Abstract: The present invention provides a high-purity arylsulfonic acid amine salt vinyl monomer which is an extremely industrially useful arylsulfonic acid monomer with excellent storage stability and amphiphilic solubility in both water and organic solvents, a simple and practical method for producing the same, a polyarylsulfonic acid amine salt which is a polymer thereof, and a method for producing the same. In the arylsulfonic acid amine salt vinyl monomer, a tertiary amine having 2 or 3 different substituents that each have 1 to 7 carbon atoms and also containing at least one or more of tertiary carbon or quaternary carbon or cyclic skeleton in the structure is applied to an amine moiety thereof, and in addition, a polyarylsulfonic acid amine salt having high purity in terms of sulfonation rate and polymerization conversion rate and a polymer thereof are used.

Abstract: An agricultural oil-based suspension formulation comprising an active ingredient suspended in finely divided form in an oil and at least one unsaturated rubber-type copolymer or a mixture thereof, wherein the rubber-type copolymer comprises at least styrene as a residue.

Abstract: An agricultural oil-based suspension formulation comprising an active ingredient suspended in finely divided form in an oil; and at least one surfactant selected from a polyalkylene glycol-fatty acid condensate or a polyalkylene glycolether fatty acid condensate formed from a reaction between a compound having Structure (1) and a compound having Structure (2): wherein R1=H or a C1-C30 alkyl radical; A and B are ethylene or propylene groups in succession or random; n=0 or >1; and m=0 or >1, and wherein n+m>34; R2=C8-C30 alkyl or alkylene radical (branched or linear); and x=>1.

Abstract: Agrochemical concentrates having a continuous water-containing single phase, where said continuous phase also comprises an oil-based adjuvant and a hydrotrope capable of solubilising said adjuvant in said continuous phase, a process for making these concentrates and a method of using these concentrates.

Abstract: Provided herein are exemplary methods for controlling a density of algae growing in an aquatic environment. Some exemplary methods include applying an effective amount of 3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1,1-dimethylurea (DCMU) to the density of algae growing in the aquatic environment, wherein the algae includes genus Nannochloropsis. The algae may also include algae of genus Tetraselmis and/or genus Chlorella. Applying the effective amount may result in an approximate concentration of between 100 nanomolar to 1500 nanomolar DCMU in the aquatic environment. Further, the aquatic environment may include seawater, freshwater, or mixtures thereof.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a composition comprising i) a microencapsulated pesticide, ii) a dispersant selected from the group consisting of a lignin, b) a lignosulfonate salt and c) a lignosulfonate salt combined with the sodium salt of substituted naphthalene sulfonate formaldehyde polymer, iii) a salt selected from the group consisting of magnesium sulfate, sodium chloride, sodium nitrate and calcium chloride, and iv) a non-encapsulated pesticide. The present invention is also directed to methods of making and using the compositions of the present invention.

Abstract: A suspension and a method of preparation are provided herein. The suspension comprises a continuous aqueous phase (a), a substance (b) that is capable of transport through the aqueous phase thereby resulting in Ostwald ripening of the substance, and a dispersing agent (c). The dispersing agent comprises the reaction product of at least one monomer (i) and at least one additional monomer (ii). The at least one monomer (ii) is represented by the general formula (1) wherein R is hydrogen, an alkyl group or an aryl group, R1 is an alkyl group having at least 2 carbon atoms, k is 2 to 4, and n is at least about 10. The at least one additional monomer (ii) has unsaturated functionality and contains at least one carbonyl group. The dispersing agent is present in the suspension in an amount sufficient to limit Ostwald ripening of the substance (b) in the suspension.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel aryl ketones of the formula (I) in which A1, A2, Q, R1, R2, X, Y and Z are as defined in the description, their use as herbicides and processes and intermediates for their preparation.

