Abstract: Compounds having the chemical formula 1, a method for producing the compounds of chemical formula 1, a pharmaceutical composition comprising same, and use thereof as a GPR120 agonist for prevention or treatment of inflammation or metabolic diseases such as diabetes, complications from diabetes, obesity, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, fatty liver disease, and osteoporosis.

Abstract: 4-amino-6-(pyridyl and 2-substitutedphenyl)-picolinic acids and their derivatives; 6-amino-2-(pyridyl and 2-substitutedphenyl)-pyrimidine-4-carboxylates and their derivatives; and methods of using the same as herbicides.

Abstract: A composition for preparing an emulsion or microemulsion, the composition including the following components (A) to (D): component (A): an active ingredient having a solubility in water at 20° C. of 200 ppm or less; component (B): a water-insoluble solvent having no alcohol group; component (C): at least one nonionic surfactant selected from the group consisting of a polyoxyalkylene alkyl ether, a polyoxyalkylene alkenyl ether, a polyoxyalkylene alkyl amino ether, and a polyoxyalkylene alkenyl amino ether; and component (D): a monohydric alcohol having 8 to 12 carbon atoms.

Abstract: Provided herein are safened herbicidal compositions for use in Brassica species susceptible to injury by 4-amino-3-chloro-6-(4-chloro-2-fluoro-3-methoxyphenyl)-5-fluoropyridine-2-carboxylic acid comprising (a) a herbicidally effective amount of 4-amino-3-chloro-6-(4-chloro-2-fluoro-3-methoxyphenyl)-5-fluoropyridine-2-carboxylic acid or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester of thereof, and (b) a safener. The safener can be a herbicide or a herbicide safener capable of safening the Brassica species susceptible to injury by 4-amino-3-chloro-6-(4-chloro-2-fluoro-3-methoxyphenyl)-5-fluoropyridine-2-carboxylic acid.

Abstract: A safened herbicidal composition for use in rice comprising a herbicidally effective amount of (a) a compound of formula (I): or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof and (b) a safener or a compatible herbicide capable of safening such as a chemical from the quinolinyloxyacetate family of chemicals, dicyclonon, daimuron, dimepiperate, fenclorim, furilazole, halosulfuron, isoxadifen-ethyl, mefenpyr-diethyl, naphthalic anhydride (NA), or agriculturally acceptable salts, esters, or mixtures thereof, for use in direct-seeded, water-seeded or transplanted rice.

Abstract: Primarily, the present invention relates to the use of substances of the formula (I) as herbicides, in particular for controlling broad-leaved weeds and/or weed grasses in crops of useful plants and/or as plant growth regulators for influencing the growth of crops of useful plants. The invention furthermore relates to the novel herbicidal substances of the formulae (Ib) and (Ia). The present invention also relates to corresponding compositions comprising one or more of the herbicides of the formula (I) and further agrochemically active substances, and also to plant growth-regulating or herbicidal compositions comprising one or more of these compounds. Moreover, the present invention relates to processes for preparing the compounds of the formula (I).

Abstract: The present invention includes compounds useful as modulators of TRPM8, such as compounds of Formula (I) and the subgenus and species thereof; personal products containing those compounds; and the use of those compounds and the personal products, particularly the use of increasing or inducing chemesthetic sensations, such as cooling or cold sensations.

Abstract: Provided herein are herbicidal compositions comprising (a) 4-amino-3-chloro-6-(4-chloro-2-fluoro-3-methoxyphenyl)-5-fluoropyridine-2-carboxylic acid or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof and (b) chlormequat chloride and methods of use. The compositions provide control of undesirable vegetation in crops such as cereal crops, like wheat and barley.

