Abstract: The present invention provides a formulation comprising a pesticide and/or a plant growth regulator; an acyl morpholine of the formula (I) where R is H, CH3 or C2H5; and a polar aprotic co-solvent different from an acyl morpholine of formula (I). The formulation can be used in treatment of plants, and is especially well suited for use as a soluble liquid formulation.

Abstract: The present invention provides a broadleaf perennial weed control agent for grass, which has a powerful herbicide effect on weeds that have proven difficult to control with conventional herbicides for grass and/or on weeds having resistance to conventional herbicides, and yet is safe for use on grasses; and a method for controlling broadleaf perennial weeds in grass by applying the control agent to the soil or the foliage.

Abstract: Protoporphyrinogen oxidase enzyme-inhibiting compounds are useful in compositions and methods for regulating growth of cotton plants. Of particular interest is the use of carfentrazone ethyl and certain metabolites thereof for regulating growth of cotton plants.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a microcapsule exhibiting desirable sustained-release properties, which microcapsule comprises a core material comprising an active ingredient encapsulated within a silica shell, characterized in that the outer surface of such silica shell has a layer of a metal selected from Group 2a, Group 8, Group 2b or Group 3a of the Periodic Table bound thereto. In other aspects this invention relates to a method of making such a microcapsule; a pesticidal composition comprising microcapsules comprising a pesticidal active ingredient and a suitable carrier; and to a method of controlling pests comprising applying an effective amount of such a pesticidal composition to a locus where pests are or are expected to be present.

Abstract: The invention disclosed in this document concerns controlling planthoppers.

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 present invention relates to Brassica plants comprising full knockout AHAS alleles and to brassica plant comprising a combination of full knockout AHAS alleles and AHAS alleles encoding herbicide tolerant AHAS proteins, nucleic acid sequences representing full knockout AHAS alleles, as well as methods for generating and identifying said plants and alleles, which can be used to obtain herbicide tolerant plants.

Abstract: An agrochemical composition is provided in which an agrochemically active ingredient having 4 or more fluorine atoms in a molecule and having a Log P value of 3 or more is contained, and superior disintegration dispersibility is exhibited, and which is suitable for a water dispersible granule or a suspension concentrate. An agrochemical composition is characterized by containing (a1) an agrochemically active ingredient having 4 or more fluorine atoms in a molecule and having a Log P value of 3 or more, or (a2) an agrochemically active ingredient for which, in a fluidity test of a mixture composed of 50 parts by weight of the agrochemically active ingredient, 2 parts by weight of sorbitan monooleate and 48 parts by weight of water, the time for moving 85 mm is not less than 90 seconds, in an amount ranging from 0.1 to 70% by weight of the total amount of the composition, and (b) a wetting agent such as an alkylsulfate salt, in an amount ranging from 0.1 to 10% by weight of the total amount of the composition.

Abstract: The invention relates to herbicidal compositions, their preparation, and their use for controlling unwanted vegetation. The compositions include an effective amount of an active compound combination that includes: (a) a substituted thien-3-yl-sulphonylaminocarbonyltriazolinone of formula (I-2) or salts thereof; and (b) at least one of the known herbicides listed in the disclosure and, (c) optionally a safener.

Abstract: The present invention relates to selective-herbicidal compositions, characterized in that they contain an effective amount of the compound 2-(2-trifluoromethoxy-phenylsulphonylarninocarbonyl)-4-methyl-5-methoxy-2,4-dihydro-3H-1,2,4-triazol-3-one of the formula (I) and/or of salts of the compound of the formula (I), and to the use of these compositions for the selective control of weeds in crops of cereals, in particular crops of wheat, and to methods for the selective control of weeds in crops of cereals by applying the compositions together with surfactants and/or customary extenders.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a solid formulation comprising a) one or more sulfonamides, b) one or more surfactants, and c) at least 2% by weight of water. The solid formulation is suitable for the field of crop protection.

Abstract: N-(Tetrazol-5-yl)- and N-(triazol-5-yl)arylcarboxamides of the formula (I) are described as herbicides. In this formula (I), X, Y, Z and R represent radicals such as hydrogen, organic radicals such as alkyl, and other radicals such as halogen. A and B represent N and CY.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to pesticide compositions consisting of meso-sized particles in combination with certain adjuvants such as built-in adjuvants which are added directly to the formulation or to an aqueous dilution of the formulation such as tank-mix adjuvants, to provide enhanced effectiveness for the control of agricultural pests. Mesoparticle compositions containing such adjuvants have been found to provide improved effectiveness compared to mesoparticle compositions not containing such adjuvants or to conventional formulations.

