Abstract:
A method for controlling undesired vegetation at a plant cultivation site is provided. The method comprises the steps of providing, at said site, a plant that comprises at least one nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a wild-type hydroxyphenyl pyruvate dioxygenase or a mutated hydroxyphenyl pyruvate dioxygenase (mut-HPPD) which is resistant or tolerant to a HPPD-inhibiting herbicide and/or a nucleotide sequence encoding a wild-type homogentisate solanesyl transferase or a mutated homogentisate solanesyl transferase (mut-HST) which is resistant or tolerant to a HPPD-inhibiting herbicide, preferably a bicycloarylcarboxamide, applying to said site an effective amount of said herbicide. Plants comprising mut-HPPD and methods of obtaining such plants are further provided.
Abstract:
N-(tetrazol-5-yl)- and N-(triazol-5-yl)hetarylcarboxamides of formula (I) and their use as herbicides. The invention relates to N-(tetrazol-5-yl)- and N-(triazol-5-yl)hetarylcarboxamides of formula (I) and their use as herbicides. In said formula (I), B represents N or CH, whereas X1 is N or CR1, X2 is N or CR2, X3 is N or CR3 and X4 is N or CR4; provided that a least one of X1, X3 and X4 is N; R, R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 represent groups such as hydrogen, halogen or organic groups such as alkyl or phenyl.
Abstract:
N-(tetrazol-5-yl)- and N-(triazol-5-yl)arylcarboxamides of formula (I) and their use as herbicides. The invention relates to N-(tetrazol-5-yl)- and N-(triazol-5-yl)arylcarboxamides of formula (I) and their use as herbicides. In said formula I, B represents N or CH, whereas CYC indicates a bi- or tricyclic radical of the following formulae Cyc-1 or Cyc-2 whereas Q and Q' represent a fused carbocycle or a fused heterocycle, and R, R1, R3, R4 and R5 represent groups such as hydrogen, halogen or organic groups such as alkyl or phenyl.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to sulfonamide compounds of formula (I) wherein R1 is H, halogen, CN, C1-C6-alkyl, C2-C6-alkenyl, C2-C6-alkynyl, C3-C7-cycloalkyl, C3-C7-cycloalkyl-C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C6-alkoxy, C2-C6-alkenyloxy, C2-C6-alkynyloxy, C1-C6-alkylthio, C2-C6-alkenylthio, C2-C6-alkynylthio, C1-C6-haloalkyl or C1-C6-haloalkoxy; R2 and R3 are H, halogen, CN, C1-C6-alkyl, C2-C6-alkenyl, C2-C6-alkynyl, C3-C7-cycloalkyl, C3-C7-cycloalkyl-C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C6-alkoxy, C2-C6-alkenyloxy, C2-C6-alkynyloxy, C1-C6-alkylthio, C2-C6-alkenylthio, C2-C6-alkynylthio, C1-C6-haloalkyl or C1-C6-haloalkoxy; or R2 together with R3 form a fused 5 or 6-membered carbocycle or heterocycle; R4 is halogen, CN, C1-C6-alkyl, C2-C6-alkenyl, C2-C6-alkynyl, C1-C6-alkoxy, C1-C6-alkylthio, C1-C6-alkylsulfinyl, C1-C6-alkylsulfonyl, C1-C6-haloalkyl, C1-C6-haloalkoxy, C1-C6-haloalkylthio, C1-C6-haloalkylsulfinyl or C1-C6-haloalksulfonyl; n is 0, 1, 2 or 3; R5 is phenyl or a 5- or 6-membered heterocycle; X is O or NRx, wherein Rx is H, C1-C6-alkyl, C2-C6-alkenyl, C2-C6-alkynyl, C3-C7-cycloalkyl, C1-C6-alkoxy, C2-C6-alkenyloxy, C2-C6-alkynyloxy, C1-C6-alkylcarbonyl or C1-C6-alkylcarbonyloxy; Y is N or C(Ry), wherein Ry is H, halogen, CN, C1-C6-alkyl,C2-C6-alkenyl, C2-C6-alkynyl, C3-C7-cycloalkyl, C3-7-cycloalkyl- C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C6-alkoxy, C2-C6-alkenyloxy, C2-C6-alkynyloxy, C1-C6-alkylthio, C2-C6-alkenylthio, C2-C6-alkynylthio, C1-C6-haloalkyl and C1-C6-haloalkoxy; and Z is a chemical bond, O or N(Rz), wherein Rz is C1-C6-alkyl, C2-C6-alkenyl, C2-C6-alkynyl, C3-C7-cycloalkyl, C1-C6-alkoxy, C2-C6-alkenyloxy, C1-C6-alkylcarbonyl or C1-C6-alkylcarbonyloxy; as well as to the N-oxides and salts thereof. These compounds are useful for combating animal pests. The invention also relates to a process for the preparation of these compounds and to intermediate compounds used in said process. The invention further relates to a method for controlling animal pests by using the compounds of formula (I), the N-oxides or the salts thereof, to plant propagation material and to an agricultural and veterinary composition comprising said compounds, the N-oxides or the salts thereof.
