US20050233905A1 - Method of improving yield and vigor of plants - Google Patents

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US20050233905A1
US20050233905A1 US11/138,965 US13896505A US2005233905A1 US 20050233905 A1 US20050233905 A1 US 20050233905A1 US 13896505 A US13896505 A US 13896505A US 2005233905 A1 US2005233905 A1 US 2005233905A1
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  • the present invention relates to the improvement of the yield and vigor of agronomic plants, and more particularly to a method of improving the yield and vigor of agronomic plants by treatment of the plant or its propagation material with certain active agents.
  • Plants, and in particular, legumes, are a critical source of food, animal feed, fiber, and useful chemicals and medicaments.
  • the ability of legumes to fix nitrogen provides this order of plants with the unusual ability to provide high quality nutritional proteins as well as to improve the nitrogen content of the soils in which they grow.
  • soybeans are typically grown in rotation with field corn and sometimes in a double-crop after winter wheat is harvested.
  • Conservation tillage practices are regularly used for soybeans and from one-fourth to about one-third of the acreage is no-tilled.
  • About two-thirds of all soybeans are solid seeded (sown in narrow, 6′′, 7′′, or 8′′ rows).
  • the benefits of solid seeding a soybean crop are that the canopy closes quickly and can reduce weed growth and, hence the need for late season post emergence herbicides. This eliminates the possibility of row cultivation and late season application of pesticides by ground application.
  • soybeans are rarely treated for insect pests, and the few insects that can cause crop loss include bean leaf beetle ( Cerotoma trifurcata ), grasshoppers ( Melanoplus spp.), green cloverworm ( Plathypena scabra ), and potato leafhopper ( Empoasca fabae ).
  • Soybean yield can be adversely affected by several diseases, and among these are pythium damping off ( Pythium spp.), phytophthera damping off ( Phytophthera spp.), rhizoctonia root rot ( Rhizoctonia solani ), anthracnose ( Colletotrichum spp.), stem canker ( Diaporthe phaseolorum ), septoria leaf spot ( Septoria glycines ), purple seed stain ( Cercospora kikuchii ), sudden death syndrome ( Fusarium solani ), white mold ( Sclerotinia sclerotinorum ), and brown stem rot ( Phialophora gregata ).
  • Seed treatment with fungicides such as metalaxyl, carboxin, captan and thiram, which are active against the known soybean disease-causing organisms listed above, is common for soybeans, and the impact of fungicidal seed treatment on yield due to the avoidance of stand losses due to these diseases is significant.
  • the cost of such seed treatment is modest relative to overall production costs.
  • fungicides are approved for use on soybeans, if one or two of the fungicides were to be withdrawn, it is likely that one or more other known compounds would be adequate substitutes. Therefore, the incentive to search for different fungicides to act as fungicidal seed treatment compounds for soybeans has been slight.
  • any method that would improve the vigor and yield of agronomic plants in general, and in particular, for legumes, such as soybeans, would provide a significant advantage. It would be particularly useful if such method was easy to.
  • the present invention is directed to a novel method of increasing the vigor and/or the yield of an agronomic plant comprising treating the plant or its propagation material with a composition which comprises an effective amount of a fungicide which has no significant activity against fungal plant pathogens for such agronomic plant.
  • the present invention is also directed to a novel method of increasing the vigor and/or the yield of an agronomic plant except for wheat comprising treating an agronomic plant or its propagation material except for wheat with a composition comprising an effective amount of an active agent that has activity against Gaeumannomyces graminis.
  • the present invention is also directed to a novel agronomic plant or its propagation material for which Gaeumannomyces graminis is not a disease-causing organism, wherein the plant or its propagation material has been treated with a composition comprising an effective amount of an active agent which has activity against Gaeumannomyces graminis, and wherein the plant is not wheat.
