Abstract: The present invention provides a method of reducing mycotoxin contamination of a plant and/or harvested plant material, said method comprising treating plant propagation material with one or more fungicides, germinating or growing said plant propagation material to produce a plant, and harvesting plant material from said plant.

Abstract: A herbicide combination comprising a) at least one herbicide (A) selected from the group consisting of glyphosate (A1) and its agrochemically compatible salts, and glufosinate (A2) and its agrochemically compatible salts, and b) a herbicide (B) which is a hydrate of the compound 2-chloro-5-[3,6-dihydro-3-methyl-2,6-dioxo-4-(trifluoromethyl)-1-(2H)-pyrimidinyl]-4-fluoro-N-[[methyl-(1-methylethyl)amino]sulfonyl]benzamide, and the use thereof for controlling harmful plants.

Abstract: Described are preferred methods and compositions for controlling aquatic weeds that involve the use of an ALS-inhibiting herbicidal agent such as penoxsulam in combination with endothall. Preferred herbicidal combinations allow for enhanced control when treating a body of water to control a target weed population, such as hydrilla.

Abstract: A fungicidal composition containing a fungicidally effective amount of a) a compound of Formula I and (b) at least one fungicide selected from the group consisting of myclobutanil, fenbuconazole, difenoconazole, trifloxystrobin, pentiopyrad, fluopyram, boscalid, mancozeb, and pyrimethanil provides synergistic control of selected fungi.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions that comprise extracts of oxidized tea (e.g., black tea) and methods for using such extracts in promoting plant growth, health or yield including seed germination, root development, vegetative growth, flowering, maturity, and plant yield. The present disclosure also provided portions of plants (e.g., seeds) treated with the extracts of oxidized tea.

Abstract: A method of controlling or preventing pathogenic damage or pest damage in a plant propagation material, a plant, parts of a plant and/or plant organs that grow at a later point in time, which comprises applying on the plant, part of the plant, or surroundings thereof, a pesticidal combination comprising, for example, at least three active ingredient components optionally together with one or more customary formulation auxiliaries, wherein component (I) is one or more of an -azole fungicide, component (II) is one or more of a phenylamide fungicide, component (III) is one or more of a strobilurin fungicide and/or one or more of a phenylpyrrole fungicide, in any desired sequence or simultaneously.

Abstract: The present application relates to surfactant compositions comprising a) at least one phosphated arylphenol alkoxylate surfactant having an average degree of alkoxylation of from 4-8; and b) at least one alkylamine alkoxylate surfactant having an average degree of alkoxylation of from 2-12 and to the use of these compositions in pesticide formulations comprising solid or encapsulated pesticidally active ingredients or formulation aids and methods for improving the re-suspension properties of pesticide suspensions.

Abstract: Compounds of Formula (I), wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1, are suitable for use as herbicides.

Abstract: Synergistic combinations are provided which are compatible with cultivated plants and which comprise herbicides selected from the group consisting of benzoylcyclohexanediones for use in rice crops Herbicidal combinations are provided comprising bensulfuron-methyl, benzobicyclon, bromobutide, cyhalofop-butyl, ethoxysulfuron, fenoxaprop-P-ethyl, fentrazamide, pyrazolynate, pyrimisulfan, sulcotrione, tefuryltrione, tembotrione and, if appropriate, isoxadifen-ethyl are described. These combinations exhibit an effect which is superior to that of the herbicides used individually.

Abstract: Biofertilizer compositions, methods for increasing nitrogen levels in soil and methods of inhibiting undesirable plant growth generally include contacting the soil with a composition comprising dried distillers solubles derived from a dry milling corn ethanol processing; and contacting the soil with the soil in amounts effective to produce the desired result, e.g., increase nitrogen levels, inhibit undesirable plant growth, and the like.

Abstract: Alkyl ether sulfates having 1 to 9 carbon atoms in the alkyl chain and 1 to 20 alkyleneoxy units in the ether moiety are suitable for use as low-foam additives for enhancing the activity of water-soluble or partially water-soluble agrochemicals. They can be used to produce low-foam preparations for crop protection.

