A01N37/34

FUNGICIDAL COMPOSITIONS

A fungicidal composition comprising a mixture of components (A) and (B), wherein component (A) defined by formula (I) is a 3,4-dihydroisoquinoline having a 1-benzimidazolyl substituent and component (B) is selected from difenoconazole, hexaconazole, azoxystrobin, fludioxonil, cyprodinil, fluazinam, isopyrazam, pyroquilon, tricyclazole, chlorothalonil, propiconazole, penconazole, fenpropimorph, fenpropidin, sulphur and Bacillus subtilis var. amyloliquefacien s Strain FZB24. The use of the composition in agriculture or horticulture for controlling or preventing infestation of plants by phytopathogenic microorganisms, preferably fungi.

FUNGICIDAL COMPOSITIONS

A fungicidal composition comprising a mixture of components (A) and (B), wherein component (A) defined by formula (I) is a 3,4-dihydroisoquinoline having a 1-benzimidazolyl substituent and component (B) is selected from difenoconazole, hexaconazole, azoxystrobin, fludioxonil, cyprodinil, fluazinam, isopyrazam, pyroquilon, tricyclazole, chlorothalonil, propiconazole, penconazole, fenpropimorph, fenpropidin, sulphur and Bacillus subtilis var. amyloliquefacien s Strain FZB24. The use of the composition in agriculture or horticulture for controlling or preventing infestation of plants by phytopathogenic microorganisms, preferably fungi.

Synergistic weed control from applications of pyridine carboxylic acid herbicides and photosystem II inhibitors

Disclosed herein are herbicidal compositions comprising a herbicidally effective amount of (a) a pyridine carboxylic acid herbicide or an agriculturally acceptable N-oxide, salt, or ester thereof, and (b) a photosystem II inhibitor, or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof. Also disclosed herein are methods of controlling undesirable vegetation which comprise applying to vegetation or an area adjacent the vegetation or applying to soil or water to prevent the emergence or growth of vegetation (a) a pyridine carboxylic acid herbicide or an agriculturally acceptable N-oxide, salt, or ester thereof, and (b) a photosystem II inhibitor, or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof, wherein (a) and (b) are each added in an amount sufficient to provide a herbicidal effect.

Synergistic weed control from applications of pyridine carboxylic acid herbicides and photosystem II inhibitors

Disclosed herein are herbicidal compositions comprising a herbicidally effective amount of (a) a pyridine carboxylic acid herbicide or an agriculturally acceptable N-oxide, salt, or ester thereof, and (b) a photosystem II inhibitor, or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof. Also disclosed herein are methods of controlling undesirable vegetation which comprise applying to vegetation or an area adjacent the vegetation or applying to soil or water to prevent the emergence or growth of vegetation (a) a pyridine carboxylic acid herbicide or an agriculturally acceptable N-oxide, salt, or ester thereof, and (b) a photosystem II inhibitor, or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof, wherein (a) and (b) are each added in an amount sufficient to provide a herbicidal effect.

STABILIZATION OF PARTICLES COATED WITH NON-AMPHOTERIC, QUATERNIZABLE AND WATER-SOLUBLE POLYMERS USING A DISPERSING COMPONENT

Described herein is an aqueous composition including particles coated with at least one non-amphoteric, quaternizable polymer which is water soluble at 20 C., and at least one dispersing component, where the dispersing component includes a dispersing agent selected from an amphiphilic graft polymer based on water-soluble polyalkylene oxides (A) as a graft base and side chains formed by polymerization of a vinyl ester component (B), the polymer having an average of 1 graft site per 50 alkylene oxide units and a mean molar mass M.sub.w of from 3000 to 100 000.

STABILIZATION OF PARTICLES COATED WITH NON-AMPHOTERIC, QUATERNIZABLE AND WATER-SOLUBLE POLYMERS USING A DISPERSING COMPONENT

Described herein is an aqueous composition including particles coated with at least one non-amphoteric, quaternizable polymer which is water soluble at 20 C., and at least one dispersing component, where the dispersing component includes a dispersing agent selected from an amphiphilic graft polymer based on water-soluble polyalkylene oxides (A) as a graft base and side chains formed by polymerization of a vinyl ester component (B), the polymer having an average of 1 graft site per 50 alkylene oxide units and a mean molar mass M.sub.w of from 3000 to 100 000.

STABILIZATION OF PARTICLES COATED WITH NON-AMPHOTERIC, QUATERNIZABLE AND WATER-SOLUBLE POLYMERS USING A DISPERSING COMPONENT

Described herein is an aqueous composition including particles coated with at least one non-amphoteric, quaternizable polymer which is water soluble at 20 C., and at least one dispersing component, where the dispersing component includes a dispersing agent selected from an amphiphilic graft polymer based on water-soluble polyalkylene oxides (A) as a graft base and side chains formed by polymerization of a vinyl ester component (B), the polymer having an average of 1 graft site per 50 alkylene oxide units and a mean molar mass M.sub.w of from 3000 to 100 000.

ACTIVE COMPOUND COMBINATIONS

The invention relates to active compound combinations, in particular within a composition, which comprises (A) one or more phenylamidine compounds of formula (I) and one or more fungicidal compounds (B). Moreover, the invention relates to a method for controlling the phytopathogenic fungi of plants, to the use of an active compound combination according to the invention for the treatment of one or more seeds, to a method for protecting one or more seeds and to the corresponding treated seed.

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