Abstract: The present invention relates to a fungicidal composition comprising at least one fungicidal compound of the family of anilinopyrimidines and imazalil, and the use of such a composition combining these active compounds for controlling plant diseases or the phytopathogenic fungi present or capable of appearing on plants.

Abstract: There is provided a novel pesticidal emulsifiable concentrate composition that contains a phenoxypropionate herbicide (e.g., quizalofop-p-ethyl), a polar solvent (e.g., N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone), non-polar solvent (e.g., aromatic or aliphatic hydrocarbon) and a surfactant (e.g., polyoxyethylene castor oil ether, polyoxyethylene styryl phenyl ether), and that is improved in low-temperature stability and emulsion stability.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel compositions of biologically active agents containing less than 50% by weight of a low use rate agrochemical active and a dispersing agent, which exhibit enhanced bio-availability on dilution and application in water.

Abstract: Herein are disclosed a tillering promoter for a plant comprising an amino acid, especially proline, or inosine in addition thereto, as effective ingredient(s), and a method for tillering promotion for a plant wherein the tillering promoter is especially applied onto the leaf surfaces, in accordance with which are provided a tillering promoter for a plant which enables the reduction of the amount of fertilizer hitherto used in a large amount and the maintenance of a satisfactory green state by promoting the tillering of a plant, especially lawn grass without requiring the application of pesticides and plant hormones, also exhibits growth promotion and coloring promotion of leaves, is not a chemical fertilizer, and does not adversely affect the environment and men and beasts, and a method for applying the same.

Abstract: Herbicidal compositions comprising A) at least one herbicidally active compound from the group of the substituted phenylsulfonylureas of the formula I and their agriculturally accepted, i.e. acceptable and compatible, salts in which R1 is (C1-C8)-alkyl, (C3-C4) -alkenyl, (C3-C4)-alkynyl or (C1-C4)-alkyl, which is mono- to tetrasubstituted by radicals from the group consisting of halogen and (C1-C2)-alkoxy; R2 is I or CH2NHSO2CH3; R3 is methyl or methoxy; and Z is N or CH; and B) at least one herbicidally active compound from the group of the compounds consisting of Ba) herbicides which are selective in rice, mainly against grasses, Bb) herbicides which are selective in rice, mainly against dicotyledonous harmful plants and cyperaceae, Bc) herbicides which are selective in rice, mainly against cyperaceae, and Bd) herbicides which are selective in rice, mainly against grasses an dicotyledenous harmful plants and also against harmful cyperaceae plants.

Abstract: Described are herbicidal compositions comprising A) at least one compound from the benzoylcyclohexanedione group and B) at least one compound from the group of the herbicides which act selectively against monocotyledonous and/or dicotyledonous harmful plants in rice. These compositions have a superior action compared with the herbicides employed individually.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel herbicidal synergistic active compound combinations comprising on the one hand known N-aryl-triazolin(ethi)ones and on the other hand known herbicidally active compounds and/or compounds which improve crop plant compatibility and which can be used with particularly good results for the selective control of weeds in various crops of useful plants.

Abstract: The invention provides synergistic active compound combinations which are comprised of a carbamoyltriazolinone and at least one herbicidally active compound. The combinations of the present invention find use in controlling plant growth, including weeds.

Abstract: Described are herbicidal compositions comprising A) at least one compound from the benzoylcyclohexanedione group and B) at least one compound from the group of the herbicides which act selectively against monocotyledonous and/or dicotyledonous harmful plants in rice. These compositions have a superior action compared with the herbicides employed individually.

Abstract: In this application is disclosed a growth promoter for gramineous plants such as lawns and the like, and the like, which comprises, as the active ingredient, serine alone or both serine and inosine. The growth promoter is not a chemical fertilizer and does not adversely affect the environment and humans and animals.

Abstract: A composition which comprises a) at least one sulfonylurea of the formula I  wherein the radicals R1 to R5 and the index n are as defined in the specification, or an environmentally compatible salt of the sulfonylurea, and b) at least one herbicidal compound selected from groups b1 to b41 as defined in the specification, or an environmentally compatible salt of the herbicidal compound, and which exhibits a synergistic herbicidal effect.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel herbicidal active compound combinations which comprise, on the one hand, known N-aryl-uracils and, on the other hand, known herbicidally active compounds and/or compounds which improve crop plant compatibility, which combinations can be used with particularly good results for controlling monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous weeds in various crops of useful plants, but also for controlling monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous weeds in the semi- and non-selective area.

