Abstract: The invention relates to the use of one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of acylsulfonamide safeners for modifying plant development of useful plants. The use provides an increase in root growth and/or a regulation in shoot growth of the plants.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of improving the growth of plants selected from the group of amenity trees and forest trees comprising applying to said plants or the locus thereof at least one compound selected from the class of agonists and antagonists of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptors.

Abstract: There is provided an emulsion composition useful as a preparation containing an active agrochemical compound. The emulsion composition essentially consisting of 0.5 to 25% by weight of one or a plurality of hydrophobic active agrochemical compounds; 5 to 15% by weight of one or a plurality of surfactants; 2 to 60% by weight of one or a plurality of aromatic hydrocarbon solvents; 2 to 60% by weight of diethyl oxalate; 12 to 90% by weight of 1,3-dimethyl-2-imidazolidinone; and 0 to 5% by weight of one or a plurality of formulation auxiliaries, wherein a weight ratio of 1,3-dimethyl-2-imidazolidinone and the aromatic hydrocarbon solvent(s) is 1:0.03 to 1:2.0, and a weight ratio of 1,3-dimethyl-2-imidazolidinone and diethyl oxalate is 1:0.03 to 1:2.0.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for increasing the stress tolerance in plants and plant cells whereby neonicotinoid compounds, such as but not limited to imidacloprid, clothianidin, thiamethoxam, dinotefuran, nitenpyram, acetamiprid or thiacloprid, are applied to plants, or cells thereof, which comprise a genome that has been modified to make the plants or their cells more stress tolerant i.e. plants engineered to be stress tolerant. Particularly effective stress tolerance synergists in combination with genetically modified stress tolerant plants or their cells are neonicotinoid compounds which comprise a chloropyridine side chain, like e.g. imidacloprid, thiacloprid, acetamiprid, nitenpyram and 6-chloronicotinic acid (6-CNA).

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

Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula (I) wherein A1 is C(R1R2)p; A2 is C(R6R7)q; p is 1 or 2; q is 1 or 2; each of R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 and R8 which may be the same or different, represents hydrogen, methyl or ethyl and R9 is C1-C4alkyl; R10 is hydrogen, halogen, C1-C3alkyl or C1-C3-haloalkyl, and agronomically acceptable salts/isomers/enantiomers/tautomers/N-oxides of those compounds.

Abstract: Monoclinic 2-chloro-N-(4?-chlorobiphenyl-2-yl)nicotinamide melting at 147-148° C. and of the formula I and a process for the preparation thereof.

Abstract: A solventless herbicidal composition of triclopyr butoxyethyl ester and a surfactant provides efficient control of woody plants while reducing exposure to aromatic carriers.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling aquatic weeds by applying a herbicidally effective amount of at least one inhibitor of p-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase (HPPD) or an agriculturally acceptable salt, ester or amide thereof to aquatic weeds and/or their aqueous habitat containing seeds or other propagating organs of said aquatic weeds.

Abstract: A method of producing a suspended agricultural chemical composition, includes the steps of: grinding an agricultural chemical active ingredient; mixing at least water, a polyalcohol, a mineral salt, and a surfactant to produce a solution; adding to the solution the ground agricultural chemical active ingredient and a suspension stabilizer, to produce a mixture; heating the mixture to 40 to 70° C. while stirring; cooling the heated mixture to 10 to 25° C.; and wet-milling the cooled mixture at 30° C. or below. Alternatively the method includes the steps of: grinding an agricultural chemical active ingredient; mixing at least water, a polyalcohol, a mineral salt, and a surfactant to produce a solution; adding to the solution the ground agricultural chemical active ingredient and a suspension stabilizer to produce a mixture; wet-milling the mixture; heating the wet-milled mixture to 40 to 70° C. while stirring; and cooling the heated mixture.

Abstract: A rice cultivar designated CL171-AR is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of rice cultivar CL171-AR, to the plants of rice CL171-AR, to methods for producing a rice plant produced by crossing the cultivar CL171-AR with itself or another rice variety, and to methods for controlling weeds in the vicinity of plants of rice cultivar CL171-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 CL171-AR with another rice cultivar.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula I in which the substituents are as defined in claim 1 are suitable for use as herbicides.

