Abstract: A method for controlling pests by modifying derivatives of sophorolipids (SL) and applying the modified sophorolipid derivatives (MSL) to the plant pathogen or to an environment in which the pathogens may occur or are located in an amount such that the pathogens are substantially controlled.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods of enhancing growth of corn plants, comprising treating corn seed or the corn plant that germinates from the seed with an effective amount of at least one chitooligosaccharide, wherein upon harvesting the corn plant exhibits at least one of increased plant yield measured in terms of bushels/acre, increased root number, increased root length, increased root mass, increased root volume and increased leaf area, compared to untreated corn plants or corn plants harvested from untreated corn seed.

Abstract: A method for increasing and/or preserving yields and/or biomass in crop species including potatoes, beets, sugar cane, corn, soybeans and others by exogenous application of trehalose and/or trehalose derivatives at any time in the growing process such as before crop sowing, during sowing, or during plant establishment. The method, when applied early in crop production results in enhanced health and vigor of the mother plant resulting in healthier produce having reduced sugars from the mother plant.

Abstract: Disclosed are compositions comprising chitosan, glucosamine and amino acids, where the concentration of chitosan is greater than 1.5 wt % and glucosamine is greater than 1.5 wt %. In preferred embodiments the concentration of chitosan is from 2 to 2.5 wt % and glucosamine is 2 to 6 wt %. The composition can also include solid chitin, but generally no more than about 2 wt %. The composition is generally a liquid but may be a solid. In most embodiments, the solid can be reconstituted with water prior to use. In preferred embodiments, the composition comprises HYTd and at least one of, HYTa, HYTb and HYTc. In still other embodiments the composition comprises HYTd and two or more of, HYTa, HYTb and HYTc. The composition can also comprise HYTd, HYTa, HYTb and HYTc. In the disclosed processes soil, seed, seedling or plant foliage are contacted with HYTd or any of the above compositions.

Abstract: The present invention provides herbicide-tolerant plants. The present invention also provides methods for controlling the growth of weeds by applying an herbicide to which herbicide-tolerant plants of the invention are tolerant. Plants of the invention may express an acetyl-Coenzyme A carboxylase enzyme that is tolerant to the action of acetyl-Coenzyme A carboxylase enzyme inhibitors.

Abstract: The present invention provides herbicide-tolerant plants. The present invention also provides methods for controlling the growth of weeds by applying an herbicide to which herbicide-tolerant plants of the invention are tolerant. Plants of the invention may express an acetyl-Coenzyme A carboxylase enzyme that is tolerant to the action of acetyl-Coenzyme A carboxylase enzyme inhibitors.

Abstract: The present invention provides an essential oil containing cineole for eliciting tomato resistance to disease by fungal infection. The present invention also provides a method to elicit tomato resistance to disease by fungal infection.

Abstract: Methods of increasing production, stability or activity of a target polypeptide are provided herein. The method includes increasing the level of an antioxidant in a cell comprising a polynucleotide encoding the target polypeptide. Also provided are cells and transgenic organisms produced using the methods described herein. Methods of treating a subject with a condition treatable by administration of the target polypeptide are also disclosed. Finally methods and compositions for transiently increasing antioxidants in plant cells are provided.

Abstract: A disease resistance capacity of vegetables, grasses and flowers, etc., is enhanced and their survival rates are improved by growing plants in an appropriate coexistence of a glycolipid derived from Pantoea agglomerans or a composition containing the glycolipid. Thereby, a method of augmenting disease resistance of vegetables, grasses and flowers, etc., and growing agricultural crops with high quality is provided, and further a novel plant growing agent and plant disease resistance inducer that enables this are provided. As a result, it becomes possible to cultivate agricultural crops or increase productivity with as little use of agricultural chemicals as possible. Even if an amount of the agricultural chemical is reduced, a cultivation success rate of agricultural crops can be enhanced and immunity of the plant body can be enhanced even where useful soil bacteria are not frequently present.

