Abstract: The invention relates to 2-cyano-3-(halo)alkoxy-benzenesulfonamide compounds I where the variables Alk and R1 to R5 are as defined in claim 1, and/or to their agriculturally useful salts.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of 2-substituted pyrimidines of formula (I), wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and X have the meanings as defined in the description; for combating nematode diseases of plants, a method for the protection of plants from attack or infestation by nematode pests which comprises applying to the foliage, shoot, root, or seed of the plants, or to the soil or water in which they are, an effective amount of compounds of formula (I).

Abstract: Method for the protection of seeds from soil pests comprising contacting the seeds before sowing and/or after pregermination with a compound of formula I: wherein W is chlorine or trifluoromethyl; X and Y are each independently chlorine or bromine; R1 is alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, or cycloalkyl which may be substituted with 1 to 3 halogen atoms, or alkyl which is substituted by alkoxy; R2 and R3 are alkyl or may be taken together to form cycloalkyl which may be unsubstituted or substituted by 1 to 3 halogen atoms; R4 is hydrogen or alkyl, or the enantiomers or salts thereof, in pesticidally effective amounts. Seed, comprising compounds of formula I.

Abstract: The invention relates to 2-cyanobenzene-sulfonamide compounds of the formula (I) where the variables R1 to R5 are as defined in claim 1 and/or to their agriculturally useful salts.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of combating animal pests which comprises contacting the animal pests, their habit, breeding ground, food supply, plant, seed, soil, area, material or environment in which the animal pests are growing or may grow, or the materials, plants, seeds, soils, surfaces or spaces to be protected from animal attack or infestation with a pesticidally effective amount of at least one 6-halogeno[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]-pyrimidine of the general formula (I), wherein X, R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as defined in claim 1 and/or the agriculturally useful salts thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for controlling plant-injurious organisms comprising: i. at least one active component A selected from among 1,3-dichloropropene, trichloronitromethane (chloropicrin), methyl isothiocyanate and substances which release methyl isothiocyanate, and ii. dimethyl disulfide as component B. The present invention therefore also relates to a method for controlling plant-injurious organisms, which comprises allowing the active components A jointly with dimethyl disulfide in such an amount that they bring about the destruction of plant-injurious organisms, their eggs or their larvae, on the plant-injurious organisms, their eggs, their larvae or their environment. The present invention furthermore relates to the use of the composition according to the invention for the disinfection of soils.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of compounds of formula (I), wherein R is C1-C8-alkyl, unsubstituted or substituted with 1, 2 or 3 radicals selected from the group consisting of halogen, amino, nitro, cyano, C1-C4-alkenyl, C1-C4-haloalkenyl, C1-C4-alkoxy, C1-C4-haloalkoxy, C1-C4-alkylthio, 5- to 10-membered heteroaryl containing as ring members 1, 2, 3 or 4 heteroatoms selected from oxygen, sulfur and nitrogen, and phenyl, wherein the heteroaryl and phenyl radicals may be substituted for the control of nematodes, a method for the control of nematodes, and a method for the protection of plants from infestation or attack by nematodes.

Abstract: Pesticidal fluoroalkene derivatives (I) wherein A is oxygen, NRa; Ra is hydrogen; optionally halogenated alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl; X is hydrogen, halogen; optionally halogenated alkyl or phenyl; R1,R2 are hydrogen, halogen, hydroxyl, cyano, nitro, mercapto, amino; alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxy, alkenyloxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, dialkylamino, alkoxycarbonyl, alkylcarbonyloxy, optionally halogenated or substituted by 1 to 3 Rb groups: Rb is cyano, nitro, halogen, hydroxy, mercapto, amino, carboxyl, aminocarbonyl, aminothiocarbonyl; optionally halogenated alkyl, haloalkyl, alkenyl, alkenyloxy, alkynyl, alkoxy, haloalkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, dialkylamino, formyl, alkylcarbonyl, alkylsulfonyl, alkoxysulfonyl, alkylsulfonyloxy, alkoxycarbonyl, alkylcarbonyloxy, alkylaminocarbonyl, dialkylaminocarbonyl, alkylaminothiocarbonyl, dialkylaminothiocarbonyl, alkylenedioxy or cycloalkyl; Het is a monocyclic or bicyclic 3- to 10-membered heteroaromatic ring system containing 1 to 5 heteroatoms selected from oxygen, su