Abstract: An aqueous pre-mix suspension concentrate formulation comprising: (i) water, (ii) an HPPD inhibitor, in suspension in the water, and (iii) an electrolyte, in solution in the water which has improved stability of the HPPD inhibitor is disclosed.

Abstract: 4-Aminopicolinic acids having alkyl or alkenyl substituents in the 6-position and their amine and acid derivatives are potent herbicides demonstrating a broad spectrum of weed control.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method and composition for inhibiting the formation of Coniferophyta pollen, which has an excellent effect of inhibiting the formation of male Coniferophyta flowers without substantially inhibiting the elongation growth of the Coniferophyta trees. Prohexadione compounds are used as the active ingredients.

Abstract: Methods for making transgenic plants that are resistant to HPPD herbicides are presented. Polynucleotides other than those from Pseudomonas fluorescens that encode resistant HPPD enzymes are enclosed for use in the process of making transgenic plants that are tolerant to HPPD-inhibiting herbicides.

Abstract: The invention provides methods for weed control with dicamba and related herbicides. It was found that pre-emergent applications of dicamba at or near planting could be made without significant crop damage or yield loss. The techniques can be combined with the herbicide glyphosate to improve the degree of weed control and permit control of herbicide tolerant weeds.

Abstract: Compounds useful to control pests are provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to benzoyl-substituted serineamides of the formula I in which the variables Het and R1 to R10 are as defined in the description, and to their agriculturally useful salts, to processes and intermediates for their preparation, and to the use of these compounds or of the compositions comprising these compounds for controlling unwanted plants.

Abstract: A pesticidally active combination comprising an HPPD-inhibiting herbicide in the form of an agrochemically acceptable salt and an insecticide is disclosed, provided that the HPPD inhibiting herbicide is not a compound of formula (A) wherein Ra is C1-2 alkyl or chloro; Rb is hydrogen or C1-4 alkyl; and Rc is C1-4 alkyl is disclosed.

Abstract: 4-Aminopicolinic acids having tri- and tetra-substituted aryl substituents in the 6-position, and their amine and acid derivatives, are potent herbicides demonstrating a broad spectrum of weed control.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula I: wherein Ar1 is aryl or heteroaryl, Ar2 is aryl or heteroaryl, and R is a suitable organic group. Herbicidal composition comprising such active compounds, and methods for controlling undesirable plants by applying such compounds, are also described.

Abstract: 4-Aminopicolinic acids having (1,1-difluoroalkyl) substituents in the 6-position and their amine and acid derivatives are potent herbicides demonstrating a broad spectrum of weed control.

Abstract: The invention provides methods for the alteration of fertility in plants through modulation of floral GABA levels. The techniques of the invention may find use in plant breeding techniques. Also provided by the invention are assays for the screening of candidate modulators of GABA metabolism or GABA analogs through the identification of affects on fertility following application of the candidate modulator to a plant. The technique provides an alternative to animal testing and is amenable to large scale application.

Abstract: The present invention relates to crystalline hydrates of substituted anilide derivatives, to their preparation, and to their use for controlling phytopathogenic fungi or undesired attack by insects or mites and/or for regulating the growth of plants.

Abstract: Compounds of formula (I), wherein the substituents R1, R2, R3, R4 and Z and the suffixes n and m are as defined in claim 1, and the agrochemically acceptable salts and all stereoisomers and tautomers of those compounds are suitable for use as herbicides.

Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of the general formula 1

Abstract: This invention relates to improved azole derivatives of formula (I): where B is O or S; Het is a heterocycle selected from a number of specified heterocycles and R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9 and R10 are each selected from specified groups; provided that at least one of R6 and R10 is not hydrogen; and to insecticidal, acaricidal, molluscicidal and nematicidal compositions comprising them and to methods of using them to combat and control insect, acarine, mollusc and nematode pests.

