Abstract: The present invention relates to protection of plants from unintended phytotoxic injury due to application of a herbicide to reduce competition for the plant of interest. A preferred herbicide used in the context of the present invention is clomazone. The unintended phytotoxic injury is avoided by application of a safening-effective amount of one or more of the compounds described by formula (I) wherein T and T1 are independently selected from the group of hydrogen, alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxyalkyl, alkenyl, and alkynyl; U is oxygen or sulfur, and; V, W, X, Y, and Z are independently selected from the group of hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, haloalkyl, and alkoxy. The present invention is preferably used for growing corn, wheat, and cotton in the presence of the otherwise phytoxic effects of clomazone, for example.

Abstract: The present invention concerns polymer particle vaccine delivery systems in which a water insoluble protein antigen, e.g. a lipidated HpaA protein, is incorporated with particles comprising a polymer matrix. The present invention also concerns a method for incorporating such a water insoluble protein antigen with a polymer matrix in order to produce a polymer particle vaccine delivery system. In addition, the invention also provides a vaccine composition comprising the polymer particle delivery system. The vaccine can be used to treat and/or reduce the risk of for example Helicobacter infection.

Abstract: Methods and compositions are described for the treatment of plants and plant propagation materials with an antioxidant alone or in combination with a pesticide with the result that treated plant plant propagation materials demonstrate improved germination rates, and plants that grow from treated plant propagation materials, or plants that are treated directly, show improved stand density or vigor, and/or improved yields.

Abstract: A method for reducing bacterial and fungal soil pathogens which comprises applying to a soil a chemically effective amount of a lignosulfonate, the amount preferably being between 0.05% and about 5% on a volume/weight basis. The method is effective in controlling a number of soil pathogens and can be used to treat the soil for diseases such as potato scab disease.

Abstract: Herbicide combinations (A)+(B), if appropriate in the presence of safeners, with an effective content of (A) broad-spectrum herbicides from the group (A1) glufosinate (salts) and related compounds (A2) glyphosate (salts) and related compounds such as sulfosate, (A3) imidazolinones such as imazethapyr, imazapyr, imazaquin, imazamox or their salts and (A4) herbicidal azoles from the group of the protoporphyrinogen oxidase inhibitors (PPO inhibitors) and (B) one or more herbicides from the group of the compounds consisting of (B0) one or more structurally different herbicides from the abovementioned group (A) and/or (B1) foliar- and/or soil-acting herbicides which are particularly effective selectively in cereals against monocotyledonous harmful plants and/or (B2) predominantly foliar-acting herbicides which are effective selectively in cereals against monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous harmful plants and/or (B3) foliar- and soil-acting herbicides which are effective selectively in cereals agains

Abstract: The present invention relates to a herbicidal composition comprising A) one or more sulfonylureas of the formula (I) and/or their salts  in which R1 is C2-C4-alkoxy or CO—Ra, where Ra equals OH, C1-C4-alkoxy or NRbRc, in which Rb and Rc independently of one another are identical or different and are H or C1-C4-alkyl, R2 is halogen or (A)n—NRdRe, in which n equals zero or 1, A is a group CR′R″, in which R′ and R″ independently of one another are identical or different and are H or C1-C4-alkyl, Rd equals H or C1-C4-alkyl and Re is an acyl radical and, in the event that R1 equals C2-C4-alkoxy, Re may also be H, R3 is H or C1-C4-alkyl, m equals zero or 1, X and Y independently of one another are identical or different and are C1-C6-alkyl, C1-C6-alkoxy or C1-C6-alkylthio, each of the three radicals mentioned being unsubstituted or substituted by one or more radicals selected from the group consisting of halogen, C1-C4-alkoxy and C1-C4-alkylthio, or a

Abstract: Surfactant adjuvants that improve the bioefficacy of herbicides by combining known surfactancy, or wetting characteristics, of sulfosuccinate or sulfosuccinamate-based surfactants, with the proven bioefficiacy characteristics of alkoxylated amine-based surfactants. The surfactant adjuvants contain an amine-based surfactant, and a sulfosuccinate or sulfosuccinamate-based surfactant. The surfactant adjuvants are combined with herbicidal active ingredients, and optionally, one or more formulation aids to form herbicide compositions that have a reduced tendency to cause eye and skin irritation and can be used to control unwanted weeds or vegetation.