Abstract: Ethylene response manipulation formulations are disclosed. The formulations comprise at least one ethylene response manipulation agent which is at least partially encapsulated, a polyol liquid medium, or a hydrogel medium, or a combination of polyol and hydrogel medium. A preferred ethylene response manipulation agent is 1-methylcyclopropene.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing an aqueous suspension of an organic pesticide compound, which has a solubility in water of not more than 2 g/l at 20° C. and a melting point of not more than 110° C. and which is capable of forming at least one crystalline modification, wherein the organic pesticide compound is present in the form of essentially crystalline particles, which process comprises: a) providing an aqueous emulsion of the organic pesticide compound, wherein the organic pesticide compound is present in the form droplets of an amorphous form of the organic pesticide compound, and b) addition of an aqueous suspension of said organic pesticide compound, wherein the organic pesticide compound is present in the form of essentially crystalline particles, wherein the addition in step b) is performed at a temperature below the melting temperature of the crystalline form of the organic pesticide compound.

Abstract: Compositions comprising a first component comprising an agriculturally acceptable complex mixture of dissolved organic material characterized by natural organic matter that is partially humified and at least one agriculturally acceptable microorganism. A method comprising contacting a seed with a first component comprising an agriculturally acceptable complex mixture of dissolved organic material characterized by natural organic matter that is partially humified and at least one agriculturally acceptable microorganism, providing enhancement of at least one of nodulation, germination, emergence, root development, and nutrient uptake compared to seed not contacted with the first component or the at least one agriculturally acceptable microorganism.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of at least one compound, selected from the group consisting of tebuconazole, epoxiconazole, metconazole, cyproconazole, prothioconazole and any mixtures thereof, for increasing the resistance of plants to abiotic stress factors.

Abstract: The present invention provides a composition for controlling plant diseases comprising, as active ingredients, a compound represented by formula (1) and ethaboxam.

Abstract: Novel compositions for use to enhance weed control. Specifically, methods and compositions that modulate dihydropteroate synthase in weed species. The present invention also provides for combinations of compositions and methods that enhance weed control.

Abstract: An herbicide/insecticide composition containing (a) a pyridine carboxylic acid component and (b) an insecticide component provides synergistic control of selected weeds.

Abstract: A composition for controlling pests comprising a mixture of plant material obtainable from a mustard plant of the species Sinapis alba and plant material obtainable from a mustard plant of the species Brassica juncea is described.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to cryoprotection of plants. The compositions and methods disclosed herein provide a means for protecting plants from frost or freeze damage or death due to sudden exposure to low temperature conditions. The present disclosure further relates to methods for providing cryoprotection to plants.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel methods of increasing the abiotic environmental stress tolerance of a plant, to methods of improving the quality and/or yield of a plant crop, to methods of application of a cyclopropene such as 1-MCP to a plant, and to crops produced using said methods.

Abstract: Compounds and methods that release 1-methylcyclopropene, 1-trifluoromethylcyclopropene, and other substituted cyclopropenes are disclosed. The compounds and methods overcome present limitations for storage, transportation, and application of the cyclopropene containing compounds by using light, including sunlight, and/or heat as the primary release trigger. Additional products released include innocuous gases and value added aryl-group compounds.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel suspension concentrate and suspoemulsion formulations comprising a herbicidally active amount of 2-(2?-nitro-4?-methylsulphonylbenzoyl)-1,3-cyclohexanedione(mesotrione), as well as agrochemically acceptable salts thereof, having a particle size, as defined herein, of less than 1 micron and to the use of thereof in controlling weeds in crops of useful plants.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an isomeric composition comprising isomers of dinitro-octylphenyl esters, wherein the 2,6-dinitro-4-(1-propylpentyl)phenyl ester isomer is present in an amount of less than 0.1 weight percent, based on the total weight of the isomeric composition and to synergistic fungicidal mixtures therefrom.

Abstract: The instant disclosure provides methods to identify herbicidal compositions that consist of a combination of compounds that inhibit the growth of or kill undesired plant species in a synergistic manner. Also provided are herbicidal compositions identified using this method.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for obtaining O/W emulsions by emulsifying various to-be-emulsified material without the use of any organic solvent, and drying and making into powder the O/W emulsion. The invention relates to a method for producing an O/W emulsion including after preliminarily dispersing a to-be-emulsified material and an interfacially active organic compound in water, heating the preliminary dispersion to a temperature equal to or higher than the melting point of the to-be-emulsified material and equal to or higher than the phase transition temperature of a self-assembled product of the interfacially active organic compound in the absence of an organic solvent, and performing emulsification under a pressure.

Abstract: The invention relates to an aqueous dispersion comprising microcapsules, the capsule wall of which is formed from radically polymerized monomers and the capsule core of which comprises at least one oil, in which the capsule core comprises at least one lipophilic surfactant and the continuous phase of the dispersion comprises at least one agrochemical. In addition, the invention relates to a process for the preparation of an aqueous dispersion by (i) providing an aqueous dispersion comprising microcapsules, the capsule wall of which is formed from radically polymerized monomers and the capsule core of which comprises at least one oil and at least one lipophilic surfactant (microcapsule crude dispersion), and (ii) mixing with at least one agrochemical.