Abstract: Provided is a formulation comprising (a) a preparation comprising one or more anthraquinone derivatives having activity against plant pests and (b) a lignin. Also provided is a method for obtaining the formulation and for using the formulation to modulate phytopathogenic, fungal and/or bacterial infection and/or plant pest infestation.

Abstract: The invention relates to a biochar-containing composition comprising biochar having organic matter therein and/or thereon, clay associated, optionally intercalated, with the organic matter, a non-clay mineral and optionally also a plant growth promoter.

Abstract: Disclosed are composites that comprise regenerated cellulose, a first active substance, a second active substance, and a linker. Methods for preparing the composites that involve the use of ionic liquids are also disclosed. Articles prepared from the disclosed composites and methods of using them are further disclosed.

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

Abstract: Cyclohexanedione compounds, which are suitable for use as herbicides.

Abstract: Compounds of Formula (I), wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1, are suitable for use as herbicides.

Abstract: Compounds of Formula (I), wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1, are suitable for use as herbicides.

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

Abstract: A description is given of (4-haloalkyl-3-thiobenzoyl)cyclohexanediones of the formula (I) and of their use as herbicides. In this formula (I), X, Y, R1, R2, R3, and R4 are radicals such as hydrogen and organic radicals such as alkyl. A and Z are oxygen or alkylene.

Abstract: (4-Trifluoromethyl-3-thiobenzoyl)cyclohexanediones and use thereof as herbicides A description is given of (4-trifluoromethyl-3-thiobenzoyl)cyclohexanediones of the formula (I) and of their use as herbicides. In this formula (I), X, R1, R2, R3, and R4 are radicals such as hydrogen and organic radicals such as alkyl. A and Z are oxygen or alkylene.

Abstract: Prodrug compounds which metabolize into 5-ASA or analogs thereof, and taurine or analogs thereof, in the colon site are disclosed. Pharmaceutical compositions including the compounds, and methods of treatment using the compounds, are also disclosed. Such compounds have utility for treating or preventing gastrointestinal disorders, including colon cancer, ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease.

Abstract: Compositions and methods for modulating flowering, sugar metabolism and stress response in plants are provided.

Abstract: The invention relates to lipochitooligosaccharides obtainable from arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, and which are useful for stimulating arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis, and lateral root formation.

Abstract: The present invention claims a method making it possible to control the color of table grapes, color being a quality factor for the marketing thereof. The traditional color promotion pathways make use of products such as Ethrel and methyl jasmonate (MeJA), which liberate or induce ethylene to improve color, these being applied during veraison to augment the color of the berries determined by the quantity and composition of skin anthocyanins. One alternative to the use of these compounds are the oligogalacturonides (OGAs) having a degree of polymerisation in the range from DP 7-20 which have the capacity to induce anthocyanins by an alternative pathway. The synthesis and precise application of OGAs form a method permitting appropriate control of the coloration of this type of fruit, together with the quantification of total anthocyanins.

Abstract: The present invention relates to synthetic compounds that are active on plants, especially as legume nodulation factors, and also as plant growth stimulators, and to methods for preparing such compounds, which are of formula (I).

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

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

Abstract: Disclosed is a parasitic plant control agent which can control a parasitic plant effectively. Also disclosed is a parasitic plant control method. A parasitic plant can be controlled by inhibiting the metabolism of gentianose in the parasitic plant to inhibit the germination of the parasitic plant.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel compounds of the formula (I) in which W, X, Y, Z, and CKE have the meanings given above, to a plurality of processes and intermediates for their preparation and to their use as pesticides and/or herbicides and/or fungicides. Moreover, the invention relates to selectively herbicidal compositions comprising, firstly, the biphenyl-substituted cyclic ketoenols and, secondly, a crop plant compatibility-improving compound. The present invention furthermore relates to the boosting of the action of crop protection compositions comprising in particular biphenyl-substituted cyclic ketoenols through the addition of ammonium or phosphium salts and optionally penetrants, to the corresponding compositions, to processes for their preparation and to their use in crop protection as insecticides and/or nematicides and/or acaricides and/or fungicides and/or for preventing unwanted plant growth.

