Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of selective insecticidal compositions, characterized by an effective amount of an active compound combination comprising (a) (1) at least one haloalkylnicotinic acid derivative of the formula (I) in which AA and R1A are as defined in the description, or (2) at least one phthalic acid diamide of the formula (II) in which XB, R1B, R2B, R3B, L1B, L2B and L3B are as defined in the description, or (3) at least one anthranilamide of the formula (III) in which A1C, A2C, XC,R1C, R2C, R3C, R4C, R5C, R7C, R8Cand R9C are as defined in the description, and (b) at least one crop plant compatibility-improving compound from the group of compounds given in the description, in particular cloquintocet-mexyl, isoxadifen-ethyl and mefenpyr-diethyl for controlling insects and/or arachnids, and a method for controlling insects and/or arachnids using the compositions.

Abstract: The present application relates to novel heterocyclic compounds, to their use for controlling animal pests including arthropods and in particular insects, and to processes for preparing the novel compounds.

Abstract: The present application relates to novel heterocyclic compounds, to the use thereof for controlling animal pests, which include arthropods and especially insects, and to processes for preparing the novel compounds.

Abstract: Thienylpyri(mi)dinylazole of the formula (I) in which R1 to R8 and X1 have the meanings given in the description, and agrochemically active salts, to their use and to methods and compositions for controlling phytopathogenic harmful fungi in and/or on plants or in and/or on seed of plants and for reducing mycotoxins in plants and parts of the plants, to processes for preparing such compounds and compositions and treated seed and also to their use for controlling phytopathogenic harmful fungi in agriculture, horticulture, forestry, in animal husbandry, in the protection of materials, in the domestic and hygiene field and for the reduction of mycotoxins in plants and parts of the plants.

Abstract: The invention provides for the use of isolated polynucleotides encoding maize poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) proteins to identify endogenous PARP encoding genes or cDNAs from a plant and to produce plant cells and plants with high vigor.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of active substance combinations for controlling animal pests, for example, from the chinch bug family (Lygaeidae), as well as animal pests that has shown resistance to pyrethroids.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel process for the preparation of cis-1-ammonium-4-alkoxycyclohexanecarbonitrile salts and to novel intermediates or starting compounds which are passed through or used in the process according to the invention.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of enaminocarbonyl compounds of the formula (I) where compounds of the formula (II) are reacted in the presence of a Brønsted acid to give compounds of the formula (I), and A, R1 and Z are as defined in the description, and also corresponding starting compounds which are used in the process according to the invention.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing enaminocarbonyl compounds by reacting compounds of the formula (II) with compounds of the formula (III) in which the A, R1, R2 and Z radicals are each as defined in the description, in the presence of a Brønsted acid.

Abstract: Synergistic combinations are provided which are compatible with cultivated plants and which comprise herbicides selected from the group consisting of benzoylcyclohexanediones for use in rice crops Herbicidal combinations are provided comprising bensulfuron-methyl, benzobicyclon, bromobutide, cyhalofop-butyl, ethoxysulfuron, fenoxaprop-P-ethyl, fentrazamide, pyrazolynate, pyrimisulfan, sulcotrione, tefuryltrione, tembotrione and, if appropriate, isoxadifen-ethyl are described. These combinations exhibit an effect which is superior to that of the herbicides used individually.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a new process for preparing dithiine-tetracarboxy-diimides.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of increasing abiotic stress resistance enhancing soil nutrition of a plant, the method comprising applying a composition comprising Bacillus subtilis or Bacillus pumilus or a mutant thereof, to the plant, to a part of the plant and/or to an area around the plant or plant part. The invention also is directed to a method of enhancing soil nutrition comprising applying a composition comprising Bacillus subtilis or a mutant thereof to the soil.

Abstract: The present application relates to novel amides and thioamides, to processes for preparation thereof and to the use thereof for controlling animal pests, in particular arthropods and especially insects.

Abstract: New, oil-based suspension concentrates composed of at least one room-temperature-solid compound of the formula (I?), at least one penetrant, at least one vegetable oil, at least one nonionic surfactant and/or at least one anionic surfactant, and optionally one or more additives from the groups of the emulsifiers, foam inhibitors, preservatives, antioxidants, colorants and/or inert filler materials, a process for producing these suspension concentrates, and their use for applying the active substances comprised.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel process for preparing substituted and unsubstituted (2,4-dimethylbiphenyl-3-yl)acetic acids and their esters of the formula (I) using homogeneous and heterogeneous palladium catalysts, and also the intermediates 4-tert-butyl-2,6-dimethylphenylacetic acid and 4-tert-butyl-2,6-dimethylmandelic acid, and to processes for their preparation.

Abstract: Chemically stable aqueous dispersions of prothioconazole and processes for preparing them are provided. The dispersions comprise prothioconazole present in an aqueous medium, and a sulfur-containing compound present in an amount effective to render the dispersion chemically stable.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel active compound combinations comprising the known fungicidally active compounds N-[2-(1,3-dimethylbutyl)phenyl]-5-fluoro-1,3-dimethyl-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide, metalaxyl and triazole (3), which are highly suitable for controlling unwanted phytopathogenic fungi. Moreover, the invention relates to a method for the curative or preventive treatment of phytopathogenic fungi on plants or useful plants, in particular to the treatment of seed, for example seed of cereals, and not least to the treated seed itself.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of anthranilamide derivatives of the general formula (I) —in which R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, A, X, Qx, Qy and n have the general meanings given in the description—for controlling insects and/or spider mites by drenching, soil mixing, furrow treatment, droplet application, in hydroponic systems, by planting hole treatment, soil, stem or flower injection, dip application, floating or seedbox application or by treating seed, and also for enhancing the stress tolerance of plants to abiotic stress.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the extraction of plant ingredients, which comprises a) comminuting plant material b) adding a solvent to the comminuted plant material c) subjecting the mixture of comminuted plant material and solvent to an ultrahigh temperature treatment at 95-150° C. over a period of 5-300 seconds.

Abstract: The novel active compound combinations consisting, firstly, of cyclic ketoenois and, secondly, of beneficial species (natural enemies) have very good insecticidal and/or acaricidal properties.