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

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) 1

Abstract: A stable, liquid concentrate herbicidal microemulsion composition is provided. The composition comprises N-(phosphonomethyl)glycine or a salt thereof in a continuous aqueous phase and carfentrazone-ethyl in a discontinuous oil phase.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel substituted aryl ketones of the general formula (I) 1

Abstract: Described herein is a method for defoliating a crop plant to aid in harvesting the crop which comprises applying to the plant an effective amount of a composition comprising one or more of a 1,2,4-triazol-1-ylpropanoic acid or derivative thereof having the formula: 1

Abstract: Compounds represented by the following formula (I): 1

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

Abstract: Agrochemical formulations comprising a) at least one agrochemically active compound, b) 2-ethyl-hexanol alkoxylate of the formula  in which P represents E represents —CH2—CH2— and the numbers 8 and 6 are average values and c) optionally additives, a process for preparing these formulations and their use for applying the active compounds they comprise are described.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a homogenous adjuvant blend for use in spray carriers containing herbicides. The homogenous adjuvant blend includes a nitrogen fertilizer, a pH adjuster, modified vegetable oil, and a blend of nonionic surfactants having high, intermediate, and low hydrophilic-lipophilic balance (HLB).

Abstract: The invention relates to novel substituted heterocyclyl-2H-chromenes of the general formula (I) in which R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 Z are each as defined in the description, and to a process for their preparation and to their use as herbicides.

Abstract: The present invention relates to selective-herbicidal compositions, characterized in that they contain an effective amount of flucarbazone, i.e., 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: 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.

Abstract: Triazolone derivatives represented by the formula wherein R1 represents optionally substituted C1-10 alkyl, A1—L1—, A1—ON═CA2, etc.; R2 represents hydrogen, C1-6 alkyl, etc.; R3 represents C1-6 alkoxy, etc.; one of T, U, and V represents CR4, another represents CH or nitrogen, and the remaining one represents CR5 or nitrogen; and W represents CR6 or nitrogen.

Abstract: New herbicidal compounds are provided having the formula wherein Y is oxygen or sulfur; R1 and R2 are each independently a C1-4 hydrocarbyl group, unsubstituted or substituted with one or more halogen, haloalkyl, hydroxy, alkoxy, carboxy, amido, cyano or amino groups; or R1 and R2, together with the carbamoyl nitrogen atom to which they are attached, form a nitrogen-containing five or six membered ring, the ring being optionally interrupted by an ethereal oxygen atom and unsubstituted or substituted with one or more hydroxy, amido, cyano, amino or C1-8 alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, arylalkyl, alkoxy, aminoalkyl or haloalkyl groups; and R3 is hydrogen, halogen, or an alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkenyl, cycloalkylalkenyl, aryl, arylalkyl, alkylthio or arylalkylthio group that is unsubstituted or substituted with one or more halo, hydroxy, alkoxy, acetyloxy, benzoyloxy, alkoxycarbonyl, silyl or alkylsilyl groups; or an agronomically acceptable acid addition salt or metal complex of

Abstract: This invention relates to 1-substituted-phenyl-3-substituted-2-thioxo-4,5-imidazolidinediones and 2,4,5-imidazolidinetriones which have activity as herbicides, to compositions which contain these compounds and to methods of use of these compounds. In particular, the present invention pertains to 2-thioxo-4,5-imidazolidinediones or 2,4,5-imidazolidinetriones wherein a 2,4,5,6-tetrasubstituted phenyl ring is linked to the heterocyclic ring.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel substituted N-aryl nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compounds of the general formula (I) and to the compounds isomeric to the substituted N-aryl nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compounds of the formula (I), of the formulae (Ia) and (Ib) in which Q1, Q2, R1, R2 and Ar have the meanings given in the description, processes for their preparation and their use as herbicides.

Abstract: Disclosed are substituted aromatic thiocarboxamide compounds of the formula: their use as herbicides and the process of making said compounds.