Abstract: Methods include formation of 4-chloro-2-fluoro-3-substituted-phenylboronic acid pinacol esters. The method comprises contacting a 1-chloro-3-fluoro-2-substituted benzene with an alkyl lithium to form a lithiated 1-chloro-3-fluoro-2-substituted benzene. The lithiated 1-chloro-3-fluoro-2-substituted benzene is contacted with an electrophilic boronic acid derivative to form a 4-chloro-2-fluoro-3-substituted-phenylboronate. The 4-chloro-2-fluoro-3-substituted-phenylboronate is reacted with an aqueous base to form a (4-chloro-2-fluoro-3-substituted-phenyl)trihydroxyborate. The (4-chloro-2-fluoro-3-substituted-phenyl)trihydroxyborate is reacted with an acid to form a 4 chloro-2-fluoro-3-substituted-phenylboronic acid. The 4-chloro-2-fluoro-3-substituted-phenylboronic acid is reacted with 2,3-dimethyl-2,3-butanediol to form 4-chloro-2-fluoro-3-substituted-phenylboronic acid pinacol esters .

Abstract: Provided herein are synergistic herbicidal compositions containing (a) a compound of formula (I): or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof and (b) insecticides, including but not limited to, acephate, carbaryl, carbofuran, cartap, chlorpyrifos, cypermethrin, dimethoate, dinotefuran, etofenprox, fenitrothion, fipronil, imidacloprid, lambda-cyhalothrin, malathion, methamidophos, piperonyl butoxide, pymetrozine, spinetoram, spinosad, sulfoxaflor and triazophos. The compositions and methods provided herein control undesirable vegetation, e.g., in direct-seeded, water-seeded and transplanted rice, cereals, wheat, barley, oats, rye, sorghum, corn/maize, sugarcane, sunflower, oilseed rape, canola, sugar beet, soybean, cotton, pineapple, pastures, grasslands, rangelands, fallowland, turf, tree and vine orchards, plantation crops, vegetables, industrial vegetation management (IVM) and rights-of-way (ROW).

Abstract: Provided herein are herbicidal compositions and methods employing combinations of (a) a compound of formula (I): or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof and (b) flurtamone. In certain embodiments the combinations include flufenacet or diflufenican as a third herbicidally active component.

Abstract: Provided herein are herbicidal compositions and methods employing combinations of (a) a compound of the formula (I) or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof and (b) one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of flurtamone, diflufenican, and picolinafen. Some embodiments employ flufenacet as an additional herbicidal component.

Abstract: Novel 4-amino-6-(heterocyclic)picolinic acids and their derivatives and 6-amino-2-(heterocyclic)pyrimidine-4-carboxylates and their derivatives are useful to control undesirable vegetation.

Abstract: Provided herein are synergistic herbicidal compositions containing (a) a compound of or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof and (b) microtubule inhibiting herbicide, e.g., dimethenamid, S-dimethenamid, and propyzamide, or derivatives thereof. The methods and compositions provided herein provide control of undesirable vegetation, e.g., in direct-seeded, water-seeded and transplanted rice, cereals, wheat, barley, oats, rye, sorghum, corn or maize, sugarcane, sunflower, oilseed rape, canola, sugar beet, soybean, cotton, pineapple, pastures, grasslands, rangelands, fallowland, turf, tree and vine orchards, aquatics, plantation crops, vegetables, industrial vegetation management and rights-of-way.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I), or salts thereof, in which R1 to R4 are as defined in formula (I) of claim 1 are suitable as useful-plant-protecting agents for reducing or preventing harmful effects of agrochemicals on the useful plants and their method of preparation are described.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel herbicidally active 6-(2-aminophenyl)picoline derivatives and to processes for preparation thereof. The present invention further provides for the use thereof as a herbicide, especially as a herbicide for selective control of weed plants in useful plant crops, and as a plant growth regulator alone or in combination with safeners and/or in a mixture with other herbicides.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of Formula (I), or a form thereof, wherein ring A, R1, L and R2 are as defined herein, useful as FLAP modulators. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of Formula (I). Methods of making and using the compounds of Formula (I) are also within the scope of the invention.

Abstract: There is provided a liquid urease inhibitor formulation comprising an urease inhibitor and a primary solvent selected from the group consisting of dialkyl sulfones, polymethylene cyclic sulfones, and mixtures thereof. A method for inhibiting urease hydrolysis of urea containing fertilizer or waste using said liquid urease inhibitor formulation is also described.