Abstract: The invention relates to stable liquid and highly effective suspension concentrates comprising a) one or more solid herbicidally active compounds from the group of the sulfonylureas in suspended form, b) one or more active compounds which are partially or completely dissolved in component c), c) an organic solvent or solvent mixture, d) one or more nonionic emulsifiers, e) optionally one or more ionic emulsifiers, f) optionally one or more thickeners or thixotropic agents and no water or up to 30 percent by weight of water in dissolved form.

Abstract: The present invention describes the use of a combination of an agrochemically active compound and a solid carrier material which surrounds the active compound, to suppress antagonistic interactions in a mixture comprising the active compound surrounded by the carrier material, and at least one further agrochemically active compound. Preferred formulations comprising such a combination include herbicides combined with a carrier material together with a safener and/or a growth regulator. Using the formulations according to the present invention, it is possible to suppress antagonistic interactions between different active compounds.

Abstract: The invention relates to a herbicidal composition comprising a herbicidally acceptable carrier and/or surface active agent and, as active ingredient, a synergistically effective amount of

Abstract: A composition and method of protecting plants such as citrus trees, as well as other fruits and vegetable plants from damage due to exposure to frost during periods characterized by a rapid drop in ambient air temperature. The composition is formulated and applied in a manner which facilitates the formation of a coating on the exterior surfaces of the plant, thereby preventing direct contact of the frost with the exterior of the plant and preventing cellular degeneration. The composition is further formulated to have a sufficient viscosity to accomplish adequate coating yet assure easy removal during periods of rainfall or irrigation by sprinkling. The composition comprises a lignin sulfonate, which serves to regulate viscosity and a chloride salt brine solution, such as magnesium chloride, to reduce the freezing temperature.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of protecting a plant from phytotoxic injury from application to a locus thereof of a herbicidally effective amount of at least one N-phosphonomethyl-glycine. The method comprises applying to the locus of the plant the herbicidally effective amount of the N-phosphonomethyl-glycine and prior thereto, together therewith, or subsequent thereto, applying to the locus a safening amount of at least one salt. The present invention is also directed to herbicidal compositions containing such N-phosphonomethyl-glycine and salt(s).

Abstract: Herbicidal compositions containing tetrazolinone compounds and antidotal compounds therefor to reduce injury to various crops, particularly corn, wheat, rice and soya, from the phytotoxic effects of tetrazolinone herbicides when used alone or in combination with additional pesticidally active ingredients. Methods for reducing phytotoxicity or injury to crop plants, particularly corn and soya crops, due to tetrazolinone herbicides are also described.

Abstract: A lawn fertilizer to minimize or negate canine waste damage consisting of nitrogen, phosphorus and potash. The dry fertilizer is sprinkled over the canine waste damage and is compounded depending upon the season to provide starter fertilizer, summer fertilizer, and winter fertilizer.

Abstract: The novel herbicidally active compound combinations comprising (a) 1-(2-chloro-phenyl)-4-(N-cyclohexyl-N-ethyl-aminocarbonyl)-1,4-dihydro-5H- tetrazol-5-one and (b) N-(3,4-dichloro-phenyl)-propanamide (Propanil) exhibit synergistic activity at certain weight ratios and can be employed as selective herbicides in a variety of crops (for example rice and wheat).

Abstract: The disclosure herein relates to the use of a variety of antidotal compounds to safen crop plants from the phytotoxicity of azolopyrimidine sulfonamide herbicides.

Abstract: Novel herbicidal active compound combinations consisting of (a) a heteroaryloxy- acetamide of the formula (I) ##STR1## in which Het represents thiadiazolyl which is substituted by halogen or by C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl or phenyl, each of which is optionally substituted by halogen, andAr represents phenyl which is optionally substituted by halogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -halogenoalkyl, and (b) one or more compounds from a second group of herbicides (according to the description) and/or a compound which improves the tolerance by crop plants (according to the description) exhibit, at certain weight ratios, synergistic effects and/or particularly good tolerance by crop plants with high herbicidal activity.

