Abstract: The invention provides a growth regulator for gramineous weeds, particularly those growing in turf, which comprises, as an active ingredient, cytokinin and/or an ethylene-producing substance in combination with cytokinin; and a method for regulating the growth of gramineous weeds with the relevant growth regulator more economically with ease.

Abstract: This invention concerns the use of penoxsulam as an herbicide in alfalfa.

Abstract: A composition and method to mitigate plant autophagy and/or apoptosis of newly developing cells in plants grown under environmentally stressful growing conditions. Exogenous application of a cytokinin, preferably kinetin, to the foliage of plants has been discovered to overcome, or at least mitigate, autophagy when applied during or just prior to flowering. Several provided examples show that, in laboratory and field experiments, exogenous foliar application of cytokinin to the leaves and flowers of plants lessened cytokinin deficiencies in plant tissues grown in high temperatures, thereby mitigating autophagy and apoptosis and greatly enhancing seed/crop production. The application of low concentrations of potassium together with the cytokinin appears to provide a synergistic effect by amplifying the effect of the cytokinin to lessen autophagy and increase crop productivity.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the use of dibenzylidene sorbitol or derivatives of dibenzylidene sorbitol as rheology additives to provide stability to oil dispersion formulations of agrochemical active ingredients.

Abstract: The present invention relates to new insecticidal methods of using 4-Amino-5-chloro-thieno[2,3-d]-pyrimidine compounds of formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3 and A are defined as in the description. The present invention relates to insecticidal methods of applying such compounds of formula (I), and to new derivatives of compounds of formula (I).

Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted heterobicyclic carboxylic acid derivatives, as well as N-oxides and agriculturally acceptable salts thereof, and their use in controlling plant growth, particularly undesirable plant growth, in crops of useful plants. The invention extends to herbicidal compositions comprising such compounds, N-oxides and/or salts as well as mixtures of the same with one or more further active ingredients and/or a safener.

Abstract: New plants were created from a new and efficient method of intergeneric hybridization between the genus Argyranthemum as a female parent and a plant from I. versicolor and Glebionis sp. as a male parent. The plants were created by rescuing an embryo from the cross-pollination of a tetraploid or aneu-tetraploid Argyranthemum female parent with a plant from the group I. versicolor and Glebionis sp. as a male parent. The new plants often exhibited the perennial and multi-branched habit of the female Argyranthemum parent, with large capitula size and different ray floret colors, many not previously seen in Argyranthemum. When compared to Argyranthemum, the new plants possessed improved tolerance to high growing temperatures. In addition to providing the intergeneric hybrid plants and parts thereof, the invention provides methods for making such plants and methods for creating intergeneric hybrid plants.

Abstract: This invention concerns the use of penoxsulam as a plant growth regulator for cotton.

Abstract: The use of substituted fused pyrimidinones and dihydropyrimidinones of the formula (I) or salts thereof where the radicals of the formula (I) are each as defined in the description, for enhancing stress tolerance in plants to abiotic stress, and for invigorating plant growth and/or for increasing plant yield.

Abstract: A method for increasing the vigor and/or crop yield of agricultural plants under essentially non-existent pathogen pressure, wherein the plants, the plant propagules, the seed of the plants and/or the locus where the plants are growing or are intended to grow are treated with an effective amount of a composition comprising a) the Bacillus subtilis strain with NRRL Accession No. B-21661 or a cell-free extract thereof, and/or a mutant of this strain or extract having all the identifying characteristics of the respective strain or extract as component (I), and b) optionally at least one chemical compound as component (II), selected from the active compound groups A) to J): A) strobilurins; B) carboxamides; C) azoles; D) heterocyclic compounds; E) carbamates; F) other active substances; G) growth regulators; H) herbicides; J) insecticides.

Abstract: Pyroxsulam inhibits the grown of perennial forage grasses, reducing the need for mowing.

Abstract: Agricultural oil dispersions of improved stability and processes to make and methods to use such compositions are disclosed. The compositions are comprised of an active ingredient coated with one or more non-oil soluble polymers that hinder degradation of the active ingredient by other ingredients.

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

Abstract: The present invention concerns stable herbicidal solid compositions containing built-in adjuvant which exhibit improved herbicidal efficacy when used to control weeds in flooded rice paddies or fields.

