Abstract: The invention provides a method of improving the yield of a crop. The method comprises growing transgenic plants to produce a crop, the transgenic plants being able to metabolize at least one synthetic auxin. A synthetic auxin is applied to the plants at least once during their growth, the synthetic auxin being one that can be metabolized by the transgenic plants. Finally, the crop is harvested.

Abstract: There is provided a novel pesticidal emulsifiable concentrate composition that contains a phenoxypropionate herbicide (e.g., quizalofop-p-ethyl), a polar solvent (e.g., N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone), non-polar solvent (e.g., aromatic or aliphatic hydrocarbon) and a surfactant (e.g., polyoxyethylene castor oil ether, polyoxyethylene styryl phenyl ether), and that is improved in low-temperature stability and emulsion stability.

Abstract: Tertiary amines of the formula wherein A1, A2, A3, A4, M, p, T and Q are as defined herein, and acid addition salts thereof, have antimycotic and cholesterol-lowering activity.

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 pertains to a method for increasing the activity of chlorinated phenoxy herbicides by specially formulating said herbicides with a combination of solvent and selected surfactants. This method requires the use of alkylated fatty esters and can also include organosilicone surfactants. This unique combination of components has been seen to allow lower use rates of chlorinated phenoxy herbicides.

Abstract: Herbicide-fertilizer combination granular products are described comprising singular, or blended, basic fertilizer granular materials and impregnated with or coated thereon a herbicidal material for controlling broadleaf weeds postemergence. The weed and feed fertilizer products uniquely are characterized by the size, weight and physical property of the fertilizers and any filler particles contained in the weed and feed fertilizer blend product in that the particle size is substantially in the micro-sized range of 500 to 1500 microns; the particle weight generally is less than one-tenth that of customary regular-sized weed and feed particles; and there is a greater cohesion of the particle to the weed foliage. These micro-sized particles exhibit a significantly higher incidence of contact with and greater adhesion to the foliage of weeds thus providing superior weed control.

Abstract: The addition of DMSO to herbicidal compositions makes it possible to decrease the amount of active herbicidal agent required for desired activity without loss of effectiveness against target plants. In some instances, it may be advisable to use up to as 5% DMSO. The addition of the DMSO makes it possible to provide a liquid of relatively high stability.

Abstract: An aqueous herbicidal composition is provided which is useful for controlling woody plants when applied to bark in basal and dormant stem regions of such plants. The composition is an aqueous solution or dispersion of a water-soluble herbicide such as a salt of glyphosate and a surfactant composition, which comprises one or more polyoxyalkylene trisiloxane surfactant(s) and one or more glycols or glycol ethers. Also provided is a method for controlling woody plants comprising applying to bark in basal or dormant stem regions of such plants an aqueous herbicidal composition of the invention.

Abstract: A novel method is provided wherein plants are first treated with an exogenous chemical (e.g., glyphosate herbicide) and then sequentially treated with a liquid accession agent which provides improved biological (e.g., herbicidal) effectiveness such that plants are controlled with lower rates of the applied exogenous chemical (e.g., glyphosate herbicide). Sequential application has been demonstrated to reduce the antagonism to herbicidal effectiveness that can be exhibited when the accession agent is added to a herbicide in a tank mix or simple coformulation. Typical accession agents employed in the disclosed method include a class of surfactants known as superwetting agents, such as certain organosilicone-based and fluorocarbon-based surfactants.

Abstract: Microparticulate agrochemicals based on crosslinked polyester polymers particularly suited to rapidly leaching herbicides.

Abstract: Microcapsules formed from urea-, thiourea- and/or melamine-formaldehyde prepolymers which are particularly useful in formulating agrochemicals.

Abstract: Use of herbicides of the auxin type for controlling broad-leaved weeds and grass weeds in transgenic crop plants which contain an ACC synthase antisense gene, ACC oxidase gene, ACC deaminase gene or combinations thereof is described.

Abstract: Agriculturally acceptable pesticidally active ingredients, such as herbicides, fungicides, and insecticides of low melting point, typically in the range from about 30.degree. C. to about 130.degree. C. and preferably in the range from about 30.degree. C. to about 90.degree. C. and low water solubility, typically in the range from about 0.01 ppm to about 1000 ppm and preferably in the range from about 0.01 ppm to about 300 ppm are frequently formulated as water-dispersed agrichemically acceptable formulations such as wettable powders (WP), water-dispersible granules (WG), and suspension concentrates (SC) and the like.

Abstract: Thiol compounds are employed in conjunction with compounds which modulate self proliferation, both as to plants and mammals. The thiol compounds find effect in enhancing the effectiveness of auxin like compounds, either as herbicides or in enhancing root formation. In addition, thiol compounds act in conjunction with cytotoxic agents in mammals to allow for lower dosages of the cytotoxic agents while retaining the cytotoxic effect against hyperproliferative diseases, such as cancer. The combination finds particular effect against cells dependent upon an isoform of a surface membrane NADH oxidase for proliferation.

Abstract: A herbicide composition which comprises a herbicide and a small but herbicide absorption enhancing effective amount of a water soluble, non-aromatic polyorganic acid or a salt or copolymer thereof such as polyaspartic acid.

Abstract: The addition of DMSO to herbicidal compositions makes it possible to decrease the amount of active herbicidal agent required for desired activity without loss of effectiveness against target plants. The most preferred compositions for application to the plates contain 1-2.5% DMSO. However, in some instances, it may be advisable to use as much as 3% DMSO. The addition of the DMSO also results in increased stability to the composition.

