Abstract: Provided are an eco-friendly and safety-conscious disinfectant composition for plants excellent in disinfection performance against a wide range of fungi including resistant fungi or the like, having no phytotoxic effects on plants and excellent in formulation recoverability, and an eco-friendly and safety-conscious disinfectant treatment liquid for plants excellent in disinfection performance against a wide range of fungi including resistant fungi or the like and having no phytotoxic effects on plants and a method for disinfecting a plant using the same.

Abstract: The present invention is an efficacy-enhancing agent composition for agrochemicals, including water and the following components A, B and C: <component A> one or more cellulose derivatives selected from hydroxypropylcellulose and hydroxypropylmethylcellulose, <component B> one or more compounds selected from a sulfate, a phosphate, a nitrate, sucrose, glucose, fructose, sorbitol, and glycerin, and <component C> one or more surfactants selected from an alkylbenzene sulfonate having an alkyl group with 12 or more and 16 or less carbon atoms and an alkyldimethylamine oxide having an alkyl group with 12 or more and 16 or less carbon atoms, wherein a mass ratio of component B to component C, component B/component C, is 5 or more and 100 or less.

Abstract: A member attachment structure includes: a first member on which an attachment portion equipped with an engaged portion is provided; a second member in which an attachment hole is provided; and an attachment clip equipped with a distal end portion, a pair of plate-shaped portions are disposed opposing each other with the attachment portion of the first member being inserted therebetween, an engaging portion engages with the engaged portion, an engaging claw portion engages with an edge portion of the attachment hole, and a projecting portion that is provided on the opposing surface of the plate-shaped portion and projects, in an opposing direction in which the pair of plate-shaped portions oppose each other, from an end portion side in a width direction orthogonal to a direction in which the at least one plate-shaped portion extends.

Abstract: The present invention provides the efficacy-enhancing agent composition for an agricultural chemical containing at least one compound (A) selected from specific ethoxylate compounds, specific polyoxyethylene fatty acid esters, specific polyoxyethylene sorbitan fatty acid esters, specific (poly)glycerol fatty acid esters, and specific alkyl saccharides; and at least one compound (B) selected from specific polyoxyalkylene alkyl ethers and specific aliphatic alcohols.

Abstract: The present invention is an efficacy-enhancing agent composition for agrochemicals, including water and the following components A, B and C: <component A> one or more cellulose derivatives selected from hydroxypropylcellulose and hydroxypropylmethylcellulose, <component B> one or more compounds selected from a sulfate, a phosphate, a nitrate, sucrose, glucose, fructose, sorbitol, and glycerin, and <component C> one or more surfactants selected from an alkylbenzene sulfonate having an alkyl group with 12 or more and 16 or less carbon atoms and an alkyldimethylamine oxide having an alkyl group with 12 or more and 16 or less carbon atoms, wherein a mass ratio of component B to component C, component B/component C, is 5 or more and 100 or less.

Abstract: The present invention is a sticking agent composition for agrochemicals, which includes a specific fatty acid triglyceride having an acyl group with 8 or more and 18 or less carbon atoms, a specific fatty acid with 12 or more and 20 or less carbon atoms, a polyoxyalkylene sorbitol fatty acid ester, and water.

Abstract: A member attachment structure includes: a first member on which an attachment portion equipped with an engaged portion is provided; a second member in which an attachment hole is provided; and an attachment clip equipped with a distal end portion, a pair of plate-shaped portions are disposed opposing each other with the attachment portion of the first member being inserted therebetween, an engaging portion engages with the engaged portion, an engaging claw portion engages with an edge portion of the attachment hole, and a projecting portion that is provided on the opposing surface of the plate-shaped portion and projects, in an opposing direction in which the pair of plate-shaped portions oppose each other, from an end portion side in a width direction orthogonal to a direction in which the at least one plate-shaped portion extends.

Abstract: The present invention is a sticking agent composition for agrochemicals, which includes a specific fatty acid triglyceride having an acyl group with 8 or more and 18 or less carbon atoms, a specific fatty acid with 12 or more and 20 or less carbon atoms, a polyoxyalkylene sorbitol fatty acid ester, and water.

