Abstract: Described herein are methods and compositions for enhancing pathogen immunity in plants and improving plant growth.

Abstract: This invention is directed to the preparation and applications of internally and/or externally functionalized environmentally benign nanoparticles (EbNPs), which are produced by a three step procedure: (1) synthesis of native EbNPs, (2) functionalization with active agents, and (3) additional surface property customization via one or more modifier(s).

Abstract: Suggested are solid agricultural compositions, comprising: (a1) at least one alkoxylated alcohol according to general formula (I) R1O(AO)nH, wherein R1 stands for an unsaturated, linear hydrocarbon residue having 12 to 22 carbon atoms and 1, 2, or 3 double bonds, AO comprises an ethylene oxide, propylene oxide, and/or butylene oxide unit, and n comprises an integer of from 1 to 60; (a2) at least one alkoxylated alcohol according to general formula (II) R2O(AO)mH, wherein R2 comprises a saturated, branched hydrocarbon residue having 8 to 36 carbon atoms, AO comprises an ethylene oxide, propylene oxide, and/or butylene oxide unit, and m comprises an integer of from 1 to 60; (b) at least one biocide, and optionally (c) at least one inert Broenstedt base and/or (d) at least one solvent, emulsifier, polymer or filler, therein the compositions are granules with a water content of less than 10% b.w.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of anthranilamide derivatives of the general formula (I) —in which R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, A, X, Qx, Qy and n have the general meanings given in the description—for controlling insects and/or spider mites by drenching, soil mixing, furrow treatment, droplet application, in hydroponic systems, by planting hole treatment, soil, stem or flower injection, dip application, floating or seedbox application or by treating seed, and also for enhancing the stress tolerance of plants to abiotic stress.

Abstract: A herbicidal composition comprising, in addition to customary inert formulation excipients, as a mixture of at least one soil-applied herbicide and a lipophilic additive consisting of a paraffin oil derived from the refined fraction of petroleum oil with a distillation range at 10 mm Hg of about 190 °C. to about 280 °C. and with a carbon number distribution from about C13 to about C55.

Abstract: An agrochemical composition includes a homogeneous single-phase liquid crystal in thermodynamic equilibrium. The agrochemical composition can be a surfactant composition or a pesticide composition. The surfactant composition is a blend of surfactants, whereas a pesticide composition has an active ingredient and one or more surfactant adjuvants. A pesticide composition, or a surfactant composition in combination with an active ingredient, may be used to control pests.

Abstract: Disclosed are compositions and methods related to powder and granular emulsifiable concentrate pesticide formulations. As disclosed, emulsions from non-aqueous based liquid or solvent soluble pesticide actives may be prepared using a high purity, high molecular weight sulfonated lignin as the emulsion stabilizer. The resulting emulsions may then be dried to obtain a powder or granular emulsion concentrate where the high molecular weight sulfonated lignin acts as a solid matrix for the pesticide active. The powder or granular emulsifiable concentrate formulations thus formed have high loading rates, good storage properties and are easily reconstituted when added to water.

Abstract: The invention provides aqueous pesticidal concentrates comprising at least one colloidal solid and a dispersed emulsion phase comprising at least one substantially water-insoluble pesticidally active ingredient, which is either itself an oily liquid comprising the oil phase, is a solid but is dissolved in an oily liquid present in the oil phase, is a solid and is dispersed within the oil phase or is present as a colloidal solid adsorbed to the liquid-liquid interface between the continuous aqueous phase and the dispersed oil phase.

Abstract: Methods of reducing injury to crop foliage and achieving weed control using encapsulated acetamide herbicides are described. Herbicidal microcapsules comprising herbicide core material and a shell wall encapsulating the core material are also described. The microcapsules provide reduced crop injury through controlled herbicide release.

Abstract: The invention provides aqueous pesticidal concentrates comprising at least one colloidal solid, a dispersed emulsion phase comprising at least one substantially water-insoluble pesticidally active ingredient, which is either itself an oily liquid comprising the oil phase, is a solid but is dissolved in an oily liquid present in the oil phase, is a solid and is dispersed within the oil phase or is present as a colloidal solid adsorbed to the liquid-liquid interface between the continuous aqueous phase and the dispersed oil phase and at least one Ostwald ripening inhibitor.

Abstract: A method of increasing functional protein activity in a plant comprising applying to the plant, part of the plant, the plant propagation material thereof and/or a surrounding area thereof an effective amount of one or more neonicotinoid compounds selected from thianicotinyl compounds and tetrahydrofuranyl compounds.

Abstract: Disclosed are compositions and methods related to powder and granular emulsifiable concentrate pesticide formulations. As disclosed, emulsions from non-aqueous based liquid or solvent soluble pesticide actives may be prepared using a high purity, high molecular weight sulfonated lignin as the emulsion stabilizer. The resulting emulsions may then be dried to obtain a powder or granular emulsion concentrate where the high molecular weight sulfonated lignin acts as a solid matrix for the pesticide active. The powder or granular emulsifiable concentrate formulations thus formed have high loading rates, good storage properties and are easily reconstituted when added to water.

