Abstract: A hand held spray device is disclosed. The spray device has a body with a reservoir to house a total fill of material, an actuator having an actuator exit orifice, a valve in fluid communication with the actuator exit orifice and the reservoir, and a propellant and antiperspirant composition stored in the reservoir. The propellant has a concentration from 30% to 70% by weight of the total fill of materials stored within the reservoir. The antiperspirant composition includes a non-volatile silicone fluid having a concentration from about 30% to about 70% by weight of the antiperspirant composition, an antiperspirant active, an organoclay material and at least one liquid activation enhancer, and optionally a liquid fragrance material.

Abstract: The present invention relates to pesticidal mixtures comprising as active components the Bacillus strains AP-136, AP-188, APP-218, AP-219, AP-295, AP-209 and/or AP-217 as defined herein and a pesticide II as defined herein and respective agricultural uses thereof.

Abstract: This invention relates to a liquid herbicidal composition comprising a non-aqueous solvent system, at least one sulfonylurea herbicide and at least one inorganic salt selected from the metal carbonates and metal phosphates. The invention also relates to the use of an inorganic salt selected from the metal carbonates and metal phosphates to improve chemical stabilisation of a sulfonylurea herbicide in a liquid composition comprising a non-aqueous solvent system.

Abstract: Entomopathogenic fungal strains, compositions, and methods of using the strains for reducing overall insect damage.

Abstract: The present invention provides a strain of Pseudozyma churashimaensis RGJ1, which is isolated from a pepper plant and leads to induced systemic resistance against plant pathogens or plant viruses; a microbial preparation for controlling plant diseases or increasing plant yields, including, as an active ingredient, the strain or a culture thereof; a method for preparing the microbial preparation, including a step of culturing the strain; and a method for controlling plant diseases, including a step of performing dipping treatment, soil drenching treatment or spraying treatment onto aerial foliage for a plant seedling with the strain or the culture thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of Formula (I): wherein R1 is as defined herein, or an acceptable salt, solvate, prodrug or hydrate thereof. The compounds of Formula I are inhibitors of metalloenzymes, such as lanosterol demethylase (CYP51).

Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of Formula 1, including all stereoisomers, N-oxides, and salts thereof, wherein A, Z, R1 R2, R3 and m are as defined in the disclosure. Also disclosed are compositions containing the compounds of Formula 1 and methods for controlling undesired vegetation comprising contacting the undesired vegetation or its environment with an effective amount of a compound or a composition of the invention.

Abstract: Polyelectrolyte microcapsules, and methods for making and using the polyelectrolyte microcapsules, are described. A method of making polyelectrolyte microcapsules includes forming an “interfacial complexation in emulsion” (ICE), wherein a polyelectrolyte “shell” is formed by complexing two different polyelectrolytes together at an interface between two immiscible fluids. Both hydrophilic and hydrophobic materials can be incorporated into the cores and shells of the polyelectrolyte microcapsules.

Abstract: The present invention relates to formulations and methods of arthropod control employing formulations comprising certain essential oils formulated as soaps using a saponified or partially saponified formulation comprising a mixture of fatty acids, geraniol, and peppermint oil.

Abstract: The invention relates to pesticidal mixtures comprising as active compounds 1) at least one cyanosulfoximine compound I of the formula I wherein R1, R2 and G are defined in the description; and 2) at least one active compound II selected from a group A comprising acteylcholine esterase inhibitors, GABA-gated chloride channel antagonists, sodium channel modulators, nicotinic acetylcholine receptor agonists/antagonists, chloride channel activators, juvenile hormone mimics, compounds affecting the oxidative phosphorylation, inhibitors of the chitin biosynthesis, moulting disruptors, inhibitors of the MET, voltage-dependent sodium channel blockers, inhibitors of the lipid synthesis and other compounds as defined in the description, in synergistically effective amounts. The invention relates further to methods and use of these mixtures for combating insects, arachnids or nematodes in and on plants, and for protecting such plants being infested with pests and also for protecting seeds.

Abstract: Described are preferred methods and compositions for controlling weeds in soil that involve the use of a bleaching herbicide such as fluridone in combination with at least one other additional selected herbicidal agent, which is preferably a PPO-inhibitor such as fomesafen or flumioxazin. Also described are safening effects of bleaching herbicidal agents such as fluridone on other herbicides, and of other herbicides on bleaching herbicidal agents. Further described are methods and compositions for controlling weeds in soil that comprise the use of fluridone. Methods and compositions for controlling weeds in permanent crops are also described.

Abstract: Compounds of the Formula (I), wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1, useful as pesticides, especially as fungicides.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for increasing absorption of compounds of interest by nematode worms through the design of carrier systems containing said compound of interest and expressing chemoattractive tags at their surface.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are amide 7-carboxybenzo[1,2,3]thiadiazoles and derivatives thereof having a general Formula I, as described herein. Combinations and compositions of these compounds are also disclosed. The compounds and compositions can be used as a plant stimulant. For example, the compounds compositions can be used to regulate the plant's growth, regulate the plant's metabolic processes, regulate the plant's physiological processes, prevent against effects of biotic stress in the plant, or prevent against effects of abiotic stress in the plant. In some embodiments, the composition can provide multiple disease resistance to plants infected with a fungus, virus, or bacteria.

Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of Formula 1, including all stereoisomers, N-oxides, and salts thereof, wherein Q, Z, R2, R3 and m are as defined in the disclosure. Also disclosed are compositions containing the compounds of Formula 1 and methods for controlling undesired vegetation comprising contacting the undesired vegetation or its environment with an effective amount of a compound or a composition of the invention.

Abstract: Stents and methods for producing stents are provided. The stent includes a polymeric substrate comprised of 10-50% (w/w) of alginate and 45-85% (w/w) of gelatine and further includes a polymeric biodegradable resin for coating said polymeric substrate. The stent can also include a contrast agent. The stent can further include a crosslinking agent. The method for producing the stent includes dissolving the alginate and gelatine in water and stirring to obtain a polymeric substrate. The method also includes adding a crosslinking agent to the substrate, injecting the substrate into a mold to obtain the stent, placing the stent in a first alcohol solution, and placing the stent in a crosslinking agent solution. The method further includes placing the stent in a second alcohol solution, and a series of interchanging drying and immersing steps.

Abstract: Provided herein are compounds that exhibit activity as acetyl-CoA carboxylase modulators (e.g., inhibitors) and are useful, for example, in methods for the control of fungal pathogens in plants.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a herbicidal composition comprising pyroxasulfone. The invention also relates to methods and uses for controlling undesirable vegetation, in particular in crops.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for making composite active particles for use in a pharmaceutical composition for pulmonary administration, the method comprising a milling step in which particles of active material are milled in the presence of particles of an additive material which is suitable for the promotion of the dispersal of the composite active particles upon actuation of an inhaler. The invention also relates to compositions for inhalation prepared by the method.

Abstract: Water-dispersible plant growth regulating compositions in concentrated suspended particle form, and more particularly to growth regulating compositions comprising a cytokinin, a surfactant, an anti-foam agent, a buffering system, an anti-freeze agent, and an anti-settling system, dispersed in water.