Abstract: The present invention relates to selective-herbicidal compositions, characterized in that they contain an effective amount of the compound 2-(2-methoxycarbonyl-phenylsulphonylaminocarbonyl)-4-methyl-5-propoxy-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 thienylsulphonylamino(thio)carbonyl compounds of the formula (I), in which Q represents oxygen or sulphur, R1 represents cyano, halogen or in each case optionally cyano-, halogen- or C1-C4-alkoxy-substituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkinyl, alkoxy, alkenyloxy or alkinyloxy having in each case up to 6 carbon atoms, R2 represents cyano, halogen or in each case optionally cyano-, halogen- or C1-C4-alkoxy-substituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkinyl, alkoxy, alkenyloxy or alkinyloxy having in each case up to 6 carbon atoms, and R3 represents in each case optionally substituted heterocyclyl having 5 ring members, at least one of which represents oxygen, sulphur or nitrogen and one to three others may represent nitrogen, and salts of compounds of the formula (I), to processes and novel intermediates for preparing the novel compounds and to their use as herbicides.

Abstract: The invention relates to new substituted phenyltriazolin(thi)one of the general formula (I), in which Q1, Q2, R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5have the meanings given in the description, and to a process for their preparation and to their use as herbicides.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula I in which: where: X is CH or N; Y is O; S, S═O or NR5; Z is OR2, SR2, N(R3)R4; or Y and Z together form 5- to 7-membered ring which contains, 2 or 3 hetero atoms O and/or N and which is unsubstituted or substituted by C1-C4alkyl, halo-C1-C4alkyl, halogen, ═O or cyclopropyl; V is a direct bond or C1-C6alkylene, which is unsubstituted or substituted by C1-C3alkyl, C2-C3alkylidene or C3-C6cycloalkylidene; U is O, S, NR7, SO or SO2; W is substituted or unsubstituted aryl or substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl; R1 is cyclopropyl, C1C6alkyl or halo-C1-C6alkyl; R2 and R3 independently of one another are C1-C6alkyl or halo-C1-C6alkyl; R4 and R5 independently of one another are hydrogen, C1-C6alkyl or C1-C6alkoxy; R7 is hydrogen, C1-C6alkyl, benzyl, C1-C6alkylcarbonyl, halo-C1-C6alkylcarbonyl, halo-C2-C6alkenylcarbonyl; R21 and R22 independently of one another are hydrogen, halogen, C1-C8alkyl or C1-C8alkoxy or C1-C8alkylthio; R23, R24, R25, R26 i

Abstract: A compound represented by the formula (I) or its salt and herbicidal and desiccant use thereof: wherein X, Y are independently hydrogen, halogen, cyano, nito, or (C1-6)haloalkyl; Z is oxygen or sulfur; and

Abstract: The invention relates to new substituted phenyltriazolin(ethi)ones of the general formula (I) 1

Abstract: Substituted carbamoyltriazoles of the formula I as defined in the specification and the agriculturally useful salts thereof, processes for their preparation and their use 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-di

Abstract: This invention relates to herbicidal alpha-(2,4,5-trisubstituted)- and alpha-(2,5-disubstituted)-benzoyloxy-alpha-beta-, and/or beta-gamma-unsaturated-carboxylates and their derivatives, to compositions which contain these compounds, and to methods of use of these compounds.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel arylalkyl compounds of the general formula (I) in which m represents the numbers 0 to 5, n represents the numbers 0 to 4, Q represents O, S, SO or SO2, R1 represents hydrogen or optionally substituted alkyl, R2 represents hydrogen or optionally substituted alkyl, X represents hydroxyl, mercapto, amino, hydroxyamino, nitro, formyl, carboxyl, cyano, carbamoyl, thiocarbamoyl, halogen, or represents an in each case optionally cyano-, halogen- or alkoxy-substituted radical from the series alkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylsulphinyl, alkylsulphonyl, alkylamino, dialkylamino, alkylcarbonyl or alkoxycarbonyl, Y represents nitro, carboxyl, cyano, carbamoyl, thiocarbamoyl, halogen, or represents an in each case optionally cyano-, halogen- or alkoxy-substituted radical from the series alkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylsulphinyl or alkylsulphonyl, and Z represents one of the groupings below in which R3, R4, R5, R6 and R7 are each as defined in the desc