Abstract: An antidotal food product containing activated charcoal is provided for ingestion into the gastro-intestinal tract of a user. The antidotal food product is orally administered having the visual appearance and physical properties which enables the desire on the part of young children to chew and ingest the food product. The food product in a preferred embodiment includes a substantially dry friable wafer which is adapted to be chewed by the user for ingestion. The dry friable wafer has a wafer mixture composition formed by blending a first predetermined weight of sorbent particulate composition having an initial adsorption value with respect to a toxin to a second predetermined weight of a substantially non-interfering flavored binding composition which provides for a creamy and sweet tasting food product.

Abstract: Substituted (hetero)aryl compounds, process for their preparation, agents containing them, and their use as safenersCompounds of the formula I and their salts, as defined in claim 1, are suitable as safeners for protecting crop plants against the phytotoxic side-effects of herbicides.

Abstract: The disclosure herein relates to the use of certain amides of dichloroacetic acid and other compounds as safener/antidotal compounds to reduce the phytotoxicity to crop plants, especially corn, of imidazolinone-type herbicides alone or in admixture with other co-herbicidal compounds, e.g., .alpha.-haloacetamides.

Abstract: The invention relates to crop protection agents which comprise an active substance combination of herbicide and safener. The herbicides are selected from the group comprising the ALS inhibitors (ALS=acetolactate synthase) such as sulfonylureas, imidazolines, triazolopyrimidinesulfonamides, pyrimidyloxypyridinecarboxylic acid derivatives and pyrimidyloxybenzoic acid derivatives. The safeners are compounds of the formula I ##STR1## which are as defined in claim 1, where Z and Y are N or CH, it being possible for H to be replaced by X,X is H, Hal, haloalkyl or -alkoxy, alkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, NO.sub.2, NH.sub.2, CN, alkylsulfonyl,A is alkylene or alkenylene,B is carboxyl or a derivative of the carboxyl group.The mixtures are mainly suitable for controlling harmful plants in the crops maize and cereals.

Abstract: There is provided a method for safening herbicides in crop plants by using substituted benzopyran or tetrahydronaphthalene compounds of formula I ##STR1## Further provided are compounds of formula II and compositions comprising a herbicide and an antidotally effective amount of a substituted benzopyran or tetrahydronaphthalene compound of formula I.

Abstract: A compatibility agent comprising a block copolymer of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide comprising about 30-80% ethylene oxide and about 20-70% propylene oxide which has been found useful for making pesticidal compositions compatible when combined.

Abstract: The invention relates to solid active substance formulations which contain wetting agents in combination with a surfactant (antifoam) from the group comprising perfluoroalkylphosphinic acid/perfluoroalkylphosphonic acids or their salts. The invention also relates to the use of these formulations, in particular in the preparation of spray slurries.

Abstract: A previously unsuspected cause of herbicide-induced phytotoxicity in rice is disclosed, as is a successful treatment for the problem. Fungi are responsible for dehalogenating halogenated aromatic herbicides. The dehalogenated aromatic compounds then cause serious injury to growing rice plants. The problem has been overcome by treating the herbicide with a fungicide. When fungal metabolism of the herbicide is thus inhibited, the herbicide is not dehalogenated, and the herbicide does not injure rice plants. In a preferred embodiment, the fungicide iprodione was impregnated onto the herbicide thiobencarb, greatly reducing the induced phytotoxicity of the herbicide thiobencarb, without substantially affecting the desired herbicidal activity of thiobencarb.

Abstract: The invention relates to deacetylase genes, to processes for their isolation, and to their use, in particular for the production of transgenic plants using tissue-specific promoters. It is possible to prevent the development of certain parts in these plants in a targeted manner. With the aid of deacetylase genes, it is furthermore possible to identify and isolate tissue-specific promoters in transgenic plants.

Abstract: A herbicidal composition having a reduced phytotoxicity which comprises at least one compound selected from 3-substituted phenylpyrazole derivatives such as ET-751 represented by the general formula (I): ##STR1## (wherein R is a substituent such as an alkoxy group, each of R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 is a substituent such as a lower alkyl group, Y is an oxygen atom or the like, and each of X.sup.1 and X.sup.2 is a halogen atom) and at least one specific anionic surfactant.