Abstract: Provided are 2-pyridone derivatives which have excellent herbicidal activity and exhibit high safety to useful crops and so on; salts thereof; and herbicides containing same. In more detail, 2-pyridone derivatives represented by general formula [I] or agrochemically acceptable salts thereof, and herbicides containing these compounds are provided. In general formula [I], X1 is an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom; X2, X3, and X4 are to each CH or N(O)m; m is an integer of 0 or 1; R1 is a hydrogen atom, a C1-12 alkyl group, or the like; R2 is a halogen atom, a cyano group, or the like; n is an integer of 0 to 4; R3 is a hydroxyl group, a halogen atom, or the like; A1 is C(R11R12); A2 is C(R13R14) or C?O; A3 is C(R15R16); and R11, R12, R13, R14, R15, and R16 are each independently a hydrogen atom or a C1-6 alkyl group.

Abstract: Agrochemical oil dispersions are stabilized to particle sedimentation by use of a combination of a clay or silica type rheology modifier and a polymer or oligomer capable of hydrogen bonding.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula (I), thieno[2,3-d]pyrimidines, having fungicidal activity.

Abstract: Penoxsulam, 2-(2,2-difluoroethoxy)-N-(5,8-dimethoxy[1,2,4]-triazolo[1,5-c]pyrimidin-2-yl)-6-(trifluoromethyl)benzenesulfonamide, is useful in controlling broadleaf weeds and sedges in orchard floors.

Abstract: Penoxsulam, 2-(2,2-difluoroethoxy)-N-(5,8-dimethoxy[1,2,4]-triazolo[1,5-c]pyrimidin-2-yl)-6-(trifluoromethyl)benzenesulofonamide, is useful in controlling broadleaf weeds in vines.

Abstract: Penoxsulam, 2-(2,2-difluoroethoxy)-N-(5,8-dimethoxy [1,2,4]-triazolo[1,5-c]pyrimidin-2-yl)-6-(trifluoromethyl)benzenesulfonamide, is useful in controlling broadleaf weeds and sedges in turfgrass.

Abstract: A composition for promoting root nodule formation, which can be easily applied to soil or plants, and enables efficient formation of root nodules, and a method for promoting root nodule formation using the composition are provided. A composition for promoting root nodule formation, which comprises a compound selected from the group consisting of a nucleoside, a nucleotide, and a nucleobase such as inosine, as an active ingredient, is applied to a leguminous plant to promote root nodule formation of the plant.

Abstract: Interaction of cloquintocet mexyl in the discontinuous oil phase with water in the continuous aqueous phase of an oil-in-water emulsion, which can lead to cloquintocet mexyl hydrate formation, crystal formation and Ostwald ripening, is minimized by the use of specific surfactants and solvents which provide enhanced stability to the emulsion.

Abstract: A rice cultivar designated CL 142-AR is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of rice cultivar CL 142-AR, to the plants of rice CL 142-AR, to methods for producing a rice plant produced by crossing the cultivar CL 142-AR with itself or another rice variety, and to methods for controlling weeds in the vicinity of plants of rice cultivar CL 142-AR, which comprises increased resistance to acetohydroxyacid synthase-inhibiting herbicides. The invention further relates to hybrid rice seeds and plants produced by crossing the cultivar CL 142-AR with another rice cultivar.

Abstract: Compositions containing one or more plant growth regulators other than prohexadione calcium and one or more metal phosphites are suitable for providing growth regulation when applied to agricultural crops while providing micronutrients for plant health.

Abstract: Penoxsulam, 2-(2,2-difluoroethoxy)-N-(5,8-dimethoxy[1,2,4]-triazolo[1,5-c]pyrimidin-2-yl)-6-(trifluoromethyl)benzenesulfonamide, provides synergistic herbicidal control with dicamba, the mixture of 2,4-D, triclopyr and clopyralid, or the mixture of 2,4-D and mecoprop-P.

Abstract: The invention relates to 6-(alkylbenzylamino)purine derivatives of the general formula I for use as cytokinin receptor antagonists, wherein R1 is selected from the group comprising hydroxyl, amino, nitro, thio and alkyl group, and R2 denotes one to four alkyl groups. The invention also relates to preparations containing these derivatives.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of heterocyclic carboxylic acid derivatives of the formula (I) below in which the symbols have the meanings given in the description, or their agrochemically active salts or of mixtures of these compounds and/or their agrochemically active salts with other active compounds for controlling animal pests, to methods and compositions for controlling animal pests in and/or on plants or in and/or on seed of plants, to processes for preparing such compositions and treated seed.

Abstract: The invention relates to low VOC plant growth regulator compositions comprising less than about 25% of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). The compositions preferably comprise 6-benzyladenine (6-BA) or forchlorfenuron (CPPU). Also provided are methods of using the compositions.

Abstract: Process for the preparation of unsubstituted or substituted 2-amino-[1,2,4]triazolopyrimidines which comprises combining A) 2-amino-pyrimidine or its derivatives with alkyloxycarbonyl isothiocyanate or aryloxycarbonyl isothiocyanate with B) hydroxyl ammonium salt and a base wherein the reaction is carried out in a polar aprotic organic solvent in the temperature range of from 40 to 150° C.

Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of Formula 1, N-oxides, and salts thereof, wherein J is and R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8a, R8b, R8c, G1, G2, G3, G4, G5, G6, Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4, W1, W2, Y1, Y2, Y3, m and n are as defined in the disclosure. Also disclosed are compositions containing the compounds of Formula 1 and methods for controlling undesired vegetation comprising contacting the undesired vegetation or its environment with an effective amount of a compound or a composition of the invention.

Abstract: The invention provides a growth regulator for gramineous weeds, particularly those growing in turf, which comprises, as an active ingredient, cytokinin and/or an ethylene-producing substance in combination with cytokinin; and a method for regulating the growth of gramineous weeds with the relevant growth regulator more economically with ease.

Abstract: Herbicide-resistant rice plants, isolated polynucleotides that encode herbicide resistant and wild-type acetohydroxy-acid synthase large subunit 1 (AHASL1) polypeptides, and the amino acid sequences of these polypeptides, are described. Expression cassettes and transformation vectors comprising the polynucleotides of the invention, as well as plants and host cells transformed with the polynucleotides, are described. Methods of using the polynucleotides to enhance the resistance of plants to imidazolinone herbicides, and methods for controlling weeds in the vicinity of herbicide-resistant plants are also described.

Abstract: The present invention relates to regulatory sequences. In particular, the invention relates to a regulatory nucleotide sequence, at least part of which has a transcription initiation function directing expression of an operably associated protein encoding polynucleotide of interest to non-pollen tissue, but not or substantially not to pollen. The invention further relates to chimeric genes and expression cassettes comprising said regulatory sequence and to transgenic plants comprising said chimeric genes and expression cassettes.

Abstract: The use of a member of the caffeine family as a plant reproductive growth stimulator, and in the promotion of maturity in plants. In particular the use of a member of the caffeine family in promoting flowering, colouration or fruiting in plants. Also agricultural compositions comprising a member of the caffeine family present at a concentration in the range of 50 to 500 ppm and agricultural compositions which comprise (i) a member of the caffeine family and (ii) a plant nutrient or a compound of formula (I) wherein R1 is a C1-10 alkyl group, or a C2-10alkenyl group and M is a cation of valency n. Also formulations containing the compositions and methods of their uses are included.

Abstract: The invention relates to prazolopyrimidines of the formula in which R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and X are as defined in the disclosure, to a process for preparing these compounds, and to their use for controlling unwanted microorganisms.

Abstract: This invention relates to the use of N6-phenylmethyl-1H-purin-6-amine (benzyladenine) in combination with S—(+)-abscisic acid (ABA), ABA analogs or derivatives to improve the performance of germination delay seed treatments.

Abstract: The present invention relates to thieno[2,3-d]-pyrimidine compounds having fungicidal activity. Specifically, the present invention relates to compounds having the Formula (I): wherein each R1, R2 and R3 is independently selected from the group consisting of H, halogen, and alkyl; A is selected from the group consisting of H and alkyl; W is selected from the group consisting of NH and O; D is selected from O, NH and S; E is (—C(O)—)p—R?, wherein p is 0 or 1 and R? is selected from the group consisting of optionally substituted rings selected from phenyl.

Abstract: A method for applying a fungicide to a tree, the method comprising applying an aqueous insecticide or plant growth regulator composition to the bark periderm of woody plants without mechanically penetrating or piercing the bark of the plant, the insecticide or a plant growth regulator composition including (a) an insecticide or a plant growth regulator; (b) an organosiloxane surfactant; and (c) water.

Abstract: The invention relates to 5,6-dialkyl-7-amino-triazolopyrimidines of formula (I), in which the substituents are defined as follows: R1 represents alkyl or alkoxyalkyl; R2 represents alkyl, R1 and/or R2 being substituted according to the description. The invention also relates to a method for producing said compounds, to agents containing the latter and to their use for controlling plant-pathogenic fungi.

Abstract: The invention relates to compositions containing, a) one or more agrochemical active ingredients, and b) one or more substances selected from caprolactam and caprolactam derivatives of formula (I), in which R represents H, acetyl, benzoyl, allyl, vinyl, methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, i-propyl, benzyl, a polyethylene glycol ether unit bonded by means of a C atom, comprising between 1 and 30, preferably between 1 and 10 and especially preferably between 1 and 6 ethylene glycol units, or a polypropylene glycol ether unit bonded by means of a C atom, comprising between 1 and 30, preferably between 1 and 10 and especially preferably between 1 and 6 propylene glycol units.

