Abstract: Methods and compositions for controlling plant pests, particularly weeds and/or plant phytopathogens using sarmentine and/or analogs thereof are disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to liquid pesticide concentrate compositions which comprise at least one organic pesticide compound that is sparingly or even insoluble in water and which upon dilution with water form stable aqueous nanoparticulate formulations. The liquid pesticide concentrate compositions of the invention comprise: a) at least one organic pesticide compound C having a water solubility of not more than 1 g/l at 25° C./1013 mbar, b) at least one organic solvent S having a water solubility at least 10 g/l at 25° C.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for promoting the growth of a plant which comprises treating the plant with an effective amount of a compound represented by formula (1); and so on.

Abstract: This invention relates to compositions and methods facilitating availability, uptake and translocation of active ingredients in plants. More specifically, this invention relates to the surprising discovery that the application to the roots, such as administration to the soil surrounding plants, of two or more osmolytes in combination with an active ingredient, either simultaneously or within a short time of each other, results in an induction of translocation of active ingredient from the roots systemically into the plant.

Abstract: PROBLEM Provided is a seed treatment agent having excellent control effect on plant diseases and a method for protecting a plant from plant diseases. SOLUTION A seed treatment agent comprising, as an active ingredient, an ?-methoxyphenylacetic acid compound represented by formula (1).

Abstract: A method of stimulating germination in plant seeds and/or releasing plant tissue or plant organs from dormancy, comprising applying to a seed, plant, plant organ or plant tissue a compound of formula (I): where: R1 is alkyl or H; R2, R3, R4 and R5 are independently selectable from H, halide, —NO2, —SO2R?, —OH, —Oalkyl where R? is alkyl or aminoalkyl; and/or R1 and R5 are joined as —O(CH2)m—, where m is 1, 2, 3 or 4; R6 is a substituted or non-substituted alkyl, and/or substituted or non-substituted aryl; and n is an integer of 1 to 4.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel compounds of the formula (I), in which W, X, Y, Z and CKE are each as defined above, to several methods and intermediates for preparation thereof and to the use thereof as pesticides and/or herbicides. The invention also relates to selective herbicidal compositions which comprise firstly haloalkylmethyleneoxyphenyl-substituted ketoenols and secondly a compound which improves crop plant compatibility. The present invention further relates to the enhancement of the action of crop protection compositions comprising especially haloalkylmethyleneoxyphenyl-substituted ketoenols, by the addition of ammonium or phosphonium salts and optionally penetration enhancers, to the corresponding compositions, to methods for production thereof and to the use thereof in crop protection as insecticides and/or acaricides and/or for preventing undesired plant growth.

Abstract: The present invention relates to small chemical compounds that act as activators of lateral root formation in plants. More specifically, it relates to small chemical compounds that are structurally not related to auxin but do have a similar effect on root density development in plants. Preferably, these compounds act more specifically on root development than auxin, and may have a different working mechanism.

Abstract: The invention relates to ?-oxygenated or ?-thiolated carboxylic acid phenethylamide derivatives of general formula (I) including the optical isomers thereof and mixtures of such isomers, wherein A stands for optionally substituted aryl or optionally substituted heteroaryl; X is oxygen or sulfur; Y is oxygen or sulfur; R1, is hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, haloalkyl, haloalkenyl, haloalkynyl or halocycloalkyl; R2 is hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, alkoxy-alkyl, alkoxy-alkenyl, alkoxy-alkynyl, whereof all alkyl- alkenyl-, alkynyl-, or cycloalkyl-groups may be optionally substituted by halogen; or optionally substituted aryl-alkyl, optionally substituted aryl-alkenyl, optionally substituted aryl-alkynyl or optionally substituted aryloxy-alkyl; R3 is hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkyl-alkyl, alkoxy-alkyl, alkoxy-alkenyl, alkoxy-alkynyl, whereof all alkyl- alkenyl-, alkynyl-, or cycloalkyl-groups may be optionally substituted by halogen; or is