Abstract: A herbicidal composition comprising herbicidally effective amounts of a diphenyl ether of the formula ##STR1## at least one nitrogen containing fertilizer that is present in an amount that increases the herbicidal activity of said diphenyl ether; andone or more adjuvants.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula I ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 is hydrogen,a substituted or unsubstituted aliphatic radicalhaving up to 30 carbon atoms,a substituted or unsubstituted alicyclic radicalhaving up to 30 carbon atoms,a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic radicalhaving up to 24 carbon atoms ora substituted or unsubstituted heteroaromaticradical having up to 20 carbon atoms,R.sup.2 is an amino acid,x'=0-80,y'=0-50,x"=0-80 andy"=0-50,with at least one of the variables x', y', x" and y" being greater than 0. The compounds of the formula I are prepared by reacting the corresponding dihydrogen phosphate with the respective amino acid or salt thereof. The compounds according to the invention can be employed, for example, as surfactants for emulsifying organic solvents in water.

Abstract: Disclosed are herbicidal concentrate formulation compositions having reduced grass crop plant phytotoxicity comprising certain sulfonamide or sulfonylurea herbicides in admixture with a non-herbicidal organic or inorganic acid or mixture thereof in an amount sufficient to insure that during the post-emergent agricultural uses thereof in water diluted form the pH of the mixture is below about 5; also disclosed is the preparation of said compositions, aqueous formulations of said concentrate and the use of said formulations.

Abstract: The disclosure herein relates to means for combatting the adverse phytotoxic action to crops arising from the interaction of various herbicidal compounds and biocidal compounds, e.g., insecticidal and/or fungicidal compounds. The means employed to reduce said interaction involves the safening action of various antidotal compounds.

Abstract: A package for a liquid, to be dissolved or dispersed in water, contained in an envelope of water soluble or dispersible material, the envelope having a flexible wall and a water soluble or water dispersible heat seal.

Abstract: A package for a liquid, to be dissolved or dispersed in water, contained in an envelope of water soluble or dispersible material, the envelope having a flexible wall and a water soluble or water dispersible heat seal.

Abstract: There is provided a method for safening herbicides in crop plants by using substituted benzopyran or tetrahydronaphthalene compounds of formula I ##STR1## Further provided are compounds of formula II and compositions comprising a herbicide and an antidotally effective amount of a substituted benzopyran or tetrahydronaphthalene compound of formula I.

Abstract: A package for a liquid, to be dissolved or dispersed in water, contained in an envelope of water soluble or dispersible material, the envelope having a flexible wall and a water soluble or water dispersible heat seal.

Abstract: A package for a liquid, to be dissolved or dispersed in water, contained in an envelope of water soluble or dispersible material, the envelope having a flexible wall and a water soluble or water dispersible heat seal.

Abstract: There is provided a method for inhibiting or preventing injury to a corn plant caused by the synergistic interaction of an organophosphate compound employed for the protection of the plant against attack by insects and nematodes and the use of an acetohydroxyacid synthase-inhibiting compound employed for the control of undesirable weed species in the locus of the plant comprising the application of an effective amount of naphthalic anhydride, the dipotassium salt of naphthalic acid, dicamba, 2,4-D, dichlormid, butyl 2-[(5-chloro-8-quinolyl)oxy]acetimidate, butyl [(5-chloro-8-quinolyl)oxy]acetate, 1-methylhexyl 2-[(5-chloro-8-quinolyl)oxy]acetate or 1-carbethoxyethyl-3,6-dichloro-2-methoxybenzoate. There is also provided a safened insecticidal composition.

Abstract: A package for a liquid, to be dissolved or dispersed in water, contained in an envelope of water soluble or dispersible material, the envelope having a flexible wall and a water soluble or water dispersible heat seal.

Abstract: A package for a liquid, to be dissolved or dispersed in water, contained in an envelope of water soluble or dispersible material, the envelope having a flexible wall and a water soluble or water dispersible heat seal.

Abstract: The present invention is concerned with a process for preventing chemical injuries to vegetables, fruits or flowers caused by methyl bromide, which comprises keeping the vegetables, fruits or flowers, which have been fumigated with methyl bromide, together with (A) an agent for eliminating methyl bromide comprising at least one compound selected from the group consisting of chloric acid, chlorous acid, hypochlorous acid, phosphoric acid, phosphorous acid, hypophosphorous acid and salts thereof and/or (B) an amine. According the present invention, the chemical injuries to vegetables, fruits or flowers caused by methyl bromide can be easily prevented.