Abstract: 3-(4-Cyanophenyl)uracils of the formula I wherein A is hydrogen, methyl or amino; Y is oxygen or sulfur; R1 is hydrogen or halogen; R2 is hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, haloalkyl, alkylthio, alkylsulfenyl or alkylsulfonyl; R3 is hydrogen, halogen or alkyl; R4 is hydrogen, haloalkyl; or unsubstituted or substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkylcarbonyl, alkenylcarbonyl, alkynylcarbonyl or alkylsulfonyl, methods and intermediates for their manufacture, and their use as herbicides or for the desiccation or defoliation of plants.

Abstract: Substituted 3-phenylpyrazoles of the formula I Salts thereof and use as herbicides.

Abstract: 3-Aryluracils of the formula I wherein A is hydrogen, methyl or amino; X is oxygen or —N(R7)— (R7=H alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkylcarbonyl or alkoxyalkyl); Y1 is oxygen or sulfur; Z is oxygen or —N(R8)— (R8=H, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl or alkoxyalkyl); R1 is hydrogen or halogen; R2 is hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, haloalkyl, alkylthio, alkylsulfenyl or alkylsulfonyl; R3 is hydrogen, halogen or alkyl; R4 is hydrogen; or optionally substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, haloalkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkylcarbonyl, alkenylcarbonyl, alkynylcarbonyl or alkylsulfonyl, R5, R6 are hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl or alkoxyalkyl; or R6, R8 are together a second chemical bond, methods and intermediates for their manufacture, and their use as herbicides or for the desiccation or defoliation of plants.