Abstract: The systemic activity of systemic active ingredients in sprayed foliar systemic compositions is improved by incorporating water soluble polymer. The polymer can have a molecular weight sufficiently low that its presence does not substantially affect the spray pattern of the composition and such that the polymer can initially be supplied as an aqueous solution having 1 to 25% concentration. When the active ingredient is water soluble, for instance glyphosate or chlormequat, a concentrate can comprise an aqueous solution of the active ingredient and the polymer.

Abstract: A nonionic surfactant blend is described for use with odoriferous compatible herbicides. The nonionic surfactant blend includes an effective amount of an acidulated soybean soapstock. The acidulated soybean soapstock includes a range of total fatty acids of about 94%-to-96% by volume and a moisture content of not more than about 5% by volume. The present invention also includes a method for reducing odor of a herbicide. The method includes providing an effective quantity of the improved nonionic surfactant blend for combination with the herbicide.

Abstract: Microcapsules formed from urea-, thiourea- and/or melamine-formaldehyde prepolymers which are particularly useful in formulating agrochemicals.

Abstract: A dry, water-soluble, substituted phenoxy and/or benzoic acid herbicide is prepared by grinding and dry blending the herbicide in acid form with anhydrous trisodium phosphate or tripotassium phosphate which functions as a solid solubilization medium. From about 0.6 mole to about 16.9 moles of the medium is provided for each mole of active herbicidal agent in the initially dry blended mixture. Herbicidal agents are selected from the group consisting of 2,4-D, 2,4-DB, MCPP, MCPA, dichlorprop, dicamba, and chloramben.

Abstract: Stable and flowable aqueous dispersions of at least one water-insoluble material are formulated by dispersing such water-insoluble material, e.g., solid particulates of a plant protection compound, into a homogeneous, stable and flowable aqueous composition that includes (1) at least one water-soluble derivative of a plant protection active agent bearing at least one ionizable functional group and at least one hydrophilic functional group, (2) at least one nonionic surface-active agent and/or at least one aliphatic, cycloaliphatic or arylaliphatic alcohol having from 4 to 15 carbon atoms, and (3) water, this composition exhibiting optical birefringence and a yield point of at least 0.1 pascal.

Abstract: A process for identifying the location to which an agricultural chemical composition has been applied whereby a water soluble, alkyleneoxy substituted fugitive colorant is added to said agricultural chemical composition prior to its application. The colorant is nontoxic to aquatic life and may be used within the watershed of a body of water having aquatic life. Preferred colorants include alkyleneoxy substituted triphenylmethane and azo dyes.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods of making hygroscopic pesticidal salt formulations in the form of dispersible granules.

Abstract: Low cost, rapidly water-dispersible or water-soluble granular compositions containing at least 10% voids and consisting of agglomerates comprised of pesticidal particles bonded together by solid bridges of a water-soluble heat-activated binder.

Abstract: A dry, water-soluble, substituted phenoxy and/or benzoic acid herbicide is prepared by grinding and dry blending the herbicide in acid form with anhydrous trisodium phosphate or tripotassium phosphate which functions as a solid solubilization medium. At least about 0.6 mole of the medium is provided for each mole of active herbicidal agent in the initially dry blended mixture.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a solid, water-soluble herbicidal composition comprising a water-soluble salt of a herbicidal compound is disclosed. The herbicidal compound is a water-insoluble compound that includes a carboxylic acid functionality, such as a phenoxy-substituted carboxylic acid compound or a substituted benzoic acid compound, and is sufficiently pure to form a dry, solid herbicidal salt composition after interaction with a suitable neutralizing base, such as ammonia, an alkylamine, a dialkylamine, a trialkylamine, a hydroxyalkylamine, a dihydroxyalkylamine, an alkaline salt of an alkali metal or a combination thereof. The dry herbicidal salt composition includes at least about 90% by weight of the water-soluble herbicidal salt, and dissolves rapidly and essentially completely in water to form an aqueous herbicidal solution including up to about 75% by weight of the water-soluble herbicidal salt.

Abstract: Disclosed are herbicidal concentrate formulation compositions having reduced crop plant phytotoxicity comprising N-(2,6-difluorophenyl)-5-methyl-1,2,4-triazolo(1,5-a) pyrimidine-2-sulfonamide or an amine salt thereof in admixture with one or more amine salts of 2,4-D; also disclosed is the preparation of said compositions and the pre- and post-emergent agricultural uses thereof in water diluted form.

Abstract: Controlled release compositions are made by including chemical impregnants (such as animal repellants, pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, plant growth stimulants, perfumes, fertilizers, and drugs) in biodegradable, microporous structures. Each microporous structure collapses upon drying but swells upon rewetting to allow the impregnant entrapped in it to diffuse from the structure. Never-dried wood pulp is a particularly desirable microporous structure because it has large pores initially, a large surface area initially, and demonstrated swelling capability. Methods for making the novel controlled release compositions and methods of using the compositions are also disclosed.

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.

Abstract: A dry, water-soluble, substituted phenoxy and/or benzoic acid herbicide is prepared by dry blending the herbicide in acid form with a dry solid solubilization medium selected from the group consisting of diammonium phosphate, dipotassium phosphate, and disodium phosphate. At least about 1.15 moles of the medium are provided for each mole of active herbicidal agent in the initially dry blended mixture.