Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for controlling phytopathogenic fungi and/or improving the health of a plant, in particular by seed treatment using a combination of pyraclostrobin and a plant growth regulator.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for protecting a plant against a phytopathogen selected from the genus Phakopsora, wherein the seed of the plant is treated with (a) prothioconazole or a salt or adduct thereof and (b) trifloxystrobin or a salt or adduct thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of insecticides which are selected among GABA antagonists and nicotin receptor agonists/antagonists, if appropriate in combination with at least one gibberellin, as safener for fungicides which have a phytotoxic effect. Moreover, the invention relates to a method of reducing or preventing the phytotoxic effect of fungicides on plants treated therewith or on plants whose seeds or growth substrate have been or are treated with these fungicides. The invention finally also relates to compositions which comprise at least one GABA antagonist, at least one azole fungicide or strobilurin fungicide and, if appropriate, at least one gibberellin, and to compositions which comprise at least one nicotin receptor agonist/antagonist, at least one azole fungicide or strobilurin fungicide and, if appropriate, at least one gibberellin.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition containing (A) at least one specific carbamate fungicide, (B) at least one specific insecticide and optionally (C) at least one azole, the use of this composition for improving plant health and a method for improving plant health by treating a plant, its propagules or the locus where the plant is growing or is to grow with the above composition.

Abstract: Pesticidal mixtures comprising a) azolopyrimidinylamines of the formula I, in which the substituents are as defined in the specification, and b) at least one insecticidal compound II as defined in the specification, plant-protecting mixtures, compositions containing the mixtures, and to methods for controlling or preventing fungal infestation or harmful insects or nematodes in plants, and methods of improving the health of plants by applying said mixtures to the plants or the locus thereof.

Abstract: This invention relates to a pesticidal mixture comprising, as active components, 1) a phenylsemicarbazone compound of the Formula (I) wherein R1 and R2 are each independently hydrogen, halogen, cyano, C1-C4alkyl, C1-C4alkoxy, C1-C4haloalkyl or C1-C4haloalkoxy and R3 is C1-C4alkoxy, C1-C4haloalkyl or C1-C4haloalkoxy, or an agriculturally acceptable salt thereof; and 2) a compound of the Formula (II) or its agriculturally acceptable salts, in synergistically effective amounts.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the enhancement of plant productivity by combining chemical agents with transgenic modifications.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for increasing the dry biomass of a plant via increasing the carbon assimilation by treating a plant, a part of the plant, the locus where the plant is growing or is intended to grow and/or the plant propagules with at least one insecticide. The invention also relates to a method for increasing the biomass of the fruit of a plant via increasing the carbon assimilation, the fruit containing 5 to 25% by weight of residual moisture, based on the total weight of the fruit, by treating a plant, a part of the plant, the locus where the plant is growing or is intended to grow and/or the plant propagules with at least one insecticide. The invention further relates to a method for increasing the carbon dioxide sequestration from the atmosphere by treating a plant, a part of the plant, the locus where the plant is growing or is intended to grow and/or the plant propagules with at least one insecticide as described below.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for increasing the dry biomass of a plant by treating a plant, a part of the plant, the locus where the plant is growing or is intended to grow and/or the plant propagules with at least one compound of formula I as described in the claims and description. The invention also relates to a method for increasing the biomass of the fruit of a plant, the fruit containing 5 to 25% by weight of residual moisture, based on the total weight of the fruit, by treating a plant, a part of the plant, the locus where the plant is growing or is intended to grow and/or the plant propagules with at least one compound of formula I as described below. The invention further relates to a method for increasing the carbon dioxide sequestration from the atmosphere by treating a plant, a part of the plant, the locus where the plant is growing or is intended to grow and/or the plant propagules with at least one compound of formula I as described in the claims and description.

Abstract: Fungicidal mixtures comprising, as active components: 1) metconazole of the formula I and 2) prochloraz of the formula II, in a synergistically effective amount, and also compositions comprising these mixtures.