Abstract: The invention relates to formulations of agrochemical compounds formulated as water emulsifiable granules and combined with boron containing fertilisers in the spray tank, to a process for the production of such formulations and to their use as novel, advantageous formulations of crop protection agents.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method to produce suspension concentrates of pesticides, pharmaceuticals, biocides, and similar materials, using a melt emulsification process. The method is particularly applicable to pesticides which have a low water solubility. The particle size can be controlled to give particles from less than 5 microns (&mgr;) to less than 1&mgr;.

Abstract: Slow-Release agrochemical formulations for the prevention of leaching and contamination of soil and ground water, are described. The agrochemicals are organic compounds with non-ionic and non polar molecular structures, which are adsorbed to clays whose surface properties have been transformed from hydrophilic to hydrophobic by previous adsorption of an organic cation, usually of quaternary ammonium structure, having at least one aryl group attached to the ammonium nitrogen atom. The intermolecular interactions of the agrochemical with the organo-clay surface result in a reduction of its leaching in the field.

Abstract: This invention is directed to an herbicidal composition comprising,a) an herbicidally effective amount of acetochlor; andb) a non-phytotoxic antidotally effective amount of a compound according to formula (I), ##STR1## wherein each of R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 independently represents one or more substituents selected from hydrogen, (C.sub.1 -C.sub.6)alkyl, (C.sub.1 -C.sub.6)alkoxy, (C.sub.1 -C.sub.6)alkylamino, halo, halo(C.sub.1 -C.sub.6)alkyl, (C.sub.1 -C.sub.6)alkoxy-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.6)alkyl and nitro;wherein A is selected from ##STR2## wherein each of R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 is independently selected from hydrogen, (C.sub.1 -C.sub.6)alkyl, halo(C.sub.1 -C.sub.6)alkyl, cyano(C.sub.1 -C.sub.6)alkyl, (C.sub.1 -C.sub.6)alkoxy-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.6)alkyl, (C.sub.2 -C.sub.6)alkenyl, (C.sub.2 -C.sub.6)alkynyl, phenyl, nitrophenyl, benzyl, halobenzyl, pyridinyl(C.sub.1 -C.sub.6)alkyl and (C.sub.1 -C.sub.6)alkylammonium; and n is 0 or 1.

Abstract: The invention provides novel mixtures and methods for significantly lowering the temperature at which chloroacetamides begin to form solid precipitant, without significantly diluting the chloroacetamides.

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 herbicidal composition which comprises as the active ingredients (a) 2-[7-floro-3,4-dihydro-3-oxo-4-(2-propynyl) -2H-1,4-benzooxazin-6-yl]-4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-1H-isoindol-1,3 (2H)-dione and (b) N-methoxymethyl-2',6'-diethyl-2-chloroacetanilide or 2-chloro-'6-ethyl-N-(2-methoxy-1-methylethyl)Acet-O-toluidide and an inert carrier or diluent, which exerts a synergistically enhanced herbicidal potency.

Abstract: The invention relates to a herbicidal composition containing as compound of formula I N-[2-(methoxycarbonyl)phenyl]sulfonyl-N'-(4,6-bis-difluoromethoxypyrimidin -2-yl)-urea together with a herbicide of formula III ##STR1## wherein the radicals R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are as defined in the text, to a method for the selective control of weeds in crops of useful plants and to the use of these compositions for controlling weeds in crops of useful plants.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula I ##STR1## where R.sup.1 to R.sup.9 are as defined in claim 1 are known as herbicides. When these compounds are applied in traditionally used amounts, this often results in damage to crop plants in the crops, when it is desired to achieve sufficient action against weeds typically occurring therein. However, according to the invention it is possible to reduce the application rates to 0.001 to 0.5 kg of a.i./ha in rice growing, and the action obtained against important harmful plants in rice from the species Sagittaria, Cyperus and Scirpus Eleocharis is nevertheless sufficient.

Abstract: The invention provides N-acyl-N-phenyltetrahydrophthalamic acid derivatives represented by the general formula [I], methods of producing the same, and herbicides containing the same as the effective components, ##STR1## wherein X and Y each individually represent hydrogen atoms or halogen atoms, R.sup.1 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a lower alkoxy group, a lower alkenyloxy group, a lower alkynyloxy group, a lower alkoxyalkoxy group or a lower alkoxycarbonylalkoxy group, R.sup.2 represents a lower alkyl group, a halogenated lower alkyl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group, and R.sup.3 represents a lower alkoxy group, a lower alkenyloxy group, a lower alkynyloxy group, a lower alkoxyalkoxy group, a benzyloxy group or a lower alkoxycarbonylalkoxy group. The herbicides which are very useful can be widely applied to upland, paddy field, orchard, turf, forest, non-crop land, etc, and are not harmful to crops.

Abstract: The disclosure herein relates to a new family of haloalkyl oxazolidinyl derivatives as antidotal compounds to reduce injury to crop plants by a variety of herbicides. The antidotal compounds are characterized particularly by having heterocyclyl or spiroheterocyclyl radicals attached to the 5-position of haloalkyl oxazolidine compounds and are especially useful as in-can antidotes against injury by acetanilide and thiocarbamate herbicides to corn, sorghum, soybeans, wheat, rice and other crops.