Abstract: Herbicidal substituted 4,5-diamino-1,2,4-triazol-3-(thi)ones of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 each independently is hydrogen or an organic radical,X is O or S, andY is O or S.

Abstract: A herbicidal or plant growth-regulating 6-(pent-3-yl)-1,2,4-triazin-5(4H)-one of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 represents amino andR.sup.2 represents alkylthio having more than 1 carbon atom, alkylamino or dialkylamino,orR.sup.1 represents methylamino andR.sup.2 represents alkylthio.

Abstract: Imidazolidine derivatives of the formula ##STR1## in which R represents in each case optionally substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl or aryl andX and Y independently of one another represent hydrogen, halogen, cyano, nitro or carboxyl, or represent in each case optionally substituted alkyl, alkoxy, alkoxycarbonyl, alkylthio, alkylsulphinyl or alkylsulphonyl,are useful as herbicides. A process for preparing the imidazolidine derivatives is also disclosed.

Abstract: Novel herbicides and plant growth regulants of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 represents hydrogen alkyl, alkenyl, alkinyl, halogenoalkyl, halogenoalkenyl, halogenoalkinyl, alkoxyalkyl, alkoxy, cycloalkylalkyl or cycloalkyl, or represents in each case optionally substituted aralkyl or aryl,R.sup.2 represents a radical ##STR2## or represents a radical --S(O).sub.n --R.sup.7, R.sup.3 and R.sup.

Abstract: Herbicidal thiazolecarboxamide derivatives of the formula ##STR1## in which n represents the numbers 0 or 1,A represents in each case optionally substituted alkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, arylamino or heteroarylamino,R.sup.1 represents hydrogen, halogen or alkyl,R.sup.2 represents hydrogen, halogen or alkyl,R.sup.3 represents hydrogen, halogen, alkyl or halogenoalkyl,R.sup.4 represents hydrogen, halogen, alkyl or halogenoalkyl,R.sup.5 represents hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, nitro or amino,R.sup.6 represents hydrogen, halogen, alkyl halogenoalkyl, alkoxy, halogenoalkoxy, alkylthio, halogenoalkylthio or alkoxycarbonyl, andR.sup.

Abstract: Herbicidal and plant growth-regulating N-aryl-nitrogen heterocyclic compounds of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 represents hydrogen or halogen,R.sup.2 represents cyano, nitro, fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine, alkyl, halogenoalkyl, alkoxy, halogenoalkoxy, alkylthio or halogeneoalkylthio,R.sup.3 represents halogen, hydroxyl or mercapto, or represents a radical, in each case optionally substituted, from the series comprising alkoxy, alkenyloxy, alkinyloxy, cycloalkoxy, alkylthio, alkenylthio, alkinylthio and cycloalkylthio,R.sup.4 represents hydrogen, halogen or alkyl,R.sup.5 represents hydrogen, halogen or alkyl, or together with R.sup.4 represents alkanediyl,R.sup.6 represents hydrogen or alkyl andR.sup.7 represents hydrogen or alkyl, or together with R.sup.6 represents alkanediyl,with certain provisos regarding R.sup.2.

Abstract: Insecticidal, acaricidal, herbicidal and antimycotic 3-aryl-pyrrolidine-2,4-diones of the formula ##STR1## in which X represents alkyl, halogen or alkoxy,Y represents hydrogen, alkyl, halogen, alkoxy or halogenoalkyl,Z represents alkyl, halogen or alkoxy,n represents a number from 0-3,R represents hydrogen or represents the groups --CO--R.sup.1 or --CO--O--R.sup.2, in whichR.sup.1 represents alkyl, alkenyl, alkoxyalkyl, alkylthioalkyl, polyalkoxyalkyl or cycloalkyl which can be interrupted by hetero atoms, each of which radicals is optionally substituted by halogen, or represents optionally substituted phenyl, optionally substituted phenylalkyl, substituted hetaryl, substituted phenoxyalkyl or substituted hetaryloxyalkyl, or represents optionally substituted phenyl, optionally substituted phenylalkyl, substituted hetaryl, substituted phenoxyalkyl and substituted hetaryloxyalkyl, andR.sup.

Abstract: New 1-methylamino-cyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid derivatives, processes for their preparation and their use as plant growth regulators are disclosed and claimed.

