Abstract: The invention relates to herbicidal active compound combinations comprising, carbamoyltriazolinones, and herbicidally active compounds, which combinations are suitable for controlling weeds.

Abstract: The present invention comprises formulations for use as pesticides and their applications. The formulations include a monoalkylsulfosuccinnate as a hydrotrope. The pesticide may be a herbicide comprising glufosinate-ammonium.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of at least one compound selected from the class of the sulphoximines for enhancing plants' intrinsic defenses and/or for improving plant growth and/or for enhancing the resistance of plants to plant diseases which are caused by fungi, bacteria, viruses, MLOs (mycoplasma-like organisms) and/or RLOs (rickettsia-like organisms), and/or for enhancing the resistance of plants to abiotic stress factors.

Abstract: Soybean plants comprising event SYHT0H2, methods of detecting and using the same, and soybean plants comprising a heterologous insert at the same site as SYHT0H2.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a controlled release granule technology, methods of preparing such a granule and methods for using the granule in the control of pests.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising a) an anionic compound having wetting and dispersing properties selected from the group of a1) an alkyl naphthalene sulfonate, a2) a naphthalene sulfonate-formaldehyde condensate that may optionally be alkyl substituted and mixtures thereof, and b) a nitrogen-containing surfactant selected from the group consisting of alkylamine alkoxylates, alkylamidoamine alkoxylates, alkanolamides and their alkoxylates, alkylamidopropylamines, betaines, amino acids, or any mixtures thereof, wherein the molar amount of anionic sulfonate and, if any are present, carboxylate groups in the composition is in excess of the molar amount of nitrogen-containing groups. These compositions exhibit synergistic wetting properties as compared to the surface-active components taken alone. Further, the compositions also exhibit an increased rainfastness.

Abstract: A compound of the formula (I) where, for example, W, X and Y are each CH; R1 and R6 together with the adjacent nitrogen forms a 3 to 10-membered saturated ring, wherein the ring may contain, in addition to the nitrogen and carbon ring members, 1, 2 or 3 heteroatoms and/or heteroatom groups as ring members, independently of one another, selected from the group consisting of sulfur, CO, SO, SO2 and N—R7 and/or the ring may carry 1, 2 or 3 radicals, independently of one another, each selected, for example, from the group consisting of halogen, cyano, nitro, amino, and C1-C6-alkyl. R2 is, for example, halogen, C1-C6-alkyl, C1-C6-haloalkyl, C1-C6-alkoxy, C1-C6-haloalkoxy or C1-C6-alkoxy-C1-C6-alkoxy, and R7 is for example, R10C(?O), C1-C6 alkyl or C1-C6-haloalkyl; and/or salts thereof; and their use as pesticidal agents.

Abstract: A description is given of herbicidal compositions comprising A) tembotrione and B) at least one additional herbicide. These compositions exhibit a superior action in comparison with the herbicides applied separately.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising a) an anionic compound having wetting and dispersing properties selected from the group of a1) an alkyl naphthalene sulfonate, a2) a naphthalene sulfonate-formaldehyde condensate that may optionally be alkyl substituted and mixtures thereof, and b) a nitrogen-containing surfactant selected from the group consisting of alkylamine alkoxylates, alkylamidoamine alkoxylates, alkanolamides and their alkoxylates, alkylamidopropylamines, betaines, amino acids, or any mixtures thereof, wherein <the weight ratio between a) and b) is between 99.99:0.01 and 40:60 while> the molar amount of anionic sulfonate and, if any are present, carboxylate groups in the composition is in excess of the molar amount of nitrogen-containing groups. These compositions exhibit synergistic wetting properties as compared to the surface-active components taken alone. Further, the compositions also exhibit an increased rainfastness.

Abstract: 4-(3-Alkylsulfinylbenzoyl)pyrazoles of the formula (I) are described as herbicides. In this formula (I), R1 to R4, X and Y are radicals such as hydrogen, organic radicals such as alkyl, and other radicals such as halogen.

Abstract: This invention relates to a new formulation activating the absorption of mineral nutrients by plants. Consequently, it has also an effect on the metabolization of these mineral compounds by the plant. These formulations that have been discovered with this property activating nutrient absorption have as main component the compounds represented by general formula 1 CH3—S—CH2—CH2—CH(OR1)—COR2??1 where R1 is selected from the group formed by hydrogen, alkyl rests, (preferably methyl or ethyl), and aryl: while R2 is selected from the group formed by hydroxyl, amides, alkyl rest esters (preferably methyl or ethyl), or aryl. When the rest is hydroxyl, acid salts with monovalent cations, preferably Na+ and K+, polyvalent cations, preferably Cu++ and Fe+++, and electropositive organic compounds such as amines (e.g., ethanolamine) are also considered.

