The present invention relates to novel mixtures comprising, as active components, fusaricidin A and fusaricidin B, and at least one fungicide selected from the group comprising difenoconazole, spiraoxamine, fluxapyroxad, boscalid, fluindapyr, isoflucypram, inpyrfluxam, pydiflumetofen, pyrimethanil, fluoxastrobin, metyltetraprole, trifloxystrobin, cyazofamid, amisulbrom, zoxamide, cymoxanil, fluazinam, valifenalate, benthiavalicarb, iprovalicarb, mandipropamid, dimethomorph, fluopicolide, ametoctradin, oxathiapiprolin, pyriofenone, metrafenone, metiram, man-cozeb, dithianon, fosetyl and fosetyl-A1. The present invention also relates to a method of controlling or suppressing plant pathogens or preventing plant pathogen infections by applying such mixtures.

The present invention relates to novel mixtures comprising, as active components, fusaricidin A and fusaricidin B, and at least one fungicide selected from the group comprising difenoconazole, spiraoxamine, fluxapyroxad, boscalid, fluindapyr, isoflucypram, inpyrfluxam, pydiflumetofen, pyrimethanil, fluoxastrobin, metyltetraprole, trifloxystrobin, cyazofamid, amisulbrom, zoxamide, cymoxanil, fluazinam, valifenalate, benthiavalicarb, iprovalicarb, mandipropamid, dimethomorph, fluopicolide, ametoctradin, oxathiapiprolin, pyriofenone, metrafenone, metiram, man-cozeb, dithianon, fosetyl and fosetyl-A1. The present invention also relates to a method of controlling or suppressing plant pathogens or preventing plant pathogen infections by applying such mixtures.

An application uses an enhancer to shorten the half life and/or the complete degradation time of pesticide residue. During the whole growing period of crops or before seeding, the available mixture consisted of the pesticide preparation at 45%-100% of normal dose and the enhancer is applied for at least one time as the conventional way, in which the ratio of the pesticide preparation and the enhancer is 15-45000 g or ml/60-6000 ml per hectare. The enhancer is the mixture of Tween surfactants and N-R-2-pyrrolidone recorded in Chinese patent CN 96117683.0. Under the precondition of ensuring potency, and determining the usage amount of pesticide based on the occurrence circumstances of invasive pests, the present invention can reduce up to 55% dosage of pesticide, as well as the half life of pesticide residue and/or the complete degradation time by above 50%. After administration in safety interval, the pesticide residue in agricultural products can be rendered undetectable, effectively ensuring the quality safety of agricultural products and the protection on environment/ecology.

An application uses an enhancer to shorten the half life and/or the complete degradation time of pesticide residue. During the whole growing period of crops or before seeding, the available mixture consisted of the pesticide preparation at 45%-100% of normal dose and the enhancer is applied for at least one time as the conventional way, in which the ratio of the pesticide preparation and the enhancer is 15-45000 g or ml/60-6000 ml per hectare. The enhancer is the mixture of Tween surfactants and N-R-2-pyrrolidone recorded in Chinese patent CN 96117683.0. Under the precondition of ensuring potency, and determining the usage amount of pesticide based on the occurrence circumstances of invasive pests, the present invention can reduce up to 55% dosage of pesticide, as well as the half life of pesticide residue and/or the complete degradation time by above 50%. After administration in safety interval, the pesticide residue in agricultural products can be rendered undetectable, effectively ensuring the quality safety of agricultural products and the protection on environment/ecology.

The present disclosure relates to substituted thiophene carboxamides and analogues thereof of formula (I) that may be used for protecting plants from bacterial diseases, in particular from bacterial diseases caused by bacteria belonging to the genus Xanthomonas. ##STR00001##

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.

Safeners for herbicides are suitable for increasing the microbicidal activity of fungicides.

Safeners for herbicides are suitable for increasing the microbicidal activity of fungicides.

Applicant's invention relates to a new class of green insecticides for controlling agricultural, medical and veterinary pests. Applicants have identified and optimized natural compounds derived from Madagascan plants that exhibit insecticidal activity on important insect vectors (e.g., mosquitoes) and agricultural pests (e.g., soybean aphids). Plants of the genera Canellaceae, more specifically Cinnamosma, are shown herein to possess sesquiterpene compounds useful for compositions herein. The invention includes novel pesticide compositions, optimized components and methods of use.