Abstract: A description is given of the use of naphthalene-1,8-dicarboxylic monoimides of the formula (I), in which R1 is hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, heterocycloalkyl, aryl or heteroaryl and R2 is a radical containing at least one ? electron system containing a carbon atom and at least one further atom selected from carbon, oxygen, and nitrogen, with the proviso that the radical contains at least one atom other than carbon; to protect organic material from the damaging effects of light, of compositions which comprise at least one naphthalene-1,8-dicarboxylic monoimide of the formula (I) in an amount which provides protection from the damaging effects of light, and at least one organic material, and of new naphthalene-1,8-dicarboxylic monoimides (I).

Abstract: Fungicidal mixtures comprising, as active components, 1) at least one 3-mono disubstituted N-biphenylpyrazolecarboxamide of the formula I in which X=oxygen or sulfur; R1=cyano, nitro, halogen, C1-C6-alkyl, C1-C6-haloalkyl, methoxy, difluoromethoxy, trifluoromethoxy, methylthio, difluoromethylthio or trifluoromethylthio; R2=halogen, C1-C4-alkyl or C1-C4-haloalkyl; R3=hydrogen or halogen; and 2) at least one active compound II selected from active compound groups A) to F): A) azoles; B) strobilurins; C) carboxamides; D) heterocyclic compounds; E) carbamates; F) other fungicides; in a synergistically effective amount, methods for controlling harmful fungi using mixtures of at least one compound I and at least one active compound II, the use of the compound(s) I with active compounds II for preparing such mixtures and also compositions and seed comprising these mixtures.

Abstract: The present invention relates to nicotinanilides of the formula I in which: n=0, 1, 2; m=2, 3; X1=F, chlorine; X2=halogen; Y=CN, NO2, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-haloalkyl, methoxy or methylthio; p=0, 1; R1=halogen, methyl, C1-C4-haloalkyl, methoxy, methylthio, methylsulfinyl or methylsulfonyl; R2=hydrogen, methyl or ethyl; W=O, S; processes for preparing these compounds, compositions and seed comprising them and also methods for controlling harmful fungi.

Abstract: The present invention relates to pyrazolecarboxanilides I in which the variables are as defined below: n is zero or 2; m is 2 or 3; X1 is fluorine or chlorine; X2 is halogen; Y is CN, NO2, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-haloalkyl, methoxy or methylthio; p is zero or 1; R1 is fluorine, chlorine, bromine, C1-C4-alkyl or C1-C4-haloalkyl; R2 is hydrogen or halogen; R3 is hydrogen, methyl or ethyl; W is O or S; with the proviso that, if a) W?O, R1=methyl and R3 is hydrogen, R2 is not fluorine, or b) W?O, n=0, m=2, p=0, R2 and R3 are hydrogen, R1 is not trifluoromethyl or difluoromethyl, to processes for preparing these compounds, to compositions comprising them and to methods for using them for controlling harmful fungi.