  • the present invention is also directed to a novel plant or its propagation material which has been treated with a composition comprising a fungicide in an amount sufficient to increase the yield and/or the vigor of the plant, wherein the fungicide is one having no significant activity against fungal plant pathogens of said plant or its propagation material.
  • the present invention is also directed to a novel plant or its propagation material of the family Fabaceae which has been treated with a composition comprising an active agent which has activity against Gaeumannomyces graminis in an amount sufficient to increase the yield and/or the vigor of said plant.
  • the present invention is also directed to a novel seed that has been treated by the method described first above.
  • the present invention is also directed to a novel method for increasing the vigor and/or the yield of an agronomic plant or its propagation material comprising treating the seed and/or the foliage of such plant with a compound having the formula:
  • Z 1 and Z 2 are C or N and are part of an aromatic ring selected from benzene, pyridine, thiophene, furan, pyrrole, pyrazole, thiazole, and isothiazole;
  • A is selected from —C(X)-amine, —C(O)—SR 3 , —NH—C(X)R 4 , and —C( ⁇ NR 3 )—XR 7 ;
  • B is —W m —Q(R 2 ) 3 or selected from o-tolyl, 1-naphthyl, 2-naphthyl, and 9-phenanthryl, each optionally substituted with halogen or R 4 ;
  • Q is C, Si, Ge, or Sn
  • W is —C(R 3 ) p H (2-p) —; or when Q is C, W is selected from —C(R 3 ) p H (2-p) —, —N(R 3 ) m H (1-m) —, —S(O) p —, and —O—;
  • X is O or S
  • n 0, 1, 2, or 3;
  • n 0 or 1
  • p 0, 1, or 2;
  • each R is independently selected from
  • each R 2 is independently selected from alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl and phenyl, each optionally substituted with R 4 or halogen; and wherein, when Q is C, R 2 may also be selected from halo, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, and dialkylamino;
  • R 3 is C 1 -C 4 alkyl
  • R 4 is C 1 -C 4 alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, or dialkylamino;
  • R 7 is C 1 -C 4 alkyl, haloalkyl, or phenyl, optionally substituted with halo, nitro, or R 4 ;
  • the agronomic plant is not wheat when the compound is silthiofam.
  • the present invention is also directed to a novel method for increasing the vigor and/or the yield of an agronomic plant or its propagation material comprising treating the seed and/or the foliage of such plant with a compound having the formula:
  • A is —C(X)-amine
  • B is —W m —Q(R 2 ) 3
  • A can be B when B is A except when the formula is f), then Q cannot be Si
  • Q is C or Si
  • W is —NH—, —O— or NCH 3 —;
  • X is O or S
  • n is 0 or 1, provided that m is 0 when Q is Si;
  • n 0, 1, 2, or 3;
  • n 0, 1 or 2
  • n plus p is equal to or less than 3;
  • each R is independently selected from
  • each R 2 is independently selected from alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl and phenyl, each optionally substituted with R 4 or halogen; and wherein, when Q is C, R 2 may also be selected from halo, alkoxy, alkenoxy, alkynoxy, C 3 -C 6 cycloalkyloxy, cycloalkenyloxy, alkylthio, alkylsulfinyl, alkylsulfonyl, alkylamino, dialkylamino, alkylcarbonylamino, aminocarbonyl, alkylaminocarbonyl, dialkylaminocarbonyl, alkylcarbonyl, alkylcarbonyloxy, alkoxycarbonyl, (alkylthio)carbonyl, phenylcarbonylamino, phenylamino, each optionally substituted with halo; each R 2 is independently selected from alkyl, alken
  • the present invention is also directed to a novel method for increasing the vigor and/or the yield of an agronomic plant or its propagation material comprising treating the seed and/or the foliage of such plant with a compound having the formula:
  • R 2 is ethyl, iso-propyl, propyl or allyl
  • A is N(CH 3 ) 1-n H n R 5 or OR 6 wherein n is 0 or 1, R 5 is (CH 3 ) m (CH 3 CH 2 ) 3-m C, 1-methyl-1-cyclopentyl, 1-methyl-1-cyclohexyl or 2,3-dimethyl-2-butyl wherein m is 0, 1, 2 or 3 and R 6 is independently R 5 , or 2,3,3-trimethyl-2-butyl;
  • R 3 is H or independently R 4 ;
  • R 4 is halo or CH 3 ;
  • the present invention is also directed to a novel method for increasing the vigor and/or the yield of an agronomic plant or its propagation material except for wheat comprising treating the seed and/or the foliage of such plant with silthiofam.
