Compositions and methods for repelling arthropods. The compositions include a carrier and an arthropod repelling compound, which can be a compound discovered by a novel and complex cheminformatic process to demonstrate repellency behavior across a broad spectrum of arthropods. The compound can be a thiane compound, a pyrrolidone compound, a cyclohexadiene compound, a cyclohexenone compound, a cyclohexene compound, a furanone compound, a pyran compound, a tetrahydropyran compound, a thiazolidine compound, a thiazoline compound, a dihydrothiophene compound, a dithiolane compound, a dithiane compound, an epoxide compound, an oxathiane compound, a cyclopentene compound, a cyclohexane compound, a quinoline compound, an oxazoline compound, a tetrahydropyridine compound, and an imidazolidinone compound, or a combination thereof.

Compositions and methods for repelling arthropods. The compositions include a carrier and an arthropod repelling compound, which can be a compound discovered by a novel and complex cheminformatic process to demonstrate repellency behavior across a broad spectrum of arthropods. The compound can be a thiane compound, a pyrrolidone compound, a cyclohexadiene compound, a cyclohexenone compound, a cyclohexene compound, a furanone compound, a pyran compound, a tetrahydropyran compound, a thiazolidine compound, a thiazoline compound, a dihydrothiophene compound, a dithiolane compound, a dithiane compound, an epoxide compound, an oxathiane compound, a cyclopentene compound, a cyclohexane compound, a quinoline compound, an oxazoline compound, a tetrahydropyridine compound, and an imidazolidinone compound, or a combination thereof.

The present invention relates to the use of a compound, a salt or solvate thereof as C4 plant selective herbicide wherein said compound has a structure according to formula (I) wherein A is a cyclic alkyl, aryl, heterocycloalkyl, or heteroaryl group, and B is a cyclic alkyl, aryl, heterocycloalkyl, or heteroaryl group, and wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 are, independently of each other H or an alkyl group, and wherein integer i is 0 or 1, preferably 1, and the bond (a) is a single or double bond, and wherein in case (a) is a double bond, n is 0 and X is O or S, and wherein in case (a) is a single bond n is 1, and X is H or an alkyl group, and wherein the bond (b) is a single or double bond, and wherein in case (b) is a double bond, m and p are 0, and wherein in case (b) is a single bond m and p are both 1, and/or according to formula (II) including tautomeric structures thereof, wherein R.sup.01 and R.sup.02 are independently of each other selected from the group consisting of H, OH, carboxylic acid, ester, alkyl, alkoxy and halogen, wherein Y.sup.1 is selected from the group consisting of (S(O)2), S(O)) and (C(O)), and wherein Y.sup.2 is O, and wherein r is 0 or 1 and wherein in case r is 0, q and s are 1, and wherein in case r is 1, q and s are 0, and wherein R.sup.01, R.sup.02, R.sup.04, R.sup.05, R.sup.06, R.sup.07, R.sup.04#, R.sup.05#, R.sup.06#, R.sup.07#, R.sup.09, R.sup.010, R.sup.011 and R.sup.012 are independently of each other selected from the group consisting of H, OH, SO3H, carboxylic acid, ester, alkyl, alkoxy and halogen, said compound being capable of binding to the malate binding site comprised by a phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase from a C4 plant, thereby inhibiting said phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase. ##STR00001##

The present invention relates to the use of a compound, a salt or solvate thereof as C4 plant selective herbicide wherein said compound has a structure according to formula (I) wherein A is a cyclic alkyl, aryl, heterocycloalkyl, or heteroaryl group, and B is a cyclic alkyl, aryl, heterocycloalkyl, or heteroaryl group, and wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 are, independently of each other H or an alkyl group, and wherein integer i is 0 or 1, preferably 1, and the bond (a) is a single or double bond, and wherein in case (a) is a double bond, n is 0 and X is O or S, and wherein in case (a) is a single bond n is 1, and X is H or an alkyl group, and wherein the bond (b) is a single or double bond, and wherein in case (b) is a double bond, m and p are 0, and wherein in case (b) is a single bond m and p are both 1, and/or according to formula (II) including tautomeric structures thereof, wherein R.sup.01 and R.sup.02 are independently of each other selected from the group consisting of H, OH, carboxylic acid, ester, alkyl, alkoxy and halogen, wherein Y.sup.1 is selected from the group consisting of (S(O)2), S(O)) and (C(O)), and wherein Y.sup.2 is O, and wherein r is 0 or 1 and wherein in case r is 0, q and s are 1, and wherein in case r is 1, q and s are 0, and wherein R.sup.01, R.sup.02, R.sup.04, R.sup.05, R.sup.06, R.sup.07, R.sup.04#, R.sup.05#, R.sup.06#, R.sup.07#, R.sup.09, R.sup.010, R.sup.011 and R.sup.012 are independently of each other selected from the group consisting of H, OH, SO3H, carboxylic acid, ester, alkyl, alkoxy and halogen, said compound being capable of binding to the malate binding site comprised by a phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase from a C4 plant, thereby inhibiting said phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase. ##STR00001##

There is described a method of sterilizing surfaces using flavanoids, for example mixtures containing inter alia naringin and neohesperidin, by misting.

There is described a method of sterilizing surfaces using flavanoids, for example mixtures containing inter alia naringin and neohesperidin, by misting.

A method of reducing cellular damage to a plant by treating the plant with a compound containing an NO-releasing moiety and an H.sub.2S-releasing moiety covalently bonded to an aspirin derived core or a NOSH compound is claimed. The compounds may also be used in a method of priming a plant against abiotic stress factors and a method of promoting plant growth.

A method of reducing cellular damage to a plant by treating the plant with a compound containing an NO-releasing moiety and an H.sub.2S-releasing moiety covalently bonded to an aspirin derived core or a NOSH compound is claimed. The compounds may also be used in a method of priming a plant against abiotic stress factors and a method of promoting plant growth.

A method of reducing cellular damage to a plant by treating the plant with a compound containing an NO-releasing moiety and an H.sub.2S-releasing moiety covalently bonded to an aspirin derived core or a NOSH compound is claimed. The compounds may also be used in a method of priming a plant against abiotic stress factors and a method of promoting plant growth.

A new crystalline form of spirodiclofen of formula (I), the crystal preparation process, the analyzes of the crystal through various analytical methods and using the crystal to prepare stable agrochemical formulation. The invention also describes the use of various solvents towards the crystalline form preparation conditions. ##STR00001##