Abstract: The invention is an organic, combined herbicide and fertilizer that includes a proportion of betaine by volume percent (“vol %) ranging from between 50 and 97 vol %; a proportion of organic fertilizer ranging from between 1 to 15 vol %; a proportion of adjuvants ranging from 1 to 15 vol %; and between 1 and 48 vol % of a water carrier. The organic, combined herbicide and fertilizer eliminates or controls weeds within established plant communities, such as turfgrasses, without use of artificial post-emergent contact herbicides that are hazardous to users and the environment.

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.

Abstract: The present invention provides a formulation for increasing the synthesis and accumulation of essential oil in aromatic plants and other plants. The formulation disclosed herein comprises a resistance inducer, such as an isomer of amino butyric acid or another amino acid, which is capable of increasing the synthesis of essential oil in an aromatic plant. The formulation may further comprise secondary metabolites as well as a carrier. Aromatic plants that may be used in the present invention include, but are not limited to, rose-scented geranium (Pelargonium graveolens) and menthol mint (Mentha arvensis). The present invention also provides a method of increasing the essential oil content in aromatic crops and other plants.

Abstract: A method of preventing damage to the seed and/or shoots and foliage of a plant by a pest includes treating the seed from which the plant grows with a composition that includes a combination of at least one pyrethrin or synthetic pyrethroid and at least one other insecticide selected from the group consisting of an oxadiazine derivative, a chloronicotinyl, a nitroguanidine, a pyrrol, a pyrazone, a diacylhydrazine, a triazole, a biological/fermentation product, a phenyl pyrazole, an organophosphate and a carbamate. It is preferred that when the other insecticide is an oxadiazine derivative, the pyrethroid is selected from the group consisting of taufluvalinate, flumethrin, trans-cyfluthrin, kadethrin, bioresmethrin, tetramethrin, phenothrin, empenthrin, cyphenothrin, prallethrin, imiprothrin, allethrin and bioallethrin. The treatment is applied to the unsown seed.

Abstract: Compounds of formula I wherein the substituents are defined as in claim 1, as well as the agronomically acceptable salts, isomers and enantiomers of these compounds, as well as the agronomically acceptable salts/N-oxides/isomers/enantiomers of these compounds, are eminently suitable for use as herbicides.

Abstract: Herbicidal compositions are described that comprise active substances from the group of the benzoylcyclohexanediones and also safeners. These herbicidal compositions are especially suitable for use against weed plants in crop plant cultures.

Abstract: The present invention relates to new delivery systems for cyclopropenes in which the cyclopropene, either free or encapsulated within a molecular encapsulation agent is incorporated into produce packaging materials.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods for mitigating the effects of plant stress. Plant stress mitigating compounds and compositions comprising gamma aminobutyric acid and glutamic acid are also described.

Abstract: N-(R)-[1-(4-chloro-phenyl)-ethyl]-2,2-dichloro-1-ethyl-3t-methyl-1r-cyclopropane-carboxamide of the formula 1

Abstract: The invention provides a novel compound 4-(p-methoxy-phenyl)-2-aminobutane exhibiting growth inhibition and antifeedant activity and represented by the structural formula.

Abstract: The present invention provides a plant-activating agent which does not cause chemical injury on plants and which improves efficiently the activity of plants. The present invention uses a substance having not less than 5% of an improved degree in reproduction of green cells measured by a specific method as the plant-activating agent.

Abstract: This invention relates to the use of hydroxylamine derivatives of general formula (I), wherein R1 represents phenyl, N-heteroaryl, S-heteroaryl or a naphthyl group any of which may be unsubstituted or substituted, an unsubstituted or substituted phenylamino or alkylamino or lower alkoxy; X represents halo, amino or an unsubstituted or substituted phenylamino group, or amino substituted with one or two lower alkyl or a hydroxy group, provided that if R1 represents unsubstituted or substituted phenylamino, alkylamino or lower alkoxy, then X is not halo; Y represents hydrogen, hydroxy or alkanoyloxy, with the proviso that simultaneously R1 may not represent phenyl, halophenyl, alkoxyphenyl, N-heteroaryl or naphthyl, X may not represent halo, hydroxy or amino and Y may not represent hydrogen or hydroxy; R2 and R3, independently from each other, represent hydrogen or lower alkyl group, provided that R2 and R3 are not hydrogen simultaneously, or R2 and R3 along with the adjacent nitrogen atom form a 5- to 7-membere