  • FIG. 1 is a plot of vigor of soybean plants in a field trial as a function of time after planting for soybeans receiving no treatment prior to planting compared with soybeans that had been treated prior to planting with silthiopham, silthiopham+inoculant, a sticker+inoculant, and a standard fungicide treatment;
  • FIG. 2 is a plot of the canopy rating of soybean plants in a field trial as a function of time after planting for soybeans receiving no treatment prior to planting (UTC) compared with soybeans that had been treated prior to planting with silthiopham (Silthiopham), silthiopham+inoculant (Silthiopham+Moly/Inoc), a sticker+inoculant (Moly/Inoc), and a standard fungicide treatment (Rival/Allegiance);
  • FIG. 3 shows the soybean yield of soybean plants in a field trial for soybeans receiving no treatment prior to planting (UTC) compared with soybeans that had been treated prior to planting with silthiopham (Silthiopham), silthiopham+inoculant (Silthiopham+Moly/Inoc), a sticker+inoculant (Moly/Inoc), and a standard fungicide treatment (Rival/Allegiance);
  • FIG. 4 shows the average seed weight of soybeans harvested in a field trial for soybeans receiving no treatment prior to (UTC) compared with soybeans that had been treated prior to planting with silthiopham (Silthiopham), silthiopham+inoculant (Silthiopham+Moly/Inoc), a sticker+inoculant (Moly/Inoc), and a standard fungicide treatment (Rival/Allegiance);
  • FIG. 5 shows the plant height of soybean plants in a field trial for soybeans receiving no treatment prior to (UTC) compared with soybeans that had been treated prior to planting with silthiopham (Silthiopham), silthiopham+inoculant (Silthiopham+Moly/Inoc), a sticker+inoculant (Moly/Inoc), and a standard fungicide treatment (Rival/Allegiance);
  • FIG. 6 shows the effect on the number of nodules on soybean plant roots for soybean plants at Farm #4 in a field trial of the treatment of soybean seeds prior to planting with a sticker+inoculant (Mollyflo+inoculant), silthiopham+inoculant (Silthiopham+inoculant) and Silthiopham alone, as compared with soybeans having no treatment (Untreated Control);
  • FIG. 7 shows the effect on the number of nodules on soybean plant roots at Farm #5 for soybean plants in a field trial of the treatment of soybean seeds prior to planting with a sticker+inoculant (Mollyflo+inoculant), silthiopham+inoculant (Silthiopham+inoculant) and Silthiopham alone, as compared with soybeans having no treatment (Untreated Control);
  • FIG. 8 shows the effect on plant weight for soybean plants at Farm #4 in a field trial of the treatment of soybean seeds prior to planting with a sticker+inoculant (Mollyflo+inoculant), silthiopham+inoculant (Silthiopham+inoculant) and Silthiopham alone, as compared with soybeans having no treatment (Untreated Control); and
  • FIG. 9 shows the effect on plant weight for soybean plants at Farm #5 in a field trial of the treatment of soybean seeds prior to planting with a sticker+inoculant (Mollyflo+inoculant), silthiopham+inoculant (Silthiopham+inoculant) and Silthiopham alone, as compared with soybeans having no treatment (Untreated Control).