Abstract: The present invention relates to herbicidal compositions comprising aminophosphate or aminophosphonate salts, particularly to herbicidal compositions comprising a high amount and aminophosphate or aminophosphonate salts and a betaine surfactant and an amine oxide surfactant.

Abstract: Process for the selective N-sulfonylation of oxindoles, in particular process for the N-sulfonylation of 3-triazinyloxindoles, and also N-sulfonyl-substituted 3-triazinyloxindoles and the use of N-sulfonyl-substituted oxindoles and of N-sulfonyl-substituted 3-triazinyloxindoles as intermediates for the synthesis of fine chemicals and of active ingredients in the field of pharmacy and agriculture, and also the use of these compounds as active ingredients in the field of agriculture.

Abstract: Methods for controlling the growth of trifluralin-resistant annual ryegrass in cereals using dithiopyr are described. The methods include contacting the locus of the cereal, at planting or before weed emergence, with an herbicidally effective amount of dithiopyr. The dithiopyr can be applied to the soil and either incorporated into the soil at the time of planting the cereal or applied post-planting to the soil surface before the weeds have emerged.

Abstract: Substituted 4-cyano-3-phenyl-4-(pyridin-3-yl)butanoates, processes for their preparation and their use as herbicides and plant growth regulators Compounds of the formula (I) or salts thereof in which R1 and (R2)n are as defined in claim 1 are suitable as herbicides for the control of harmful plants or as plant growth regulators. The compounds can be prepared by the processes of claim 7.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of formula (I): wherein: X is methyl or chlorine; R1 is methyl or chlorine; R2 is hydrogen, methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, cyclopropyl, vinyl, ethynyl, fluorine, chlorine, bromine, methoxy, ethoxy or fluoromethoxy; and G, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are as defined herein; wherein the compound of formula (I) is optionally present as an agrochemically acceptable salt thereof. These compounds are suitable for use as herbicides. The invention therefore also relates to a method of controlling weeds, especially grassy monocotyledonous weeds, in crops of useful plants, comprising applying a compound of formula (I), or a herbicidal composition comprising such a compound, to the plants or to the locus thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the use of fluopyram and compositions comprising fluopyram for controlling nematodes in nematode resistant crops and/or increasing crop yield and to methods particularly useful for controlling nematodes and/or increasing crop yield in those crops.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I) or salts thereof, in which (R1)m, (R2)n, R3 and R4 as defined in Claim 1 are suitable as herbicides for the control of harmful plants or as plant growth regulators. The compounds can be prepared by the processes of Claim 7.

Abstract: Bis(difluoromethyl)pyrazole derivatives of the formula (I) in which the symbols R1, X, Y and Q are each as defined in the description, and agrochemically active salts thereof, and use thereof for controlling phytopathogenic harmful fungi, and also processes for preparing compounds of the formula (I).

Abstract: Disclosed are ionic liquids and methods of preparing ionic liquid compositions of active pharmaceutical, biological, nutritional, and energetic ingredients. Also disclosed are methods of using the compositions described herein to overcome polymorphism, overcome solubility and delivery problems, to control release rates, add functionality, enhance efficacy (synergy), and improve ease of use and manufacture.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of at least one compound selected from the class of the sulphoximines for enhancing plants' intrinsic defenses and/or for improving plant growth and/or for enhancing the resistance of plants to plant diseases which are caused by fungi, bacteria, viruses, MLOs (mycoplasma-like organisms) and/or RLOs (rickettsia-like organisms), and/or for enhancing the resistance of plants to abiotic stress factors.

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

Abstract: The present invention relates to a controlled release granule technology, methods of preparing such a granule and methods for using the granule in the control of pests.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved nitrification inhibitor composition and its use in agricultural applications.

Abstract: Herbicidal compositions containing as active ingredients spiroheterocyclic pyrrolidine dione compounds.

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: This invention relates to a high-strength, aqueous herbicidal concentrate containing the clopyralid dimethylamine salt. The formulation is stable to storage and exhibits lower viscosity than other clopyralid amine salt formulations.