Abstract: There are described new active compound combinations of a compound of the formula (I) with known fungicidal active compounds, and their use for combating phytopathogenic fungi.

Abstract: The invention provides surfactant systems comprising alkyl polyglycosides, anionic surfactants and basic compounds. The invention also provides agricultural compositions comprising agriculturally active compounds, alkyl polyglycosides, anionic surfactants and basic compounds. The surfactant systems and agricultural compositions may further comprise nonionic surfactants.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel herbicidal synergistic active compound combinations comprising heteroaryloxy-acetamides and known herbicidally active compounds and/or safeners listed in the description, which active compound combinations can be used with particularly good results for the selective control of weeds in crops of various useful plants.

Abstract: Undesired plant growth in cultivations of useful plants which are resistant to phopho-herbicides, may be controlled with herbicidal compositions, which contain, in addition to the usual inert formulation assistants, a phospho-herbicide and a synergistic amount of at least one further herbicide selected from the group comprising prosulfuron, primisulfuron, dicamba, pyridate, dimethenamide and its S-enantiomer, metolachlor and its S-enantiomer, fluometuron, propaquizafop, atrazine, clodinafop, norflurazone, ametryn, terbutylazine, simazine, prometryn, NOA-402989, as well as the compounds of formulae 1

Abstract: The present invention provides herbicidal active compound combinations which comprise, N-aryl-uracils and herbicidally active compounds and/or compounds which improve crop plant compatibility. The combinations find use in controlling monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous weeds in crops of useful plants.

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 (1) at least one compound of formula I:  in which R1, R2, A, m and n are as defined in claim 1; and (2) at least one additional herbicidal compound, which is active against broad-leaved weeds and/or annual grasses; and/or (3) at least one additional safening compound; which provides a synergistic effect against a broad spectrum of weed species, e.g., in cereal crops and/or reduces crop injuries. The invention also provides a respective method for controlling weeds and/or reducing crop injuries.

Abstract: Liquid herbicidal composition, containing a grass herbicide that is suspended or dissolved in a non-aqueous liquid phase, a herbicide of the sulfonylurea type that is suspended in a non-aqueous liquid phase, and at least one surface-active substance.

Abstract: A method for enhancing the effectiveness of post-emergent herbicides consists of the addition, to the post-emergent herbicidal composition, of an effective amount of a carboxylic acid diester of the formula:

Abstract: The invention relates to novel herbicidal synergistic active compound combinations which comprise firstly arylsulphonylaminocarbonyltriazolinones and secondly herbicidally active compounds and/or safeners listed in the description, and which can be used with particularly good results for the selective control of weeds in various crops of useful plants.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel active compound combinations of certain cyclic ketoenols and certain active compounds that together have unexpectedly good insecticidal and acaricidal properties.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel composition comprising a mixture of potassium 1-[4-chlorophenyl]-1,4 dihydro-6-methyl-4-oxopyridazine-3-carboxylate is in the range of from 1 ppm to 300 ppm and potassium 1-[4-fluoro-3-chlorophenyl]-1,4 dihydro-6-methyl-4-oxopyridazine-3-carboxylate and a non-ionic surfactant for hybrid seed production. The composition of the invention enhances functional male sterility with improved female fertility facilitating commercial production of hybrid seed of wheat and other crops, cereals in particular, across a range of environments.

Abstract: A synergistic herbicidal mixture comprising

Abstract: Herbicidal compositions comprising

Abstract: Herbicide combinations comprising an effective amount of components (A), (B) and (C) have improved herbicidal action:

Abstract: The present invention describes the use of 5-bromoindole-3-acetic acid (5-B-IAA) as an auxin affecting plant cell growth. The invention relates to the use of 5-B-IAA compositions to affect growth in monocotyledonous as well as in dicotyledonous plants. The invention also describes the use of 5-B-IAA in plant growth affecting compositions for the regeneration of both plant tissues and transgenic plant tissues. Further, the invention provides plant growth affecting compositions comprising 5-B-IAA alone or in a mixture comprising one or more additional plant growth regulators, such as cytokinin, etc.

Abstract: Herbicidal compositions comprising

Abstract: Agrochemical formulations comprising a) at least one agrochemically active compound, b) 2-ethyl-hexanol alkoxylate of the formula  in which P represents E represents —CH2—CH2— and the numbers 8 and 6 are average values and c) optionally additives, a process for preparing these formulations and their use for applying the active compounds they comprise are described.

