A composition for controlling plant diseases comprising a tetrazolinone compound represented by a formula (1): ##STR00001##
wherein n is an integer of any one of 0 to 5; R.sup.1 represents a halogen atom and the like; R.sup.2 represents a C1-C3 alkyl group and the like; the R.sup.1 or R.sup.2 can have independently halogen atom(s) in the alkyl moiety; with the proviso that when n is an integer of 2 or more, two or more of the R.sup.1 may be different from each other, and an carboxamide compound, preferably the composition for controlling plant diseases wherein a weight ratio of the tetrazolinone compound to the carboxamide compound is that of the tetrazolinone compound/the carboxamide compound=0.1/1 to 10/1, shows an excellent controlling efficacy on plant diseases.

Composite materials that are palatable to a wood-destroying pest species and also pesticidal to the pest species can be used in pest control devices and can be used as wood substitutes for structural components, which are resistant to destruction by wood-destroying pests. The composite materials include a thermoplastic polymer, a food material for the pest and a pesticide. The composite material is formed by mixing a thermoplastic polymer, wood fragments or other cellulosic materials and a quantity of pesticide, and thereafter creating a molten material within a mixer, compounder, extruder or the like. The molten material is extruded or molded to form the desired shape.

Composite materials that are palatable to a wood-destroying pest species and also pesticidal to the pest species can be used in pest control devices and can be used as wood substitutes for structural components, which are resistant to destruction by wood-destroying pests. The composite materials include a thermoplastic polymer, a food material for the pest and a pesticide. The composite material is formed by mixing a thermoplastic polymer, wood fragments or other cellulosic materials and a quantity of pesticide, and thereafter creating a molten material within a mixer, compounder, extruder or the like. The molten material is extruded or molded to form the desired shape.

A fungicidal composition comprising a mixture of components (A) and (B), wherein component (A) is a 8-fluoroquinoline-3-carboxamide of formula I and component (B) is selected from the group consisting of pydiflumetofen, benzovindiflupyr, difenoconazole, hexaconazole, azoxystrobin, fludioxonil, cyprodinil, fluazinam, isopyrazam, pyroquilon, tricyclazole, chlorothalonil, propiconazole, aminopyrifen, penconazole, prothioconazole, mancozeb, fenproprimorph, fenpropidin, sulphur and Bacillus subtilis strains, as well as to the use of the compositions in agriculture or horticulture for controlling or preventing infestation of plants by phytopathogenic microorganisms, preferably, fungi.

A fungicidal composition comprising a mixture of components (A) and (B), wherein component (A) is a 8-fluoroquinoline-3-carboxamide of formula I and component (B) is selected from the group consisting of pydiflumetofen, benzovindiflupyr, difenoconazole, hexaconazole, azoxystrobin, fludioxonil, cyprodinil, fluazinam, isopyrazam, pyroquilon, tricyclazole, chlorothalonil, propiconazole, aminopyrifen, penconazole, prothioconazole, mancozeb, fenproprimorph, fenpropidin, sulphur and Bacillus subtilis strains, as well as to the use of the compositions in agriculture or horticulture for controlling or preventing infestation of plants by phytopathogenic microorganisms, preferably, fungi.

Embodiments of the invention are directed of compositions for activation or inhibition of the Octβ2 receptor and uses thereof. The inventors have discovered that the beta adrenergic-like octopamine receptor Octβ2 serves as a key signaling molecule for ovulation and recruits protein kinase A and Ca2+/calmodulin-sensitive kinase II as downstream effectors for this activity. Octβ2R homozygous mutant females are sterile, and display normal courtship, copulation, sperm storage and post-mating rejection behavior but were unable to lay eggs.

Embodiments of the invention are directed of compositions for activation or inhibition of the Octβ2 receptor and uses thereof. The inventors have discovered that the beta adrenergic-like octopamine receptor Octβ2 serves as a key signaling molecule for ovulation and recruits protein kinase A and Ca2+/calmodulin-sensitive kinase II as downstream effectors for this activity. Octβ2R homozygous mutant females are sterile, and display normal courtship, copulation, sperm storage and post-mating rejection behavior but were unable to lay eggs.

The present invention relates to fungicidal N-bicycloalkyl and N-tricycloalkyl pyrazole-4-(thio)carboxamide derivatives of formula (I), wherein T represents O or S; n represents 0 or 1; and B represents where the bond marked by * is attached to the (CZ2Z3)n-N amide moiety, their process of preparation and intermediate compounds for their preparation, their use as fungicides, particularly in the form of fungicidal compositions and methods for the control of phytopathogenic fungi of plants using these compounds or their compositions. ##STR00001##

The present invention relates to fungicidal N-bicycloalkyl and N-tricycloalkyl pyrazole-4-(thio)carboxamide derivatives of formula (I), wherein T represents O or S; n represents 0 or 1; and B represents where the bond marked by * is attached to the (CZ2Z3)n-N amide moiety, their process of preparation and intermediate compounds for their preparation, their use as fungicides, particularly in the form of fungicidal compositions and methods for the control of phytopathogenic fungi of plants using these compounds or their compositions. ##STR00001##

A fungicidal composition comprising a mixture of components (A) and (B), wherein component (A) is a quinoline-3-carboxamide of formula (I) and component (B) is selected from the group consisting of pydiflumetofen, benzovindiflupyr, difenoconazole, hexaconazole, azoxystrobin, fludioxonil, cyprodinil, fluazinam, isopyrazam, pyroquilon, tricyclazole, chlorothalonil, propiconazole, aminopyrifen, penconazole, prothioconazole, mancozeb, fenpropimorph, fenpropidin, sulfur, and a biofungicide comprising a Bacillus subtilis strain, as well as to use of the compositions in agriculture or horticulture for controlling or preventing infestation of plants by phytopathogenic microorganisms, preferably fungi.