Abstract: The present invention generally relates to methods of inhibiting ethylene responses in plants and plant materials, and particularly relates to methods of inhibiting various ethylene responses including plant maturation and degradation, by exposing plants to cyclopropene derivatives and compositions thereof wherein: 1) at least one substituent on the cyclopropene ring contains a carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring, or 2) a substituent contains silicon, sulfur, phosphorous, or boron, or 3) least one substituent contains from one to four non-hydrogen atoms and at least one substituent contains more than four non-hydrogen atoms.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula I in which the variables have the meanings given in the claims and/or in the description; and their agriculturally acceptable salts.

Abstract: This invention relates generally to the detection of genetic differences among soybeans. More particularly, soybean quantitative trait loci (QTL) associated with herbicide tolerance, including tolerance to one or more of an HPPD-inhibitor herbicide, such as mesotrione and isoxazole herbicides, and/or a PPO inhibitor herbicide; soybean plants possessing these QTLs; and genetic markers that are indicative of phenotypes associated with such herbicide tolerance are provided. Methods and compositions for use of these markers in genotyping of soybean and selection are also disclosed, as are methods and compositions for use of herbicides for weed control. Also disclosed are isolated polynucleotides and polypeptides relating to such tolerance or sensitivity and methods of introgressing such tolerance into a plant by breeding or transgenically, or by a combination thereof. Plant cells, plants, and seeds produced are also provided.

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: The present invention relates to a slow-release pesticide system in agrarian applications that includes but is not limited solely to insecticide, fungicide and herbicide formulations. The system includes a pesticide incorporated into vesicles that is formed by neutral lipids (thereby enhancing the water solubility of the pesticide). The vesicles that incorporate the pesticide are, in turn, adsorbed, on a clay mineral. The formulations are appropriate for pesticide molecules of any type (hydrophobic, acid and basic). Said pesticide formulation allows slow release of the active ingredient, thereby reducing the risk of pollution of groundwater and surface water.

Abstract: Sulfonylamino(thio)carbonyl compounds are used to control unwanted plants or to regulate growth in plants. Sulfonylamino(thio)carbonyl compounds are applied to plants, the seed or the area on which the plants are growing to control the growth of such plants.

Abstract: Herbicide/azole combination comprising components (A) and (B) having improved effects, where (A) is one or more herbicidally active compounds from the group of the ALS inhibitors, and (B) is one or more agrochemically active azole compounds, preferably from the group of the triazoles, pyrazoles and triazolinethiones.

Abstract: The invention relates to synergistic herbicidal compositions comprising an effective amount of an active compound combination comprising (a) one or more compounds of the formula (I) in which Q1, Q2, R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as defined in the disclosure—and salts of the compounds of the formula (I)— and (b) at least one of the known herbicides listed in the description and, if appropriate, (c) a safener. The invention also relates to the use of these compositions for controlling unwanted vegetation and to a process for preparing the compositions according to the invention.

Abstract: A fungicidal mixture comprising prothioconazole or its salts or adducts and at least one insecticide selected from the group consisting of fipronil, chlorpyrifos or thiamethoxam.

Abstract: The invention relation to the use of alcohol ethoxylates of the formula (I) in which n represents 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8 and Q represents a branched tridecyl radical, as penetrants for herbicidally active compounds from the group of the triazolinones. The invention also relates to corresponding plant treatment compositions and to their use in crop protection.

Abstract: The present invention relates to selective-herbicidal compositions, characterized in that they contain an effective amount of the compound 2-(2-trifluoromethoxy-phenylsulphonylaminocarbonyl)-4-methyl-5-methoxy-2,4-dihydro-3H-1,2,4-triazol-3-one of the formula (I) and/or of salts of the compound of the formula (I), and to the use of these compositions for the selective control of weeds in crops of cereals, in particular crops of wheat, and to methods for the selective control of weeds in crops of cereals by applying the compositions together with surfactants and/or customary extenders.

Abstract: The present invention provides a broadleaf perennial weed control agent for grass, which has a powerful herbicide effect on weeds that have proven difficult to control with conventional herbicides for grass and/or on weeds having resistance to conventional herbicides, and yet is safe for use on grasses; and a method for controlling broadleaf perennial weeds in grass by applying the control agent to the soil or the foliage.

Abstract: An agrochemical composition includes a homogeneous single-phase liquid crystal in thermodynamic equilibrium. The agrochemical composition can be a surfactant composition or a pesticide composition. The surfactant composition is a blend of surfactants, whereas a pesticide composition has an active ingredient and one or more surfactant adjuvants. A pesticide composition, or a surfactant composition in combination with an active ingredient, may be used to control pests.

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 novel agrochemical formulations based on ethylene diamine alkoxylate derivative emulsifiers, to a method for producing said formulations, and to the use of the same for applying the active ingredients contained therein.