Abstract: The invention relates to ?-oxygenated or ?-thiolated carboxylic acid phenethylamide derivatives of the general formula I including the optical isomers thereof and mixtures of such isomers, wherein A stands for optionally substituted aryl or optionally substituted heteroaryl; X is oxygen or sulfur; Y is oxygen or sulfur; R1 is hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, haloalkyl, haloalkenyl, haloalkynyl or halocycloalkyl; R2 is hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, alkoxy-alkyl, alkoxy-alkenyl, alkoxy-alkynyl, whereof all alkyl-alkenyl-, alkynyl-, or cycloalkyl-groups me be optionally substituted by halogen; or optionally substituted arylalkyl, optionally substituted-aryl-alkenyl, optionally substituted aryl-alkynyl or optionally substituted aryloxy-alkyl; R3 is hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkyl-alkyl, alkoxy-alkyl, alkoxy-alkenyl, alkoxy-alkynyl, whereof all alkyl-alkenyl-, alkynyl-, or cycloalkyl-groups me be optionally substituted by halogen; or is opti

Abstract: Conventional many fungicidal compositions have had practical problems such that either a preventive effect or a curing effect is inadequate, the residual effect tends to be inadequate, or the controlling effect against plant diseases tends to be inadequate depending upon the application site, and a fungicidal composition to overcome such problems has been desired.

Abstract: A method of improving the yield and vigor of an agronomic plant involves treating plants such as soybeans and corn and/or their propagation material with a composition that includes an active agent, such as a diazole fungicide, a triazole fungicide, or a strobilurin-type fungicide, which has the capacity to improve the yield and/or the vigor of the plant in the absence of pest pressure by fungal plant pathogens. Formulations that contain a diazole fungicide, a triazole fungicide, or a strobilurin-type fungicide, and plants and plant propagation material, such as seeds, which have been treated by the novel method are also described.

Abstract: A pesticidal composition comprising at least one specific imidazole and at least one fungicide selected from the group consisting of (S)-5-methyl-2-methylthio-5-phenyl-3-phenylamino-3,5-dihydroimidazole-4-one, isopropyl 2-methyl-1-[(1-p-tolylethyl)carbamoyl]-(S)-propylcarbamate, 3,5-dichloro-N-(3-chloro-1-ethyl-1-methyl-2-oxopropyl)-4-methyl-benzamide and N-(&agr;-cyano-2-thienyl)-4-ethyl-2-(ethylamino)-5-thiazole carboxyamide, as active ingredients.

Abstract: Compounds having general formula (I): wherein: —R represents a hydrogen atom, a C1-C8 alkyl or haloalkyl group, a C2-C8 alkoxyalkyl or haloalkoxyalkyl group, a C2-C8 alkenyl or haloalkenyl group, a C2-C8 alkinyl or haloalkinyl group, a C3-C8 cycloalkyl or C4-C9 cycloalkylalkyl group optionally substituted by halogen atoms and/or C1-C4 alkyl or haloalkyl groups, a C2-C8 alkoxyl or haloalkoxyl group, an NRaRb group; Ra and Rb, the same or different, represent: a hydrogen atom; a C1-C8 alkyl group; a phenyl group or a benzyl group optionally substituted by halogen atoms, by CN groups, NO2 groups, C1-C4, haloalkyl, alkoxyl, haloalkoxyl groups; or Ra and Rb jointly represent a C2-C8 alkylene chain optionally interrupted by oxygen atoms; Rn represents a hydrogen atom, or a C1-C4 alkyl or haloalkyl group; R1 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a C1-C4 alkyl or haloalkyl group, a C1-C4 alkoxyl or haloalkoxyl group, a C1-C4 alkylthio or haloalkylthio group, a cyano group, a nitro group; R2 represents a C

Abstract: There are described derivatives of benzoylcyclohexanediones of the formula (I) and their use as herbicides. In this formula (I), R1a, R1b, R1c, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are various radicals, X1 is a bridging atom, X2 a carbon chain and X3 a chalcogen atom.

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: The present invention relates to novel phenyl-substituted 2-enamino-ketonitriles of the formula (I): 1

Abstract: An aqueous herbicidal composition which comprises (a) water-soluble pesticidal ingredient such as herbicidal active ingredient, (b) water-insoluble pesticidal ingredient such as herbicidal active ingredient inhibiting protoporphyrinogenoxidase, (c) at least one selected from nonionic surfactants and anionic surfactants, (d) anionic water-soluble polymer, (e) hydrophobic organic solvent and (f) water is a highly stable aqueous composition in which degradation of the active ingredient is suppressed.

Abstract: Herbicidal mixture comprising a benzoyl derivative, a fertilizer containing nitrogen and an adjuvant.