Abstract: Described are herbicidal compositions comprising A) at least one compound from the benzoylcyclohexanedione group and B) at least one compound from the group of the herbicides which act selectively against monocotyledonous and/or dicotyledonous harmful plants in maize. These compositions have a superior action compared with the herbicides employed individually.

Abstract: A solid herbicidal composition, comprising (1) 1-(4,6-dimethoxypyrimidin-2-yl)-3-(3-trifluoromethyl-2-pyridylsulfonyl)urea or a salt thereof, (2) at least one member selected from the group consisting of N-(phosphonomethyl)glycine, 4-[hydroxy(methyl)phosphinoyl]-homoalanine, 4-[hydroxy(methyl)phosphinoyl]-homoalanylalanylalanine and salts thereof, (3) a surfactant, and (4) a stabilizer.

Abstract: There are provided a novel herbicidal composition and method for controlling weeds, the composition comprising the uracil herbicide of Compound A wherein: R1 represents hydrogen or halogen; R2 represents halogen or cyano; R3 represents C1-4 alkyl; R4 represents hydrogen, C1-5 acyl, or benzoyl which may be substituted with R5 which represents one to five substituents selected from the group consisting of halogen, C1-4 alkyl, and C1-4 alkoxy, and at least one compound selected from the group consisting of flurilazole (Compound B), diclonon (Compound C), MON 4660 (Compound D), and benoxacor (Compound E):

Abstract: Solid mixtures comprising a) an active ingredient from the group of the sulfonylureas and b) a sulfate- or sulfonate-containing surfactant.

Abstract: Selectively herbicidal composition for the control of grasses and weeds in crops of useful plants, comprising a) a herbicidally effective amount of a compound of formula I  wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1; b) an amount, which is effective for antagonism of the herbicide, of a safener selected from cloquintocet, an alkal metali, alkaline earth metal, sulfonium or ammonium cation of cloquintocet, or cloquintocet-mexyl, mefenpyr, an alkali metal, alkaline earth metal, sulfonium or ammonium cation of mefenpyr, and mefenpyr-diethyl; and c) an additive comprising an oil of vegetable or animal origin, or a mineral oil, alkyl esters thereof or mixtures of those oils and oil derivatives.

Abstract: A herbicidal composition comprising, in addition to conventional inert formulation adjuvants, the compound of formula I 1

Abstract: Herbicide combinations comprising an amount of components (A) and (B) have improved herbicidal action:

Abstract: A synergistic herbicidal mixture comprising A) at least one benzoyl compound of formula I  or a salt thereof wherein R1, R3 are hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, halogenalkyl, alkoxy, halogenalkoxy, alkylthio, alkylsulfinyl or alkylsulfonyl; R2 is optionally substituted thiazol-2-yl, thiazol-4-yl, thiazol-5-yl, isoxazol-3-yl, isoxazol-4-yl, isoxazol-5-yl, 4,5-dihydroisoxazol-3-yl, 4,5-dihydroisoxazol-4-yl or 4,5-dihydroisoxazol-5-yl; R4 is hydrogen, halogen or alkyl; R5 is alkyl; R6 is hydrogen or alkyl; and, B) a synergistically effective amount of at least one further herbicidal compound as defined in the specification, compositions comprising these mixtures, processes for the preparation of these compositions, and their use for controlling undesired plants.

Abstract: Herbicide combinations comprising an amount of components (A) and (B) have improved herbicidal action,

Abstract: A herbicidal synergistic composition, comprising, besides customary inert formulation auxiliaries, a compound of formula I and a synergistically active amount of at least one active ingredient selected from among the compounds of formula II  in which A is a group X is —O—, —CH2— or —NH—; Y is OCH3; E is N; R1 is OC2H5, O(CH2)2OCH3

Abstract: A regeneration medium for use in wheat transformation which utilises copper at a concentration in a range from greater than 50 &mgr;M to less than or equal to 300 &mgr;M and a growth hormone at a concentration in a range from 0.05 to 10 mg l−1 are disclosed. Growth hormone is added to the regeneration medium if wheat tissue or cell has not been treated with a growth hormone after callus induction and prior to using the wheat regeneration medium. A method for producing a transformed wheat plant using this regeneration medium is also disclosed.

