Abstract: The invention relates to a method for increasing the rice yield of a rice plant relative to the rice yield of an untreated rice plant, the method comprising applying choline pelargonate or a composition comprising choline pelargonate to the rice plant, part thereof, or locus of growth of the rice plant. The invention also concerns a method for preventing or controlling blast disease, sheath blight, or a combination thereof on a rice plant or a part thereof, the method comprising applying choline pelargonate or a composition comprising choline pelargonate to the rice plant, part thereof, or locus of growth of the rice plant.

Abstract: A method for preventing or combating a fungal infection on a stone fruit tree or a part thereof includes applying Trichoderma atroviride strain SC1 to the tree, the part thereof, or a locus of the tree. The Trichoderma atroviride strain SC1 is useful in the prevention or combat of a fungal infection on a stone fruit tree or a part thereof.

Abstract: The current invention concerns a synergistically effective fungicide composition comprising as component (A) a fungicidally active amount of choline phosphonate and as component (B) at least one additional fungicide selected from the group comprising quinone fungicides, succinate dehydrogenase inhibitors, benzamide fungicides, sulphur fungicides, carboxylic acid amide fungicides, demethylation inhibitor fungicides, phenylamide fungicides, copper fungicides, piperidinyl thiazole isoxazoline fungicides and sugar alcohols, wherein a weight ratio of components (A) and (B) is in a range from 1:1000 to 1000:1. The invention further concerns a kit a use of a fungicide composition according to the invention in an amount effective for controlling one or more types of fungal infections by applying the fungicide composition to the fungal infections.

Abstract: A method for preventing or combating a fungal infection on a stone fruit tree or a part thereof includes applying Trichoderma atroviride strain SC1 to the tree, the part thereof, or a locus of the tree. The Trichoderma atroviride strain SC1 is useful in the prevention or combat of a fungal infection on a stone fruit tree or a part thereof.

Abstract: A method for controlling or preventing a fungal infection on a plant or plant part involves applying a composition that has a choline salt of a C8-C10 fatty acid to the plant, plant part, or locus of growth of the plant. The composition can be used as a fungicide on a plant or plant part. An example of a C8-C10 fatty acid in the composition is choline pelargonate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to dissolved silicate compositions in which the dissolved silicate is stabilized by at least two selected osmolytes and is therefore bioavailable. The composition and its dilutions are stable over a long period of time and are used in a wide field of applications for the benefit of living organisms such as plants, animals and humans.

Abstract: The present invention relates to dissolved silicate compositions in which the dissolved silicate is stabilized by at least two selected osmolytes and is therefore bioavailable. The composition and its dilutions are stable over a long period of time and are used in a wide field of applications for the benefit of living organisms such as plants, animals and humans.

Abstract: The invention relates to new antimicrobial compositions comprising a combination of—at least one organic and/or inorganic peroxide, —at least one silver source, and —at least one nitrogen containing compound which is a non glucogenic compatible solute, selected from taurine, choline and choline derivatives, trimethylamine-oxide (TMAO), ectoine and hydroxyectoine, the N-methylated aminoacids glycine betaine, dimethylglycine, sarcosine, carnitine, N-methyl alanine, trimethylamino-butyric acid, butyrobetaine and proline betaine, and the poly amino hydrocarbon compounds putrescine, cadaverine, spermine and spermidine.