Abstract: The present invention relates to selective-herbicidal compositions, characterized in that they contain an effective amount of the compound 2-(2-trifluoromethoxy-phenylsulphonylaminocarbonyl)-4-methyl-5-methoxy-2,4-dihydro-3H-1,2,4-triazol-3-one of the formula (I) and/or of salts of the compound of the formula (I), and to the use of these compositions for the selective control of weeds in crops of cereals, in particular crops of wheat, and to methods for the selective control of weeds in crops of cereals by applying the compositions together with surfactants and/or customary extenders.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel substituted thien-3-yl-sulphonylamino(thio)carbonyl-triazolin(ethi)ones of the general formula (I) in which Q1, Q2, R1, R2, R3 and R4 are each as defined in the description, and to salts of the compounds according to formula (I), to processes and to novel intermediates for their preparation and to their use as herbicides.

Abstract: An agrochemical composition is provided in which an agrochemically active ingredient having 4 or more fluorine atoms in a molecule and having a Log P value of 3 or more is contained, and superior disintegration dispersibility is exhibited, and which is suitable for a water dispersible granule or a suspension concentrate. An agrochemical composition is characterized by containing (a1) an agrochemically active ingredient having 4 or more fluorine atoms in a molecule and having a Log P value of 3 or more, or (a2) an agrochemically active ingredient for which, in a fluidity test of a mixture composed of 50 parts by weight of the agrochemically active ingredient, 2 parts by weight of sorbitan monooleate and 48 parts by weight of water, the time for moving 85 mm is not less than 90 seconds, in an amount ranging from 0.1 to 70% by weight of the total amount of the composition, and (b) a wetting agent such as an alkylsulfate salt, in an amount ranging from 0.1 to 10% by weight of the total amount of the composition.

Abstract: Protoporphyrinogen oxidase enzyme-inhibiting herbicides are useful in a method for controlling unwanted ground shoots of vines and other trunk vegetation. Of particular interest is the use of carfentrazone ethyl and certain metabolites thereof for control of unwanted ground shoots of vines and other trunk vegetation.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel substituted thiene-3-ylsulphonylamino(thio)carbonyl-triazolin(ethi)ones of the general formula (I) in which Q1, Q2, R1, R2 R3 and R4 are as defined in the description, except for prior-art compounds. The invention also relates to the preparation of the compounds, to their use as herbicides and to herbicidal compositions comprising the novel compounds.

Abstract: Aminocarbonyl-substituted thiensulfonylamino(thio)carbonyl-triazolin(ethi)ones, processes for their preparation and their use The invention relates to novel substituted thien-3-ylsulfonylamino(thio)carbonyl-triazolin(ethi)ones of the formula (I), in which Q1, Q2, R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are as defined in the description, and also to salts of compounds of the formula (I), to processes for their preparation and to their use as herbicides.

Abstract: A herbicidal formulation comprising of incorporating the herbicide in a micelle or vesicle and adsorbing said micelle or vesicle containing herbicide on clay mineral. The formulation is suitable in particular for negatively charged herbicides at pH above 6. The herbicidal formulation provides slow release and reduced leaching of the herbicide to deep soil layers, thus reducing contamination of underground water and soil. Furthermore, the herbicide is maintained in the target vicinity, thus its efficiency is enhanced and a smaller concentration may be used.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel substituted benzoylcyclohexenones of the formula (I), in which n, A, R1, R2, R3, R4, Y and Z are each as defined in the description, and also to processes for their preparation and to their use as herbicides.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel substituted thien-3-yl-sulphonylamino(thio)carbonyl-triazolin(ethi)ones of the general formula (I) in which Q1, Q2, R1, R2, R3 and R4 are each as defined in the description, and to salts of the compounds according to formula (I), to processes and to novel intermediates for their preparation and to their use as herbicides.

Abstract: Provided is a method of formulating hydrophobic pesticides comprising emulsifying an aqueous phase and a water-immiscible phase to form a formulation; wherein the aqueous phase is comprised of water and optionally a freeze/thaw agent, one or more emulsifiers, or combinations thereof, and the water-immiscible phase comprises the hydrophobic pesticide and one or more emulsifiers.

Abstract: Substituted triazolinone compounds of the formula: wherein the variables R1, R2, R7, R8, R12 and X are as defined in the specification are useful as herbicides, plant growth regulators, insecticides and acaricides. Processes for the preparation of these compounds, and intermediates useful in such preparation are also disclosed.

Abstract: The invention concerns novel azole or triazole derivatives of formula (Ia) or (Ib), wherein: X, Ar1, Ar2, Ar3, A, B and R1 are such as defined in the description, the method for preparing same and their use as fungicides.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel substituted aryl ketones of the general formula (I) wherein all variables are as defined in the specification, and to processes for their preparation, to intermediates and to the use of these compounds as herbicides.