Abstract: 4-Aminopicolinic acids having alkyl or alkenyl substituents in the 6-position and their amine and acid derivatives are potent herbicides demonstrating a broad spectrum of weed control.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of the formula (I) or salt thereof in which R1 is identical or different at each occurrence and is H, halogen, CN, nitro, SF5, (C1-C8)alkyl, (C2-C8)alkenyl, (C2-C8)alkynyl, (C1-C8)alkoxy, [(C1-C8)alkyl]-carbonyl or (C1-C8)alkylsulfonyl, each of the radicals being unsubstituted or substituted,  or is S(O)p—R7, where p=0, 1 or 2 and R7 is (C1-C8)alkyl, (C1-C8)haloalkyl or NR8R9, where  R8 and R9 independently of one another are identical or different and are H, (C1-C8)alkyl, (C2-C8)alkenyl, (C7-C10)arylalkyl, (C7-C10)alkylaryl or (C6-C10)aryl, each of the last-mentioned five radicals being unsubstituted or substituted,  or is a group of the formula where R10 is (C1-C8)alkyl which is unsubstituted or substituted, and W=O or S, A is optionally substituted aryl or an optionally substituted heterocyclic radical, X is O or S, R2,R3,R4, and R5 are identical or different and are H, hal

Abstract: 4-Aminopicolinic acids having aryl or heteroaryl substituents in the 6-position and their amine and acid derivatives are potent herbicides demonstrating a broad spectrum of weed control.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel heterocyclylphenyl benzyl ethers, to a process for their preparation and to their use for controlling harmful organisms.

Abstract: The present invention provides antitumor compounds of the formula (I), and antitumor methods.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of improving the growth of plants wherein at least one compound of formula (I) wherein A is 2-chloropyrid-5-yl, 2-methylpyrid-5-yl, 1-oxido-3-pyridinio, 2-chloro-1-oxido-5-pyridinio, 2,3-dichloro-1-oxido-5-pyridinio, tetrahydrofuran-3-yl, 5-methyl-tetrahydrofuran-3-yl or 2-chlorothiazol-5-yl group, R is hydrogen, C1-C6alkyl, phenyl-C1-C4alkyl, C3-C6cycloalkyl, C2-C6alkenyl or C2-C6alkynyl; Y is —N(R)(R2) or SR2; R1 and R2 are independently of each other C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-alkenyl, C1-C4-alkinyl, —C(═O)—CH3 or benzyl; or together form a group —CH2—CH2—, —CH2—CH2—CH2—, —CH2—O—CH2—, —CH2—S—CH2—, —CH2—NH—CH2— or —CH2—N(CH3)—CH2—; and X is N—NO2 or N—CN or CH—NO2; or, where appropriate, a tautomer thereof, in each case in free from or in salt form; is applied to the plant or the locus thereof.

Abstract: The present invention provides 2-methoxyimino-2-(pyridinyloxymethyl) phenyl acetamides according to formula (I) as well as their use as fungicidal compounds.

Abstract: The present invention relates to 2-aryl-5-trifluoromethylpyridines of the formula I 1

Abstract: The invention relates to novel compounds of the formula I 1

Abstract: The compound of the formula 1

Abstract: Microcapsule formulations of A) a particulate disperse phase of a) a reaction product of at least one diamine, polyamide, dialcohol, polyalcohol and/or aminoalcohol with an isocyanate mixture characterized in the description, if appropriate as a mixture with toluylene diisocyanate, b) at least one agrochemically active compound of a particular group of substances and, c) if appropriate, additives, and B) a liquid aqueous phase, a process for the preparation of these formulations, and their use for applying the active compounds which they comprise.

