Abstract: To provide an aqueous suspension agrochemical composition containing an agrochemical active ingredient, an oil which is a vegetable oil or a vegetable oil derivative, and water, a method for preventing crop damage in which the aqueous suspension agrochemical composition is applied to surfaces of seeds of a useful plant, and a seed of a useful plant treated with the aqueous suspension agrochemical composition.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide an excellent agricultural or horticultural plant disease control agent. Provided are: a formamide derivative represented by general formula [I] and the like (in the formula, X1, X2, X3, and X4 each independently represents a carbon atom and the like, Y represents an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom, R1 represents a halogen atom, and R2 represents a hydrogen atom, a C1-C6 alkyl group, and the like) or an agriculturally acceptable salt thereof; and an agricultural or horticultural plant disease control agent containing the same as an active ingredient.

Abstract: A method for producing a compound of a formula (3), including reacting a compound of a formula (1) with a compound of a formula (2) by using a tertiary alcohol and a base: where R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, and R9 are each independently a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a (C1-C4)alkyl, or a (C1-C4)alkoxy, the amount of the base used is 2.0-4.0 equivalents per 1 equivalent of the compound of formula (2), the amount of the tertiary alcohol used is 0.3-2.5 equivalents per 1 equivalent of the compound of formula (2), the base is a plurality of compounds comprising a lithium-containing base as a first compound, and a second compound selected from the group consisting of alkali metal hydrides, alkali metal amides, alkoxides, alkyl metals, alkali metals, and organic bases, and the reaction is performed in the presence of an aromatic hydrocarbon solvent.

Abstract: The present invention provides an industrially preferred method for producing a sulfone derivative that is useful as an herbicide. This process is for producing a compound of the formula (2). In the method, a compound of the formula (1) is reacted with an oxidizer in the presence of a metal catalyst and the presence of a carboxylic acid to produce the compound of the formula (2).

Abstract: Embodiments provide a pest control agent that is excellent in safety, controlling effect, residual activity, and so on.

Abstract: A naturally derived, safe-to-use microbial material that can contribute to increasing agricultural production by promoting crop growth and increasing yield, while controlling plant disease at the same time. Viable bacteria of a novel bacterial strain of genus Lysinibacillus, or a culture containing the viable bacteria, are used as an active component. The novel bacterial strain may be Lysinibacilus xylanilyticus GIC41 (NITE BP-03464). A plant growth regulator contains the bacterial strain and promotes crop growth and increases yield. A plant disease control agent that contains the bacterial strain is capable of controlling a disease, such as by damping-off.

Abstract: Embodiments provide a harmful organism control agent containing a pyrazole-3-carboxylic acid amide derivative or a salt thereof as an active ingredient, having an excellent harmful organism controlling effect. A pyrazole-3-carboxylic acid amide derivative represented by general formula [I]: (wherein, R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5 represent a hydrogen atom, halogen atom, C1-C6 alkyl group or the like, R6 represents a C1-C12 alkyl group, C1-C12 haloalkyl group or the like, R7 and R8 represent a hydrogen atom, C1-C12 alkyl group or the like) or an agriculturally acceptable salt thereof, and a harmful organism control agent containing the pyrazole-3-carboxylic acid amide derivative or an agriculturally acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient.

Abstract: A more effective weed control method is provided for a case where soil treatment with pyroxasulfone is carried out. The present invention provides a weed control method in which treatment with columnar crystals of pyroxasulfone is carried out for soil with a composition having a clay content of less than 15% and a sand content of not less than 65%.

Abstract: Embodiments provide a pest control agent that is excellent in safety, controlling effect, residual activity, and so on. According to an embodiment, there is provided a pyrazole derivative represented by general formula [I], or an agriculturally acceptable salt thereof, and a pest control agent containing the same as an active ingredient: wherein, p represents an integer of 0 or 1, R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5 represent a hydrogen atom, halogen atom, C1-C6 alkyl group, or the like, A represents an oxygen atom or sulfur atom, Q represents a halogen atom, C6-C10 aryl group that is unsubstituted or substituted with (R8)m, or the like, and R6 and R7 represent a hydrogen atom, C1-C6 alkyl group, or the like.