Abstract: Herbicidal fluorovinyloxyacetamide compounds of formula (I) are useful for protecting crops from weeds: wherein: R1 is a phenyl group optionally having one or more substituents selected from the group consisting of C1-6 alkyl, halogen-substituted C1-6 alkyl, C1-6 alkoxy and halogen; R2 is a C1-6 alkyl; or R1 and R2 together with the nitrogen atom to which they are bound form a 5-, 6- or 7-membered nitrogen heterocycle optionally having one or more ring oxygen atoms, double bonds and C1-6 alkyl substituents; R3 is a phenyl or thiophen-2-yl group optionally having one or more substituents selected from the group consisting of C1-6 alkyl, halogen-substituted C1-6 alkyl, C1-6 alkoxy, methylenedioxy and halogen; and R4is a perfluoro C1-6 alkyl group.

Abstract: Iminoacetamides of the formula (I) ##STR1## in which A represents a single bond or optionally substituted alkylene,Q represents oxygen or sulphur,R.sup.1 represents respectively optionally substituted cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, aryl or heterocyclyl,R.sup.2 represents respectively optionally substituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkinyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, aryl or heterocyclyl,R.sup.3 represents hydrogen or respectively optionally substituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkinyl or cycloalkyl,R.sup.4 represents respectively optionally substituted cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, aryl or heterocyclcyla process for their preparation, pesticidal compositions containing them, and their use for controlling pests.

Abstract: Substituted cyclohexene-1,2-dicarboxylic acid derivatives I ##STR1## where R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 are herein defined, or the agriculturally useful salts of Ia and Ib and intermediates for their preparation, which compounds are useful as herbicides and for the desiccation/defoliation of plants.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel substituted bicyclic 2-mesityl-cyclopentane-1,3-dione derivatives of the formula (I) ##STR1## in which A and Q together represent alkanediyl or alkenediyl, which is in each case optionally substituted by halogen, hydroxyl, mercapto or in each case optionally substituted alkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, cycloalkyl, benzyloxy or aryl, and which furthermore optionally contains one of the following groups ##STR2## or is bridged by an alkanediyl group andB, B' and G have the meaning given in the description,process for their preparation and their use as agents for controlling pests, and herbicides.

Abstract: Described herein are compounds of the formula I ##STR1## and the isomers thereof, in which either a) X is an N atom andY is OR.sub.11 or N(R.sub.12)R.sub.13, orb) X is CH andY is OR.sub.11,and in which furthermore:R.sub.11 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl;R.sub.12 and R.sub.13, independently, are hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl;A is an O atom or the group NR.sub.4 ; and whereinR.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are as defined herein, are pesticidal active ingredients. They can be used for pest control, in particular as microbicides, insecticides and acaricides in agriculture, horticulture and in the hygiene sector.

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: This invention provides chiral nonracemic compounds of general formula I which are useful as components of FLC compositions in SSFLC and DHFLC devices: ##STR1## wherein Z is a C.dbd.O group or a CH.sub.2 group, R.sub.F is a partially or fully fluorinated alkyl or alkenyl group, R.sub.2 is selected from an alkyl, alkenyl or alkynyl group in which one or more CH.sub.2 groups can optionally be substituted with one or two halogen atoms or in which one or more non-neighboring CH.sub.2 can be replaced with an O, S or an alkyl silyl group, S.sub.1 (R.sub.A)(R.sub.B), in which R.sub.A and R.sub.B, independently of one another, are small alkyl or alkenyl groups having from one to six carbon atoms, * indicates the chiral carbon and where Ar can be a one, two, or three aromatic ring LC core moieties. In particular, the core can have one to three, aromatic rings which are optionally linked by linking groups including O, S, CH.sub.2 S, SCH.sub.2, CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2, CH.sub.2 O, OCH.sub.2, CH.sub.2 CO.sub.2, CH.sub.

Abstract: .beta.-Substituted cinnamic acid derivatives of the formula 1, ##STR1## where R.sup.1 is alkyl, chlorine or bromine, --X-- is --O--, --S--, ##STR2## m is 0 or 1, --Y is --OR.sup.4, --O--N.dbd.CR.sup.5 R.sup.6, --NR.sup.7 R.sup.8, --N(OR.sup.9)R.sup.10 or --SR.sup.11, where the above-mentioned substituents R.sup.2 to R.sup.11 are alkyl, and R.sup.2, and R.sup.3 and R.sup.5 to R.sup.11 can also be hydrogen,Z is halogen, nitro, cyano, alkyl, cycloalkyl, aralkyl, aryloxyalkyl, arylthioalkyl, hetarylalkyl, hetaryloxyalkyl, hetarylthioalkyl, alkenyl, aralkenyl, aryloxyalkenyl, arylthioalkenyl, hetarylalkenyl, hetaryloxyalkenyl, hetarylthioalkenyl, alkynyl, arylalkynyl, hetarylalkynyl, aryl, hetaryl, arylazo, acylamino, --OR.sup.12, --SR.sup.13, --SOR.sup.14, --SO.sub.2 R.sup.15, --COOR.sup.16, --CONR.sup.17 R.sup.18, --COR.sup.19, --CR.sup.20 .dbd.NR.sup.21, --N.dbd.CR.sup.22, R.sup.23, --CR.sup.24 .dbd.N--OR.sup.25, --CR.sup.25 R.sup.26 --O--, N.dbd.CR.sup.27 R.sup.28, --CH.sub.2 --OCOR.sup.39 or --NR.sup.37 R.

