Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc.

Syngenta Corporation

Peter Bernard Sutton

Gordon Alastair Bell

Clifford Arthur Hart

Roger Cyril Murfitt

Rex Alan Witchert

An adjuvant suitable for use with a lipophilic agrochemical has the formula (I), R&#x2014;(CO)&#x2014;O&#x2014;[&#x2014;RO&#x2014;]&#x2014;R, wherein Ris a Cto Cstraight or branched chain alkyl or alkenyl group, Ris ethyl or isopropyl, n is from 8 to 30 and m is 0 or 1 and when Ris ethyl, Ris a Cto Calkyl group and when Ris isopropyl, Ris hydrogen or a Cto Calkyl group, provided that when Ris oleyl, Ris isopropyl and Ris hydrogen, n is not 10. An adjuvant composition comprising an agrochemical and an adjuvant of formula (I) is also claimed. Adjuvants of the invention show effective bioperformance enhancement despite having little or no surfactant properties.

Compounds

A process of controlling triazine-tolerant weeds by the application of a combination of mesotrione and a triazine to the locus of said weeds is disclosed.

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Peter Bernard Sutton