Abstract: Herbicidal and plant growth-regulating substituted N-aryl nitrogen heterocycles of the formula ##STR1## in which Het stands for ##STR2## where A stands for ##STR3## where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 in each case independently of one another stand for hydrogen, halogen, halogenoalkyl or alkyl,Y.sup.1 and Y.sup.2 in each case stand for oxygen or sulphur andZ stands for hydrogen, hydroxyl or chlorine,R stands for alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, cycloalylalkyl, or cycloalkenylalkyl, in each case optionally branched and in each case interrupted by at least one oxygen atom, andX stands for hydrogen or halogen.Intermediates of the formula ##STR4## are also new.

Abstract: Herbicidal and plant growth-regulating N-aryl heterocycles of the formula ##STR1## where A represents one of the groupings ##STR2## where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 in each case independently of one another represent hydrogen, halogen, halogenoalkyl or alkyl,Y.sup.1 and Y.sup.2 in each case represent oxygen or sulphur andZ represents hydrogen, hydroxyl or chlorine, R represents in each case optionally branched alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, cycloalkylalkyl or cycloalkenylalkyl in each case interrupted by at least one oxygen atom and in each case substituted by at least one fluorine atom,X represents hydrogen or halogen andY represents hydrogen or halogen.

Abstract: Herbicidal substituted 4-amino-5-alkylthio-1,2,4-triazol-3-ones of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 represents in each case straight-chain or branched alkyl, alkenyl or alkinyl, each of which has up to 4 carbon atoms, andR.sup.2 represents sec-butyl, tert.-butyl or optionally substituted C.sub.5 -C.sub.10 -alkyl, alkenyl or alkinyl, or piperidyl- or morpholinyl-alkyl, optionally substituted C.sub.3, C.sub.4, C.sub.5 and C.sub.7 -cycloalkyl, substituted cyclohexyl, or optionally substituted benzyl, phenethyl, naphthylmethyl or naphthylethyl.

Abstract: Plant growth-regulating and fungicidal compounds of the formula ##STR1## in which Ar represents optionally substituted aryl or optionally substituted heteroaryl,R.sup.1 represents hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkinyl, trialkylsilyl, optionally substituted phenylalkyl or an acyl radical,R.sup.2 represents halogen, cyano, thiocyano, alkylcarbonyloxy, alkylcarbonylthio or the groupings --X--R.sup.3 and --NR.sup.4 R.sup.5,R.sup.3 represents alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, alkinyl, hydroxyalkyl, alkylthioalkyl, carboxyalkyl, alkoxycarbonylalkyl, optionally substituted aryl, optionally substituted aralkyl or the radical of the formula ##STR2## R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 independently of one another represent hydrogen or alkyl, orR.sup.4 and R.sup.5, together with the nitrogen atom to which they are bonded, represent an optionally substituted cycloaliphatic ring which can contain further heteroatoms,X represents oxygen, sulphur, an SO group or an SO.sub.2 group, orR.sup.

Abstract: A 3-aryl-pyrrolidine-2,4-dione (e) derivative of the formula (I) ##STR1## in which X represents alkyl, halogen and alkoxy,Y represents hydrogen, alkyl, halogen, alkoxy and halogenoalkyl,Z represents alkyl, halogen and alkoxy,m represents a number from 1-4,n represents a number from 0-3, R represents hydrogen, ##STR2## or A where A represents a metal cation equivalent or represents an ammonium ion,R.sup.1 represents optionally halogen-substituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkoxyalkyl, alkylthioalkyl, polyalkoxyalkyl and optionally substituted cycloalkyl which can be interrupted by hetero atoms, or represents optionally substituted phenyl, optionally substituted phenylalkyl, substituted hetaryl, substituted phenoxyalkyl and substituted hetaryloxyalkyl andR.sup.2 represents optionally halogen-substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, alkoxyalkyl, polyalkoxyalkyl and optionally substituted phenyl,as well as the pure enantiomeric forms of compounds of the formula (I).

Abstract: Herbicidal and plant growth-regulating substituted phenoxyphenylsulphonylazoles of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 represents hydrogen, halogen, cyano or trifluoromethyl,R.sup.2 represents hydrogen or halogen,R.sup.3 represents halogen, cyano, trifluoromethyl, trifluoromethoxy or trifluoromethylsulphonyl,R.sup.4 represents hydrogen or halogen,R.sup.5 represents hydrogen or halogen,R.sup.6 represents hydrogen, halogen, cyano, nitro or amino andAz represents optionally substituted azolyl.

