Compounds of the formula (I) wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1, useful as a pesticides, especially as herbicides.

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Compounds of the formula (I) wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1, useful as a pesticides, especially as herbicides.

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The present invention relates to methods for controlling or preventing infestation of soybean by phytopathogenic microorganisms, in particular of the Fusarium genus, Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, Microsphaera diffusa, Septoria glycines and Cercospora sojina, more particularly Fusarium virguliforme, Fusarium solani, Fusarium oxysporum, Fusarium acuminatum, Fusarium chlamydosporum, Fusarium compactum, Fusarium culmorum, Fusarium equiseti, Fusarium graminearum, Fusarium merismoides, Fusarium proliferatum, Fusarium pseudograminearum, Fusarium semitectum, Fusarium subglutinans and Fusarium verticilliodes, comprising applying to a crop of plants, the locus thereof, or propagation material thereof, a compound according to formula (I), wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, Y, A, B are as defined herein.

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Compositions and methods, including novel homogeneous microparticulate suspensions, are described for treating natural and artificial surfaces that contain bacterial biofilm, including unexpected synergy or enhancing effects between bismuth-thiol (BT) compounds and certain antibiotics, to provide formulations including antiseptic formulations. Previously unpredicted antibacterial properties and anti-biofilm properties of disclosed BT compounds and BT compound-plus-antibiotic combinations are also described, including preferential efficacies of certain such compositions for treating certain gram-positive bacterial infections, and distinct preferential efficacies of certain such compositions for treating certain gram-negative bacterial infections.

Compositions and methods, including novel homogeneous microparticulate suspensions, are described for treating natural and artificial surfaces that contain bacterial biofilm, including unexpected synergy or enhancing effects between bismuth-thiol (BT) compounds and certain antibiotics, to provide formulations including antiseptic formulations. Previously unpredicted antibacterial properties and anti-biofilm properties of disclosed BT compounds and BT compound-plus-antibiotic combinations are also described, including preferential efficacies of certain such compositions for treating certain gram-positive bacterial infections, and distinct preferential efficacies of certain such compositions for treating certain gram-negative bacterial infections.

The present disclosure describes monomeric compounds and polymeric compounds that comprise at least one of the monomeric compounds and compositions that can be included in a coating composition for coating a substrate. The coated substrate may have biocidal activity or the potential for increased biocidal activity. The potential for increased biocidal activity may be realized by exposing the coated substrate to one or more further agents, such as one or more halogens. The monomer compound comprises (i) one or more cationic centers, (ii) an N-halamine precursor group, and (iii) at least one coating-incorporation group (CIG). The CIG bonds with another component within the coating composition or alternatively the CIG may bond with a component of the substrate. The CIG of the composition may incorporate the monomer into the coating composition, may incorporate the coating composition onto the substrate, or the CIG may perform both functions.

The present disclosure describes monomeric compounds and polymeric compounds that comprise at least one of the monomeric compounds and compositions that can be included in a coating composition for coating a substrate. The coated substrate may have biocidal activity or the potential for increased biocidal activity. The potential for increased biocidal activity may be realized by exposing the coated substrate to one or more further agents, such as one or more halogens. The monomer compound comprises (i) one or more cationic centers, (ii) an N-halamine precursor group, and (iii) at least one coating-incorporation group (CIG). The CIG bonds with another component within the coating composition or alternatively the CIG may bond with a component of the substrate. The CIG of the composition may incorporate the monomer into the coating composition, may incorporate the coating composition onto the substrate, or the CIG may perform both functions.

The invention provides buffers stable to oxidants, including chlorine and hypochlorous acid, which are usable in the pH range 3-7. The invention also provides stable, buffered solutions comprising hypochlorous acid, having a pH between 3 and 7, and disposable wiping articles impregnated with these solutions.

The invention provides buffers stable to oxidants, including chlorine and hypochlorous acid, which are usable in the pH range 3-7. The invention also provides stable, buffered solutions comprising hypochlorous acid, having a pH between 3 and 7, and disposable wiping articles impregnated with these solutions.

Provided herein are compounds that exhibit activity as acetyl-CoA carboxylase modulators (e.g., inhibitors) and are useful, for example, in methods for the control of fungal pathogens in plants.