Patent number: 6914068
Abstract: A method for controlling harmful fungi, which comprises treating the fungi or the materials, plants, the soil or the seed to be protected against fungal attack and/or animal pests with an effective amount of at least one thiazolo[4,5-b]pyridine of the formula I: in which n is 0, 1 or 2, the substituents R1, R2, R3, have the following meanings: R1, R2, R3: independently of one another are: hydrogen, halogen, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy, C1-C4-haloalkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy -C1-C4-alkyl or phenyl which may be unsubstituted or carry 1, 2, 3 or 4 substituents which are selected, independently of one another, from halogen, nitro, cyano, alkyl, alkoxy, OCHF2 or CF3; and wherein A and R are as defined in claim 1.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 12, 2001
Date of Patent:
July 5, 2005
Assignee:
BASF Aktiengesellschaft
Inventors:
Gregory J. Haley, Keith D. Barnes, William W. Wood, Yulin Hu, Kathryn C. Ferguson, Henry Van Tuyl Cotter, Andreas Gypser, Anja Schwögler, Salvatore Cuccia