Abstract: The invention describes a method to increase the number of inflorescences in an orchid by administration of a cytokinin, preferably 6-BAP, to said orchid, preferably wherein said orchid has a monopodial growth, more preferably wherein said orchid is of the genus Phalaenopsis or Dorotaenopsis. Further part of the invention are plants which have more than two inflorescences.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel methods for manipulating levels of expression of gene products using RNA interference (RNAi). The methods disclosed can be used to investigate gene function, to create disease-resistant organisms, and to treat disease.

Abstract: A weed control system has an opaque portion and a growth promoting portion. The opaque portion blocks passage of light therethrough and blocks passage of seedlings growing from weed seeds in a ground region. The growth promoting portion is adapted to be disposed between the opaque portion of the system and the ground region. The growth promoting portion promotes germination of the weed seeds and the resulting weed seedlings die as the opaque portion prevents any light from reaching the seedlings.

Abstract: Triazolopyrimidines of formula (I), wherein the index and substituents have the following meaning: n=0 or a whole number of 1-5; R=halogen, cyano, hydroxy, cyanate, alkyl, alkenyl, alkinyl, halogenalkyl, halogenalkenyl, alkoxy, alkenyloxy, alkinyloxy, halogenalkoxy, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, cycloalkoxy, alkoxycarbonyl, alkenyloxycarbonyl, alkinyloxycarbonyl, aminocarbonyl, alkylaminocarbonyl, dialkylaminocarbonyl, alkoximinoalkyl, alkenyloximinocarbonyl, alkinyloximinoalkyl, alkylcarbonyl, alkenylcarbonyl, alkinylcarbonyl, cycloalkylcarbonyl or a five to ten membered saturated, partially unsaturated or aromatic heterocycle, containing one to four heteroatoms from the group O, N or S; R1=alkyl, alkenyl, alkinyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, phenyl, naphthyl or a five to ten membered saturated, partially unsaturated or aromatic heterocycle, containing one to four heteroatoms from the group O, N or S, R and/or R1 being able to be substituted according to the description; R2=alkyl, alkenyl or alkinyl which can be s

Abstract: The imidazo[1,2-a]pyrimidines given by the following formula [I]: [wherein R1 and R2 represent a C1–C6 alkyl group optionally substituted by one or more selected from the group consisting of C1–C4 alkoxy group, C2–C8 dialkylamino group, C1–C4 alkylthio group, C2–C5 alkoxycarbonyl group, cyano group and halogen atoms; or R1 and R2 represent a 3–8 membered heterocyclic group together with the nitrogen atom bonded with R1 and R2; R3 represents a halogen atom or C1–C4 alkyl group; and Ar represents a phenyl group optionally substituted by a halogen atom or atoms; and the like] have excellent activity for controlling plant diseases.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel triazolopyrimidines of the formula in which R1, R2, R3 and X have the meanings given in the disclosure, and acid addition salts thereof, to a plurality of processes for preparing these novel substances, and to their use for controlling unwanted microorganisms. The invention further relates to novel amines and carbamates of the formulae indicated in the description and to processes for preparing these intermediates.

Abstract: The invention includes a seed treatment composition containing plant macronutrients, micronutrients, a pest inhibitor and at least one growth regulator. The composition additionally contains a vitamin component, an amino acid component, a penetrant and an energy source. The invention also includes treated seed having a treatment material on at least a portion of a seed surface. The treatment material contains macronutrients, micronutrients, vitamins, humic acid, a pest inhibitor, a mold inhibitor, an absorbant, a penetrant and growth regulators. The invention includes methods of formulating seed treatment compositions and methods of treating seeds.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a synergistic herbicidal composition comprising; (A) mesotrione, and: (B) a second herbicide selected from; (B1) triazines (B2) triazolinones (B3) triazinones (B4) imidazolinones (B5) dicamba (B6) flumetsulam (B7) trifloxysulfuron (B8) tritosulfuron (B9) triasulfuron (B10) pyriftalid (B11) prosulfocarb (B12) pretilachlor (B13) cinosulfuron, or their herbicidally effective salts. A method of controlling the growth of undesirable vegetation, particularly in crops, using this synergistic composition is also disclosed.

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: Novel herbicidal and defoliant substituted aniline derived compounds represented by general structure (I) are described. W, X, Y, Z, and Q are as defined in the disclosure. Also described are the processes for the manufacture of these compounds and agriculturally suitable compositions containing these as active ingredients which are useful as herbicides for general or selective pre-emergent or post-emergent control of undesired plant species and defoliants at very low concentrations of these biologically active compounds.