  • the vigor and/or the yield of an agronomic plant can be increased by treating the seed and/or the foliage of the plant with a composition that contains an effective amount of an active agent, in particular a fungicide, which has no significant activity against fungal plant pathogens of the treated plant.
  • an active agent in particular a fungicide
  • the active agent can have activity against plant pathogens which are not known to cause disease in the plant that has received the treatment.
  • the increase in yield and/or vigor is entirely unexpected because it is counterintuitive to apply an agent to a plant where the agent is not known to be active against pathogens that cause disease in that plant. In fact, given the care expended upon minimizing the use of resources in modern farming practices, such an application would be considered to be a waste. But, surprisingly, the inventors have found that this is not the case.
  • the present method provides an easy method of achieving the advantages of improved plant yield without the added effort and expense of cultivation or in-field application after germination and sprouting.
  • the subject method can be applied to plants after they have sprouted, such as by foliar application by spraying or dusting.
  • the active agent can also be combined, if desired, with other herbicides or pesticides to obtain further beneficial results.
  • the plant be a transgenic plant having a transgenic event that provides resistance to the particular herbicide being used.
  • plant propagation material when used herein, it is meant to include plant seeds, cuttings, sets, rhizomes, tubers, meristem tissue, single and multiple plant cells, and any other plant tissue from which a complete plant can be obtained.
  • an active agent is known to “have activity against Gaeumannomyces graminis ”, it is meant that the agent has some degree of biostatic or biocidal activity against that organism when it is contacted with the organism under conditions that are conventionally employed for the determination of an EC 50 value for the agent upon that organism.
  • the term “EC 50 ” means the median effective concentration of an active agent against a particular organism. The method for determining the EC 50 value for a fungicide is described by Nuninger-Ney et al., In vitro test method for assessment of propiconazole sensitivity in Pyrenophora teres isolates, FRAC Methods for Monitoring Fungicide Resistance, EPPO Bulletin, 21:291-354 (1991).
  • the active agent is one that has an EC 50 value against Gaeumannomyces graminis var. tritici of not over about 10 ⁇ g/ml, more preferred that the EC 50 value be not over about 1 ⁇ g/ml, even more preferred that the EC 50 value be not over about 0.1 ⁇ g/ml, and yet more preferred that the EC 50 value be not over about 0.01 ⁇ g/ml against Gaeumannomyces graminis var. tritici.
  • the active agent of one embodiment of the subject method can be one that not only has activity against Gaeumannomyces graminis, but also can have no significant activity against the diseases that are commonly known to attack the plant to be treated with the subject method.
  • a preferred active agent for use on soybeans is one having activity against Gaeumannomyces graminis var.
  • fungal plant pathogen When a “fungal plant pathogen” is referred to, what is meant is a fungal strain known to be an important pathogen of a particular plant.
  • Gaeumannomyces graminis is a known plant pathogen for wheat.
  • an active agent has only “weak, or no activity”, or “no significant activity”, against a certain disease-causing organism, what is meant is that the active agent is not sufficient to control the particular organism when used in agronomically reasonable levels. It is preferred that an active agent having no significant activity against a disease-causing organism has an EC 50 value against such organism of over about 10 ⁇ g/ml, preferably greater than about 20 ⁇ g/ml.
  • agronomic plant and “agronomically important plant” mean the same thing, and both refer to a plant of which a part or all is, or has been, harvested or cultivated on a commercial scale, or serves as an important source of feed, food, fiber or other chemical compounds.
  • some examples of such plants are corn, cereals, including wheat, barley, rye, and rice, vegetables, clovers, legumes, including beans, peas and alfalfa, sugar cane, sugar beets, tobacco, cotton, rapeseed (canola), sunflower, safflower, and sorghum.
  • the active agent is one that has activity against Gaeumannomyces graminis
  • wheat is not considered to be an agronomic plant for the purposes of this specification.
