Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft

Cassella Aktiengesellschaft

Hoechst Aktiengesellschat

Rudolf Heinrich

Konrad Albrecht

Hans Schumacher

Jean Kocur

Thomas Maier

Heinz Frensch

Hermann Bieringer

Erwin Hacker

Karl-Heinz Keil

Ulrich Greiner

Hans-Philipp Huff

Rainer Schlicht

Hans-Gunter Marks

Hans-Jerg Kleiner

Detlev Haase

When herbicides are applied, surfactants can affect the wettability of leaves of the plants and the effectiveness of the herbicides. According to the invention, a particular intensification of action is achieved when surfactants from the group comprising the C.sub.10 -C.sub.18 -alkyl polyglycol ether sulfates and their physiologically acceptable salts together with leaf-acting selective herbicides or the leaf-acting non-selective herbicides glyphosate, paraquat or diquat are applied.

Synergistic herbicidal agents

The present invention relates to liquid herbicidal agents in the form of emulsifiable concentrates (EC) or concentrated emulsions (EW), which, in addition to 1-40% by weight of the active compound diclofop-methyl (I), fenoxaprop-ethyl (II) or the optically active isomer (D+) thereof fenoxaprop-P-ethyl (III), contain, as surfactants, 0.5-30% by weight of (C.sub.10 -C.sub.18)-fatty alcohol polyglycol ethers or (C.sub.8 -C.sub.9)-alkylphenyl polyglycol ethers which are ethoxylated with 6-10 mol of ethylene oxide, and in the case of EC formulations 0.5-7% by weight of calcium (C.sub.8 -C.sub.14)-alkylbenzenesulfonate, and in the case of EW formulations, as a dispersing agent, 0.5-7% by weight of an ethylene oxide-propylene oxide-ethylene oxide block copolymer phosphorylated in the alpha- and omega-position, or a salt thereof, in addition to the customary formulation constituents. Compared with the known active compound formulations, these have significantly increased activities and improved mixing properties with water and other commercially available preparations containing active compounds.

Liquid herbicidal agents

The invention relates to novel herbicidal compositions which comprise herbicidal active substances from the class of the phenoxyphenoxy- and heteroaryloxyphenoxy-carboxylic acid derivatives, a dispersant from the class of the fatty alcohol polyoxypropylene-polyoxyethylene ethers and/or the polyoxyethylene-polyoxypropylene block copolymers, emulsifier or wetting agent from the group comprising calcium dodecylbenzenesulfonate, fatty acid polyglycol esters, the ethoxylated nonylphenols and the alkanol polyglycol ethers, organic solvents and water, in the form of microemulsions which have low viscosity and are stable chemically and with regard to their technical properties in use. The invention furthermore relates to a process for preparing these microemulsions by stirring, shaking or static mixing. Prior to the biological application of these formulations, they are mixed with water and thus give spray mixtures which are perfect with regard to their technical properties in use.

Selective herbicidal compositions in the form of concentrated

The invention relates to water-emulsifiable granules of crop protection agents composed of the pesticidal active substance in liquid or dissolved form and an at least partially water-soluble shell-forming structural material, to the use of these granules as novel, advantageous formulations of crop protection agents, and to processes for their preparation. It furthermore relates to the general use of polyvinyl alcohols as shell-forming structural materials in the preparation of water-emulsifiable granules which contain organic compounds dissolved in a high-boiling solvent or solvent mixture.

Formulations of crop protection agents

Formulations of deltamethrin

The herbicidal agents containing a compound of the formula (A) ##STR1## in which R denotes ##STR2## in which X denotes chlorine or bromine and Y denotes H or chlorine, and R.sub.1 denotes H, alkyl, alkinyl or one equivalent of a cation, in combination with a compound of the formula (B) ##STR3## in which R.sub.2 denotes bromine or iodine and R.sub.3 denotes H, NH.sub.4, an alkali metal cation or (C.sub.1 -C.sub.8)-alkyl, or with a compound of the formula (C) ##STR4## in which R.sub.4 denotes H, (C.sub.1 -C.sub.8)-alkyl or one equivalent of a cation, with the condition that if, in formula (A), R denotes ##STR5## combinations of the compound of the formula (A) with compounds of the formula (B) are excluded.

Herbicidal agents containing chlorobenzoxazolyl-phenoxy propionic acid

Herbicidal aqueous microemulsions containing a combination of a herbicidal phenoxyphenoxy- or hetercaryloxyphenoxy-carboxylic acid ester with a salt of the herbicide bentazone (3-isopropyl-1H-benzo-2,1,3-thiadiazin-4-one 2,2-dioxide) as active substances; one or more emulsifiers wetting agents from among calcium dodecylbenzenesulfonate, ethoxylated castor oil, the ethoxylated nonylphenols, the alkanol polyglycol ethers or the fatty acid polyglycol esters, and one or more organic solvents from among the aromatics or ketones, are storage-stable at low and higher temperatures and show no inhomogeneities.

Herbicidal agents in the form of aqueous transparent microemulsions

Aqueous emulsions of a plant protective agent such as a pesticide dispersed in the presence of a phosphate ester of a block copolymer of (1) ethylene and propylene oxides or (2) of an ethoxylated/propoxylated fatty alochol.

Finely dispersed liquid plant protection agents

Processes for the preparation of nitrosamine-free N,N-disubstituted nitroaromatic amines by degradation of their nitrosamine components formed during their preparation, and by stabilization of the products against renewed formation of nitrosamines, by treating the amines in liquid or molten form with a sulfonic acid, where necessary in the presence of inert organic solvents or diluents.

Processes for the preparation of nitrosamine-free N,N-disubstituted

Encapsulated salts of organic or inorganic acid particles having sparing solubility in water wherein the salt particles are surrounded by a pressure-resistant, elastic, abrasion-resistant polyurethane/polyurea casing, the ratio by weight of salt to the polyurethane component of the casing material being 1:0.2 to 1:2.5, are produced by emulsifying a mixture of 83 to 28% by weight of the salt to be encapsulated and 17 to 72% by weight of a polyurethane prepolymer containing free isocyanate groups in water in the presence of a protective colloid and reacting the emulsified prepolymer with the equivalent amount of polyamine at temperatures from 0.degree. to 80.degree. C., with vigorous mixing.

Encapsulated salts of sparing solubility in water, their preparation and

Combinations of herbicides of the formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R denotes H, alkyl or one cation equivalent, with herbicides of the formula (II) ##STR2## wherein X denotes Cl or Br, Y denotes H or Cl and Z denotes alkyl, and if X is Br, Y must be Cl, possess surprising synergistic properties in controlling weeds.

Herbicidal agents

Encapsulated salts of acid particles wherein the salt particles are

Herbicidal compositions containing a compound of the formula I ##STR1## in which R is H, alkyl or a cation equivalent of a base, in combination with a compound of the formula II ##STR2## in which R is as defined above, have a selective synergistic herbicidal effect against weed grasses in dicotyledonous crop plants.

Herbicidal compositions

What are disclosed are pressure-resistant microcapsules comprising a polyamide shell having therein a structural mass of a polyurethane-polyurea polymer and an encapsulated water-immiscible liquid phase, and methods for making the same by dispersing a water-immiscible liquid phase in an aqueous phase and subsequently or simultaneously admixing therewith an aqueous solution of a diamine or polyamine, said dispersed phase comprising a polyamide forming acid compound, diisocyanate or polyisocyanate or a prepolymer thereof, and an inert organic aprotic hydrophilizing agent.

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Kelkheim, Germany

Rudolf Heinrich