Abstract: An agrichemical-containing composition that exhibits excellent agrichemical efficacy is provided. The agrichemical-containing composition comprises hydroxypropyl cellulose, an agrichemical, an organic solvent having a saturated vapor pressure of 50 mmHg or higher at 25° C., and water. When the composition as a whole is taken as 100 wt %, the content of the organic solvent is 0.02 to 1 wt %, and the weight ratio of the hydroxypropyl cellulose to the organic solvent (hydroxypropyl cellulose/organic solvent) is in a range of 0.1 to 2.

Abstract: The present invention provides the agricultural chemical-spreading agent composition, containing: (A) a polysaccharide in an amount of 5 to 30% by weight; (B) a polyoxyalkylene sorbitan fatty acid ester in an amount of 5 to 40% by weight; and (C) at least one nonionic surfactant selected from polyoxyalkylene alkyl ethers, sorbitan fatty acid esters, and silicone surfactants in an amount of 5 to 40% by weight, wherein the component (A) has a viscosity of not less than 5000 mPa·s in the form of a 5% by weight aqueous solution at 25° C., and a weight ratio of contents of the component (A) to the sum of components (B) and (C), (A)/[(B)+(C)], is 10/90 to 40/60.

Abstract: An agrichemical-containing composition that exhibits excellent agrichemical efficacy is provided. The agrichemical-containing composition comprises hydroxypropyl cellulose, an agrichemical, an organic solvent having a saturated vapor pressure of 50 mmHg or higher at 25° C., and water. When the composition as a whole is taken as 100 wt %, the content of the organic solvent is 0.02 to 1 wt %, and the weight ratio of the hydroxypropyl cellulose to the organic solvent (hydroxypropyl cellulose/organic solvent) is in a range of 0.1 to 2.

Abstract: An agrichemical-containing composition that exhibits excellent agrichemical efficacy is provided. The agrichemical-containing composition comprises hydroxypropyl cellulose, an agrichemical, an organic solvent having a saturated vapor pressure of 50 mmHg or higher at 25° C., and water. When the composition as a whole is taken as 100 wt %, the content of the organic solvent is 0.02 to 1 wt %, and the weight ratio of the hydroxypropyl cellulose to the organic solvent (hydroxypropyl cellulose/organic solvent) is in a range of 0.1 to 2.

Abstract: The invention is a method of exterminating a harmful insect with an agricultural and horticultural insecticide containing one or more kinds of compound (A) selected from a specific polyoxyethylene fatty acid ester, a specific polyoxyethylene sorbitan fatty acid ester, a specific (poly)glycerol fatty acid ester, and a specific alkyl saccharide, and a compound (B) of an alcohol having a linear or branched alkyl group having 8 to 14 carbon atoms or a linear or branched alkyl ether having 6 to 12 carbon atoms, provided that an agricultural chemical ingredient of an agricultural chemical is not substantially contained.

Abstract: A method for imparting a stress tolerance to a plant that can provide the plant with such a stress tolerance that enhances growth in an environment where a variety of stresses on the plant occur is provided. The method for imparting a stress tolerance to a plant includes the step of applying, to a plant placed under a stressful cultivation condition that yields a plant stress level of 111 to 200%, a plant stress tolerance imparting composition containing at least one cellulose derivative selected from the group consisting of methyl cellulose (MC), hydroxymethyl cellulose (HMC), ethyl cellulose (EC), hydroxyethyl cellulose (HEC), propyl cellulose (PC), hydroxypropyl cellulose (HPC), hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose (HPMC), hydroxyethyl methyl cellulose (HEMC), hydroxyethyl propyl cellulose (HEPC), methyl ethyl cellulose (MEC), methyl propyl cellulose (MPC) and ethyl propyl cellulose (EPC); catechins; and water, the cellulose derivative being contained in an amount of 45.0 to 99.

