The present invention relates to compositions comprising as component (A) a compound of formula (I) or an agrochemically acceptable salt thereof wherein R.sup.1 is H or methyl; and as component (B) at least one compound, or agrochemically acceptable salt thereof, selected from the group consisting of B-I, B-II, B-III, B-IV, B-V, B-VI, B-VII, B-VIII, B-IX and to their use in controlling plants or inhibiting plant growth.

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The invention relates to compounds of formula (I), and their use as herbicides. In said formula, R.sup.1 to R.sup.9 represent groups such as hydrogen, halo-gen or organic groups such as alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, or alkoxy; X is a bond or a divalent unit; Y is hydrogen, cyano, hydroxyl or a linear or cyclic organic group. The invention further refers to a composition comprising such compound and to the use thereof for controlling unwanted vegetation.

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The invention relates to compounds of formula (I), and their use as herbicides. In said formula, R.sup.1 to R.sup.9 represent groups such as hydrogen, halo-gen or organic groups such as alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, or alkoxy; X is a bond or a divalent unit; Y is hydrogen, cyano, hydroxyl or a linear or cyclic organic group. The invention further refers to a composition comprising such compound and to the use thereof for controlling unwanted vegetation.

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The present invention relates to the use of strobilurin type compounds of formula I and the N-oxides and the salts thereof for combating phytopathogenic fungi containing an amino acid substitution F129L in the mitochondrial cytochrome b protein (also referred to as F129L mutation in the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene) conferring resistance to Qo inhibitors, and to methods for combating such fungi. The invention also relates to novel compounds, processes for preparing these compounds, to compositions comprising at least one such compound, and to seeds coated with at least one such compound.

The present invention relates to the use of strobilurin type compounds of formula I and the N-oxides and the salts thereof for combating phytopathogenic fungi containing an amino acid substitution F129L in the mitochondrial cytochrome b protein (also referred to as F129L mutation in the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene) conferring resistance to Qo inhibitors, and to methods for combating such fungi. The invention also relates to novel compounds, processes for preparing these compounds, to compositions comprising at least one such compound, and to seeds coated with at least one such compound.

The present invention relates to compounds of Formula (I), (I) wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are as defined herein. The invention further relates to herbicidal compositions which comprise a compound of Formula (I), to their use for controlling weeds, in particular in crops of useful plants.

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The present invention relates to compounds of Formula (I), (I) wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are as defined herein. The invention further relates to herbicidal compositions which comprise a compound of Formula (I), to their use for controlling weeds, in particular in crops of useful plants.

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The present invention relates to compositions comprising as component (A) at least one compound of formula (I), or an agrochemically acceptable salt thereof wherein R.sub.1 is (II) or (III) and, as component (B), at least one compound, or agrochemically acceptable salt thereof, selected from the group consisting of B-I, B-II, B-III, B-IV, B-V, B-VI, B-VII, B-VIII, B-IX and to their use in controlling plants or inhibiting plant growth.

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The present invention relates to compositions comprising as component (A) at least one compound of formula (I), or an agrochemically acceptable salt thereof wherein R.sub.1 is (II) or (III) and, as component (B), at least one compound, or agrochemically acceptable salt thereof, selected from the group consisting of B-I, B-II, B-III, B-IV, B-V, B-VI, B-VII, B-VIII, B-IX and to their use in controlling plants or inhibiting plant growth.

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The invention provides a method for inactivation or reduction of pathogens, microorganisms or parasites in a sample, media, composition, utility, device, surface or organism by treatment with an alkylating compound of Structure I, followed by elimination or reduction of the residual compound with Structure I by treatment with a neutralizing agent, which eliminates or reduces the toxicity or other undesirable properties of the alkylating compound with Structure I. The neutralizing agent may be present in a treatment solution or be part of a solid-phase agent, and preferably acts by eliminating the alkylating properties of the compound of Structure I.