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Mikio Chiba

John W Potter

The invention provides pesticide precursor compositions comprising bran from a mustard of the genus Brassica and methods for controlling soil pests by application of the pesticide precursor compositions to the soil. The invention further provides pesticides comprising aqueous suspensions or extracts of mustard bran.

Pesticide compositions containing mustard bran

A fungicide which is particularly effective against benomyl resistant fungi is selected from the group of fungicides represented by the formula: ##STR1## wherein R is C.sub.n H.sub.2n+1 and n is 1, 2, 3 or 6 or R is phenyl. The method comprises applying as a suspension an effective amount of the one or more fungicides selected from the formula to benomyl resistant fungi, such as benomyl resistant isolates of Botrytis cinerea.

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St. Catharines, Canada

Mikio Chiba