Abstract: Novel compositions for use to enhance weed control. Specifically, the present invention provides for methods and compositions that modulate protoporphyrinogen IX oxidase in weed species. The present invention also provides for combinations of compositions and methods that enhance weed control.

Abstract: Provided are novel compositions for use to enhance weed control. Specifically, the present invention provides for methods and compositions that modulate Phytoene desaturase in weed species. The present invention also provides for combinations of compositions and methods that enhance weed control.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel compositions for use to enhance weed control. Specifically, the present invention provides for methods and compositions that modulate glutamine synthetase in weed species. The present invention also provides for combinations of compositions and methods that enhance weed control.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of compositions that, when applied to citrus, are capable of controlling the psyllids Trioza erytreae and Diaphorina citri, vectors of bacteria of the genus Candidatus liberibacter, which cause the disease known as Huanglongbing (HLB), deemed to be the most destructive disease currently to affect citrus crops worldwide. These compositions may contain, without distinction, or jointly, as active components, vitamin K3, soluble derivatives thereof (preferably menadione sodium bisulphite [MSB]) or sparingly soluble derivatives thereof (preferably menadione nicotinamide bisulphite [MNB]), with respective concentrations of between 0.0001 and 200 ppm, 0.001 and 10 000 ppm, preferably vitamin K3 between 0.001 and 100 ppm, MSB between 0.01 and 5000 ppm, and MNB between 0.01 and 5000 ppm.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions that include a combination of one or more pesticides and one or more adjuvants.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel trifluoromethoxyphenyl-substituted tetramic acid derivatives of the formula (I), in which J, X, Y, A, B, D and G have the meanings given above, to a number of processes for their preparation, and to their use as pesticides and/or herbicides. The invention further provides selective herbicidal compositions which comprise, firstly, trifluoromethoxyphenyl-substituted tetramic acid derivatives and, secondly, a crop plant compatibility-improving compound. The invention further relates to the boosting of the action of crop protection compositions comprising compounds of the formula (I) through the additions of ammonium salts or phosphonium salts and optionally penetrants.

Abstract: A description is given of herbicidal compositions comprising A) tembotrione and B) at least one additional herbicide. These compositions exhibit a superior action in comparison with the herbicides applied separately.

Abstract: An odor mitigating agricultural fumigant includes a mixture of DMDS and 1,3-dichloropropene, which is added to the mixture as an ingredient of Telone® or Telone II®. This mixture significantly reduces the Mercaptan-like odor that normally accompanies Paladin® (DMDS) and Paladin® based mixtures.

Abstract: There is a need for a selective, low-risk herbicide that can be used to control weeds in cereal cultures and turf. The present invention discloses that a bacterial secondary metabolite, thaxtomin and optionally another herbicide is an effective herbicide on broadleaved, sedge and grass weeds. Thaxtomin A and structurally similar compounds can be used as natural herbicides to control the germination and growth of weeds in cereal, turf grass, Timothy grass and pasture grass cultures with no phytotoxicity to these crops. As a natural, non-toxic compound, thaxtomin can be used as a safe alternative for weed control in both conventional and organic farming and gardening systems.

Abstract: Methods for producing plants with multiple herbicide resistance are provided, in which the plants contain at least two basic genes, the first basic gene comprising a coding sequence encoding a mutated HPPD, and the second basic gene encoding an enzyme conferring on plants tolerance to a herbicide. Methods for herbicidal treatment of plants are also provided.

Abstract: A seed composition comprising a seed and a first component comprising an agriculturally acceptable complex mixture of dissolved organic material characterized by natural organic matter that is partially humified and methods of seed treating. A method comprising contacting a seed with a first component comprising an agriculturally acceptable complex mixture of dissolved organic material characterized by natural organic matter that is partially humified, where the first component enhances at least one of germination, emergence, root development, seedling vigor, seedling growth, mortality resistance, chlorophyll production, cold resistance, water log resistance, and nutrient uptake compared to similar seed not contacted with the first component.