Abstract: A method of inducing virus tolerance of plants which comprises treating the plants, the soil or seeds with an effective amount of an amide compound of the formula (I), where Ar is a substituted phenyl, pyridyl or 5-membered heterocyclic ring; M is an optionally substituted thienyl or phenyl ring; Q is a direct bond, oxygen, sulfur, SO, SO2, C1C6-alkylene, C2-C6-alkenylene, a cyclo-propyleneor an anellated bicyclo[2.2.1]heptane ring; R1 is hydrogen, alkyl, haloalkyl, optionally substituted phenyl or optionally substituted cycloalkyl.

Abstract: The present invention relates to mixtures comprising, as active components, 1) an insecticidal compound I selected from fipronil and ethiprole; and 2) a fungicidal compound IIA selected from azoles, strobilurins, carboxamides, heterocylic compounds, carbamates, and other active compounds, and optionally 3) one or two fungicidal compounds IIB selected from List B which is defined as List A plus triticonazole, orysastrobin, in synergistically effective amounts, all as further defined in the description.

Abstract: Pesticidal mixtures, comprising a) clothianidine of formula (I) and b) fluoxastrobin of formula (II) in synergistically effective amounts, plant-protecting mixtures, compositions containing the mixtures, and to methods for controlling or preventing fungal infestation or harmful insects or nematodes in plants, and methods of improving the health of plants by applying said mixtures to the plants or the locus thereof.

Abstract: Pesticidal mixtures, comprising a) clothianidine of formula (I) and b) triticonazole of formula (II), in synergistically effective amounts, plant-protecting mixtures, compositions containing the mixtures, and to methods for controlling or preventing fungal infestation or harmful insects or nematodes in plants, and methods of improving the health of plants by applying said mixtures to the plants or the locus thereof.

Abstract: Pesticidal mixtures comprising, as active components, 1) an 1-arylpyrazole of the formula I wherein R1 is CN, C(?O)C1-C4-alkyl, or C(?S)NH2; R2 is S(O)nR3; R3 is C1-C6-alkyl; R4 is hydrogen, halogen, amino, C1-C6-alkylamino, di(C1-C6-alkyl)amino, or 4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzylideneamino); W is N or CR5; R5, R6 and R7 are, each independently, hydrogen, halogen, or C1-C6-haloalkyl; n is 0, 1 or 2; or its salts and 2) a compound of the formula II, or its salts, in synergistically effective amounts; use of this mixture for combating insects, arachnids, or nematodes; method for protecting plants against these pests; and method for treating, controlling, preventing or protecting a warm-blooded animal or a fish against infestation or infection by pests which comprises orally, topically or parenterally administering or applying to said animal or fish a pesticidally effective amount of this mixture.

Abstract: The present invention relates to plant-protecting active ingredient mixtures comprising fipronil and clothianidin having synergistically enhanced insecticical action by applying said mixtures to the plants or to the locus thereof and to a method for the protection of seeds comprising contacting the seeds before sowing and/or after pregermination with the aforementioned mixture. The invention also relates to seed comprising the aforementioned mixture and to the use of the aforementioned mixture for the protection of seeds from soil pests.

Abstract: Method for controlling rust infections in leguminous plants by using orysastrobin, mixtures of orysastrobin and a fungicidally active compound II from the group of the azoles, acylalanines, amine derivatives, anilinopyrimidines, dicarboximides, dithiocarbamates, heterocylic compounds, phenylpyrroles, cinnamides, and analogs, or other fungicides according to the description, and also compositions and seed comprising these mixtures.

Abstract: The present invention relates to plant-protecting active ingredient mixtures comprising, as active components, a neonicotinoid and one or two fungicides selected from pyraclostrobin and boscalid, in synergistically effective amounts and to a method of improving the health of plants by to the plants or the locus thereof by applying said mixtures.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of astaxanthin-containing plants or parts of plants of the genus Tagetes or astaxanthin-containing extracts of astaxanthin-containing plants or parts of plants of the genus Tagetes for oral administration to animals, methods for producing animal feed preparations, the animal feed preparations themselves, a method for pigmenting animals or animal products, and also a method for producing pigmented animals and animal products.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing ketocarotenoids by cultivating genetically modified, non-human organisms which have, by comparison with the wild type, a modified ketolase activity, to the genetically modified organisms, to the use thereof as human and animal foods and for preparing ketocarotenoid extracts, and to novel ketolases and nucleic acids encoding these ketolases.