Abstract: The present invention relates to oil suspension concentrates based on 2-{1-[2-(4-chlorophenoxy)propoxyimino]butyl}-3-hydroxy-5-(tetrahydrothiopyran-3-yl)cyclohex-2-enone lithium salt and certain formulation auxiliaries and to the use of the oil suspension concentrates as crop protection compositions and in particular as rice herbicides. Preferred formulation auxiliaries are mono- and/or dicarboxylic esters, for example fluid fatty acid esters, anionic surfactants of the sulfonate type, for example alkyl- and alkylarylsulfonates and also sulfosuccinates, and nonionic surfactants of the type of the nonethoxylated or ethoxylated carboxylic acids and esters of mono- or polyfunctional alcohols, for example ethoxylated fatty acids and polyoxyethylene sorbitan fatty acid esters.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and a device for detecting fumigants in air samples. The device can be designed for example as a portable analyzer 10 equipped with a stab probe 11 for sampling soil air. There are provided detection means 16 which, upon contact with the air sample, generate electrical signals which depend on the concentration of the fumigants to be detected in the air sample. In accordance with the invention, the detection means 16 comprise at least one mass-sensitive sensor, for example an array of quartz microbalances, which have suitable selective surface layers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions based on a homogeneous, aqueous phase comprising at least one active ingredient from the class of the quaternized compounds, ethylene oxide/propylene oxide block copolymers and ammonium nitrate. Further active ingredients can be incorporated. The homogeneous phase is stabilized by ammonium nitrate. The use of the compositions as bioregulators is described.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an agrotechnical formulation which comprises, in each case based on the total weight of the formulation: a) 20 to 99.9% by weight of at least one cyclohexanepolycarboxylic ester of the formula I  in which R1 is C1-C10-alkyl or C3-C8-cycloalkyl; m is 0, 1, 2 or 3; and n is 2, 3 or 4; and R is H or C1-C30-alkyl, where at least one radical R is C1-C30-alkyl; b) 0 to 70% by weight of water; c) 0.1 to 60% by weight of at least one adjuvant and/or additive; and d) 0 to 70% by weight of at least one active ingredient for plant treatment.

Abstract: A process for preparing 2-{1-[2-(4-chlorophenoxy)propoxyimino]-butyl}-3-hydroxy-5-(tetrahydrothiopyran-3-yl)cyclohex-2-enone lithium salt by reacting the corresponding acid 2-{1-[2-(4-chlorophenoxy)-propoxyimino]butyl}-3-hydroxy-5-(tetrahydrothiopyran-3-yl)-cyclohex-2-enone and lithium hydroxide and the isolation of the lithium salt are described. Here, it is advantageous to use a solvent mixture which comprises methanol and at least one aromatic hydrocarbon and to remove at least some of the solvent prior to the isolation. It is particularly preferred to dissolve the acid in an aromatic hydrocarbon, preferably toluene, and to use a methanolic lithium hydroxide solution.

Abstract: A multi-phase suspoemulsion containing as essential components a) 1 to 50% by weight of particular fungicidal benzimidazoles or precursors liberating them as microsuspended solids particles, b) 5 to 60% by weight of an emulsion comprising a fungicidal ingredient (b1) and, in combination with (b1), at least one component (b2) or (b3), in a water diluted form is useful to protected timber against fungal timber pests; (b1) represents the fungicidal compounds fenpropimorph, fenpropidin, tridemorph, aldimorph and spiroxamine, (b2) represents particular azole fungicides, and (b3) represents particular benzoic esters.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an agrotechnical formulation which comprises, in each case based on the total weight of the formulation:

Abstract: Methods of preparing or purifying onium hydroxides of the elements N, S or P by electrodialysis involve an electrodialysis apparatus comprising one or more cell units, each cell unit comprising a bipolar membrane and an anion-selective membrane, and a bipolar membrane or a cation-selective membrane being located on the anode side between the last anion-selective membrane and the anode.

Abstract: The invention provides novel mixtures of quaternary ammonium salts having plant growth-regulating properties. The salts, as well as other active ingredients used to regulate plant growth, are dissolved in solvents having either formula II(a) or II(b), as depicted below: wherein “R” is Hydrogen or a C1-C16 alkyl, “n” is 0, 1, 2 or 3, “A” is a C1-C6 alkene or a C1-C6 oxyalkylene, “m” is 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5, and “B” is a straight-chain or branched C2-C8 alkylene.

