Abstract: There are disclosed methods and compositions for the controlled release of microbiocides by using a mixture consisting of (a) a hydrolyzable organic titanium compound or a partial hydrolyzate thereof, (b) optionally an organopolysiloxane containing hydroxyl groups or a carbinol-containing polymer, and (c) a microbiocide.

Abstract: Aquatic herbicidal compositions including tetrahydrotriazine compounds as the active toxicant. The invention also covers a method for the control of aquatic plant life which method utilizes as the active ingredient a tetrahydrotriazine compound.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel oxime ethers of the formula ##STR1## R.sub.1 is hydrogen, methyl, methoxy, chlorine, cyano or trifluoromethyl, R.sub.2 is hydrogen or chlorine, orR.sub.1 and R.sub.2 taken together is --CH.dbd.CH--CH.dbd.CH-- attached to adjacent carbon atoms in the ring,a is 1 or 2, andR.sub.19 and R.sub.20 are each methyl or ethyl, orR.sub.19 and R.sub.20 taken together is C.sub.2 -C.sub.7 alkylene having 2 or 3 carbon atoms in its principal chain,to their various uses as antidotes for herbicides and to compositions containing them. The invention also relates to plant seed treated with said antidotes.

Abstract: Novel tetrahydrotriazine compounds which exhibit utility as terrestrial herbicides. Also included are herbicidal compositions containing these compounds and a method of controlling terrestrial weeds with the herbicidal compositions.

Abstract: It is disclosed that the known treatment of rice in cultivation with propanil to kill weeds without harming the growing rice plant can be modified so as to simultaneously eliminate the incidence of rice blast disease (which usually appears at the same time as weed infestation) by simultaneous treatment of the rice in cultivation with a combination of pentachloronitrobenzene and propanil, both applied from aqueous spray based on an emulsifiable concentrate of the material or materials.

Abstract: Disclosed are diphenoxymethyl pyridines, their preparation and their use as herbicides.

Abstract: Herbicide antidote compounds and herbicidal compositions consisting of an active herbicide compound and an antidote therefor and the methods of use of the antidote compound and compositions wherein the antidote compounds correspond to the formula ##STR1## wherein R is selected from the group lower alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, inclusive and 2-chloroethyl and M is an alkali metal cation.

Abstract: Herbicides containing a pyrazole derivative of the formula ##STR1## where R.sup.1 denotes hydrogen, formyl, acetyl, propionyl, chloroacetyl, dichloroacetyl, methoxyacetyl, methoxycarbonyl, or phenoxycarbonyl which is unsubstituted or mono- or polysubstituted by halogen, R.sup.2 denotes phenyl which is unsubstituted or mono- or polysubstituted by fluorine, chlorine, bromine, methyl, methoxy, cyano, nitro, trifluoromethyl, trifluoromethoxy or methoxycarbonyl, R.sup.2 further denotes a 5- or 6-membered, heterocyclic aromatic ring which is unsubstituted or substituted by methyl or chlorine and which contains 1 or 2 hetero-atoms X, X being independently oxygen, sulfur or nitrogen, or R.sup.2 denotes .alpha.-naphthyl or .beta.-naphthyl, and R.sup.3 denotes methyl, ethyl or isopropyl, or a salt of such a pyrazole derivative, a process for combating unwanted plant growth with the active ingredients and methods of manufacturing the herbicides.

Abstract: The growth of unwanted plants is controlled by certain pyrimido[5,4-e]-1,2,4-triazines.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula ##STR1## exhibit, in the pre-emergence process and in the post-emergence process, a good herbicidal action against a number of dicotyledonous weeds, they are well tolerated in monocotyledonous crops, such as wheat, barley, rice, sorghum and maize, and are also selectively active in some dicotyledonous crops such as soy beans, groundnuts and the like.