Abstract: Provided is an herbicidal composition which can be applied at a low dose as compared with individual application, and thus is effective to reduce the environmental load on a place where the composition is applied or a periphery thereof, of which the herbicidal spectrum is enlarged, and of which the herbicidal effects last over a long period of time. The herbicidal composition has as active ingredients (a) a herbicidal benzoylpyrazole compound represented by the formula (I) or its salt: wherein Q is —C(O)SR3 or a hydrogen atom, R1 is alkyl or cycloalkyl, R2 is a hydrogen atom or alkyl, R3 is alkyl, cycloalkyl or the like, R4 is alkyl, haloalkyl or the like, R5 is a hydrogen atom, alkyl or the like, R6 is haloalkyl, halogen or the like, and (b) a further herbicidal compound.

Abstract: The invention relates to aqueous, aluminum silicate-free, highly concentrated suspension concentrates, containing the active substance metribuzin, one or more surfactants based on nonionic polymers from the ‘acrylic grafted polymers’ group, one or more thickeners based on anionic heteropolysaccharides from the xanthan gum group, one or more wetting agents and optionally other components such as antifoaming agents, antifreeze agents and preservatives and other surfactants differing from the aforesaid components.

Abstract: Disclosed is a microcapsule composition for inhibiting an ethylene response in plants, which comprises a plurality of microcapsules, each including an agent for blocking an ethylene binding site in plants in an oil droplet, and a coating encapsulating the oil droplet and the agent for blocking the ethylene binding site in plants. A method for preparing microcapsules of an agent for blocking the ethylene binding site in plants, and a method for inhibiting an ethylene response in plants are also disclosed.

Abstract: Improved aqueous herbicidal compositions comprising at least one water-soluble herbicide and a gel forming agent are provided. The compositions are generally characterized as pseudoplastic, elastic and having a relatively high stationary viscosity. The compositions provide enhanced foliar retention and resistance to drying thereby allowing for improved uptake of the herbicide into the plants and/or translocation within the plant in order to more effectively kill the plants at reduced application rates in kilograms of herbicide per hectare, even in the absence of a surfactant. Methods for confined application of the compositions of the invention to control the growth of unwanted plants are also provided.

Abstract: A composition for controlling pests comprising a mixture of plant material obtainable from a mustard plant of the species Sinapis alba and plant material obtainable from a mustard plant of the species Brassica juncea is described.

Abstract: Fumigant compositions including hexafluoropropene or 1,1,3,3,3-pentafluoropropene, and methods of preparing such compositions, are provided herein. The fumigant compositions may be suitable for use as soil fumigant compositions and structural fumigant compositions against a variety of undesirable species such as weeds, nematodes, pathogens, animals and insects. The fumigant compositions also have low toxicity and low Global Warming Potential.

Abstract: A combination treatment of N-(phenylethyl)succinamic acid or its salts and a plant growth regulator applied as a seed treatment or applied directly on or near the root zone of the seedling or growing plant promotes plant growth is disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel compositions for use to enhance weed control. Specifically, the present invention provides for methods and compositions that modulate 4-hydroxyphenyl-pyruvate-dioxygenase in weed species. The present invention also provides for combinations of compositions and methods that enhance weed control.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes making a pteredin phenyl pentanedioic (3P) formulation by providing an aqueous solution including one of more 3P molecules neutralized with one or more of an alkali, an alkali earth metal hydroxide, or an alkali carbonate; adding to the aqueous solution one of a surfactant, dispersant, or additive with the guest molecules; and non-covalently crosslinking the 3P formulation by exposing the 3P formulation to an excess solution of multivalent cation salt.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method for anti-sprouting and possible fungicidal treatment of bulbs and/or tubers comprising simultaneous, separate or time-staggered applications to the said bulbs and/or tubers of: eugenol and/or clove oil, and L-carvone and/or mint oil.

Abstract: A herbicidal composition for controlling weeds in orchard lands or non-crop lands which comprises (a) N-(7-fluoro-3,4-dihydro-3-oxo-4-prop-2-ynyl-2H-1,4-benzeoxazin-6-yl) cyclohex-1-ene-1,2-dicarboxamide and (b) 1-(4,6-dimethoxypyrimidin-2-yl)-3-(2-ethylsulfonylimidazo[1,2-a]pyridin-3-ylsulfonyl)urea as active ingredients, and a mixing ratio (the weight ratio of the active ingredient (a) to the active ingredient (b) of which is from 1:0.1 to 10.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a composition comprising i) a microencapsulated pesticide, ii) a dispersant selected from the group consisting of a lignin, b) a lignosulfonate salt and c) a lignosulfonate salt combined with the sodium salt of substituted naphthalene sulfonate formaldehyde polymer, iii) a salt selected from the group consisting of magnesium sulfate, sodium chloride, sodium nitrate and calcium chloride, and iv) a non-encapsulated pesticide. The present invention is also directed to methods of making and using the compositions of the present invention.