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 wherein: 1) at least one substituent on the cyclopropene ring contains a carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring, or 2) a substituent contains silicon, sulfur, phosphorous, or boron, or 3) least one substituent contains from one to four non-hydrogen atoms and at least one substituent contains more than four non-hydrogen atoms.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of the formula (I) and/or salts thereof The compound is suitable in the field of crop protection.

Abstract: A compound of formula (I): wherein: R1 is —SR10, —O—C(O)—R11, —NR12R13, where R10 is a C1-8-alkyl group or a phenyl group unsubstituted or substituted by a C1-4-alkyl group, R11 is a thiophenenyl, furanyl or pyrrolyl group, R12 is H or a C1-4-alkyl group and R13 is a C1-8-alkyl group or a phenyl group unsubstituted or substituted by a C1-4-alkyl group; R2 is H or a C1-4-alkyl group; R3 and R4 are independently H or C1-4-alkyl groups; R5 and R6 are independently H, OH or OR14, or taken together are ?O, where R14 is a protecting group; R7 is H or a C1-4-alkyl group; and, R8 is H, R9 is OH and R15 is H, or R15 is H and R8 and R9 taken together are —O—, or R9 is OH and R8 and R15 taken together form a bond; and, R18 and R19 are both H, or R18 and R19 taken together form a bond, or a plant physiologically acceptable salt thereof is useful for inhibiting 9-cis-epoxycarotenoid dioxygenase (NCED) in a plant or seed and is therefore useful for regulating ABA biosynthesis in the plant or seed.

Abstract: An aqueous suspension concentrate formulation of insoluble or partially soluble agrochemical active ingredient in which there is used a suspending system comprising silica and an alkypolyvinylpyrrolidone is disclosed.

Abstract: 4-(3-Alkylsulfinylbenzoyl)pyrazoles of the formula (I) are described as herbicides. In this formula (I), R1 to R4, X and Y are radicals such as hydrogen, organic radicals such as alkyl, and other radicals such as halogen.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising a) an anionic compound having wetting and dispersing properties selected from the group of a1) an alkyl naphthalene sulfonate, a2) a naphthalene sulfonate-formaldehyde condensate that may optionally be alkyl substituted and mixtures thereof, and b) a nitrogen-containing surfactant selected from the group consisting of alkylamine alkoxylates, alkylamidoamine alkoxylates, alkanolamides and their alkoxylates, alkylamidopropylamines, betaines, amino acids, or any mixtures thereof, wherein <the weight ratio between a) and b) is between 99.99:0.01 and 40:60 while> the molar amount of anionic sulfonate and, if any are present, carboxylate groups in the composition is in excess of the molar amount of nitrogen-containing groups. These compositions exhibit synergistic wetting properties as compared to the surface-active components taken alone. Further, the compositions also exhibit an increased rainfastness.

Abstract: A pesticidally active combination comprising an HPPD-inhibiting herbicide in the form of an agrochemically acceptable salt and an insecticide is disclosed, provided that the HPPD inhibiting herbicide is not a compound of formula (A) wherein Ra is C1-2 alkyl or chloro; Rb is hydrogen or C1-4 alkyl; and Rc is C1-4 alkyl is disclosed.

Abstract: A process of controlling triazine-tolerant weeds by the application of a combination of mesotrione and a triazine to the locus of said weeds is disclosed.

Abstract: Herbicidal compositions comprising A) at least one compound from the group of the hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase inhibitors and B) at least one compound from the group B-a) herbicides which are selectively active in cereals against monocotyledonous and/or dicotyledonous harmful plants, B-b) herbicides which are selectively active in corn against monocotyledonous and/or dicotyledonous harmful plants, B-c) herbicides which are selectively active in rice against monocotyledonous and/or dicotyledonous harmful plants, B-d) herbicides which are nonselectively active in land which is not under cultivation and/or selectively active in transgenic crops against monocotyledonous and/or dicotyledonous harmful plants are described. The activity of these compositions is superior to that of the herbicides applied on their own.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a synergistic herbicidal composition comprising; (A) mesotrione, and: (B) a second herbicide selected from; (B1) triazines (B2) triazolinones (B3) triazinones (B4) imidazolinones (B5) dicamba (B6) flumetsulam (B7) trifloxysulfuron (B8) tritosulfuron (B9) triasulfuron (B10) pyriftalid (B11) prosulfocarb (B12) pretilachlor (B13) cinosulfuron, or their herbicidally effective salts. A method of controlling the growth of undesirable vegetation, particularly in crops, using this synergistic composition is also disclosed.

Abstract: The invention relates to a composition comprising (a) 2-(2?-nitro-4?-methylsulfonylbenzoyl)-1,3-cyclohexanedione, or an agriculturally acceptable salt or metal complex thereof; and (b) N-isopropyl-(5-trifluoromethyl-1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl)-4-(4?-fluoro-oxycetanilide); and their use as herbicides.

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: A method of selectively controlling undesirable vegetation in crops by using a postemergent application of an herbicidally effective amount of a metal chelate of a 2-(substituted benzoyl)-1,3-cyclohexanedione compound to the locus of such undesirable vegetation.