Abstract: Soluble granule formulations of amine salts of pyridine containing carboxylic acids with improved handling properties are provided by an improved process in which the pyridine containing carboxylic acid is partially neutralized with an amine.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of compounds having a monogalactosyldiacylglycerol (MGDG) synthase inhibitory activity as herbicide or algaecide, and to herbicide and algaecide compositions containing at least one of these compounds.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to methods and compositions for modulating disease resistance in plants and transgenic plants.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods of regulating plant stress tolerance.

Abstract: 3-Halo-6-(aryl)-4-iminotetrahydropicolinic acids having mono-, di- tri- and tetra-substituted aryl substituents in the 6-position, and their acid derivatives, are herbicides demonstrating a broad spectrum of weed control.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of at least one compound selected from the class of the enaminocarbonyl compounds for enhancing plants' intrinsic defences and/or for improving plant growth and/or for enhancing the resistance of plants to plant diseases which are caused by fungi, bacteria, viruses, MLOs (mycoplasma-like organisms) and/or RLOs (rickettsia-like organisms), and/or for enhancing the resistance of plants to abiotic stress factors.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I) useful as pesticides are disclosed, wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel water-dispersed agrochemical formulations, for example water-based suspension concentrates, of active agrochemical ingredients, comprising a penetrant and a thickener from the class of the anionic polysaccharides which contains, as the repetitive base unit in the main chain, four sugar molecules (glucose, glucuronic acid, glucose, rhamnose), to a process for producing these formulations and to the use thereof for application of the active ingredients present.

Abstract: A homogeneous gas-evolving composition is provided that includes an acid, a gas-evolving acid neutralizing agent, and at least one of an inorganic carbonate, inorganic bicarbonate, alkaline peroxide, or alkaline azide. A water-soluble desiccant is homogeneously intermixed with the acid and the gas-evolving acid neutralizing agent. The desiccant is present in an amount able to absorb ambient moisture equivalent to at least 0.01 total weight percent of the composition before gas evolution of more than 50% of the theoretical gas evolution available from the composition. To confer storage stability, the acid, the gas-evolving acid neutralizing agent, and water-soluble desiccant cumulatively have a water content of less than 1 total weight percent water. Through appropriate selection of a desiccant or inclusion of a surfactant foaming agent, the composition foams upon drenching with water. The composition is particularly well suited for consistent usage of glyphosate herbicide.

Abstract: Aqueous concentrates of choline salts of herbicidal auxinic carboxylic acids are less irritating to eyes than the commonly used aqueous concentrates of ammonium salts of herbicidal auxinic carboxylic acids.

Abstract: Tankmix additive concentrates containing a phosphate ester and/or polymeric surfactant and a triglyceride fatty acid ester and the use of aqueous herbicide spray mixtures incorporating such tankmix additive concentrates are described. The tankmix additive concentrates described herein include from 1 to 50 weight percent of a phosphate ester surfactant, a polymeric surfactant, or mixtures thereof, and from 1 to 90 weight percent of a triglyceride fatty acid ester. The tankmix additive concentrates form a stable emulsion upon dilution into a pesticide spray mixture.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I), wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1, are useful as a pesticides.

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

Abstract: Disclosure is provided for methods of preventing, removing or inhibiting microbial biofilm formation or microbial infection in a plant or plant part thereof, including applying thereto a treatment effective amount of an aryl carbamate as described herein, or an agriculturally acceptable salt thereof. Methods of enhancing a microbicide (e.g., including a copper, antibiotic, bacteriophage, etc.) and/or plant defense activator are also provided, including applying an active compound as described herein. Compositions comprising an aryl carbamate compound as described herein in an agriculturally acceptable carrier are also provided, and in some embodiments the compositions further include a microbicide (e.g., including copper, antibiotic, bacteriophage, etc.) and/or a plant defense activator.

Abstract: N-Azinyl-N?-aryl ureas and thioureas derivatives are effective at controlling insects.

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.