Abstract: A composition, which comprises at least one compound of the formula 1

Abstract: The present invention generally relates to the regulation of plant physiology, in particular to methods for inhibiting the ethylene response in plants or plant products, and has three embodiments. The first embodiment relates to methods of minimizing impurities capable of reversibly binding to plant ethylene receptor sites during the synthesis of cyclopropene and its derivatives such as methylcyclopropene, thereby avoiding the negative effects these impurities have on plants treated with cyclopropene and its derivatives. The second embodiment relates to complexes formed from molecular encapsulation agents such as cyclodextrin, and cyclopropene and its derivatives such as methylcyclopropene, in addition to cyclopentadiene and diazocyclopentadiene and their derivatives, thereby providing a convenient means for storing and transporting these compounds capable of inhibiting the ethylene response in plants, which are reactive gases and highly unstable because of oxidation and other potential reactions.

Abstract: A method of using nitric oxide (NO) to enhance crop performance at any stage of its development including sowing, growth, flowering, fruit formation or during many processes associated with the handling of the culture, such as transplantation, root formation in stem cutting, or any other handling that could involve an oxidative stress condition for the plants. The NO application according to the invention has also enhanced the chlorophyll levels thus resulting in a better photosynthetic capacity of the plant cells and also of protective pigments such as anthocianins and flavonoids.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a new matter of composition in the form of chemical compounds and to a method for enhancing plant growth and the properties exhibited by plants treated with the compounds in accordance with this method. In particular, application of the compounds results in an increase in sugar content, essential oils and proteins along with an increase in total plant biomass. Fruits harvested from treated plants exhibit an accelerated biochemical and structural maturity. Citrus fruits typically show a reduced peel thickness and exhibit significant improvements in vitamin C, carotenoid, and essential oil contents. The methods of the present invention produce balanced improvements in the structural, biochemical, and sensory quality of Citrus fruits.

Abstract: Compositions comprising a herbicide wherein it is desired that the compound not be retained by the plant foliage, and a repellant adjuvant, wherein the repellant modifies the surface properties of the composition so that retention of the composition on foliage of a cultivated plant is reduced are described. In particular, the herbicide composition comprises a repellant adjuvant that is an aqueous solution of an alkyltrialkoxysilane such as methyltrimethoxysilane and a water soluble silane coupling agent such as N-(2-aminoethyl)-3-aminopropyltrimethoxysilane or an aqueous solution of an organosiliconate such as sodium methyl siliconate. Methods are described for using these compositions to prevent weeds without injury to cultivated plants, which plants include crop plants, food plants, turfgrass, ornamental plants, and garden plants.

Abstract: The present invention provides solid agricultural compositions which produce stable dispersions in the presence of polyacrylamide drift control agents.The present invention also provides stable, aqueous dispersions which are produced from the solid compositions of this invention.

Abstract: Methods for retarding plant growth are described. The methods include treating a plant with 2-aminobutyric acid or a salt thereof, 3-aminobutyric acid or a salt thereof, or a mixture thereof. The compounds may be combined with an additional active agent. The additional active agent may include, for example, a fertilizer, pesticide or an herbicide.

Abstract: This invention provides water-based compositions, particularly coating, ink, and agricultural compositions, manifesting reduced equilibrium and dynamic surface tension by the incorporation of a surface tension reducing amount of certain alkylated aminoether compounds of the structureR--HN(CH.sub.2).sub.p [O(CH.sub.2).sub.n ].sub.m O(CH.sub.2).sub.q NH--R'where n is 2-6, m is 0-4, and p and q are 2-6, and R and R' independently are an alkyl group comprising 5 to 18 carbons, preferably which is branched or in which the point of attachment to nitrogen is on a nonterminal carbon.

Abstract: The present invention generally relates to the regulation of plant physiology, in particular to methods for inhibiting the ethylene response in plants or plant products, and has three embodiments. The first embodiment relates to methods of minimizing impurities capable of reversibly binding to plant ethylene receptor sites during the synthesis of cyclopropene and its derivatives such as methylcyclopropene, thereby avoiding the negative effects these impurities have on plants treated with cyclopropene and its derivatives. The second embodiment relates to complexes formed from molecular encapsulation agents such as cyclodextrin, and cyclopropene and its derivatives such as methylcyclopropene, in addition to cyclopentadiene and diazocyclopentadiene and their derivatives, thereby providing a convenient means for storing and transporting these compounds capable of inhibiting the ethylene response in plants, which are reactive gases and highly unstable because of oxidation and other potential reactions.