Abstract: Fungicidal compounds of the formula (I): and stereoisomers thereof, wherein R1 is optionally substituted aryl or optionally substituted heteroaryl; Y is oxygen, sulphur or NR4; R2, R3 and R4, which may be the same or different, are hydrogen, C1-4 alkyl or C2-4 alkenyl; X is halogen, C1-4 alkyl, C2-4 alkenyl, C1-4 alkoxy, nitro or cyano, and n is 0 or an integer of 1 to 4; provided that when Y is oxygen, n is 0 and R1 is unsubstituted phenyl at least one of R2 and R3 is other than hydrogen or methyl.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I), are described in which X is halogen, cyano, nitro, (C1-C4)-alkyl, (C1-C4)-alkoxy, (C1-C4)-alkylthio or (C1-C4)-alkylsulfinyl; R1 is halogen, (C1-C4)-haloalkyl, (C1-C4)-alkyl, (C1-C4)-alkoxy, (C1-C4)-haloalkoxy or cyano; m is 0 to 3; n is 1 to 5; Z is oxygen, sulfur, CH2 or NR2; R2 is CN, (C1-C4)-alkoxy-(C1-C4)-alkyl, CHO, (C1-C6)-alkylcarbonyl, (C1-C6)-alkoxycarbonyl or (CW)NR3R4; R3, R4 are H or (C1-C6)-alkyl; W is O or S; G is mono- to tetrasubstituted isoxazoline which is attached in the 3-, 4- or 5-position to the adjacent phenyl ring. The compounds are suitable for use as pesticides.

Abstract: Substituted aryl ether derived compounds represented by the general structure (I) are described.

Abstract: A herbicide containing as the active ingredient an N-(henylsulfonyl)picolinamide derivative represented by general formula (I) wherein X reprcsents a halogeno, a C1-4 alkyl, a C1-4 haloalkyl, a C1-4 alkoxy, a C1-4 haloalkoxy, a (C1-4 alkoxy)carbonyl, a [di(C1-4 alkyl)amino]sulfonyl, an [N—(C1-4 alkyl)-N—(C1-4 alkoxy)amino]sulfonyl, a (C1-4 alkylamino)sulfonyl, a C1-4 alkylthio, a C1-4 alkylsulfinyl, a C1-4 alkylsulfonyl, or nitro; n is an integer of 0 to 5; Y represets a halogeno, a C1-4 alkyl, a C1-4 haloalkyl, a C1-4 alkoxy, C1-4 haloalkoxy, a C1-4 alkylthio, a C1-4 haloalkylthio, amino, a C1-4 alkylamino, a di(C1-4 alkyl)amino, a (C1-4 alkoxy) C1-4 alkyl, a (C1-4 alkylthio) C1-4 alkyl, or nitro; and m is an integer of 0 to 4.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of a solvent-free suspension of a low-melting point water-insoluble solid agrochemical active ingredient, which comprises suspending 1-40% by weight of a silica-based carrier in 40 to 97% by weight of water in the presence of 1-40% by weight of anionic dispersant, heating the suspension thus obtained to a temperature above that of the active ingredient, and adding, with stirring, 1-25% by weight of a molten active ingredient with a melting point of <80° C. or a mixture of at least two active ingredients each having a melting point of <80° C. The present invention furthermore relates to the preparation of suspension concentrates, water-dispersible powders and water-dispersible granules based on the suspensions prepared via the abovementioned process.

Abstract: Described are herbicide compositions, in particular, herbicide compositions that are prepared from microemulsions containing herbicide compound in acid form, and methods of their preparation and use.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising a mulch and an herbicide (i.e., dithiopyr) useful for weed control.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising a mulch and an herbicide useful for weed control.

Abstract: 4-Aminopicolinic acids having aryl or heteroaryl substituents in the 6-position and their amine and acid derivatives are potent herbicides demonstrating a broad spectrum of weed control.

Abstract: Microcapsule formulations of A) a particulate disperse phase of a) a reaction product of the isocyanate of the formula if appropriate as a mixture with toluylene diisocyanate, and at least one diamine, polyamine, dialcohol, polyalcohol and/or aminoalcohol, b) at least one agrochemically active compound of a particular group of substances and, c) if appropriate, additives, and B) a liquid aqueous phase, a process for the preparation of these formulations, and their use for applying the active compounds which they comprise.

Abstract: There is disclosed substituted thiocarboxamides of the general formula (I) useful as herbicides.