Abstract: This invention is intended to identify a gene cluster involved in biosynthesis of a cyclic peptide compound produced by a filamentous fungus of the Curvularia species and to establish a system for synthesizing such cyclic peptide compound. The gene is composed of a first module to a tenth module and encodes a protein having activity of synthesizing a nonribosomal peptide constituting a basic peptide backbone of a cyclic peptide compound produced by a filamentous fungus of the Curvularia species.

Abstract: The present invention provides an industrially desirable production method for a sulfone derivative that is useful as a herbicide, and an intermediate thereof.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to identify an enzyme having activity of synthesizing dihydrotentoxin that is a tentoxin precursor and an enzyme having activity of synthesizing tentoxin using dihydrotentoxin as a substrate. The present invention concerns a tentoxin synthesis-related gene encoding a protein comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 16 and having activity of nonribosomal peptide synthesis of dihydrotentoxin and a tentoxin synthesis-related gene encoding a protein comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 18 and having activity of converting dihydrotentoxin to tentoxin.

Abstract: A more effective weed control method is provided for a case where soil treatment with pyroxasulfone is carried out. The present invention provides a weed control method in which treatment with needle crystals of pyroxasulfone is carried out for soil with a composition having a clay content of not less than 15% or a sand content of less than 65%.

Abstract: Provided herein is a culturing method for bacteria of the genus Rhizobium whereby a low viscosity can be maintained in a culture solution during the culturing of and at the end of culturing of said bacteria, and that enables easy and efficient post-procedures, including concentration and separation of viable bacteria, among others. This is achieved by growing Rhizobium bacteria by liquid culture using a medium containing a disaccharide (for example, maltose, trehalose, lactose, sucrose) accounting for at least 25 mass % of the carbon source in the medium while maintaining a pH of 5.0 to 7.0 in the culture solution throughout the course of the culture, namely from the beginning of the culturing to the end of the culturing of said bacteria.

Abstract: Provided are a methane-production inhibitor capable of inhibiting methane production for a long period of time, and a method for inhibiting methane production using the composition. A methane-production inhibitor composition contains one or more compounds selected from compounds represented by formula [I] as an effective ingredient, and a method for inhibiting methane production uses the composition. (In formula [I], X represents an —OR1 group, a hydroxyl group, or a halogen atom, Y represents an —OR2 group or an —SO2R3 group, R1 represents a benzoyl group, R2 represents a methylsulfonyl group or a chloromethylsulfonyl group, and R3 represents a chloromethyl group or a hydroxymethyl group.

Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to provide a production method for a 4,5-dihydroisoxazole represented by formula (3), which is safe, industrially desirable, economical, and environmentally friendly. The present invention causes the compound of formula (1) to react with hydroxylamine in the presence of an acid catalyst to produce the compound of formula (3) through the reaction represented by the reaction equation.

Abstract: This invention provides a nucleic acid that enables evaluation of various endocrine disrupting actions of a very small amount of endocrine disrupting chemicals with high sensitivity. Such nucleic acid comprises a total of 20 to 60 nucleotides comprising the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 and shows excellent responsiveness to various endocrine disrupting chemicals.

Abstract: Metabolic activity is exhibited against a larger number of compounds having different acting properties. A cytochrome P450 gene encodes a protein having an amino acid sequence of any of SEQ ID NOS: 2, 4, 6, and 8.

Abstract: A soil-borne plant disease control agent that can be safely used as a biopesticide. The active component of the control agent includes viable bacteria of novel strains of Bacillus and Fictibacillus, or a culture of these bacteria. The soil-borne plant disease control agent is a vegetable wilt control agent. The plant disease control agent can be applied (sprayed) to stems and leaves to control a bacterial wilt disease caused by soil bacteria Ralstonia solanacearum species complex, and/or bacterial soft rots. A plant disease control method.

Abstract: Provided are a methane-production inhibitor capable of inhibiting methane production for a long period of time, and a method for inhibiting methane production using the composition. A methane-production inhibitor composition contains one or more compounds selected from compounds represented by formula [I] as an effective ingredient, and a method for inhibiting methane production uses the composition. (In formula [I], X represents an —OR1 group, a hydroxyl group, or a halogen atom, Y represents an —OR2 group or an —SO2R3 group, R1 represents a benzoyl group, R2 represents a methylsulfonyl group or a chloromethylsulfonyl group, and R3 represents a chloromethyl group or a hydroxymethyl group.