Abstract: The present invention provides herbicidal synergistic active compound combinations comprising a 2,6-disubstituted pyridine of the formula (I) and at least one herbicidally active compound and/or safeners. The synergistic active compound combinations of the present invention find use in the selective control of weed in various crops of plants.

Abstract: A selective synergistic postemergent herbicide composition is provided for the control of undesired broadleaf vegetation and grassyweeds comprising the combination of quinclorac and a selective herbicidal protox inhibitor. About 0.05 part to about 0.1 part by weight of the protox inhibitor is provided for each part by weight of quinclorac. Better synergistic results are obtained from the combination of quinclorac, a selective herbicidal protox inhibitor, and a selective herbicidal auxinic agent. About 0.05 part to about 0.1 part by weight of the protox inhibitor is provided for each part by weight of quinclorac, and about 1 part to about 4 parts by weight of the auxinic herbicidal agent for each part by weight of quinclorac. The synergistic composition hereof has been found to provide more rapid and better control of grassy weeds such as crabgrass than presently registered herbicides.

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 relates to substituted fluoroalkoxyphenylsulphonylamino(thio)-carbonyl-triazolin(ethi)ones of the general formula (I) 1

Abstract: A novel liquid herbicide composition containing carfentrazone-ethyl, an anionic surfactant, a water-soluble organic compound and water and having a pH of from 2 to 7 is provided in which carfentrazone-ethyl is prevented from being in storage.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel substituted benzoyl ketones of the formula (I) in which n represents 0, 1, 2 or 3, A represents a single bond or represents alkanediyl (alkylene), R1 represents hydrogen or represents in each case optionally substituted alkyl or cycloalkyl, R2 represents hydrogen, cyano, carbamoyl, halogen, or represents in each case optionally substituted alkyl, alkoxy, alkoxycarbonyl, alkylthio, alkylsulphinyl or alkylsulphonyl, R3 represents hydrogen, nitro, cyano, carboxyl, carbamoyl, thiocarbamoyl, halogen, or represents in each case optionally substituted alkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylsulphinyl, alkylsulphonyl, alkylamino, dialkylamino or dialkylaminosulphonyl, R4 represents nitro, cyano, carboxyl, carbamoyl, thiocarbamoyl, halogen, or represents in each case optionally substituted alkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylsulphinyl, alkylsulphonyl, alkylamino, dialkyiamino or dialkylaminosulphonyl, and Z represents an optionally substituted 4- to 12-membered, saturated or u

Abstract: The invention relates to novel substituted benzoylpyrazoles of the general formula (I), in which n represents the numbers 0, 1, 2 or 3, A represents a single bond or represents alkanediyl(alkylene), R1 represents in each case optionally substituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkinyl or cycloalkyl, R2 represents hydrogen, cyano, carbamoyl, thiocarbamoyl, halogen, or represents in each case optionally substituted alkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkoxycarbonyl or cycloalkyl, R3 represents hydrogen, nitro, cyano, carboxyl, carbamoyl, thiocarbamoyl, halogen, or represents in each case optionally substituted alkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylsulfinyl, alkylsulfonyl, alkylamino, dialkylamino or dialkylaminosulfonyl, R4 represents nitro, cyano, carboxyl, carbamoyl, thiocarbamoyl, halogen, or represents in each case optionally substituted alkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylsulfinyl, alkylsulfonyl, alkylamino, dialkylamino or dialkylaminosulfonyl, Y represents hydrogen or represents in each case optionally substituted

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

Abstract: The invention relates to novel sulphonylamino(thio) carbonyl compounds of the formula (I), in which A represents a single bond, oxygen, sulphur or the group N—R, in which R represents hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkinyl or cycloalkyl, Q represents oxygen or sulphur, R1 represents hydrogen or formyl or represents in each case optionally substituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkinyl, alkylcarbonyl, alkoxycarbonyl, alkylsulphonyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylcarbonyl or cycloalkylsulphonyl, R2 represents cyano or halogen or represents in each case optionally substituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkinyl, alkoxy, alkenyloxy or alkinyloxy, and R3 represents in each case optionally substituted heterocyclyl having 5 ring members of which at least one is oxygen, sulphur or nitrogen and from one to three further ring members can be nitrogen, and salts of compounds of the formula (I), the previously known compounds 4,5-dimethoxy-2-(2,5-dimethoxy-phenylsulphonylaminocarbonyl)-2,4-dihydro-3H-1,2,4-triazol-3-one, 4,5-diethoxy-2-(2,5-dimetho