Disclosed are compounds of Formula 1, including all geometric and stereoisomers, tautomers, N-oxides, and salts thereof, wherein R.sup.1, L and J are as defined in the disclosure. Also disclosed are compositions containing the compounds of Formula 1 and methods for controlling plant disease caused by a fungal pathogen comprising applying an effective amount of a compound or a composition of the invention. ##STR00001##

Disclosed are compounds of Formula 1, including all geometric and stereoisomers, tautomers, N-oxides, and salts thereof, wherein R.sup.1, L and J are as defined in the disclosure. Also disclosed are compositions containing the compounds of Formula 1 and methods for controlling plant disease caused by a fungal pathogen comprising applying an effective amount of a compound or a composition of the invention. ##STR00001##

The present invention relates to herbicidal mixture comprising L-glufosinate or its salt and at least one VLCFA inhibitor. The invention furthermore relates to a method for controlling undesirable vegetation in burndown programs, in industrial vegetation management and forestry, in vegetable and perennial crops and in turf and lawn.

The present invention provides novel sulphonamide inhibitors of cystathionin gamma synthase (CGS), their use as selective and non-selective herbicides, agricultural and non-agricultural herbicides, herbicides in integrated pest management, herbicides for gardening, clearing waste ground, clearing industrial or constructions sites, clearing railways and railway embankments, pesticide, fungicide, agricultural plant stimulant or antimicrobial agent. Also provided is a method for the control of undesired vegetation or clearing areas from the undesired vegetation comprising applying to the locus of said undesired vegetation, to the undesired plants or to a habitat thereof, a herbicidally effective amount of the compound of the present invention.

The present invention provides novel sulphonamide inhibitors of cystathionin gamma synthase (CGS), their use as selective and non-selective herbicides, agricultural and non-agricultural herbicides, herbicides in integrated pest management, herbicides for gardening, clearing waste ground, clearing industrial or constructions sites, clearing railways and railway embankments, pesticide, fungicide, agricultural plant stimulant or antimicrobial agent. Also provided is a method for the control of undesired vegetation or clearing areas from the undesired vegetation comprising applying to the locus of said undesired vegetation, to the undesired plants or to a habitat thereof, a herbicidally effective amount of the compound of the present invention.

The present invention aims to provide a method for reducing or preventing an abiotic stress on a plant.

A method for reducing or preventing an influence of an abiotic stress on a plant, comprising treating a plant exposed or not to the abiotic stress with at least one compound selected from the group consisting of the compounds represented by the following formula (I) and the like:

(wherein in formula (I), Q denotes a group represented by formula (Q-1), formula (Q-2), or the like,

In formula (Q-1) and formula (Q-2), * denotes an attachment point, Z denotes a C1-6 alkyl group or the like, X.sup.1 denotes a C1-6 alkyl group or the like, m is a chemically acceptable number of X.sup.1 and denotes any integer of 0 to 4, L denotes a single bond and the like, A.sup.1 denotes an oxygen atom and the like, and A.sup.2 denotes an oxygen atom and the like).

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The present invention aims to provide a method for reducing or preventing an abiotic stress on a plant.

A method for reducing or preventing an influence of an abiotic stress on a plant, comprising treating a plant exposed or not to the abiotic stress with at least one compound selected from the group consisting of the compounds represented by the following formula (I) and the like:

(wherein in formula (I), Q denotes a group represented by formula (Q-1), formula (Q-2), or the like,

In formula (Q-1) and formula (Q-2), * denotes an attachment point, Z denotes a C1-6 alkyl group or the like, X.sup.1 denotes a C1-6 alkyl group or the like, m is a chemically acceptable number of X.sup.1 and denotes any integer of 0 to 4, L denotes a single bond and the like, A.sup.1 denotes an oxygen atom and the like, and A.sup.2 denotes an oxygen atom and the like).

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Compounds of formula (I), wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1, and the agrochemically acceptable salts, stereoisomers, enantiomers, tautomers and N-oxides of those compounds, can be used as insecticides.

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Compounds of formula (I), wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1, and the agrochemically acceptable salts, stereoisomers, enantiomers, tautomers and N-oxides of those compounds, can be used as insecticides.

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The strigolactone receptor inhibitor for plants contains at least one kind of triazole urea compounds represented by the following formula (I) as an active ingredient. It can be applicable to an agricultural composition; a method for using the agricultural composition as, for example, a branching enhancer for plants; a germination inhibitor for Striga seeds, the germination inhibitor containing the triazole urea compound; and a novel triazole urea compound that is useful as a strigolactone receptor inhibitor for plants. In the formula, A represents a group represented by (A-1) or (A-2). R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 represent a hydrogen atom and so forth. R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl group having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, or an aryl group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms and so forth. R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 may form a ring together.

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