Abstract: Provided is a method for charging a powdery heat insulator into a thermally insulated, double-shelled tank between its inner vessel and outer vessel. The method comprises causing a powdery heat insulator to flow together with water into a space between the inner vessel and outer vessel of a thermally insulated, double-shelled tank, discharging the water in said space, and then drying the powdery heat insulator. The pressure in the space is then also reduced. The drying of the powdery heat insulator can be carried out by heating either the inner vessel or outer vessel, or both of these vessels, or by inert gas flow, such as nitrogen gas.

Abstract: A compound of the formula: ##STR1## useful as a fungicidal agent against phytopathogenic fungi, particularly their strains resistant to benzimidazole, thiophanate and/or cyclic imide fungicides.

Abstract: The present invention relates to one of the two geometrical isomers (a compound defined as I-A isomer in the description below) of a triazole compound represented by the formula (I) or (II), ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is a hydrogen atom, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.4 alkenyl or 2-propynyl group, R.sub.2 is a C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, cyclopropyl or 1-methylcyclopropyl group, R.sub.3, which may be the same or different, is a halogen atom, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, halogen-substituted C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy, phenoxy, phenyl, cyano or nitro group, n is an integer of 0 to 3, and the term, halogen, means chlorine, bromine and fluorine atoms, its salts, production thereof and a fungicide, herbicide and/or plant growth regulator for agriculture and horticulture containing said compound as an active ingredient.

Abstract: A fungicidal composition which comprises as an active ingredient a compound of the formula: ##STR1## wherein X is a halogen atom, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkyl group or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkoxy group, and an inert carrier or diluent.

Abstract: A compound of the formula: ##STR1## useful as a fungicidal agent against phytopathogenic fungi, particularly their strains resistant to benzimidazole, thiophanate and/or dicarboximide fungicides.

Abstract: Use of an N-phenylcarbamate of the formula: ##STR1## as a fungicidal agent against phytopathogenic fungi, particularly strains which are resistant to benzimidazole thiophanate fungicides and/or cyclic imide fungicides.

Abstract: A compound of the formula: ##STR1## useful as a fungicidal agent against phytopathogenic fungi, particularly strains thereof which are resistant to benzimidazole or thiophanate fungicides and/or cyclic imide fungicides.

Abstract: A compound of the formula: ##STR1## useful as a fungicidal agent against phytopathogenic fungi, particularly their strains resistance to benzimidazole or thiophanate fungicides and/or cyclic imide fungicides.

Abstract: Use of an anilide of the formula: ##STR1## as a fungicidal agent against phytophatogenic fungi, particularly their strains resistant to benzimidazole thiophanate fungicides and/or cyclic imide fungicides.

Abstract: A compound of the formula: ##STR1## useful as a fungicidal agent against phytopathogenic fungi, particularly their strains resistant to benzimidazole and thiophanate fungicides and/or cyclic imide fungicides.

Abstract: A tri-organotin silatrane derivative represented by the general formula (I) ##STR1## wherein the R.sup.1 groups are identical or different and each represents an alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl or aralkyl group, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are identical or different and each represents a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group, and m is a number of 2 or 3.The tri-organotin silatrane derivatives of the formula (I) are prepared by subjecting a 1-mercaptoalkylsilatrane and a tri-organotin hydroxide or bis(tri-organotin) oxide to a dehydration reaction, or reacting a 1-mercaptoalkylsilatrane derivative with a tri-organotin halide in the presence of a dehydrohalogenation agent, or subjecting a trialkoxysilane and a trialkanolamine to an ester-interchange reaction in the presence of an alkaline catalyst.The tri-organotin silatrane derivatives of the formula (I) are useful for an agricultural-horticultural pesticide, an industrial fungicide, an epidemic-preventing insecticide or an antifouling agent.

Abstract: A compound of the formula: ##STR1## useful as a fungicidal agent against phytopathogenic fungi, and particularly against strains resistant to benzimidazole, thiophanate and/or cyclic imide fungicides.

Abstract: A compound of the formula: ##STR1## useful as a fungicidal agent against phytopathogenic fungi, and particularly against strains resistant to benzimidazole, thiophanate and/or cyclic imide fungicides.

Abstract: A compound of the formula: ##STR1## useful as a fungicidal agent against phytopathogenic fungi, and particularly against strains resistant to benzimidazole, thiophanate and/or cyclic imide fungicides.

Abstract: A fungicidal composition containing as an active ingredient a mixture of a cyclic imide fungicide and a fungicide selected from O,O-dimethyl O-(2,6-dichloro-4-methylphenyl) phosphorothioate, 2,6-dichloro-4-nitroaniline and 1,4-dichloro-2,5-dimethoxybenzene in the ratio of 1:0.1 to 1:10 by weight in a total amount of 1 to 90% by weight, and an inert carrier or diluent.

Abstract: Use of an N-phenylcarbamate of the formula: ##STR1## as a fungicidal agent against phytopathogenic fungi, particularly their strains resistant to benzimidazole thiophanate fungicides and/or cyclic imide fungicides.

Abstract: A compound of the formula: ##STR1## useful as a fungicidal agent against phytopathogenic fungi, and particularly the strains resistant to benzimidazole, thiophanate and/or cyclic imide fungicides.

Abstract: The present invention relates to one of the two geometrical isomers (a compound defined as I-A isomer in the description below) of a triazole compound represented by the formula (I) or (II), ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is a hydrogen atom, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.4 alkenyl or 2-propynyl group, R.sub.2 is a C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, cyclopropyl or 1-methylcyclopropyl group, R.sub.3, which may be the same or different, is a halogen atom, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, halogen-substituted C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy, phenoxy, phenyl, cyano or nitro group, n is an integer of 0 to 3, and the term, halogen, means chlorine, bromine and fluorine atoms, its salts, production thereof and a fungicide, herbicide and/or plant growth regulator for agriculture and horticulture containing said compound as an active ingredient.

Abstract: A soil disinfectant composition for preventing and controlling diseases caused by pathogenic fungi living in soil, which comprises an effective amount of at least one of phenylphosphinic acid and its salts as an active ingredient, and at least one inert carrier or diluent.

Abstract: Use of a compound of the formula: ##STR1## wherein X and Y are, same or different, each a lower alkyl group, a lower alkoxy group or a halogen atom and R is a methyl group or an ethyl group as a fungicidal agent against plantpathogenic fungi, particularly their drug-resistant strains.