Abstract: A method of dispersing an insoluble material in an aqueous solution comprising the following steps: (i) providing a formulation comprising at least one insoluble material and at least one dispersant comprising a water soluble agriculturally acceptable derivative of an alternating copolymer or an agriculturally acceptable salt thereof wherein said alternating copolymer comprises at least one residue of a first comonomer and at least one residue of a second comonomer, wherein said first comonomer comprises ?,?-unsaturated oxyacids or anhydrides and said second comonomer comprises olefinic compounds containing one or more polymerizable double bonds; and (ii) dispersing said formulation in an aqueous medium.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel phenyl-substituted 2-enamino-ketonitriles of the formula (I): in which Ar, X, Z, Y and K are each as defined in the description, to a plurality of processes for their preparation and to their use as herbicides and pesticides.

Abstract: A method for controlling the growth of weeds at a locus which comprises applying to the locus an effective amount of: (a) a urea herbicide of general formula (1); and (b) 2-(2′-nitro-4′-methylsulfonylbenzoyl)-1,3-cyclohexanedione or an agriculturally acceptable salt or metal complex thereof.

Abstract: Novel compounds of the structural formula (I) are antagonists and/or inverse agonists of the Cannabinoid-1 (CB1) receptor and are useful in the treatment, prevention and suppression of diseases mediated by the CB1 receptor. The compounds of the present invention are useful as centrally acting drugs in the treatment of psychosis, memory deficits, cognitive disorders, migraine, neuropathy, neuro-inflammatory disorders including multiple sclerosis and Guillain-Barre syndrome and the inflammatory sequelae of viral encephalitis, cerebral vascular accidents, and head trauma, anxiety disorders, stress, epilepsy, Parkinson's disease, movement disorders, and schizophrenia. The compounds are also useful for the treatment of substance abuse disorders, the treatment of obesity or eating disorders, as well as the treatment of asthma, constipation, chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction, and cirrhosis of the liver.

Abstract: This invention provides a method for controlling the growth of weeds (i.e. undesired vegetation) at a locus which comprises applying to the locus a herbicidally effective amount of: (a) picolinfen, a phenoxypicolinamide derivative of formula (I); and (b) a partner herbicide, selected from isoxazole, dione, urea and hydroxybenzonitrile herbicide.

Abstract: A method of dispersing an insoluble material in an aqueous solution comprising the following steps: (i) providing a formulation comprising at least one insoluble material and at least one dispersant comprising a water soluble agriculturally acceptable derivative of an alternating copolymer or an agriculturally acceptable salt thereof wherein said alternating copolymer comprises at least one first comonomer residue according to formula I and at least one second comonomer residue according to formula II; and (ii) dispersing said formulation in an aqueous medium. An agricultural formulation comprising at least one insoluble material and at least one dispersant comprising a water soluble agriculturally acceptable derivative of an alternating copolymer or an agriculturally acceptable salt thereof wherein said alternating copolymer comprises at least one first comonomer residue according to formula I and at least one second comonomer residue according to formula II.

Abstract: A method for increasing the seed/fruit/nut yield of a flowering plant is disclosed wherein the method comprises treating said plant with a phenylurea of the structure wherein R10, R11, R12, R13, and R14 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkoxy, aryl, aryloxy, nitro, cyano, alkylthio, alkylsulfinyl, alkylsulfonyl, and alkylenedioxy.

Abstract: Dispersing agents for solid plant-protection agrochemicals, for example pesticidal dispersible granules, comprise (a) at least one alkali or alkaline earth metal or ammonium lignosulfonate, intimately admixed with (b) at least one optionally sulfated, ethoxylated or ethoxylated-propoxylated di- or tri(1-phenylethyl)phenol.

Abstract: An aqueous, multiphase, stable finished formulation for crop protection active compounds is described, containing in addition to watera) 10 to 700 g/l of one or more crop protection active compounds,b) 5 to 150 g/l of one or more dispersants,c) 50 to 500 g/l of one or more wetting agents,d) 0.5 to 5 g/l of one or more thickeners ande) if appropriate an organic solventand processes for preparation thereof are 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: 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 formulation consisting of an active ingredient (herbicide or pesticide) suspended in an organic medium containing, in addition to usual additives, a polymer and protic solvent and a process for the preparation of such formulation.

