Bayer Cropscience Ag

Bayer Aktiengesellschaft

Arysta Lifescience Corporation

Friedrich Kerz-Moehlendick

Stefan Dutzmann

Ulrich Heinemann

Anne Suty-Heinze

Klaus Tietjen

Sybille Lamprecht

Denise Carol Manker

Bernd Springer

Gilbert Labourdette

Rolf Christian Becker

Lino Miguel Dias

Karl-Wilhelm Muenks

Coralie Nicole Van Breukelen-Groeneveld

The present invention relates to the use of compound (A) according to formula (I) having the chemical name: 3-chloro-5-(trifluoromethyl)pyridine-2-carboxylic acid) for inducing positive growth responses in plants, a composition comprising compound (A) and a new method of plant treatment wherein is compound (A) applied to a plant, a plant part, plant propagation material or the habitat the plant is growing in to induce positive growth responses.

Method of promoting plant growth effects

The present invention relates to the use of a combination comprising at least one host defense inducer and at least one biological control agent in a synergistically effective amount for controlling bacterial harmful organisms in useful plants. The biological control agent is selected from specific microorganisms and/or a mutant of these strains having all the identifying characteristics of the respective strain, and/or a metabolite produced by the respective strain. In a preferred aspect of the invention the host defense inducer is isotianil or a combination of isotianil and acibenzolar-S-methyl. The present invention also relates to a method for controlling bacterial harmful organisms in useful plants by treatment with a combination comprising at least one host defense inducer and at least one biological control agent in a synergistically effective amount. A further aspect of the present invention is directed to method for controlling bacterial harmful organisms in useful plants by subjecting the plants to be protected against attack by bacterial harmful organisms to two or more sequential treatment blocks.

Use of combinations comprising host defense inducers and biological control agents for controlling bacterial harmful organisms in useful plants

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Leverkusen, Germany

Friedrich Kerz-Moehlendick