Abstract: To provide an agricultural chemical and the like with the use of an effect of inducing systemic acquired resistance in a plant. To provide a growth inhibitor of not only a plant pathogenic bacterium but also a harmful microorganism. Utilization of a rare sugar for inducing systemic acquired resistance in a plant or inhibiting the growth of a microorganism. Utilization thereof as an agricultural chemical with the use of the effect of inducing systemic acquired resistance in a plant, a plant disease inhibitor, an inducer of a plant growth regulatory factor (i.e., an inducer of plant hormone-like actions consisting of disease resistance, insect resistance, fruit maturation, breaking of dormancy, regulation of germination, drying resistance, and other than this, resistance to environmental stresses such as low temperature resistance, high temperature resistance, salt resistance and heavy metal resistance and promotion of flowering) and a microorganism growth inhibitor.

Abstract: A species of Burkholderia sp with no known pathogenicity to vertebrates but with pesticidal activity (e.g., plants, insects, fungi, weeds and nematodes) is provided. Also provided are natural products derived from a culture of said species and methods of controlling pests using said natural products.

Abstract: A method for improving the health of a plant, which method comprises treating the plant and/or the locus where the plant is growing or is intended to grow and/or the plant propagules with a plant health improving amount of at least one heteroaroyl-substituted alanine compound (A) of the formula I, in which the variables are defined in the description.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a Myrica gale plant for producing a herbicidal agent or for preparing a herbicidal composition, and also to the corresponding herbicidal compositions and the herbicidal compositions containing a newly demonstrated herbicidal agent.

Abstract: A process for solubilizing hydrophobic active ingredients in aqueous medium, which comprises using, as an assistant, at least one hyperbranched polymer (A) which is obtainable by reacting at least one hyperbranched polymeric compound having at least one primary or secondary amino group per molecule (a), selected from (a1) hyperbranched polyamides and (a2) hyperbranched polyureas, with (b) at least one mono-, di- or oligosaccharide.

Abstract: Pyranone, thiopyranone and cyclohexenedione compounds of formula (I), which are suitable for use as herbicides.

Abstract: Pesticide compositions and methods for their use are provided. Embodiments of the subject pesticide compositions include a pesticide and an assimilable carbon skeleton energy component. Embodiments of the subject compositions may include a pesticide and one or more of a macronutrient component, micronutrient component, vitamin/cofactor component and a complexing agent. Also provided are methods that include preparing an assimilable carbon skeleton energy containing-pesticide composition and methods for administering an assimilable carbon skeleton energy containing-pesticide composition to a plant. Kits for use in practicing the subject invention are also provided. The subject pesticide compositions find use in a variety of different applications, and are particularly suited for use in at least mollifying pesticide-induced phytotoxicity of a plant.

Abstract: The invention related to the use of oligo-apiogalacturonan compounds, particularly extracted from aquatic plants of the Lemna or Zostera Genus, as an agent for stimulating the defence and resistance reactions in a plant, in particular an ornamental plant or a plant of agricultural interest, against biotic an/or abiotic stresses. The invention further relates to a method for stimulating the natural defence reactions of a plant or a portion or a plant against biotic and/or abiotic stresses that includes applying at least one oligo-apiogalacturonan compound in a liquid or solid composition on said plant or a portion of a plant or in the environment of said plant.

Abstract: Pyrandione, thiopyrandione and cyclohexanetrione derivatives of formula (I), which are suitable for use as herbicides.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel C2-phenyl-substituted cyclic ketoenols of the formula (I) in which W, X, Y, Z and CKE are as defined in the description, to processes for their preparation and to their use as pesticides and herbicides.