Abstract: A method for enhancing the effectiveness of post-emergent herbicides consists of the addition, to the post-emergent herbicidal composition, of an effective amount of a compound of the formula R1COO−X+ (I) wherein R1 is a C7 to C11 hydrocarbyl group optionally substituted with one or more hydroxyl or C1-C5 hydrocarbyl groups, and X is ammonium. The advantages of using a compound of formula (I) with the post-emergent herbicide include a faster visual phytotoxic response, better weed control and use of less post-mergent herbicide.

Abstract: Herbicide combinations with a content of components (A) and (B) have synergistic herbicidal effects: (A) one or more herbicides of the formula (I) or their salts,  where R1, R2, R3, X, Y and Z are as defined in claim 1, and (B) one or more herbicides selected from amongst the specific herbicides of the following groups of compounds: (B1) herbicides which act selectively in some dicotyledonous crops against monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous harmful plants, (B2) herbicides which act selectively in some dicotyledonous crops, predominantly against dicotyledonous harmful plants, and (B3) herbicides which act selectively in some dicotyledonous crops, predominantly against monocotyledonous harmful plants.

Abstract: Liquid herbicidal composition, containing a grass herbicide that is suspended or dissolved in a non-aqueous liquid phase, a herbicide of the sulfonylurea type that is suspended in a non-aqueous liquid phase, and at least one surface-active substance.

Abstract: Herbicide combinations which contain components (A) and (B) have synergistic herbicidal effects on: (A) one or more herbicides of the formula (I) or their salts,  in which R1, R2, R3, X, Y and Z are defined as in claim 1, and (B) one or more herbicides from the group of the compounds consisting of (B1) foliar- and soil-acting herbicides which are effective selectively in cereals and some dicotyledonous crops against monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous harmful plants, (B2) herbicides which are effective selectively in cereals and some dicotyledonous crops against predominantly dicotyledonous harmful plants and (B3) herbicides which are to be employed nonselectively or in specifically tolerant crops and are effective against monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous harmful plants.

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: A herbicidal synergistic composition, comprising, besides customary inert formulation auxiliaries, a compound of formula I 1

Abstract: The present invention provides to a herbicidal composition comprising as the effective components A) at least one substituted acetanilide derivative of the formula I: □EMBED ChemDraw.Document.4.5 □□□  wherein n is an integer of 1 or 2 R is H, halogen, C1-4 alkyl or C1-2 alkoxy Q is cyanomethyl or propargyl X is halogen B) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of aryloxyalkanoic acids, aromatic carboxylic acids, ureas, triazines, anilides, hydroxybenzonitriles, quaternary ammonium salts, triketones, aryloxyphenoxypropionic acids, oximes, sulfonylureas, imidazolinones, dinitroanilines, chloroacetanilides, oxyacetamides, thiocarbamates, amides, semicarbazones, amino acids, and inhibitors of protoporphyrinogen oxidase that includes diphenyl ethers, substituted uracils, pyrazoles, triazolinones and triazolopyridinones.

Abstract: A herbicidal composition comprising a sulfonylurea derivative of formula (I) wherein Q is —CH═CH— or —S—, R is straight or branched C1-3 alkyl, and X is —CH3 or —CH3, or an agriculturally acceptable salt thereof, and at least one co-herbicide selected from: urea herbicides, imidazolinone herbicides, diphenyl ether herbicides, hydroxybenzonitrile herbicides, 2-(4-aryloxyphenoxy)alkanoic acid herbicides and oxime herbicides, carbamate and thiocarbamate herbicides, quaternary ammonium salt herbicides, triazole herbicides, phytohormone herbicides, including aryloxyalkanoic acid herbicides, arenecarboxylic acid herbicides, pyridinecarboxylic acid herbicides, and pyridyloxyacetic acid herbicides, 2,6-dinitroaniline herbicides, amide herbicides, and anilide herbicides, the respective herbicidal constituents being present in amounts such that the compositions display selectivity of herbicidal action with respect to crops being treated pre- or post-emergent an

Abstract: Herein is disclosed a withering-preventing and quick-acting nutrition supplementing agent for a gramineous or the like plant such as a lawn grass or the like which agent comprises, as the effective ingredient (s), proline alone or both proline and inosine concurrently, according to which a withering preventing and quick-acting nutrition supplementing agent which is not a chemical fertilizer and does not adversely affect environment and humans and animals, as well as a method for applying the same, can be provided.

Abstract: A mixture, comprising (A) thidiazuron or thidiazuron and diuron and (B) one or more PPO inhibitors of the formula (I) W—V  (I), where the symbols have the meanings given in the description, is suitable for effecting leaf abscission of plants, in particular cotton plants.