Abstract: Compounds which are substituted 1-hydroxyalkyl-azolyl derivatives of the general formula ##STR1## in which A represents a nitrogen atom or a CH group,B represents oxygen, sulphur or a CH.sub.2 group,R represents a substituted alkyl, and, in the case in which B represents sulphur, also represents an unsubstituted alkyl, optionally substituted cyclo-alkyl or optionally substituted phenyl group,Z represents a halogen atom or an alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, halogenoalkyl, halogenoalkoxy, halogenoalkylthio, optionally substituted phenyl, optionally substituted phenoxy, optionally substituted phenylalkyl or optionally substituted phenylalkoxy group, andm is 0, 1, 2 or 3,and the acid addition salts and metal salt complexes thereof, are new, are prepared as described and find use as fungicides and plant growth regulators.

Abstract: A substituted azolylvinyl ketone or carbinol of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 represents optionally substituted cycloalkyl with 3 to 5 carbon atoms, substituted cyclohexyl or the grouping ##STR2## wherein R.sup.3 represents optionally substituted phenyl, alkenyl, alkinyl, cyano or the grouping --Z--R.sup.4,whereinR.sup.4 represents alkyl, halogenoalkyl, optionally substituted phenyl or optionally substituted phenylalkyl andZ represents O, S, SO or SO.sub.2,n represents a number from 0 to 2,R.sup.2 represents alkyl, alkenyl, alkinyl, in each case optionally substituted phenyl or phenylalkyl, or in each case optionally substituted cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, cycloalkenyl, cycloalkenylalkyl, bicycloalkyl or bicycloalkenyl, but R.sup.2 does not represent optionally substituted phenyl at the same time as R.sup.1 represents optionally substituted cycloalkyl with 3 to 5 carbon atoms or substituted cyclohexyl or R.sup.

Abstract: Fungicidal and plant growth regulating hydroxyethylazolyl derivatives of the formula ##STR1## in which R represents hydrogen, alkyl or acyl,R.sup.1 represents halogen, optionaly substituted phenyl or the grouping --Z--R.sup.3, whereinZ represents oxygen, sulphur, SO or SO.sub.2 andR.sup.3 represents optionally substituted phenyl,R.sup.

Abstract: A 1-arylpyrazole of the formula (I) ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 stands for hydrogen or nitro,R.sup.2 stands for hydrogen, for a radical ##STR2## or a radical --S(O).sub.n --R.sup.5, R.sup.3 stands for alkyl, for a radical ##STR3## or for a radical --S(O).sub.n --R.sup.5, and, in addition, in the case where R.sup.2 stands for a radical --SO.sub.2 --R.sup.5, R.sup.3 alternatively stands for an inorganic or organic cation bonded in the manner of a salt,whereR.sup.4 stands for hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkinyl, monohalogenoalkyl, alkoxyalkyl, halogenoalkoxyalkyl, alkylthioalkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylsulphonylalkyl, alkylsulphinylalkyl, alkylamino, dialkylamino, optionally substituted cycloalkyl, optionally substituted aryl, optionally substituted aryloxy, optionally substituted arylthio, or for optionally substituted arylamino,X stands for oxygen or sulphur,R.sup.

Abstract: Plant growth-regulating azolyl spiro compounds of the formula ##STR1## in which R stands for halogen, alkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, optionally substituted phenyl, optionally substituted phenoxy, amino, alkylamino and/or dialkylamino,n stands for the numbers 0, 1, 2 or 3 andX stands for nitrogen or a CH group,and addition products thereof with acids and metal salts.

Abstract: New substituted azolylmethylcarbinols of the formula ##STR1## in which Ar stands for optionally substituted aryl,Z stands for nitrogen or an CH group andR stands for alkyl, dialkylaminoalkyl, alkenyl, alkinyl, alkoxyalkyl, optionally substituted aralkyl, optionally substituted aryloxyalkyl, optionally substituted aryl or a radical of the formula ##STR2##whereinR.sup.1 stands for hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkinyl or cycloalkyl andR.sup.2 stands for hydrogen, alkyl, alkoxyalkyl, alkenyl, alkinyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, for optionally substituted aryl or for optionally substituted aralkyl, orR.sup.1 and R.sup.2 together with the nitrogen atom to which they are bonded stand for an optionally substituted heterocyclic ring which cna optionally contain further heteroatoms,and acid addition salts and metal salt complexes thereof, and the use of the novel compounds as fungicides and plant growth regulators.