Provided is a method which exerts an excellent effect in controlling a pest in a field of soybean, corn or cotton, using a SDHI compound and a PPO-inhibiting compound. A method of controlling a pest (a weed and/or a plant pathogen) in a field of soybean, corn or a cotton, including treating a field before, at or after seeding with a seed of soybean, corn or cotton treated with one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of SDHI compounds, with one or more PPO-inhibiting compounds selected from the group consisting of flumioxazin, sulfentrazone, saflufenacil, oxyfluorfen, fomesafen and a compound of the formula:

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A method for disinfecting a surface contaminated with microorganisms or suspected of being contaminated with microorganisms, the microorganism being one or more of Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Enterococcus hirae, including the step of contacting the surface with a disinfecting composition including: 0.1-10 wt. % of one or more N-acylated amino acids or N-acylated peptides, or a salt thereof, less than 0.1 wt. % of hydrogen peroxide, 0.1-20 wt. % of one or more non-ethoxylated anionic surfactants, 0.05-5 wt. % of a carboxylic acid, wherein the disinfecting composition has a pH in the range of 1-4.5 wherein the composition includes less than 5 wt. % of ethoxylated anionic surfactant. The invention also pertains to a composition suitable for use in the method according to the invention. The method and composition provide excellent biocidal activity over a broad range of organisms using low concentrations of organic acids.

A method for disinfecting a surface contaminated with microorganisms or suspected of being contaminated with microorganisms, the microorganism being one or more of Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Enterococcus hirae, including the step of contacting the surface with a disinfecting composition including: 0.1-10 wt. % of one or more N-acylated amino acids or N-acylated peptides, or a salt thereof, less than 0.1 wt. % of hydrogen peroxide, 0.1-20 wt. % of one or more non-ethoxylated anionic surfactants, 0.05-5 wt. % of a carboxylic acid, wherein the disinfecting composition has a pH in the range of 1-4.5 wherein the composition includes less than 5 wt. % of ethoxylated anionic surfactant. The invention also pertains to a composition suitable for use in the method according to the invention. The method and composition provide excellent biocidal activity over a broad range of organisms using low concentrations of organic acids.

The present provides a synergistic insecticidal composition comprising Chlorantraniliprole, Spirotetramat and at least one insecticidal compound selected from Buprofezin, Bifenthrin, Propargite or Pyriproxyfen, process of preparation of the composition and uses thereof.

The present provides a synergistic insecticidal composition comprising Chlorantraniliprole, Spirotetramat and at least one insecticidal compound selected from Buprofezin, Bifenthrin, Propargite or Pyriproxyfen, process of preparation of the composition and uses thereof.

Killing one or more agricultural pests is accomplished by bringing the agricultural pests into contact with a toxic amount of a formulation comprising: (I) one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of: (1) one or more compounds of structure (A), wherein the compounds of structure (A) comprise:

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wherein R is selected from the group consisting of OH, O, OC(O)R.sub.4, OR.sub.6, (OR.sub.6).sub.2, wherein each R.sub.6 is independently selected from an alkyl group containing from 1 to 4 carbon atoms and R is a branched or straight chain, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbyl group with zero to two double bonds and from 1 to 15 carbon atoms; X is O or CH.sub.2, with the proviso that when X is O, then R can only be O; each Z is independently selected from the group consisting of (CH) and (CH.sub.2); y is a numeral selected from 1 and 2; R.sub.1 is selected from the group consisting of H or a branched or straight chain, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbyl group with zero to two double bonds and from 1 to 15 carbon atoms; R.sub.2 is selected from the group consisting of H and a branched or straight chain, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbyl group with zero to three double bonds and from 1 to 15 carbon atoms; R.sub.3 is selected from the group consisting of H and a branched or straight chain, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbyl group with zero to three double bonds and from 1 to 15 carbon atoms, (CH.sub.2).sub.nOH, C(O)OR.sub.5, CH.sub.2C(O)OR.sub.7, CH.sub.2C(O)R.sub.8, C(O)NR.sub.9R.sub.10, CH.sub.2C(O)NR.sub.11R.sub.12 where each of R.sub.5, R.sub.7, R.sub.8, R.sub.9, R.sub.10, R.sub.11 and R.sub.12 is independently selected from H and a branched or straight chain, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbyl group with zero to three double bonds and from 1 to 15 carbon atoms and n is an integer of from 1 to 12; the bond between the 2 and 3 positions in the ring structure may be a single or a double bond; and wherein the compounds of structure (A) contain from 11 to 20 total carbon atoms; and (2) one or more sesquiterpenes selected from the group consisting of acyclic, monocyclic, bicyclic and tricyclic sesquiterpenes and derivatives thereof; and (II) one or more toxicant compounds selected from the group consisting of carbamates, organochlorines, pyrethroids, sulfoximines, neonicotinoids, pyridine azomethines, diamides, organophosphates, phenylpyrazoles, oxadiazines, and ketoenols. The formulation can be a synergistic formulation.

The present invention provides a fungicidal composition comprising a strain of Bacillus subtilis or Bacillus amyloliquefaciens and one of several compounds in a synergistically effective amount. Also provided are methods of controlling fungal harmful organisms and/or bacterial harmful organisms in a plant, the method comprising applying an effective amount of a fungicidal composition to the plant, to a part of the plant and/or to a locus on which the plant or plant part grows.

The present invention provides a fungicidal composition comprising a strain of Bacillus subtilis or Bacillus amyloliquefaciens and one of several compounds in a synergistically effective amount. Also provided are methods of controlling fungal harmful organisms and/or bacterial harmful organisms in a plant, the method comprising applying an effective amount of a fungicidal composition to the plant, to a part of the plant and/or to a locus on which the plant or plant part grows.

Disclosed is a method of enhancing bud break in plants, comprising administering a combination of an amine polymer delivery agent and a sulfur containing compound to said plants. Disclosed also is a formulation comprising an amine polymer delivery agent and a sulfur containing compound. In addition, the use of such a formulation for enhancing bud break in plants is also disclosed.

Disclosed is a method of enhancing bud break in plants, comprising administering a combination of an amine polymer delivery agent and a sulfur containing compound to said plants. Disclosed also is a formulation comprising an amine polymer delivery agent and a sulfur containing compound. In addition, the use of such a formulation for enhancing bud break in plants is also disclosed.