  • the yield of a product of the plant is increased by a measurable amount over the yield of the same product of the plant produced under the same conditions, but without the application of the subject method. It is preferred that the yield be increased by at least about 0.5%, more preferred that the increase be at least about 1%, even more preferred is about 2%, and yet more preferred is about 4%, or more.
  • the subject method is described herein as “increasing the vigor” of an agronomic plant, what is meant is that the vigor rating, or the plant weight, or the plant height, or the plant canopy, or the visual appearance, or any combination of these factors, is increased or improved by a measurable or noticeable amount over the same factor of the plant produced under the same conditions, but without the application of the subject method. It is preferred that such factor(s) is increased or improved by a significant amount.
  • the method be used with legumes (members of the class Magnoliopsida and the order Fabales). It is more preferred that the plant be in the family Fabaceae (formerly Leguminosae) and the sub-family Papilionoideae or Faboideae, and even more preferred that the plant be selected from the group consisting of Pisum spp. (including the garden pea, P. sativum ), Medicago spp. (including alfalfa, M. sativa ), Arachis spp. (including peanuts, A. hypogaea ), soybeans (including Glycine max, Glycine hispida ), Vicia spp. (including vetches), Vigna spp.
  • Pisum spp. including the garden pea, P. sativum
  • Medicago spp. including alfalfa, M. sativa
  • Arachis spp. including peanuts, A. hypogaea
  • soybeans including
  • plants and plant propagation material that are suitable for use in the present invention can be non-transgenic plants, or can be plants that have at least one transgenic event.
  • the subject method includes treatment of the seed and/or the foliage of a plant with a herbicide or other pesticides
  • the plant be a transgenic plant having a transgenic event that confers resistance to the particular herbicide or other pesticide that is employed.
  • a herbicide such as glyphosate
  • the transgenic plant or plant propagation material be one having a transgenic event that provides glyphosate resistance.
  • transgenic plant is a transgenic soybean plant
  • such plants having the characteristics of “Roundup-Ready” transgenic soybeans (available from Monsanto Company, St. Louis, Mo.) are preferred.
  • transgenic events that are present in the plant are by no means limited to those that provide herbicide or pesticide resistance, but can include any transgenic event.
  • the use of “stacked” transgenic events in a plant is also contemplated.
  • the present invention is also useful for application to plants and propagation material which have been improved by a program of selective breeding based on quantitative trait loci (QTL) information.
  • QTL quantitative trait loci
  • Further information about the use of such breeding programs can be found in U.S. Pat. No. 5,476,524, and in Edwards, M. D. et al., Genetics, 116:113-125 (1987); Edwards, M. D. et al., Theor. Appl. Genet., 83:765-774 (1992); Paterson, A. H. et al., Nature, 335:721-726 (1988); and Lander, E. S. et al., Mapping Medelian Factors Underlying Quantitative Traits Using RFLP Linkage Maps, Genetics Society of America, pp. 185-199 (1989).
  • the present method is particularly useful for application to soybeans for which the yield has been improved through a QTL-directed selective breeding program.
  • the present method can be applied to any form of the plant that is to be treated, or any propagation material for the plant.
  • the method can be used to treat a plant seed at any time after its formation, or to treat the roots, leaves stems, shoots and/or fruit of the plant at any time after germination.
  • the active agents that are suitable for use in the present invention include certain chemical compounds that have demonstrated activity against plant pathogenic fungi, and in one embodiment, against Gaeumannomyces graminis microorganisms.
  • Such active agents include fungicides that are described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,482,974, 5,486,621, 5,498,630, 5,693,667, 5,693,667, 5,705,513, 5,811,411, 5,834,447, 5,849,723, 5,994,270, 5,998,466, 6,028,101, and in publications WO 93/07751, and EP 0 538 231 A1.
