Abstract: The present invention relates to herbicidal mixture comprising L-glufosinate or its salt and at least one photosynthesis inhibitor. The invention furthermore relates to a method for controlling undesirable vegetation in burndown programs, in industrial vegetation management and forestry, in vegetable and perennial crops and in turf and lawn.

Abstract: A composition and method for chemical mechanical polishing a substrate containing tungsten to at least inhibit corrosion of the tungsten. The composition includes, as initial components: water; an oxidizing agent; a select polyethoxylated tallow amine; a dicarboxylic acid, a source of iron ions; a colloidal silica abrasive; and, optionally, a pH adjusting agent; and, optionally, a biocide. The chemical mechanical polishing method includes providing a chemical mechanical polishing pad, having a polishing surface; creating dynamic contact at an interface between the polishing pad and the substrate; and dispensing the polishing composition onto the polishing surface at or near the interface between the polishing pad and the substrate; wherein some of the tungsten is polished away from the substrate and corrosion of the tungsten is inhibited.

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: The present invention relates, inter alia, to a method of improving the tolerance of a plant, which has been genetically engineered to over express a p-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase (HPPD), to a HPPD inhibiting herbicide, said method comprising applying to said plant a water-soluble iron-containing compound. The present invention further relates to a method of selectively controlling weeds at a locus, the locus comprising weeds and crop plants, the crop plants having been genetically engineered to overexpress a HPPD which confers tolerance to a HPPD-inhibiting herbicide, the method comprising application to the locus of (i) a weed controlling amount of a HPPD-inhibiting herbicide and (ii) a water-soluble iron-containing compound. The present invention further relates to herbicidal compositions comprising a HPPD-inhibiting herbicide and a water-soluble iron-containing compound.

Abstract: Immune function of a plant can be modulated by administering a composition comprising beta glucan, where the beta glucan includes unbranched beta-(1,3)-glucan. Such unbranched beta-(1,3)-glucan can be obtained from Euglena, including heterotrophically grown Euglena. The unbranched beta-(1,3)-glucan can be in the form of paramylon and/or can be part of algae meal. The composition can further include a fertilizer, a pesticide, a fungicide, a bactericide, combinations thereof, as well as one or more various plant immune system modulators other than beta glucan. The wellbeing of the plant seed, seedling, mature plant, or harvested plant product can accordingly be improved.

Abstract: Reaction products of one or more amino acids and one or more epoxies are included in copper and copper alloy electroplating baths to provide good throwing power. Such reaction products may plate copper and copper alloys with good surface properties and good physical reliability.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a herbicidal composition comprising mesotrione and a pyridine herbicide such as dithiopyr, triclopyr, fluoroxypyr or thiazopyr. The invention also relates to methods of controlling the growth of weeds, and to the use of this composition.

Abstract: A method of effecting at least one biological process in a plant is disclosed. The method comprises contacting a part of a seed, a plant, or the locus thereof with a mixture comprising an agriculturally acceptable mixture of (i) complex polymeric polyhydroxy acids and (ii) a phytotoxic amount of one or more alkali (earth) salts and/or a synergistic amount of at least one source of an agriculturally acceptable transition metal ions.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to the field of molecules having pesticidal utility against pests in Phyla Nematoda, Arthropoda, and/or Mollusca, processes to produce such molecules and intermediates used in such processes, compositions containing such molecules, and processes of using such molecules against such pests. These molecules may be used, for example, as nematicides, acaricides, insecticides, miticides, and/or molluscicides. This document discloses molecules having the following formula (“Formula One”).

Abstract: This document discloses molecules having the following formula (“Formula One”): and processes related thereto.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of hydrazone compounds and copper for controlling the growth of fungi.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of hydrazone compounds and copper for controlling the growth of fungi.

Abstract: Presented herein are compositions comprising an antioxidant (i), a radiation manager (ii), and one or more of, a plant strengthener (iii), or a plant growth regulator (iv). Also presented herein are compositions comprising a plant strengthener (iii), and one or more of, an antioxidant (i), or a radiation manager comprising a polyoxyalkylene UV absorber (ii). Furthermore, methods of using the disclosed compositions are also provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of an active compound that inhibits the mitochondrial breathing chain at the level of the b/c1 complex for combating phytopathogenic fungi.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for controlling phytopathogenic microorganisms by treating the crop to be protected, the soil or the plant propagation material with an effective amount of copper salt particles which comprise a water-soluble polymer and which have a primary particle diameter of from 1 to 200 nm. The invention also relates to an aqueous suspension of the abovementioned copper salt particles and the use of this suspension in crop protection.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compositions and methods for increasing the leaf-to-root ratio of the signal metabolite 2-oxoglutaramate and related proline molecules in plants by modulating levels of ?-amidase to increase nitrogen use efficiency, resulting in enhanced growth, faster growth rates, greater seed and fruit/pod yields, earlier and more productive flowering, increased tolerance to high salt conditions, and increased biomass yields.