Abstract: The invention relates to novel substituted arylsulphonylamino(thio)carbonyl-triazolin(thi)ones of the formula (I) useful as herbicides.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel substituted sulphonylamino(thio)carbonyl compounds of the formula (I) in which A represents oxygen, sulphur, NH, N-alkyl, N-aryl, —CH═N—, or —N═CH—or —CH═CH—, Q represents oxygen or sulphur, R1 represents respectively optionally substituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkinyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, aryl, arylalkyl, heterocyclyl or heterocyclylalkyl, R2 represents cyano, nitro, halogen or represents respectively optionally substituted alkyl, alkoxy, alkoxycarbonyl, alkylthio, alkylsulphinyl, alkylsulphonyl, alkenyl, alkinyl, alkenyloxy or alkinyloxy, and R3 represents respectively optionally substituted heterocyclyl having 5 ring members of which at least one represents oxygen, sulphur or nitrogen and a further one to three may represent nitrogen, (except for certain individual prior art compounds), furthermore to salts of novel compounds of the formula (I), to various processes and novel intermediates for prep

Abstract: The invention relates to novel sulphonylaminocarbonyltriazolinones having halogenoalkoxy substituents of the formula (I) ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 represents hydrogen, hydroxyl, amino, alkylideneamino or a respectively optionally substituted radical from the group consisting of alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxy, alkenyloxy, alkylamino, dialkylamino, alkanoylamino, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, cycloalkylamino, aryl and arylalkyl,R.sup.2 represents respectively halogen-substituted alkyl or alkenyl, andR.sup.3 represents a respectively optionally substituted radical from the group consisting of alkyl, aralkyl, aryl and heteroaryl,and salts of compounds of the formula (I), and to processes and novel intermediates for preparing the compounds (I), and to their use as herbicides and/or fungicides.

Abstract: A compound represented by the formula (I) or its salt and herbicidal and desiccant use thereof: ##STR1## wherein X, Y are independently hydrogen, halogen, cyano, nitro, or (C.sub.

Abstract: There is disclosed substituted thiocarboxamides of the general formula (I) ##STR1## , wherein Z, R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are as defined by the specification, which are useful herbicidal agents.

Abstract: A 1-phenyl, naphthyl or aralkyl-4-(N,N-di-substituted carbamoyl)-1,2,4-triazol-5-one derivative represented by the general formula (I) ##STR1## wherein A is an unsubstituted or substituted phenyl group, 1-naphthyl group, 5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-1-naphthyl group or an aralkyl group such as an unsubstituted or substituted benzyl group and so on, R.sub.1 is a lower alkyl group and so on, and R.sub.2 is an unsubstituted or substituted phenyl group and so on, was prepared as novel compounds. This 1-substituted-4-carbamoyl-1,2,4-triazol-5-one derivative does not substantially exhibit phytotoxicity to various agricultural crop plants and therefore is useful as a selective herbicide.

Abstract: Benzoyl derivatives of the formula I ##STR1## where Z is a 5-membered or 6-membered heterocyclic, saturated or unsaturated radical containing one to three hetero atoms selected from the group consisting of oxygen, sulfur and nitrogen,Q is a cyclohexane-1, 3-dione ring bonded in the 2-position and of the formula II, ##STR2## or conventional agricultural salts of the compounds I.

Abstract: The novel title compounds of the formula (I) ##STR1## in which Q.sup.1 represents oxygen or sulphur,Q.sup.2 represents oxygen or sulphur,R.sup.1 represents hydrogen, hydroxyl, amino or alkylideneamino or represents an in each case optionally substituted radical from the series consisting of alkyl, alkenyl, alkinyl, alkoxy, alkenyloxy, alkylamino, dialkylamino, alkanoylamino, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, cycloalkylamino, aryl and arylalkyl,R.sup.2 represents in each case optionally substituted heterocyclyl or heterocyclylalkyl, andR.sup.3 represents an in each case optionally substituted radical from the series consisting of alkyl, aralkyl, aryl and heteroaryl,and salts of compounds of the formula (I), processes and novel intermediates for their preparation, and their use as herbicides.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel sulphonylaminocarbonyltriazolinones of the formula (I), ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 represents hydrogen, hydroxyl, amino, alkylideneamino or a respectively optionally substituted radical from the group consisting of alkyl, alkenyl, alkinyl, alkylamino, dialkylamino, alkanoylamino, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, cycloalkylamino, aryl, arylalkyl,R.sup.2 represents respectively halogen-substituted alkyl or alkenyl andR.sup.3 represents a respectively optionally substituted radical from the group consisting of alkyl, aralkyl, aryl, heteroaryl,and to salts of compounds of the formula (I), to processes and novel intermediates for preparing the compounds (I) and to their use as herbicides and/or fungicides.