Abstract: Oxime derivatives of the formula (I) ##STR1## wherein n is 0, 1 or 2 and m is 0 or 1, andAr is a phenyl radical ##STR2## a naphthyl radical substituted by R.sub.2 and R.sub.3, a 5- to 10-membered heterocyclic radical which contains not more than 3 identical or different heteroatoms N, O and/or S and which is substituted by R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 and can be substituted by oxo or thiono, or if m is O, Ar is a radical R--CO, wherein R is a radical --OR.sub.5, in which R.sub.5 is an aliphatic group containing nor more than 8 carbon atoms or is an araliphatic group containing not more than 15 carbon atoms or is a cycloaliphatic or aromatic group, each containing not more than 10 carbon atoms, while the possible substituents of the aromatic radicals or of the cycloaliphatic radical are halogen, --CN, --NO.sub.2, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, haloalkyl; or R is a radical --NH--CO--NH--R.sub.7 or a radical --N(R.sub.6)(R.sub.7), wherein R.sub.6 is hydrogen or lower alkyl and R.sub.

Abstract: The invention relates to new compositions for increasing the cold resistance of cultivated plants. These compositions contain as active ingredient at least one compound of the general formula (I), ##STR1## wherein n is an integer of 2 to 5 and R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 each stand for hydrogen or C.sub.1-5 alkyl, or an acid addition salt thereof in an amount of 0.01 to 70% by weight, together with a conventional diluent and/or additive.The plants treated with the compositions according to the invention are more resistant to cold and frost.

Abstract: Certain oximes of the general formula ##STR1## are employed as antidotes to protect crop plants from the adverse action of 1,3,5-triazine, haloacetanilide and pyridyloxyphenoxy carboxylic acid derived herbicides.

Abstract: Certain oximes of the general formula ##STR1## are employed as antidotes to protect crop plants from the adverse action of .alpha.-halo-acetanilide and other herbicides.

Abstract: Herbicidally active thiocarbamates are employed in combination with N-methylthiocarbamylethyl-N'-carbamate having the formula ##STR1## In a typical application, the thiocarbamylethylcarbamate is included in sufficient quantity to lessen the rate of soil degradation of the thiocarbamate. As a result, the herbicidal effectiveness of the thiocarbamate is enhanced and prolonged, rendering a single application of the herbicide effective over a longer period of time.

Abstract: This invention relates to .alpha.-hydroxy phosphonates which are useful as herbicides. More particularly, this invention relates to .alpha.-hydroxy phosphonates a process for preparing the same, herbicidal use thereof, and to herbicidal methods and compositions employing the same.

Abstract: Substituted pyridyl compounds, e.g. 2,6-dichloro-4(2-(2,2,2-trichloroethyl)oxiranyl) pyridine; herbicidal compositions containing such compounds and method for the control of undesired vegetation using these compositions.

Abstract: A herbicidal composition containing a synergistic combination of active ingredients which are (1) 2-(2'-benzothiazolyloxy)-N-methyl-N-phenyl-acetamide and (2) molinate alone or in admixture with a solid or liquid diluent or carrier, has high herbicidal activity and is especially suitable for use as a selective herbicide against weeds in rice crops.

Abstract: Herbicides which contain thiazolo[2,3-b]-quinazolones of the formula ##STR1## where R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 have the meanings given in the description, are used to regulate plant growth, and control undesired growth.

Abstract: Herbicidal agents containing a composition of a diphenyl ether of the formula ##STR1## where R is hydrogen, a cation, alkyl or haloalkyl of from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and a substituted thiadiazin-4(3)-one-2,2-dioxide of the formula ##STR2## where R.sup.1 is hydrogen, a cation, cyano or alkoxyalkyl of from 2 to 4 carbon atoms, R.sup.2 is alkyl of from 1 to 4 carbon atoms and R.sup.3 is hydrogen, alkyl of from 1 to 4 carbon atoms or halogen, or of the formula ##STR3## where R.sup.4 is hydrogen or a cation and R.sup.2 is alkyl of from 1 to 4 carbon atoms.