Abstract: An environmentally compatible, selective herbicidal composition is provided that includes an activator adjuvant for enhancing the efficacy of the composition. While the activator adjuvant can be used in combination with a variety of herbicides, in an exemplary embodiment the herbicidal composition includes a metal chelate that is formed from a transition metal component and at least one chelating agent. The activator adjuvant can enhance, even synergistically effect the efficacy of the composition, while maintaining the selectivity of the herbicide.

Abstract: The present invention is compositions and methods for improving seed germination rates or speed using a composition comprising at least one high valency silver ion. The compositions and methods of the present invention are effective in treating biofilms.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the novel use of Propineb for the physiological curative treatment under zinc deficiency. In addition to the physiological curative effect Propineb treatment results in higher yields even under conditions without zinc deficiency.

Abstract: The present invention encompasses a method for providing a metal to a plant in a manner such that a marketable yield trait of the plant is increased.

Abstract: The present invention provides a ternary complex on rare earth earth-amino acid-vitamin used as plant growth regulator. The complex has the general formula: REX-(AA)Y-VI-SZ,in which X=1-2;Y=0-2;Z=0-5;RE is a tervalent ion selected optionally from La, Ce, Pr, Nd and Sm; the primary ligand (AA) is amino acid selected from cystine, tyrosine, glycine, glutamic acid, leucine, proline, lysine, phenylalanine, threonine, valine and so on; the secondary ligand VI is vitamin selected from vitamin B, vitamin C, vitamin D and so on, the solvent S is one or more of tetrahydrofuran, methanol, ethanol, and/or dimethylsulfoxide. The yield of plant with root tuber or stem tuber can be increased by 20-56% and the quality thereof can be improved by 1-2 grades when applying such plant growth regulator on the plant. The advantages of the preparation method thereof lie in lesser processes and shorter reaction period.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods and compositions which include nitrate amino acid chelates that can increase the metabolic activity or metal concentration in animals and that can increase metabolic activity and nitrogen content in plants. In one embodiment, a nitrate-complexed amino acid composition can comprise a metal, an amino acid ligand, and a nitrate, wherein the amino acid ligand is chelated to the metal forming an amino acid chelate and the nitrate is complexed to the amino acid chelate. In another embodiment, a nitrate-chelated amino acid composition can comprise a metal, an amino acid ligand, and a nitrate, wherein the amino acid ligand and the nitrate are chelated to the metal forming a nitrate-chelated amino acid chelate.

Abstract: Grape sugar development is improved by applying to the vine or to the locus of the vine a composition comprising an iron chelate. Advantages include increasing the overall sugar content of grapes and increasing the rate of development the sugar. A preferred iron chelate is the iron chelate of EDDHA, available commercially as SEQUESTRENE 138 Fe 100.

Abstract: A biocidal composition comprising copper (II) oxalate.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a composition intended for the protection of a solid substrate against environmental attack. The composition includes at least one biocidal component and a hydrophobing agent. The composition is in the liquid phase, and the liquid is a common solvent for the hydrophobing agent and the biocidal component(s).

Abstract: A method of treating plant and animal systems and inanimate surfaces for the purposes of controlling plant pests, introducing pesticides and nutrients into plants, mitigating frost damage to plants, increasing crop yields, controlling certain plant diseases, controlling arthropod, bacterial, fungal, mycoplasma, rickettsia, and viral pests of animals and humans, and disinfecting inanimate surfaces. The method utilizes the unique multi-directional dispersion property of the tannate complex of picro ammonium formate and the tannate complex of picro cupric ammonium formate, in aqueous solution, combined with a minor amount of a surfactant sufficient to prevent formation of ammonium picrate, to penetrate plant and animal systems and inanimate surfaces and travelling multidirectionally therein. The method is carried out by introducing a small but effective amount of the tannate complex to the plant or animal system or inanimate surface.

Abstract: A method of selectively controlling undesirable vegetation in crops by using a postemergent application of an herbicidally effective amount of a metal chelate of a 2-(substituted benzoyl)-1,3-cyclohexanedione compound to the locus of such undesirable vegetation.

Abstract: A water treatment agent and method of treating water to inhibit, reduce, or prevent the formation of algae and bacteria in a water body. The water treatment agent may include copper sulfate penta-hydrate and/or silver, di-sodium ethylene di-amine tetra-acetic acid dihydrate, a scale inhibitor, a shocking agent and a buffer agent. For instance, the treatment agent may include a composition of copper sulfate pentahydrate, di-sodium ethylene di-amine tetra-acetic acid, monopotassium phosphate or sulfuric acid, and potassium monopersulfate and 1-hydroxyethylidene-1,1-diphosphoric acid.

Abstract: A root control composition comprising zinc or a compound of zinc, in latex or other suitable binder. The composition may be painted, sprayed, injected, or molded into a container or fabric to prevent root circling of ornamental plants. Also, devices that might use this composition include weed barriers, grow bags, mats, nursery containers, nursery pots, and flats. The present inventive compositions also act as a micro nutrient, in plants, affecting cell elongation while encouraging cell division. The useful range of compositions is from about 3% to about 28% zinc by weight of zinc compound in a binder such as latex paint, and the preferred range is about 14% zinc in a carrier.

