The present invention relates to the use of use of a tetrazolinone fungicide for combating phytopathogenic fungi on fruits, such fungi containing a G143A mutation in the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene conferring resistance to Qo inhibitors.

The present disclosure relates to the use of alkali metal salts and preferably lithium chloride for treatment of Varroa destructor infestation of honey bees.

The present disclosure relates to the use of alkali metal salts and preferably lithium chloride for treatment of Varroa destructor infestation of honey bees.

The present disclosure relates to the use of alkali metal salts and preferably lithium chloride for treatment of Varroa destructor infestation of honey bees.

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.

An antimicrobial surface treatment method comprising the step of contacting a stainless-steel surface with an aqueous dispersion of at least one functional-lipid construct where the lipid moiety is a phosphatidylethanolamine and the functional moiety confers the antimicrobial activity.

The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for treating volatile fatty acids and bacteria capable of producing volatile fatty acids. The compositions can convert acid-producing bacteria environments to nitrate-reducing bacteria environments. The compositions and methods can lower the amount of acid-producing bacteria present in the environment and thereby reduce the amount of volatile fatty acids present in the environment. The control agent may also inhibit the growth of acid-producing bacteria and volatile fatty acid concentrations. The compositions and methods can be used with any aqueous industrial system.

Metallic copper fine particles coated with a fatty acid and an ester compound. Also disclosed is an antiviral agent containing the metallic copper fine particles and a method for producing the metallic copper fine particles.

Metallic copper fine particles coated with a fatty acid and an ester compound. Also disclosed is an antiviral agent containing the metallic copper fine particles and a method for producing the metallic copper fine particles.