Abstract: 2-Aroylcyclohexanediones I ##STR1## (A is C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkylene; R.sup.1 is substituted phenyl or hetaryl which may furthermore carry a fused ring; R.sup.2 -R.sup.5 are each hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl; R.sup.6 is H, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxycarbonyl and R.sup.7 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl,with the proviso that R.sup.1 is not mono- or dihalophenyl)and the agriculturally useful salts thereof and the esters of I with C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 -carboxylic acids or inorganic acids.The 2-aroylcyclohexanediones I are suitable as herbicides and plant growth regulators.

Abstract: .beta.-Substituted cinnamic acid derivatives of the formula 1, ##STR1## where R.sup.1 is substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl or cycloalkenyl, and R.sup.1 can also be chlorine or bromine,--X-- is --O--, --S--, ##STR2## m is 0 or 1, --Y is --OR.sup.4, --O--N.dbd.CR.sup.5 R.sup.6, --NR.sup.7 R.sup.8, --NR.sup.7 R.sup.8, --N(OR.sup.9)R.sup.10 or SR.sup.11, where the abovementioned substitutes R.sup.2 to R.sup.11 are substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl or cycloalkenyl, and R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.5 to R.sup.11 can be hydrogen and Z, U, V, W are defined in the specification.

Abstract: A methoxyiminoacetic acid derivative represented by the following formula (I): ##STR1## wherein X represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or an alkoxy group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; A represents a methoxy group or a methylamino group; when A is a methoxy group, B represents --O--CO-- or --N=C(R.sup.1)-- and when A is a methylamino group, B represents --O--CR.sup.1 R.sup.2 --, wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a trifluoromethyl group; and Ar represents an optionally substituted aryl group or an optionally substituted heteroaryl group, and an agricultural/horticultural fungicide containing the same as an active ingredient.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I) in which the symbols have the following meanings: R.sup.1 is straight-chain or branched (C.sub.3 -C.sub.2)alkenyl containing a terminal double bond, it being possible for one or two non-adjacent CH.sub.2 groups to be replaced by O and/or S atoms, A and B, independently of one another, are phenyl, diazine-2,5-diyl or diazine-3,6-diyl, with the proviso that one of the groups A or B is phenyl and the other is diazine, X is O or S, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4, independently of one another, are H, straight-chain (C.sub.1 -C.sub.10)alkyl or branched (C.sub.3 -C.sub.10 )alkyl, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 not simultaneously being H, have the property of increasing the phase width in CC mixtures or depressing the melting point.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel acetanilides of the formula (I) ##STR1## wherein Ar represents phenyl, furyl or thienyl,R.sup.1 represents hydrogen, C.sub.1-5 -alkyl, C.sub.3-6 -cycloalkyl, C.sub.3-6 -cycloalkyl-methyl, C.sub.3-5 alkenyl, C.sub.3-5 -alkynyl, C.sub.1-3 -haloalkyl, C.sub.3-5 -epoxyalkyl, C.sub.1-3 -alkoxy-C.sub.1-4 -alkyl, C.sub.1-3 -alkylthio-C.sub.1-4 -alkyl, C.sub.1-3 -alkoxycarbonyl-C.sub.1-2 -alkyl, cyano-C.sub.1-3 -alkyl, or aralkylR.sup.2 represents hydrogen or C.sub.1-3 -alkyl,R.sup.3 represents hydrogen or C.sub.1-3 -alkyl,X represents halogen, andY represents iso-propyl, tert-butyl, C.sub.1-2 -haloalkyl, C.sub.1-2 -haloalkoxy, C.sub.1-2 -haloalkylthio or C.sub.1-2 -alkylsulfonyl,to processes for their preparation and to their use as herbicides. The invention also relates to novel intermediates and to processes for their preparation.