  • such compounds are described in WO 93/07751 and in European Patent Application No. 0 538 231 A1, which describe compounds having the general formula (I), below:
  • Z 1 and Z 2 are C or N and are part of an aromatic ring selected from benzene, pyridine, thiophene, furan, pyrrole, pyrazole, thiazole, and isothiazole;
  • A is selected from —C(X)-amine, —C(O)—SR 3 , —NH—C(X)R 4 , and —C( ⁇ NR 3 )—XR 7 ;
  • B is —W m —Q(R 2 ) 3 or selected from o-tolyl, 1-naphthyl, 2-naphthyl, and 9-phenanthryl, each optionally substituted with halogen or R 4 ;
  • Q is C, Si, Ge, or Sn
  • W is —C(R 3 ) p H (2-p) —; or when Q is C, W is selected from —C(R 3 ) p H (2-p) —, —N(R 3 ) m H (1-m) —, —S(O) p —, and —O—;
  • X is O or S
  • n 0, 1, 2, or 3;
  • n 0 or 1
  • p 0, 1, or 2;
  • each R is independently selected from
  • each R 2 is independently selected from alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl and phenyl, each optionally substituted with R 4 or halogen; and wherein, when Q is C, R 2 may also be selected from halo, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, and dialkylamino;
  • R 3 is C 1 -C 4 alkyl
  • R 4 is C 1 -C 4 alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, or dialkylamino;
  • R 7 is C 1 -C 4 alkyl, haloalkyl, or phenyl, optionally substituted with halo, nitro, or R 4 ;
  • amine in —C(X)-amine means an unsubstituted, monosubstituted, or disubstituted amino radical, including nitrogen-bearing heterocycles.
  • substituents for the amino radical include, but are not limited to, hydroxy; alkyl, alkenyl, and alkynyl, which may be straight or branched chain or cyclic; alkoxyalkyl; haloalkyl; hydroxyalkyl; alkylthio; alkylthioalkyl; alkylcarbonyl; alkoxycarbonyl; aminocarbonyl; alkylaminocarbonyl; cyanoalkyl; mono- or dialkylamino; phenyl, phenylalkyl or phenylalkenyl, each optionally substituted with one or more C 1 -C 6 alkyl, alkoxy, haloalkyl, C 3 -C 6 cycloalkyl, halo, or nitro groups; C 1
  • nitrogen-bearing heterocycles which are bonded at a nitrogen to —C(X)—, include, but are not limited to, morpholine, piperazine, piperidine, pyrrole, pyrrolidine, imidazole, and triazoles, each of which may be optionally substituted with one or more C 1 -C 6 alkyl groups.
  • amino radicals useful in the present invention include, but are not limited to, ethylamino, methylamino, propylamino, 2-methylethylamino, 1-propenylamino, 2-propenylamino, 2-methyl-2-propenylamino, 2-propynylamino, butylamino, 1,1-dimethyl-2-propynylamino, diethylamino, dimethylamino, N-(methyl)ethylamino, N-(methyl)-1,1(dimethyl)ethylamino, dipropylamino, octylamino, N-(ethyl)-1-methylethylamino, 2-hydroxyethylamino, 1-methylpropylamino, chloromethylamino, 2-chloroethylamino, 2-bromoethylamino, 3-chloropropylamino, 2,2,2-trifluoroethylamino
  • amino radicals include methylhydrazino, dimethylhydrazino, N-ethylanilino, and 2-methylanilino.
  • the amine may also be substituted with diethyl N-ethylphosphoramidic acid, t-butoxycarbonyl, methoxycarbonyl, ethoxycarbonyl, propoxycarbonyl, etc.
  • ethylamino is preferred.