Abstract: Plant growth regulating preparations comprising: (a) 0.1-20 wt. % of a 16,17-dihydro gibberellin of formula (Ia) or (Ib); (b) up to 99.9 wt. % of a formulation additive selected from: (b1) the reaction products of triglycerides based on carboxylic acids having 2-30C and ethylene oxide and/or propylene oxide in the presence of a base, and/or (b2) fatty acid alcohol polyethoxylates; (c) up to 50 wt. % of an organic solvent; (d) 0.1-50 wt. % of a formulation auxiliary different from (b1) and (b2); (e) up to 50 wt. % of additional plant growth regulating compounds can be used in agriculture and horticulture to induce the desired effects on, for example, seed germination and seedling growth, rooting, dormancy, juvenility, maturity and senescence, flowering, abscission of leaves, flowers and fruit, fruit set and development, tuber formation, growth of shoot and root, photoassimilation, control of unwanted plants and senescence of whole plants or single organs.

Abstract: A solid crop protection composition consisting essentially of a) one or more predominantly amorphous crop protection active ingredients which are solid per se and have solubility in water of less than 500 mg/l at 25° C. and b) a coating enclosing component (a).

Abstract: The present invention relates to aqueous homogeneous compositions in the form of active quaternary ammonium compound concentrates such as mepiquat or chlormequat, for regulating plant growth, and to the use of these active compound concentrates for preparing aqueous spray solutions having increased activity.

Abstract: Crop protection granules based on the active substance tetrahydro-3,5-dimethyl-1,3,5-thiadiazine-2-thione and comprising an outer shell having a proportion by weight of from 0.1 to 50% by weight, based on the granules, of which at least 50% by weight consists of sulfur or sulfur compounds.

Abstract: The invention provides novel mixtures of quaternary ammonium salts having plant growth-regulating properties.

Abstract: A substantially water-free formulation of crop protection agents, comprising essentially a) a cyclohexenone oxime ether of the formula I  where R1=ethyl, propyl; R2=hydrogen or an equivalent of an agriculturally useful cation; R3=2-(thioethyl)propyl, tetrahydrothiopyran-3-yl, tetrahydrothiopyran-4-yl, tetrahydropyran-3-yl, tetrahydropyran-4-yl, 1-(methylthio)cyclopropyl, 5-(isopropyl)isoxazol-3-yl, 2,5-dimethylpyrazol-3-yl, 2,4,6-trimethylphenyl or 2,4,6-trimethyl-3-butyrylphenyl; R4, R5=H, CH3, CO—OCH3; Alk=CH2CH2, CH2CH(CH3), CH2CH═CH, CH2CH═C(Cl), CH2CH2CH═CH; R6=H, phenyl, halophenyl, dihalophenyl, phenoxy, halophenoxy, dihalophenoxy; b) N-phosphonamethylglycine, or an ester or salt thereof, DL-homoalanin-4-yl(methyl)phosphinic acid or its ammonium salt; c) from 20 to 80% by weight of an aprotic or weakly protic solvent in which the components a) and b) are suspended; d) if desired emulsifiers, surfactants, sur

Abstract: The invention provides novel mixtures of quaternary ammonium salts having plant growth-regulating properties. The salts, as well as other active ingredients used to regulate plant growth, are dissolved in solvents having either formula II(a) or II(b), as depicted below: or wherein “R” is Hydrogen or a C1-C18 alkyl, “n” is 0, 1,2 or 3, “A” is a C1-C6 alkene or a C1-C6 oxyalkylene, “m” is 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5, and “B” is a straight-chain or branched C2-C8 alkylene.

Abstract: The invention provides novel mepiquat plant growth regulator compositions which have improved hygroscopicity and corrosion characteristics. The novel mepiquat plant growth regulator compositions of the invention can be readily prepared from technical mepiquat chlorid inter alia by electrochemical ion exchange processes or by quaternization of N-methylpiperidine with dimethylcarbonate as starting material.

Abstract: The invention provides novel mepiquat plant growth regulator compositions which have improved hygroscopicity and corrosion characteristics. The novel mepiquat plant growth regulator compositions of the invention can be readily prepared from technical mepiquat chlorid inter alia by electrochemical ion exchange processes or by quaternization of N-methylpiperidine with dimethylcarbonate as starting material.

Abstract: The invention provides novel mepiquat plant growth regulator compositions which have improved hygroscopicity and corrosion characteristics. The novel mepiquat plant growth regulator compositions of the invention can be readily prepared from technical mepiquat chlorid inter alia by electrochemical ion exchange processes or by quaternization of N-methylpiperidine with dimethylcarbonate as starting material.

Abstract: A wood preservative which contains a dimethylalkylamine, an aliphatic C8-C20-dicarboxylic acid and a triazole compound.