Abstract: Microcapsules containing a suspension of a solid, biologically active compound in an organic, water-immiscible liquid and processes for their preparation.

Abstract: Novel bioactive compounds which when applied to plants in bioregulatory amounts, enhance plant development responses, resulting in enhanced plant properties such as increased total biomass, increased yield, and increased plant quality. Some of the compounds increase the content of taxol and related taxanes in yew plants. One compound, 2-?diethylaminoethyl!-2-methylpropylether causes plants treated with the compound to have resistance to chewing insects. The compound 2-?diethylaminoethyl!-2-methyl-2-phenylpropylether causes plants treated with the compound to have resistance to sucking insects.

Abstract: The specification describes combinations of fertilizer with certain organic compounds to increase fertilizer efficiency, plant productivity, growth, and nutrient accumulation. These beneficial effects are accomplished using combinations of a fertilizer and an amino acid selected from .gamma.-aminobutyric acid, glutamic acid, and a mixture of .gamma.-aminobutyric acid and glutamic acid. A source of proteinaceous amino acids and a carbon skeleton may also be used with the fertilizer and the amino acid. The specification describes compositions and methods employing such combinations to take advantage of their beneficial effects.

Abstract: Application of an aqueous solution containing a chitosan salt and oligomers of chitosan to the foliage of growing plants increases the yield of vegetables, tubers, cereal grains, fruits, and blossoms.

Abstract: Novel bioactive compounds which when applied to plants in bioregulatory amounts, enhance plant development responses, resulting in enhanced plant properties such as increased total biomass, increased yield, and increased plant quality. Some of the compounds increase the content of taxol and related taxanes in yew plants. One compound, 2-?diethylaminoethyl!-2-methylpropylether causes plants treated with the compound to have resistance to chewing insects. The compound 2-?diethylaminoethyl!-2-methyl-2-phenylpropylether causes plants treated with the compound to have resistance to sucking insects.

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: A method of combating pests which comprises applying to such pests or to a pest habitat a pesticidally effective amount of a substituted 2-cyclohexen-1-yl-amine derivative of the formula ##STR1## and addition products thereof with acids and metal salts. Most of the compounds are new.

Abstract: A method of inhibiting an ethylene response in a plant is disclosed herein. The method comprises applying to the plant an effective ethylene response-inhibiting amount of cyclopropene, 1.1.1. propellane, or derivatives thereof. Also disclosed are methods of inhibiting abscission in plants and methods of prolonging the life of cut flowers.

Abstract: Cyclohexenone oxime ethers of the formula I ##STR1##

Abstract: This invention provides a process for fumigating a plot of ground soil which involves dispersing a particulate ammonium carboxylate such as ammonium bicarbonate on or below the ground surface, followed by covering of the treated ground area with a tarpaulin to seal the ground surface from contact with the atmosphere. The tarpaulin covering is maintained on the ground surface for a sufficient time period to allow decomposition of the ammonium bicarbonate into a mixture of ammonia and carbon dioxide gases, and to effect fumigation of the covered plot with the generated gas mixture.

Abstract: A process for increasing plant growth and productivity comprising treating the roots, stems and/or foliage of the plant with .gamma.-aminobutyric acid. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the plant is further treated with a readily metabolized source of carbon along with the .gamma.-aminobutyric acid. The present invention also provides for a process for increasing plant growth and productivity comprising treating the roots of the plant with .gamma.-aminobutyric acid and a process for increasing the rate of root formation in a plant comprising treating the roots, stems and foliage of the plant with .gamma.-aminobutyric acid. Further, plant growth is increased by application of mixtures of .gamma.-aminobutyric acid and succinic acid, preferably synthetic succinic acid, in a suitable carrier to a plant.