Abstract: Provided is a novel ivermectin derivative and compositions for the treatment or prophylaxis of parasite infestations in mammals or birds which comprise: (A) a pharmaceutically effective amount of a 1-N-phenylpyrazole compound; (B) a pharmaceutically effective amount of an ivermectin derivative of formula (II) wherein: R14 represents —(CH2)s—O—Z wherein, s is 1 or 2; Y represents —CH(OR15)—, —C(?O)— or —C(?NOR15); R15 represents hydrogen, alkyl or phenyl; and R16 represents —CH3 or —CH2CH3; Z is alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, acyl, alkylalkoxy, aryl, alkanoyloxy, alkoxycarbonyl, alkenoyl, alkynoyl, or aroyl.

Abstract: The invention relates to formulations including a combination of an active herbicide, in particular, a cyclohexanedione oxime herbicide, and a stabilizer. The formulations, for example, have improved stability. The invention further relates to methods for controlling weeds. The invention additionally provides methods for producing a stabilized herbicidal composition.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for improving the resistance of plants to at least one type of stress. According to the invention, the method is characterised in that it comprises at least one step of cultivating at least one plant in the presence of at least one water-soluble exogenous carbohydrate that can be assimilated by the plant and in the presence of at least one molecule of the polyamine family or a substance containing said molecule of the polyamine family.

Abstract: A process for adapting plants to an abiotic stress, in particular to cold or to a hydric stress, in particular drought, humidity or salinity, wherein the process includes at least a step of treatment of the plants by foliar field spraying with a composition including at least one xyloglucan derivative in particular conditions of application.

Abstract: Pyrandione, thiopyrandione and cyclohexanetrione compounds, which are suitable for use as herbicides.

Abstract: Pyrandione, thiopyrandione and cyclohexanetrione compounds, which are suitable for use as herbicides.

Abstract: An aqueous composition to stimulate growth and defense against pathogens and other favorable productive properties in plants, including an oligo-carrageenan selected from kappa 1, kappa 2, lambda or iota oligo-carrageenans. Also, a method of spraying said the composition over the leaves of the plants and its use to stimulate defense against tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) and increase the height, the foliar biomass and the number of leaves in a plant. Also including a preparation method of the composition.

Abstract: Cyclohexanedione compounds, and derivatives thereof, which are substituted in 5-position, are suitable for use as herbicides.

Abstract: The present invention relates to synthetic compounds that are active on plants, especially as legume nodulation factors, and also as plant growth stimulators, and to methods for preparing such compounds, which are of formula (I): “Veuillez inserer la formule chimique de la version papier” (I)

Abstract: Cyclohexanedione compounds of Formula (I) wherein R1 is methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, iso-propyl, cyclopropyl, halomethyl, haloethyl, halogen, vinyl, ethynyl, methoxy, ethoxy, halomethoxy or haloethoxy, R2 and R3 are, independently hydrogen, halogen, C1-C6alkyl, C1-C6haloalkyl, C1-C6alkoxy, C1-C6haloalkoxy, C2-C6alkenyl, C2-C6haloalkenyl, C2-C6alkynyl, C3-C6alkenyloxy, C3-C6haloalkenyloxy, C3-C6alkynyloxy, C3-C6cycloalkyl, C1-C6alkylthio, C1-C6alkylsulfinyl, C1-C6alkylsulfonyl, C1-C6alkylsulfonyloxy, C1-C6haloalkylsulfonyloxy, cyano, nitro, phenyl, phenyl substituted by C1-C4alkyl, C1-C3Cahaloalkyl, C1-C3alkoxy, C1-C3haloalkoxy, cyano, nitro, halogen, C1-C3alkylthio, C1-C3alkylsulfinyl or C1-C3alkylsulfonyl, or heteroaryl or heteroaryl substituted by C1-C3Calkyl, d.

Abstract: A composition comprising at least a compound (a) of general formula (I): and a fungicide compound (b) in a (a)/(b) weight ratio of from 1/1 to 1/1014. A method for preventively or curatively combating the pests and diseases of crops and increasing their yield by using this composition.

Abstract: A composition comprising at least a compound (a) of general formula (I): and an insecticide compound (b) in a (a)/(b) weight ratio of from 1/1 to 1/1013. A composition further comprising an additional fungicidal compound. A method for preventively or curatively combating the pests and diseases of crops and increasing their yield by using this composition.