between 50 and 98% (and more preferably between 70 and 97%) of vegetable flour. The invention also concerns a method for fighting insects using said compositions, in particular against click beetles.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for increasing the efficacy of a herbicidal compound of formula I which comprises applying an effective amount of said herbicidal compound directly to the soil in the form of a solid granule or solid powder which contains said herbicidal compound and at least one inert solid carrier. It is another object of this invention to provide solid granular or powder compositions of herbicidal compounds of formula I and at least one inert solid carrier, as well as methods for the use of said compositions in the control of weeds.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for the synergistic control of undesirable plants such as Poa, Polygonum and Setaria which comprises applying to the plants or their locus a synergistically effective amount of a combination of a dinitroaniline compound and an imidazolinone compound. Further provided are synergistic herbicidal compositions comprising dinitroaniline and imidazolinone compounds.

Abstract: The invention relates method of combating undesired plant growth at a locus, comprising application to the locus of an effective amount of at least one compound of formula (I): wherein R1, R3, A, X, Z and m have the meaning given in claim 1, and the agronomically acceptable salts or N-oxides thereof, and to novel compounds of formula I as well as to herbicidal compositions containing such compounds as active ingredients.

Abstract: The present invention relates to benzoxazole compounds represented by the following formula (I): wherein R1 to R4 may be the same or different from each other, and each represent a hydrogen atom, alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, alkoxy group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, haloalkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, haloalkoxy group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, halogen atom, nitro group, cyano group, R12S(O)n, alkoxycarbonyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, amino group, —NHCOR11 or carbonyl group, where R11 and R12 each represent an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and n is an integer of 0 to 2, A represents a single bond, CHR5—Y, CR5?CR6, CR5R7—CHR6 or CHR5, where R5 represents a hydrogen atom, hydroxyl group, halogen atom or alkyl group, R6 and R7 each represent a hydrogen atom, hydroxyl group, alkyl group, halogen atom or substituted sulfonyloxy group, Y represents O, S or NH, and W represents a substituted or unsubstituted benzene ring or hetero ring, and processes for preparing the same.

Abstract: Pyrazolyl-substituted thienyloxypyridines of the formula I 1

Abstract: 4-Alkyl-substituted thienyloxypyridines of the formula I 1

Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of the formula (I) or salt thereof in which R1 is identical or different at each occurrence and is H, halogen, CN, nitro, SF5, (C1-C8)alkyl, (C2-C8)alkenyl, (C2-C8)alkynyl, (C1-C8)alkoxy, [(C1-C8)alkyl]-carbonyl or (C1-C8)alkylsulfonyl, each of the radicals being unsubstituted or substituted,  or is S(O)p—R7, where p=0, 1 or 2 and R7 is (C1-C8)alkyl, (C1-C8)haloalkyl or NR8R9, where  R8 and R9 independently of one another are identical or different and are H, (C1-C8)alkyl, (C2-C8)alkenyl, (C7-C10)arylalkyl, (C7-C10)alkylaryl or (C6-C10)aryl, each of the last-mentioned five radicals being unsubstituted or substituted,  or is a group of the formula where R10 is (C1-C8)alkyl which is unsubstituted or substituted, and W=O or S, A is optionally substituted aryl or an optionally substituted heterocyclic radical, X is O or S, R2,R3,R4, and R5 are identical or different and are H, hal

Abstract: Fatty alcohol ethoxylates of the formula

Abstract: Novel 2-arylthiazole derivatives of Formula I are described which are openers of KCNQ potassium channels and are useful in the treatment of disorders that are responsive to the opening of the KCNQ potassium channels, including pain and migraine.

Abstract: The present invention provides 2-methoxyimino-2-(pyridinyloxymethyl) phenyl acetamides according to formula (I) as well as their use as fungicidal compounds.

Abstract: A description is given of 4-trifluoromethylpyrazolyl-substituted pyridines and pyrimidines of the formula (I) and of their use as herbicides.

Abstract: A description is given of 4-trifluoromethylpyrazolyl-substituted pyridines and pyrimidines of formula (I) and of their use as herbicides.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of a compound of general formula (I), wherein R1 is CN or CSNH2; R2 is hydrogen or chloride; and R3 is halogen or haloalkyl or haloalkoxy or SF5 which process comprises reacting a compound of formula (II), where R1, R2 and R3 are as defined above; with a proton source.

Abstract: Described are herbicide compositions (including suspension concentrates, herbicide compositions prepared therefrom), and others that include imidazolinone acid, which can optionally and preferably also include an acidifying agent, and methods of making and using such compositions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a homogenous adjuvant blend for use in spray carriers containing herbicides. The homogenous adjuvant blend includes an oil, a pH adjuster, and nonionic surfactants.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for the synergistic control of undesirable plants such as Poa, Polygonum and Setaria which comprises applying to the plants or their locus a synergistically effective amount of a combination of a dinitroaniline compound and an imidazolinone compound. Further provided are synergistic herbicidal compositions comprising dinitroaniline and imidazolinone compounds.