Abstract: Compositions containing one or more surfactants in combination with sulfuric acid and one or more of certain chalcogen-containing compounds in which the chalcogen compound/H.sub.2 SO.sub.4 molar ratio is below 2. These compositions contain the mono-adduct of sulfuric acid which is herbicidally active for controlling vegetation. Suitable chalcogen-containing compounds have the empirical formula ##STR1## wherein X is a chalcogen, each of R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 is independently selected from hydrogen, NR.sub.3 R.sub.4, and NR.sub.5, at least one of R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 is other than hydrogen, each of R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 is hydrogen or a monovalent organic radical, and R.sub.5 is a divalent organic radical. The surfactant-containing compositions are particularly useful for the treatment of materials containing lipophilic substances.

Abstract: Cyclohexenone oxime ethers of the formula I ##STR1## where R.sup.1 is alkyl,X is halogen,n is from 1 to 5,R.sup.2 is alkoxyalkyl or alkylthioalkyl, unsubstituted of substituted cycloalkyl or cycloalkenyl, an unsubstituted or substituted 5-membered saturated heterocyclic structure having one or two oxygen and/or sulfur atoms as hetero atomsan unsubstituted or substituted 6-membered or 7-membered heterocyclic structure having not more than two oxygen and/or sulfur atoms and not more than two double bonds,an unsubstituted or substituted 5-membered heteroaromatic structure having not more than two nitrogen atoms and/or one oxygen atom or one sulfur atom,unsubstituted or substituted phenyl or pyridyl, and their agriculturally useful salts and esters of C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 -carboxylic acids and inorganic acids, processes and intermediates for their preparation and their use as herbicides.

Abstract: This invention is directed to a method for the in vitro application of bioregulator compounds. When applied to intact plants in bioregulatory amounts, the compounds enhance important plant properties such as sugar content, essential oils, vitamins, proteins, and an overall increase in total biomass. The treated plants exhibit accelerated growth, accelerated fruit ripening, improved color scores of juice products and an accelerated maturation. The bioregulator compounds which comprise the invention enhance these plant properties when applied individually to plants. It has also been discovered that the application of mixtures of such compounds effect a greater than additive result and enhance the aforementioned plant properties to an unpredicted and unexpected degree when compared to known bioregulator agents. The present application discloses the usage of plant bioregulator agents in an in vitro environment.

Abstract: This invention is directed to a synergistic mixture of bioregulator compounds and a method of their use. Mixtures of these compounds, when applied to plants in bioregulatory amounts, enhance important plant properties such as sugar content, essential oils, vitamin C, proteins, and an overall increase in total plant biomass. The treated plants exhibit accelerated ripening, improved color scores of juice products, and an accelerated maturation. The bioregulator compounds which comprise the invention enhance these plant properties when applied individually to plants, but the application of mixtures of such compounds effect a greater than additive result and enhance the aforementioned plant properties to an unpredicted and unexpected degree when compared to known bioregulator agents.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a new matter of composition in the form of chemical compounds and to a method for enhancing plant growth and the properties exhibited by plants treated with the compounds in accordance with this method. In particular, application of the compounds results in an increase in sugar content, essential oils and proteins along with an increase in total plant biomass. Fruits harvested from treated plants exhibit an accelerated biochemical and structural maturity. Citrus fruits typically show a reduced peel thickness and exhibit significant improvements in vitamin C, carotenoid, and essential oil contents. The methods of the present invention produce balanced improvements in the structural, biochemical, and sensory quality of Citrus fruits.

Abstract: A method of combating pests which comprises applying to such pests or to a pest habitat a pesticidally effective amouht of a substituted 2-cyclohexen-1-yl-amine derivative of the formula ##STR1## and addition products thereof with acids and metal salts. Most of the compounds are new.

Abstract: This invention relates to substituted bicycloheptadione derivatives with high herbicidal activity which are represented by general formula (I) ##STR1## (where R.sup.1 is a lower alkyl group, a phenyl group which may be substituted, an aralkyl group which may be substituted, or a heterocyclic group which may be substituted;R.sup.2 is, same or different, a halogen, an alkoxy group, an alkylthio group, an alkylsulfonyl group, an alkyl group, an alkoxyalkyl group, or an alkoxylcarbonyl group, and n is 0 to 4;R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are, same or different, hydrogen or a lower alkyl group).

Abstract: Composition for enhancing germination and growth of plants which comprises an effective amount of at least one abscisic acid-related compound having the following formula (I): ##STR1##