Abstract: A method of stimulating root growth of seeds is disclosed in which seeds are treated with an effective amount of an aqueous ammoniacal ionic solution of metal alkanoates. Alkanoates having from 2 to 6 carbon atoms are preferred, with acetates most preferred. Metals selected from the group consisting of boron, calcium, copper, iron, magnesium, manganese, molybdenum, potassium, sodium and zinc are preferred, with zinc particularly preferred. In one embodiment, an aqueous ammoniacal ionic solution of zinc acetate is applied to seeds in-furrow. In another embodiment, seeds are treated with an aqueous ammoniacal ionic solution of zinc acetate prior to planting. In yet another embodiment, an aqueous ammoniacal ionic solution of zinc acetate is mixed with an insecticide and resulting solution applied to seeds in-furrow.

Abstract: The present invention relates to pesticide compositions. In particular, the present invention relates to pesticide compositions comprising a pesticide and a redispersible polymer and to a method for controlling agricultural pests by applying to the pest or the locus of the pest a pesticide composition comprising a pesticide and a redispersible polymer.

Abstract: Dry, stable, high available halogen sanitizing granular compositions with a rapid rate of dissolution comprising halogenated 1,3,5-triazine-2,4,6-triones and a dissolution accelerant that is an alkali metal salt of 1,3,5-triazine-2,4,6-trione are disclosed. The disclosed compositions may include inorganic and/or organic disintegration agents. Additionally, these compositions may contain other performance enhancing additives such as water clarifiers, algaestats/algaecides, surfactants, glidants, processing aids, and binders. These UV stable sanitizing compositions contain a high available halogen content, and are stable even when stored in high-humidity environments.

Abstract: Method for improving the fruit yields from banana plants, characterized in that an effective and non-phytotoxic dose of a compound A, chosen from:

Abstract: Method for improving the fruit yields from banana plants, characterized in that an effective and non-phytotoxic dose of a compound A, chosen from:salts of a monoalkyl phosphonate and of a mono-, di- or trivalent metal cation, such as fosetyl-Al, orphosphorous acid and its alkali metal or alkaline-earth metal salts,is applied on the banana plants.

Abstract: Metal chelates of herbicidal dione compounds of the formula ##STR1## are chemically stable for long periods of time under normal as well as extreme temperature conditions. Chemically stable liquid herbicidal formulations containing metal chelates of the herbicidal compounds of formula (I) and water, an organic solvent or a liquid co-herbicide and processes for producing chemically stable herbicidal compositions containing such metal chelates are also described.

Abstract: Fungicidal compositions for the protection of turfgrass against crown and root rot are disclosed. The compositions comprise, as the active material, a mixture of (a) a monoester salt of a phosphorous acid (preferably aluminum ethyl phosphite), and (b) an ethylene bisdithiocarbamate contact fungicide (preferably manganese-zinc ethylene bisdithiocarbamate). Preferred compsitions comprise one part by weight of the monosester salt to two parts by weight of the ethylene bisdithiocarbamate.

Abstract: A method for enhancing the growth of plants and fruits produced by such plants through contacting the plants during growth periods with effective amounts of vanadyl compositions. These methods include composition's application rates, time of application and other plant conditions such as stress, moisture levels and other growth variables in order to achieve enhanced fruit yields.

Abstract: Metal complexes having high bulk density and a process for the production of the same without the generation of heavy metal-contaminated effluents are disclosed. Solid complexes of EDTANaFe and EDTAKFe having high bulk densities are formed by reaction with mixed metal solutions containing low chromium levels, followed by total drying of the resulting mixture in the same processing equipment without the prior separation of the sulfate salts formed. The amounts of the various metals in any given formulation can be preselected.

Abstract: A phenoxycetic acid derivative of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R is a hydroxyl group, an alkoxy group, a group of the formula OM wherein M is an alkali metal ion, an alkaline earth metal ion, a transition metal ion, an ammonium ion or an organic ammonium ion, or a group of the formula NHR.sub.1 wherein R.sub.1 is a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group, an amino group, an allyloxy group or an ethoxycarboxylmethoxy group.

Abstract: Method and composition is disclosed for increasing the percentage of split-shell to non-split crops produced during crop harvest by the pre-harvest application of an aluminum treatment to crop plants.

Abstract: Oxalylhydroxamic acid derivatives of the formula IR.sup.1 --ON(R.sup.2)--CO--CO--X--R.sup.3 I,where the substituents have the following meanings:X is oxygen or sulfur;R.sup.1 issubstituted or unsubstituted alkyl, alkenyl or alkynyl;substituted or unsubstituted monocyclic or polycyclic cycloalkyl or cycloalkylmethyl;substituted or unsubstituted phenyl or phenyl-C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl;R.sup.2 is hydrogen or alkyl;R.sup.3 issubstituted or unsubstituted alkyl, alkenyl or alkynyl;substituted or unsubstituted monocyclic or polycyclic cycloalkyl;substituted or unsubstituted phenyl-C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl or phenoxy-C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl;and their agriculturally useful salts; their manufacture; growth-regulating agents containing them; and methods of regulating plant growth.