Abstract: Kits comprising an agricultural chemical composition which can be safely applied to crops without causing any chemical damage; comprising a mixture, which exerts excellent potentiating effects on various agricultural chemicals, of compounds represented by the following general formula (I) and having (n1+n2+n3) and (n4+n5+n6) each being a number of 0 to 100 on the average, and an agricultural chemical, wherein the weight ratio of the mixture to the agricultural chemical ranges from 0.1 to 50: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 each represent a straight-chain or branched alkyl, alkenyl or hydroxyalkyl group having from 1 to 30 carbon atoms.

Abstract: A method for enhancing an efficacy of an agricultural chemical which comprises incorporating a quaternary ammonium enhancer into a diluted solution of the agricultural chemical.

Abstract: Rapidly disintegrating water-soluble or water-dispersible granular compositions are made by extruding a premix through a die or screen at elevated temperature. The extruded composition is chopped or milled to form a granular product. The compositions contain one or more water-soluble ingredients which soften or melt at elevated temperatures. No water is added in the process thereby eliminating the need for drying.

Abstract: An agricultural chemical composition which can be safely applied to crops without causing any chemical damage; comprising a mixture, which exerts excellent potentiating effects on various agricultural chemicals, of compounds represented by the following general formula (I) and having (n1+n2+n3) and (n4+n5+n6) each being a number of 0 to 100 on the average, and an agricultural chemical, wherein the weight ratio of the mixture to the agricultural chemical ranges from 0.1 to 50: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 each represent a straight-chain or branched alkyl, alkenyl or hydroxyalkyl group having from 1 to 30 carbon atoms.

Abstract: Herbicides comprising from 1 to 50% by weight of linuron, from 0.1 to 25% by weight of a mixture composed of substituted phenols and polyvinylpyrrolidone in a ratio of from 1:100 to 100:1, from 0.5 to 20% by weight of a ligninsulfonate, from 0.1 to 10% by weight of a salt of a polymerized alkylnaphthalenesulfonic acid, and from 20 to 80% by weight of water.

Abstract: Phytopharmaceutical wettable powder comprising at least one phytopharmaceutical active substance which is solid at ambient temperature and at least one pulverulent inert filler, characterized by the fact that the constitutive particles of the filler constitute a support or carrier for the active substance comprised within a liquid composition, said active substance being selected from the group comprising:the esters of the family of the parahydroxybenzonitriles of the group comprising bromoxynil octanoate, bromoxynil heptanoate, bromoxynil butyrate, ioxynil octanoate, ioxynil heptanoate, ioxynil butyrate,the triazines of the group comprising simazine, atrazine and ametryne,the dinitroanilines of the group comprising butraline, pendimethaline, trifluraline, orizaline,the substituted ureas of the group comprising diuron, isoproturon, ethidimuron,the sulphonylureas of the group comprising especially chlorsulfuron.

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: The present invention relates to new plant-protection suspo-emulsions. More specifically, the invention relates to a suspo-emulsion of a solid active substance, having a melting point greater than or equal to 45.degree. C. and which is substantially insoluble in water. The suspo-emulsion comprises at least one oil; a first surface-active system comprising at least sucroglycerides; the solid active substance; and either (A) a nonionic or anionic surface-active agent, or (B) a second surface-active system containing sucroglycerides and at least one compound selected from the group consisting of an alkoxylated triglyceride, an alkoxylated fatty acid, a sorbitan ester, and an alkoxylated sorbitan ester, and optionally a phospholipid.

Abstract: A biocide composition comprises an effective amount of a biocide and an effective amount of a biocide activator selected from the group consisting of an alkyl phosphate, an alkenyl phosphate, a hydroxyalkyl phosphate, a polyoxyalkylene alkyl ether phosphate, a salt thereof, a polyoxyalkylene alkenyl ether phosphate, a salt thereof, a polyoxyalkylene hydroxyalkyl ether phosphate and a salt thereof.