  • Examples of B include, but are not limited to, trimethylsilyl, ethyldimethylsilyl, diethylmethylsilyl, triethylsilyl, dimethylpropylsilyl, dipropylmethylsilyl, dimethyl-1-(methyl)ethylsilyl, tripropylsilyl, butyldimethylsilyl, pentyidimethylsilyl, hexyldimethylsilyl, cyclopropyidimethylsilyl, cyclobutyldimethylsilyl, cyclopentyldimethylsilyl, cyclohexyldimethylsilyl, dimethylethenylsilyl, dimethylpropenylsilyl, chloromethyldimethylsilyl, 2-chloroethyldimethylsilyl, bromomethyldimethylsilyl, bicycloheptyldimethylsilyl, dimethylphenylsilyl,
  • B include 1,1-dimethylethyl, 1,1-dimethylpropyl, 1,1-dimethylbutyl, 1,1-dimethylpentyl, 1-ethyl-1-methylbutyl, 2,2-dimethylpropyl, 2,2-dimethylbutyl, 1-methyl-1-ethylpropyl, 1,1-diethylpropyl, 1,1,2-trimethylpropyl, 1,1,2-trimethylbutyl, 1,1,2,2-tetramethylpropyl, 1,1-dimethyl-2-propenyl, 1,1,2-trimethyl-2-propenyl, 1,1-dimethyl-2-butenyl, 1,1-dimethyl-2-propynyl, 1,1-dimethyl-2-butynyl, 1-cyclopropyl-1-methylethyl, 1-cyclobutyl-1-methylethyl, 1-cyclopentyl-1-methylethyl, 1-(1-cyclopentenyl)-1-methylethyl, 1-
  • B are 1,1-dimethylethylamino, 1,1-dimethylpropylamino, 1,1-dimethylbutylamino, 1,1-dimethylpentylamino, 1-ethyl-1-methylbutylamino, 2,2-dimethylpropylamino, 2,2-dimethylbutylamino, 1-methyl-1-ethylpropylamino, 1,1-diethylpropylamino, 1,1,2-trimethylpropylamino, 1,1,2-trimethylbutylamino, 1,1,2,2-tetramethylpropylamino, 1,1-dimethyl-2-propenylamino, 1,1,2-trimethyl-2-propenylamino, 1,1-dimethyl-2-butenylamino, 1,1-dimethyl-2-propynylamino, 1,1-dimethyl-2-butynylamino, 1-cyclopropyl-1-methylethylamino, 1-cyclobutyl-1-methylmethylbut
  • any of these groups may also have a methyl substitution on the nitrogen, as in N-(methyl)-1,1-dimethylethylamino and N-(methyl)-1,1-dimethylpropylamino.
  • N-(methyl)-1,1-dimethylethylamino and N-(methyl)-1,1-dimethylpropylamino are preferred.
  • B include 1,1-dimethylethoxy, 1,1-dimethylpropoxy, 1,1-dimethylbutoxy, 1,1-dimethylpentoxy, 1-ethyl-1-methylbutoxy, 2,2-dimethylpropoxy, 2,2-dimethylbutoxy, 1-methyl-1-ethylpropoxy, 1,1-diethylpropoxy, 1,1,2-trimethylpropoxy, 1,1,2-trimethylbutoxy, 1,1,2,2-tetramethylpropoxy, 1,1-dimethyl-2-propenoxy, 1,1,2-trimethyl-2-propenoxy, 1,1-dimethyl-2-butenoxy, 1,1-dimethyl-2-propynyloxy, 1,1-dimethyl-2-butynyloxy, 1-cyclopropyl-1-methylethoxy, 1-cyclobutyl-1-methylethoxy, 1-cyclopentyl-1-methylethoxy, 1-(1-cyclopentenyl)-1-methylethoxy, 1-cyclohexyl-1-methylethoxy, 1-(1-
  • B include 1methylcyclopropyl, 1-methylcyclobutyl, 1-methylcyclopentyl, 1-methylcyclohexyl, 1-methylcyclopropylamino, 1-methylcyclobutylamino, 1-methylcyclopentylamino, 1-methylcyclohexylamino, N-(methyl)-1-methylcyclopropylamino, N-(methyl)-1-methylcyclobutylamino, N-(methyl)-1-methylcyclopentylamino, and N-(methyl)-1-methylcyclohexylamino.