Abstract: The present invention provides the agricultural chemical-spreading agent composition, containing: (A) a polysaccharide in an amount of 5 to 30% by weight; (B) a polyoxyalkylene sorbitan fatty acid ester in an amount of 5 to 40% by weight; and (C) at least one nonionic surfactant selected from polyoxyalkylene alkyl ethers, sorbitan fatty acid esters, and silicone surfactants in an amount of 5 to 40% by weight, wherein the component (A) has a viscosity of not less than 5000 mPa·s in the form of a 5% by weight aqueous solution at 25° C., and a weight ratio of contents of the component (A) to the sum of components (B) and (C), (A)/[(B)+(C)], is 10/90 to 40/60.

Abstract: The present invention provides the efficacy-enhancing agent composition for an agricultural chemical containing at least one compound (A) selected from specific ethoxylate compounds, specific polyoxyethylene fatty acid esters, specific polyoxyethylene sorbitan fatty acid esters, specific (poly)glycerol fatty acid esters, and specific alkyl saccharides; and at least one compound (B) selected from specific polyoxyalkylene alkyl ethers and specific aliphatic alcohols.

Abstract: A method for imparting a stress tolerance to a plant that can provide the plant with such a stress tolerance that enhances growth in an environment where a variety of stresses on the plant occur is provided. The method for imparting a stress tolerance to a plant includes the step of applying, to a plant placed under a stressful cultivation condition that yields a plant stress level of 111 to 200%, a plant stress tolerance imparting composition containing at least one cellulose derivative selected from the group consisting of methyl cellulose (MC), hydroxymethyl cellulose (HMC), ethyl cellulose (EC), hydroxyethyl cellulose (HEC), propyl cellulose (PC), hydroxypropyl cellulose (HPC), hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose (HPMC), hydroxyethyl methyl cellulose (HEMC), hydroxyethyl propyl cellulose (HEPC), methyl ethyl cellulose (MEC), methyl propyl cellulose (MPC) and ethyl propyl cellulose (EPC); catechins; and water, the cellulose derivative being contained in an amount of 45.0 to 99.

Abstract: An agrichemical-containing composition that exhibits excellent agrichemical efficacy is provided. The agrichemical-containing composition comprises hydroxypropyl cellulose, an agrichemical, an organic solvent having a saturated vapor pressure of 50 mmHg or higher at 25° C., and water. When the composition as a whole is taken as 100 wt %, the content of the organic solvent is 0.02 to 1 wt %, and the weight ratio of the hydroxypropyl cellulose to the organic solvent (hydroxypropyl cellulose/organic solvent) is in a range of 0.1 to 2.

Abstract: A method for imparting stress tolerance to a plant that can provide the plant with such stress tolerance that enhances growth in an environment where various stresses on the plant occur is provided. The method includes the step of applying a plant stress tolerance imparting composition containing a sugar derivative-type surfactant and water to a plant placed under a stressful cultivation condition that yields a plant stress level of 111 to 200%. In the plant stress tolerance imparting composition, the sugar derivative-type surfactant contains at least one sugar derivative-type surfactant having a structure selected from the group consisting of an ester of a sugar and a fatty acid, an ester of a sugar alcohol and a fatty acid, and an alkylglycoside. The sugar derivative-type surfactant is contained in an amount of 85 to 100 wt % of a total amount of the components other than water contained in the tolerance imparting composition.

Abstract: The present invention provides a plant-activating agent for improving the activity of plants efficiently without a chemical injury onto the plant. The plant-activating agent is selected from the group consisting of (1) an organic acid derivative which is derived from the organic acid having two functional groups and wherein at least one of the above-mentioned functional groups is bonded to a group containing 1 to 30 carbon atoms; (2) a compound represented by the formula (II): RCOO(AO)nX1??(II) wherein R represents an alkyl or alkenyl group having 11 to 29 carbon atoms; X1 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl or acyl group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having 2 to 30 carbon atoms, or a counter ion; AO represents at least one group selected from oxyethylene, oxyprolylene and oxybutylene groups and may be random or block; and n represents an average number of moles added and is zero to 30; and (3) a glycerol derivative.