Abstract: The invention provides a composition comprising a) Acetamiprid, b) Bifenthrin and c) a toxicity control agent. The invention also provides a method for preparing the composition as well as a method for controlling insects and acarids using the composition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an aqueous agrochemical spray solution containing an agrochemical active and a surfactant. The spray solution comprises a dispersed phase comprising dispersed particles which have an average particle size between 1 to 100 microns and the concentration of said dispersed particles is from about 0.001 to 5 wt %. The aqueous agrochemical spray solution is capable of reducing the volume of the fine droplets in mist whose size is less than 150 microns during spraying by at least 20% compared to the same aqueous spray solution without the presence of the surfactant. The present invention also relates to a method of reducing the spray drift of an aqueous agrochemical spray solution upon spraying with a spraying apparatus. The method includes adding the surfactant to the aqueous agrochemical spray solution in an amount effective to form the dispersed phase.

Abstract: Bio-regulators from a group of quaternary ammonium moieties modify a gene expression in undesirable plants to inhibit growth and robustness and enhance the effectiveness of herbicides. Such bio-regulator may be applied to plants through seed treatments, root drenching, spraying and dusting, or to soil were desirable crops are planted or will be planted. Bio-regulators may be duel-acting; causing beneficial modification to gene expressions in desirable plants while modifying gene expression in undesirable plants, making them more susceptible to herbicides. Bio-regulators are Ester Compounds, BMIA Compounds or related salts of those compounds.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an aqueous agrochemical spray solution containing an agrochemical active and a surfactant. The spray solution comprises a dispersed phase comprising dispersed particles which have an average particle size between 1 to 100 microns and the concentration of said dispersed particles is from about 0.001 to 5 wt %. The aqueous agrochemical spray solution is capable of reducing the volume of the fine droplets in mist whose size is less than 150 microns during spraying by at least 20% compared to the same aqueous spray solution without the presence of the surfactant. The present invention also relates to a method of reducing the spray drift of an aqueous agrochemical spray solution upon spraying with a spraying apparatus. The method includes adding the surfactant to the aqueous agrochemical spray solution in an amount effective to form the dispersed phase.

Abstract: A breeding stack of soybean event 9582.814.19.1 and soybean event pDAB4468.04.16.1 resulted in the novel soybean event pDAB9582.814.19.1 :: pDAB4468.04.16.1. Soybean event pDAB9582.814.19.1 :: pDAB4468.04.16.1 comprises genes encoding AAD-12, CrylF, CrylAc (synpro), and PAT, affording insect resistance and herbicide tolerance to soybean crops containing the event, and enabling methods for crop protection and protection of stored products.

Abstract: Bio-regulators from a group of quaternary ammonium moieties modify a gene expression in undesirable plants to inhibit growth and robustness and enhance the effectiveness of herbicides. Such bio-regulator may be applied to plants through seed treatments, root drenching, spraying and dusting, or to soil were desirable crops are planted or will be planted. Bio-regulators may be duel-acting; causing beneficial modification to gene expressions in desirable plants while modifying gene expression in undesirable plants, making them more susceptible to herbicides. Bio-regulators are Ester Compounds, BMIA Compounds or related salts of those compounds.

Abstract: The invention relates to compositions that contain A) one or more copolymers, said copolymers containing one or more structural units obtained from a) 19.9 to 75.9 wt. % glycerin, b) 0.1 to 30 wt. % at least one dicarboxylic acid, and c) 24 to 80 wt. % at least one monocarboxylic acid according to formula (I) R1—COOH (I), in which R1 is (C5-C29)-alkyl; (C7-C29)-alkenyl; phenyl; or naphthyl, and B) one or more solvents that are not miscible with water. The invention is characterized in that said compounds either do not contain water or contain water in a quantity less than or equal to 1.0 wt. % with respect to the total weight of the respective composition. The compositions are advantageously suitable for producing pesticide compositions for example.