Abstract:
Provided is a method for controlling undesired vegetation at a plant cultivation site, the method comprising the steps of : providing a plant, at the site, that comprising at least one nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a wild-type hydroxyphenyl pyruvate dioxygenase or a mutated hydroxyphenyl pyruvate dioxygenase (HPPD) which is resistant or tolerate to a N-heterocyclyl- arylcarboxamide and/or a nucleotide sequence encoding a wild-type homogentisate solanesyl transferase or a mutated homogentisate solanesyl transferase (mut-HST) which is resistant or tolerate to a N-heterocyclyl-arylcarboxamide, and applying to the site an effective amount of the herbicide. Also provided is a method of indentifying a nucleotide sequence encoding a mut-HPPD which is resistant or tolerate to a N-heterocyclyl-arylcarboxamide, as well as transgenic plants having increased resistance or tolerance to a N-heterocyclyl-arylcarboxamide as compared to a wild-type variety of the plant cell.
Abstract:
Provided is a method for producing a transgenic plant with increased herbicide tolerance or resistance as compared to a corresponding non-transformed wild type plant, comprising transforming a plant cell or a plant cell nucleus or a plant tissue with a nucleic acid molecule encoding a HPPD polypeptide. The nucleic acid encoding a HPPD polypeptide and plants with increased HPPD-inhibiting herbicide tolerance or resistance comprising the nucleic acid of the invention are also provided.
Abstract:
Herbicidal mixtures comprising a) at least one active compound A from the group of the cellulose biosynthesis inhibitors selected from chlorthiamid, dichlobenil, flupoxam, isoxaben, triaziflam, indaziflam, 1-cyclohexyl-5-pentafluorophenyloxy-1?4-[1,2,4,6]thiatriazin-3-ylamine and thaxtomin derivatives of the formula (I) in which the variables are as defined in the description and b) at least one active compound B from the group of VLCFA inhibitors selected from: chloroacetamides, oxyacetanilides, acetanilides, tetrazolinones, and other VLCFA inhibitors, compositions comprising them, and also methods for controlling unwanted vegetation.
Abstract:
Herbicidal mixtures comprising a) at least one active compound A from the group of the thaxtomin derivatives of formula (I) in which the variables are as defined in the description and b) at least one active compound B from the group of the protoporphyrinogen IX oxidase inhibitors selected from formulae (II), (III) and (IV) in which the variables are as defined in the description, compositions comprising them, and also methods for controlling unwanted vegetation.
Abstract:
The invention relates to piperazine compounds of the following defined general formula (I) and to their use as herbicides. The invention also relates to crop protection agents and to a method for combating undesired plant growth. In formula (I), the variables are defined as follows: R1 is selected from halogen, cyano, nitro, Z-C(=O)-R11, phenyl and a 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic group that has 1, 2, 3 or 4 heteroatoms, selected from O, N and S as ring atoms, wherein phenyl and the heterocyclic group are unsubstituted or have 1, 2, 3 or 4 substituents R1a; Z stands for a covalent bond or a CH2 group; R11 represents hydrogen, C1-C6 alkyl, C3-C6 cycloalkyl, C2-C6 alkenyl, C5-C6 cycloalkenyl, C2-C6 alkynyl and similar; R2 represents hydrogen, halogen, nitro, cyano, C1-C4 alkyl, C1-C4 haloalkyl, C2- C4 alkenyl, C1-C4 alkoxy, C1-C4 haloalkoxy, benzyl or a group S(O) nR21, wherein R21 stands for C1-C4 alkyl or C1-C4 haloalkyl and n stands for 0, 1 or 2; R3 represents hydrogen or halogen; R4 represents C1-C4 alkyl, C3- C4 alkenyl or C3-C4 alkynyl; R5 represents hydrogen, C1-C4 alkyl, C3-C4 alkenyl, C3-C4 alkynyl or a group (=O)R51, wherein R51 stands for hydrogen, C1-C4 alkyl, C1-C4 haloalkyl, C1-C4 alkoxy or C1-C4 haloalkoxy; R6 stands for C1-C4 alkyl, C1-C4 hydroxy alkyl or C1-C4 haloalkyl; R7, R8 stand, independently of one another, for hydrogen, OH, C1-C4 alkoxy, C1-C4 haloalkyoxy, C1-C4 alkyl or C1-C4 haloalkyl; R9, R10 are selected, independently of one another, from hydrogen, halogen, CN, NO2, C1-C4 alkyl, C1-C4 haloalkyl, C2-C4 alkenyl, C1-C4alkoxy and C1-C4 haloalkoxy.
Abstract:
The present invention refers to a method for controlling undesired vegetation at a plant cultivation site, the method comprising the steps of: providing, at said site, a plant that comprises at least one nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a wild-type hydroxyphenyl pyruvate dioxygenase or a mutated hydroxyphenyl pyruvate dioxygenase (mut-HPPD) which is resistant or tolerant to a N-heterocyclyl-arylcarboxamide and/or a nucleotide sequence encoding a wild-type homogentisate solanesyl transferase or a mutated homogentisate solanesyl transferase (mut-HST) which is resistant or tolerant to a N-heterocyclyl-arylcarboxamide, and applying to said site an effective amount of said herbicide. The invention further refers to a method of identifying a nucleotide sequence encoding a mut-HPPD which is resistant or tolerant to a N-heterocyclyl-arylcarboxamide, as well as transgenic plants having increased resistance or tolerance to a N-heterocyclyl-arylcarboxamide as compared to a wild-type variety of the plant cell.