The present invention relates to uses and methods for combating or controlling mosquitoes, by applying a mixture comprising alpha-cypermethrin and dinotefuran. The mixture is applied in a weight ratio of from 500:1 to 1:500 to said mosquitoes, their habitat, breeding grounds or inside or around human habitation buildings, preferably by spraying an aqueous spray solution.

Provided are methods and compositions for increasing plant resistance to abiotic stress. The composition may comprise a hydrogel and a priming agent. The methods may include contacting the seed with a seed coating composition comprising a hydrogel and a priming agent.

The present invention relates to the fungal protein ageritin, a nucleic acid molecule encoding said protein, host cells expressing the protein and/or the nucleic acid molecule and a plant or fungus expressing the protein and/or the nucleic acid molecule and/or comprising such host cells. The present invention further relates to using the fungal protein ageritin, the nucleic acid molecule encoding it, the host cell expressing it and/or the plant as bioinsecticide(s). The present invention further relates to a bioinsecticide composition.

The present invention relates to the fungal protein ageritin, a nucleic acid molecule encoding said protein, host cells expressing the protein and/or the nucleic acid molecule and a plant or fungus expressing the protein and/or the nucleic acid molecule and/or comprising such host cells. The present invention further relates to using the fungal protein ageritin, the nucleic acid molecule encoding it, the host cell expressing it and/or the plant as bioinsecticide(s). The present invention further relates to a bioinsecticide composition.

What is described is use of a polymeric solubilizer for increasing the soil mobility of a sparingly soluble insecticide, said polymeric solubilizer having the property that the active insecticidal ingredient in a 1% by weight aqueous solution of the polymeric solubilizer at 25° C. and 1.01325 bar has a solubility at least forty times higher than under the same conditions in pure water, and wherein the active ingredient:solubilizer weight ratio is ≦1.

The present disclosure describes a DNA fragment mixture for the prevention or for the treatment of at least one pathogenic, parasitic or infesting species of plants or of the environment, wherein the DNA mixture consists of random fragments of total DNA of at least one pathogenic, parasitic, or infesting species, and/or at least one phylogenetically similar species, against which the prevention and treatment are directed. Further, the disclosure describes a process and related system for improvement of the production/growth of microorganisms at high yield in bioreactors or photobioreactors, or of plants in different culture systems, where the nucleic acids of the organisms produced/grown by such a process are removed from the culture medium and the culture medium, deprived of these nucleic acid, is used again in the process.

In crop production in the fields of agriculture, horticulture and the like, the damage caused by insect pests etc. is still immense, and insect pests resistant to existing insecticides have emerged. The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to develop and provide a novel agricultural and horticultural insecticide. The present invention provides a benzimidazole compound represented by the general formula (1): ##STR00001##
{wherein R.sup.1 represents a hydrogen atom or a cyano group, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 each represent a hydrogen atom, R.sup.4 represents a hydrogen atom or a haloalkoxy group, R.sup.5 represents a haloalkoxy group, a haloalkylthio group, a haloalkylsulfinyl group, or a haloalkylsulfonyl group, and m represents 0 or 2}, or a salt thereof; an agricultural and horticultural insecticide comprising the compound or the salt as an active ingredient; and a method for using the insecticide.

The present invention relates to a synergistic insecticidal combination. In particular, the present invention provides an insecticidal combination comprising aversive agent and at least one insecticide which is useful against harmful pests in plants. The present invention also provides method of controlling harmful pests in plants using said composition.

The present invention relates to a synergistic insecticidal combination. In particular, the present invention provides an insecticidal combination comprising aversive agent and at least one insecticide which is useful against harmful pests in plants. The present invention also provides method of controlling harmful pests in plants using said composition.

The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) wherein A.sup.1, A.sup.2, A.sup.3, A.sup.4, R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4 and n are as defined in claim 1; or a tautomer, isomer, enantiomer, salt or N-oxide thereof; to intermediates for preparing compounds of formula (I), to compositions comprising them and to methods of using them to combat and control insect, acarine, nematode and mollusc pests.

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