Abstract: The invention relates to 2-(3-alkenylbenzoyl)cyclohexane-1,3-diones of the formula I where the variables have the following meanings: R1, R2 are hydrogen, nitro, halogen, cyano, thiocyanato, alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxyalkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, —OR6, —OCOR7, —OSO2R7, —SH, —S(O)nR8, —SO2OR6, —SO2NR6R9, —NR9SO2R7 or —NR9COR7; R3 is hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, alkenyl, alkynyl; R4, R5 are hydrogen, nitro, halogen, cyano, thiocyanato, alkyl, haloalkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, haloalkoxy, —COR10, —CO2R10, —COSR10, —CONR10R11, —C(R12)═NR13, —PO(OR10)(OR11); unsubstituted or substituted alkyl, heterocyclyl, heterocyclylalkyl, phenyl, phenylalkyl, hetaryl or hetarylalkyl; or R4 and R5 together form an alkanediyl chain which can be substituted and/or can be interrupted by a hetero atom; Q is an unsubstituted or substituted cyclohexane-1,3-dione ring wh

Abstract: The present invention relates to the pesticidal use of 1-aryl-1-(substituted thio, sulfinyl and sulfonyl)-2-nitroethane compounds having the structural formula I

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 relates to a peptide of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are the same or different and each represents SO.sub.3 H or H; X represents an .alpha.-amino acid or a single bond; Z.sup.1 and Z.sup.2 are the same or different and each represents an .alpha.-amino acid; and Y represents OH or NH.sub.2. This peptide has plant growth factor properties.

Abstract: The invention relates to thixotropic aqueous suspension concentrates of plant protection agents. The invention furthermore relates to the use of these agents in plant protection and the use of saponites as auxiliaries in the preparation of plant protection agent suspensions by wet grinding of the solid constituents.

Abstract: A method of supplying sulphur to a plant growing in a plant growth medium, or to a plant growth medium in which a plant is to be grown, comprises applying to the plant or to the plant growth medium a composition which includes a plant physiologically acceptable amount of dimethylsulphone.

Abstract: Compounds represented by general formula (I), herbicides or selective herbicides for paddy field containing said compounds as active ingredients, method of controlling growth of undesirable plants by applying the herbicides on places where control is desired. ##STR1## wherein A represents a --S(O)nR.sup.1 in which n is 0 or 2 and R.sup.1 represents a (substituted) lower alkyl; a cycloalkyl; a (substituted) benzyl; a (substituted) phenyl; or a --OR.sup.2 in which R.sup.2 represents a (substituted) phenyl;B represents a halogen, a nitro, a lower alkyl, or a lower alkylsulfonyl;D represents a hydrogen, a lower alkyl, a lower alkoxy, a lower alkoxymethyl, or a lower alkoxycarbonyl;E represents a halogen, a (substituted) lower alkoxy, a lower alkylthio, a (substituted) lower alkylsulfonyl, or a lower alkylsulfonyloxy.The herbicides of the present invention can prevent a wide variety of noxious weeds and further selectively prevent weeds on paddy field with considerably reduced phytotoxicities on rice plant.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for enhancing synchrony of germination and emergence in plants and comprises an effective amount of a compound having the following general formula (I); ##STR1##

Abstract: A method of selectively controlling undesirable vegetation in corn by applying an herbicidally effective amount of 2-(2'-nitro-4'-methylsulfonylbenzoyl)-1,3-cyclohexanedione to the locus of such vegetation.

Abstract: Combinations of active substances of the formula (I) ##STR1## where R.sup.1 is halogen, lower alkoxy, alkyl or haloalkyl, NO.sub.2, CN, (S(O).sub.n R.sup.10 [sic],R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are H, halogen, lower alkyl, alkoxy, haloalkoxy or haloalkyl, CN, NO.sub.2, S(O).sub.m R.sup.11, NR.sup.11 R.sup.13, NR.sup.14 --COR.sup.15, CO--R.sup.16,R.sup.4 and R.sup.6 -R.sup.9 are H or lower alkyl,R.sup.5 is H, lower alkyl or alkyl--O--CO--,R.sup.10 is lower alkyl, haloalkyl or alkoxy,R.sup.11 is lower alkyl or haloalkyl or phenyl, benzyl or NR.sup.17 R.sup.18,R.sup.12 and R.sup.13 are H or lower alkyl,R.sup.14 is H or lower alkyl,R.sup.15 is lower alkyl,R.sup.16 is H, lower alkyl, haloalkyl or alkoxy,R.sup.17 and R.sup.18 are H or lower alkyl,n and m in each case are 0 to 2, with herbicides from the group comprising fenoxaprop-ethyl, fenoxaprop-P-ethyl, quinchlorac, molinate, thiobencarb, butachlor, pretilachlor, mefenacet, esprocarb, dimepiperate, HW-52; cinmethylin, anilophos, benfuresate, triazofenamide,.