Abstract: This invention includes a novel aad-12 transformation event for herbicide tolerance in soybean plants—referred to herein as pDAB4468-0416. This invention includes a heterologous polynucleotide inserted into a specific site within the genome of a soybean cell. In some embodiments, said event/polynucleotide can be “stacked” with other traits, including, for example, other herbicide tolerance gene(s) and/or insect-inhibitory proteins. Additionally, the subject invention provides assays for detecting the presence of the subject event in a sample (a soybean, for example). The assays can be based on the DNA sequence of the recombinant construct, inserted into the soybean genome, and on the genomic sequences flanking the insertion site. Kits and conditions useful in conducting the assays are also provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of using m-tyrosine compounds from Festuca species for inhibiting weed growth and enhancing growth of non-weed plants. The present invention also relates to methods of identifying plants having herbicidal properties.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method and a composition for restoring pollen fertility by suppressing formation insufficiency in a pollen formation process due to a high-temperature or low-temperature stress. The present invention provides a fertility restorative agent comprising an auxin as an active ingredient, and a method for restoring the fertility of a plants of the family Poaceae, comprising spreading an auxin. Moreover, the present invention provides a fertility restorative agent containing as an active ingredient a substance which inhibits auxin action, and a method for restoring the fertility of rice plant, including spreading a substance which inhibits auxin action.

Abstract: The present invention generally relates to an aqueous herbicidal formulation that comprises at least one phenoxy acid herbicide or an agriculturally acceptable salt or derivative thereof, and an alkylamidopropyl dialkylamine surfactant adjuvant, wherein said surfactant adjuvant comprises at least one surfactant having the formula (I) wherein R is a straight or branched chain, saturated or unsaturated acyl group having 6-22 carbon atoms, n is 3, and Y and Y? are, independently, an alkyl group having 1-4 carbon atoms or (AO)sH, wherein AO is an alkyleneoxy group having 2-4 carbon atoms, and s is on average 1-10; provided that at least one of the groups Y and Y? is an alkyl group having 1-4 carbon atoms; or a salt thereof; or a quaternized derivative of (I) having the formula (II) wherein R is a straight or branched chain, saturated or unsaturated acyl group having from 6 to 22 carbon atoms; n is 3; Y and Y? are, independently, an alkyl group having 1-4 carbon atoms or (AO)sH, wherein AO is an alkyleneoxy group

Abstract: This invention relates to agrochemical compositions comprising a benzamide compound of formula (I) where R1 is fluoro, methoxy or C1-4 alkyl; R2 and R3 are each independently optionally substituted C1-6 alkyl or optionally substituted C2-6 alkenyl; or R3 is hydrogen and R3 is optionally substituted C5-8 alkyl or optionally substituted C4-6 alkenyl or optionally substituted benzyl; or R2 and R3 and the nitrogen atom to which they are both attached together form an optionally substituted 5-, 6- or 7-membered ring, which ring optionally contains at least one further heteroatom selected from O, N and S; to the use of those benzamide compounds as solvents; to certain novel compounds of formula (I); and to a process for preparing those novel compounds.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of controlling undesirable vegetation in a field containing an auxin-herbicide-tolerant cotton crop by applying to the location where control is desired an effective amount of 2,4-DB.

Abstract: The subject invention provides novel plants that are not only resistant to 2,4-D, but also to a pyridyloxyacetate herbicide. The subject invention also includes plants that produce one or more enzymes of the subject invention “stacked” together with one or more other herbicide resistance genes. The subject invention enables novel combinations of herbicides to be used in new ways. Furthermore, the subject invention provides novel methods of preventing the development of, and controlling, strains of weeds that are resistant to one or more herbicides such as glyphosate. The preferred enzyme and gene for use according to the subject invention are referred to herein as AAD-13 (AryloxyAlkanoate Dioxygenase). This highly novel discovery is the basis of significant herbicide tolerant crop trait and selectable marker opportunities.

Abstract: A herbicidal compound and composition comprising at least one compound of formula I wherein R is independently selected from hydrogen, and the group (CH2)mOR4; m, q, t and v are independently zero or one; R1, R2, R3 and R4 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, lower alkyl (preferably C1 to C4 alkyl) and lower acyl (preferably C2 to C4 acyl) and the group of formula II wherein the compound of formula I comprises at least one group R1, R2, R3 and R4 which is of formula II wherein A is N or CH; X is selected from the group consisting of chloro, amino, methyl and methoxy; X1 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, chloro and methyl; X2 is hydrogen or chloro; R1 is selected from hydrogen and methyl; Y is oxygen or a bond; and n is from 0 to 3.