Abstract: The invention relates to sulphonylamino(thio)carbonyl-triazolin(ethi)ones of the general formula (I) ##STR1## in which Q.sup.1 represents oxygen or sulphur,Q.sup.2 represents oxygen or sulphur,R.sup.1 represents hydrogen, hydroxyl, amino, alkylideneamino or a respectively optionally substituted radical from the group consisting of alkyl, alkenyl, alkinyl, alkoxy, alkenyloxy, alkylamino, dialkylamino, alkanoylamino, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylamino, cycloalkylalkyl, aryl and arylalkyl,R.sup.

Abstract: Substituted triazolinones I ##STR1## where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each H, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl or C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -haloalkyl,R.sup.3 is H or halogen,R.sup.4 is CN, halogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -haloalkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkoxy or C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -haloalkoxy,R.sup.5 is NO.sub.2, CN or halogen,R.sup.6 is --OR.sup.7, --SR.sup.7, --N(R.sup.8)--R.sup.9 or --N(R.sup.8)--OR.sup.10,R.sup.7 is H, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.6 -alkenyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.6 -alkynyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.6 -cycloalkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -haloalkyl, cyano-C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkoxy-C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkylthio-C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkoxycarbonyl-C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkylaminocarbonyl-C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl, di-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl)aminocarbonyl-C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkoximino-C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl, di-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkoxy)-C.sub.2 -C.sub.6 -alkyl, di-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel substituted sulphonylaminocabonyltriazolinones of the formula (I), in which Q represents oxygen, sulphur or the grouping --N(R.sup.4)--, R.sup.3 represents aryl or arylalkyl which are in each case substituted at least twice, with one of the substituents being different from alkyl, and R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.4 represent hydrogen or different substituents and also to salts of compounds of the formula (I), to processes for preparing the novel compounds and to their use as herbicides.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a 1,2,4-triazole derivative which in a small amount exhibits high herbicidal activity against weeds in paddy fields, lawns or farmlands, the derivative being without injury to rice, turf grasses and crops. The 1,2,4-triazole derivative is represented by the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are the same or different and independently represent hydrogen or methyl, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are the same or different and independently represent halogen, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, lower haloalkyl, lower haloalkoxy or cyano, R.sup.5 represents methyl or ethyl and X represents oxygen or sulfur.

Abstract: The invention relates to new 1H-3-aryl-pyrrolidine-2,4-dione derivatives of the formula (I) ##STR1## in which A, B, X, Y and G have the meanings given in the description, to a plurality of processes for their preparation, and to their use as pesticides.

Abstract: The invention relates to new heterocyclically disubstituted sulphonylamino(thio)carbonyl compounds of the formula (I) ##STR1## in which Q represents oxygen or sulphur,R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are identical or different and independently of one another represent a radical from the series comprising heterocyclyl, heterocyclylamino and heterocyclylimino, in each case optionally substituted and bonded via N, with the exception of optionally substituted pyrazolylamino in the meaning of R.sup.1,and salts of the compounds of the formula (I), furthermore to processes for their preparation, and to their use as herbicides.

Abstract: Herbicidal novel tetrazolinone derivatives of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is alkyl, haloalkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, haloalkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxy or phenyl which is optionally substituted, andR.sup.2 is alkyl, haloalkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, haloalkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxy or phenyl which is optionally substituted, orR.sup.1 and R.sup.2 form, together with the nitrogen atom to which R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are bonded, a 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic ring, optionally fused to a carbocyclic ring optionally and independently substituted by C.sub.1-4 alkyl, andR.sup.3 is a 5-membered heterocyclic radical containing at least one hereto atom selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur, optionally substituted by at least one substitutent selected from the group consisting of halogen, benzyl, phenyl, halogen-substituted phenyl, C.sub.1-4 alkyl, C.sub.1-4 alkoxy, C.sub.1-4 haloalkyl, C.sub.1-4 haloalkoxy, C.sub.1-4 alkylthio, C.sub.1-4 alkyl-sulfonyl and C.sub.

