Abstract: Microparticle, wherein said microparticle contains one or more active substance, said one or more active substance being water immiscible, and being liquid (at 21° C.) pesticide or dissolved in a non-aqueous solvent S that is immiscible with water, and wherein said microparticle contains i) at least one phospholipid PL,ii) at least one sterol ST.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an aqueous composition comprising in the aqueous phase microcapsules which comprise a shell and a core, where the core contains a pesticide; and a codispersant of the formula R—X, in which R has 6 to 10 carbon atoms and is alkyl, arylalkyl, or alkylaryl; X is —O—PO3H2, —CO2H, —O—SO3H, —SO3H, or salts thereof. The invention further relates to a method of preparing the composition by synthesizing the microcapsules in the aqueous phase in the presence of the codispersant; and to a method of controlling phytopathogenic fungi and/or undesired plant growth and/or undesired insect or mite attack and/or for regulating the growth of plants, wherein the composition is allowed to act on the respective pests, their environment or the crop plants to be protected from the respective pest, on the soil and/or on undesired plants and/or on the crop plants and/or on their environment.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an aqueous composition comprising in the aqueous phase microcapsules, which comprise a shell and a core, where the core contains a pesticide; sulfonate; and a codispersant of the formula (I) as defined below. The invention further relates to a method of preparing said composition by synthesizing the microcapsules in the aqueous phase in the presence of the sulfonate and the codispersant. Finally, the invention relates to a method of controlling phytopathogenic fungi and/or undesired plant growth and/or undesired insect or mite attack and/or for regulating the growth of plants, wherein said composition is allowed to act on the respective pests, their environment or the crop plants to be protected from the respective pest, on the soil and/or on undesired plants and/or on the crop plants and/or on their environment; and to seed containing said composition.

Abstract: Microcapsules comprising a core (a) and a shell (b), wherein the core comprises a salt of an anionic pesticide (a1) and optionally a water immiscible solvent (a2), wherein the cation of the salt of the anionic pesticide is an ammonium, phosphonium or sulfonium cation, wherein the groups on the ammonium, phosphonium or sulfonium cation, taken together contain at least 12 and no more than 50 cation atoms and wherein the ratio of the number of carbon atoms in the group with the largest number of carbon atoms to the average number of carbon atoms of all groups on the N, P or S-atom is less than 3.0.

Abstract: Microcapsules comprising a core (a) and a shell (b), wherein the core comprises a salt of an anionic pesticide (a1) and optionally a water immiscible solvent (a2), wherein the cation of the salt of the anionic pesticide is an ammonium, phosphonium or sulfonium cation, wherein the groups on the ammonium, phosphonium or sulfonium cation, taken together contain at least 12 and no more than 50 cation atoms and wherein the ratio of the number of carbon atoms in the group with the largest number of carbon atoms to the average number of carbon atoms of all groups on the N, P or S-atom is less than 3.0.