Abstract: The present inventions generally relate to compositions and methods for providing agricultural chemicals comprising active ingredients (A.I.s) combined with a top dressing for application to cultivated areas of turfgrass. Specifically, the compositions are in the form of dry formulations for providing pre-blend concentrates and blends of top dressings comprising active ingredients. Further, the inventions relate to compositions and methods for delivering active ingredients simultaneously with a top dressing composition to golf course turf.

Abstract: The subject invention provides novel plants that are not only resistant to 2,4-D and other phenoxy auxin herbicides, but also to aryloxyphenoxypropionate herbicides. Heretofore, there was no expectation or suggestion that a plant with both of these advantageous properties could be produced by the introduction of a single gene. The subject invention also includes plants that produce one or more enzymes of the subject invention alone or “stacked” together with another herbicide resistance gene, preferably a glyphosate resistance gene, so as to provide broader and more robust weed control, increased treatment flexibility, and improved herbicide resistance management options. More specifically, preferred enzymes and genes for use according to the subject invention are referred to herein as AAD (aryloxyalkanoate dioxygenase) genes and proteins. No ?-ketoglutarate-dependent dioxygenase enzyme has previously been reported to have the ability to degrade herbicides of different chemical classes and modes of action.

Abstract: This invention describes the use of analogs or derivatives of abscisic acid or their salts in combination with gibberellin biosynthesis inhibitors to improve the performance of gibberellin synthesis inhibitors, and to increase water conservation in plants such as turfgrass.

Abstract: The novel emulsifiable concentrate (EC) formulation comprising at least one pesticidal crop protection active compound, at least one non-polar organic solvent, optionally, at least one polar aprotic cosolvent, an emulsifying surfactant system enabling an oil-in-water emulsion to be formed when the formulation is added to water, and at least one defoaming or foam breaking agent selected from the group consisting of perfluoroalkylphosphonic acids, perfluoroalkylphosphinic acids and perfluoroaliphatic polymeric esters is useful for combating pests or diseases caused by pests at a locus by treating the locus with a composition obtained from emulsifying the EC in water.

Abstract: The invention pertains to a method for manufacture and use of a herbicidal formulation of chlorinated carboxylic acid herbicides. A number of different solvents have been found useful in this application. Furthermore, the use of surfactants that act as solvents for the acid herbicides has been discovered. These formulations have shown superior herbicidal activity when compared to standard salt and ester forms.

Abstract: Phenoxyacetic acid derivatives of the formula: wherein R1, R2, Xn and A are as defined herein, and a process for preparing the derivatives. The derivatives are used as herbicides.

Abstract: The invention relates to aryl vinyl ether compounds of formula (I): 1

Abstract: The present invention relates to an-economically and ecologically advantageous process, which is easy to carry out, for the preparation of specific polyethylene glycol diesters of 2-(4-chloro-2-methylphenoxy)-propionic acid, and to the substance mixture obtainable by this process and the use thereof as a root penetration inhibitor in building materials and insulating compositions, such as, for example, bitumen.

Abstract: There is described the use of compounds of the formula (II) ##STR1## in which R has the meaning given in the description, as root penetration inhibitors.

Abstract: A plant growth regulator composition comprising a cyclohexane derivative of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R is a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group, an alkylthioalkyl group, a phenyl group or a substituted phenyl group, and R.sup.1 is a lower alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, a benzyl group, a substituted benzyl group, a phenethyl group, a phenoxymethyl group, a 2-thienylmethyl group, an alkoxymethyl group or an alkylthiomethyl group, or a salt thereof, and a nitrogen-containing water-soluble inorganic substance or urea.

Abstract: A plant growth regulator composition comprising a cyclohexane derivative of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R is a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group, an alkylthioalkyl group, a phenyl group or a substituted phenyl group, and R.sup.1 is a lower alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, a benzyl group, a substituted benzyl group, a phenethyl group, a phenoxymethyl group, a 2-thienylmethyl group, an alkoxymethyl group or an alkylthiomethyl group, or a salt thereof, and a nitrogen-containing water-soluble inorganic substance or urea.

Abstract: A phenoxycetic acid derivative of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R is a hydroxyl group, an alkoxy group, a group of the formula OM wherein M is an alkali metal ion, an alkaline earth metal ion, a transition metal ion, an ammonium ion or an organic ammonium ion, or a group of the formula NHR.sub.1 wherein R.sub.1 is a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group, an amino group, an allyloxy group or an ethoxycarboxylmethoxy group.