Abstract: The invention relates to new sulphonylaminocarbonyltriazolinones of the formula (I) ##STR1## in which Q represents oxygen, sulphur or one of the following groups ##STR2## (in which the radicals R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 have the meanings given in the description),as well as to salts of compounds of the formula (I), to processes and novel intermediates for the preparation of the novel compounds, and to their use as herbicides.

Abstract: Herbicidal sulphonylaminocarbonyltriazolinones having substituents bonded via oxygen of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 represents hydrogen, amino, or an optionally substituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkinyl, cycloalkyl, aralkyl, aryl, alkylamino, cycloalklamino or dialkylamino radical,R.sup.2 represents an optionally substituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkinyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, aralkyl or aryl radical, andR.sup.

Abstract: The invention relates to new substituted triazolinones of the general formula (I) ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 represents alkyl, halogenoalkyl, alkoxyalkyl or cycloalkyl,R.sup.2 and R.sup.1 either independently of one another in each case represent hydrogen, alkyl or alkoxycarbonyl, or together with the nitrogen atom to which they are bonded represent an optionally substituted alkylideneimino radical,R.sup.4 either represents hydrogen, cyano, alkyl, alkenyl, alkinyl or halogenoalkyl andR.sup.5 represents hydrogen, alkyl or halogenoalkyl, orR.sup.4 and R.sup.5 together with the carbon atom to which they are bonded represent cycloalkyl,R.sup.6 represents hydrogen or in each case optionally substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, arylalkyl or heteroaryl,X represents oxygen or sulphur andZ represents oxygen or sulphur,to a plurality of processes for their preparation, to a plurality of new intermediates, and to their use as herbicides.

Abstract: Herbicidal and fungicidal substituted triazolinones of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 represents hydrogen, alkyl alkenyl, alkinyl, halogenoalkyl, halogenoalkenyl, halogenoalkinyl, alkoxyalkyl, cycloalkyl or cycloalkylalkyl, of represents tetrahydrofuranyl or tetrahydrofuranylalkyl, or represents in each case optionally substituted aralkyl or aryl,R.sup.2 represents hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkinyl, halogenoalkyl, halogenoalkenyl, halogenoalkinyl, cyanoalkyl, hydroxyalkyl, alkoxyalkyl, aryloxyalkyl, alkoxycarbonylalkyl, alkoxycarbonylalkenyl, alkylaminoalkyl or dialkylaminoalkyl, or represents in each case optionally substituted cyclocalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, cycloalkenyl or cycloalkenylalkyl, or represents optionally substituted heterocyclyalkyl, or represents in each case optionally substituted aralkyl, aroyl, aryl, aralkyloxy or aryloxy, or represents alkoxy, alkenyloxy or alkinyloxy,R.sup.

Abstract: Herbicidal triazolecarboxamides are useful as agricultural chemicals. In particular the compounds are useful as herbicides, both general and selective, both post-emergent and pre-emergent. Examples of selective activity include excellent control of blackgrass and wild oats with outstanding wheat tolerance, and control of crabgrass, giant foxtail, barnyardgrass and blackgrass with outstanding tolerance to corn, soybeans, rice, cotton, wheat, sugarbeets and rape.

Abstract: The invention provides a method for determining whether a compound inhibits acetohydroxyacid synthase. The invention further provides a method for determining whether a plant is resistant to an acetohydroxyacid synthase inhibiting compound.

Abstract: It has now been found that certain novel (oxaalkyl)phenyl-substituted heterocycles are useful as pre-emergent and post-emergent herbicides. These compounds are represented by formula I: ##STR1## where Q is a heterocycle and X, Y, R, R.sup.1, R.sup.2, and R.sup.3 are substituents as described in the specification. Preferred are those compounds where Y and R are chloro; R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are hydrogen or methyl; R.sup.3 is hydrogen or alkylaminocarbonyl; X is fluorine; and Q is a 1-substituted-6-trifluoromethyl-2,4(1H,3H)-pyrimidinedion-3-yl.