  • R n may be any substituent(s) which do(es) not unduly reduce the effectiveness of the compounds to function in the method of disease control.
  • R n is generally a small group; “n” is preferably 1 for benzene rings and 2 for furan and thiophene. R is more preferably methyl or halogen, and more preferably is located adjacent to A.
  • alkyl means an alkyl radical, straight or branched chain, having, unless otherwise indicated, from 1 to 10 carbon atoms.
  • alkenyl and “alkynyl” mean unsaturated radicals having from 2 to 7 carbon atoms. Examples of such alkenyl groups include ethenyl, 1-propenyl, 2-propenyl, 1-butenyl, 2-butenyl, 3-butenyl, 2-methyl-1-propenyl, 2-methyl-2-propenyl, 1-methylethenyl, and the like.
  • alkynyl groups examples include ethynyl, 1-propynyl, 2-propynyl, 1,1-dimethyl-2-propynyl, and so forth.
  • Substituent groups may also be both alkenyl and alkynyl, for example, 6,6-dimethyl-2-hepten-4-ynyl.
  • alkoxy means an alkyl group having, unless otherwise indicated, from 1 to 10 carbon atoms connected via an ether linkage. Examples of such alkoxy groups include methoxy, ethoxy, propoxy, 1-methylethoxy, and so forth.
  • alkoxyalkyl means an ether radical having, unless otherwise indicated, from 1 to 10 carbon atoms. Examples of such alkoxyalkyl groups include methoxymethyl, methoxyethyl, ethoxymethyl, ethoxyethyl, and so forth.
  • nuclearkylamino and “dialkylamino” each mean an amino group having, respectively, 1 or 2 hydrogens replaced with an alkyl group.
  • haloalkyl means an alkyl radical having one or more hydrogen atoms replaced by halogens, including radicals having all hydrogen atoms substituted by halogen. Examples of such haloalkyl groups are fluoromethyl, difluoromethyl, trifluoromethyl, chloromethyl, trichloromethyl, and so forth.
  • halo means a radical selected from chloro, bromo, fluoro, and iodo.
  • Z 1 and Z 2 are C and are part of an aromatic ring which is thiophene;
  • A is selected from —C(X)-amine, —C(O)—SR 3 , —NH—C(X)R 4 , and —C( ⁇ NR 3 )—XR 7 ;
  • B is —W m —Q(R 2 ) 3 or selected from o-tolyl, 1-naphthyl, 2-naphthyl, and 9-phenanthryl, each optionally substituted with halogen or R 4 ;
  • Q is C, Si, Ge, or Sn
  • W is —C(R 3 ) p H (2-p) —; or when Q is C, W is selected from —C(R 3 ) p H (2-p) —, —N(R 3 ) m H (1-m) —, —S(O) p —, and —O—;
  • X is O or S
  • n 0, 1, 2, or 3;
  • n 0 or 1
  • p 0, 1, or 2;
  • each R is independently selected from
  • each R 2 is independently selected from alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl and phenyl, each optionally substituted with R 4 or halogen; and wherein, when Q is C, R 2 may also be selected from halo, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, and dialkylamino, and further when Q is C, R 2 may also be selected from halo, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, and dialkylamino; and further when Q is C, then two R 2 groups may be combined to form a cycloalkyl group with Q;
  • R 3 is C 1 -C 4 alkyl
  • R 4 is C 1 -C 4 alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, or dialkylamino;
  • R 7 is C 1 -C 4 alkyl, haloalkyl, or phenyl, optionally substituted with halo, nitro, or R 4 ;
  • Z 1 and Z 2 are C and are part of an aromatic ring which is thiophene;
  • A is selected from —C(X)-amine, wherein the amine is substituted with a first and a second amine substituent or with an alkylaminocarbonyl and a hydrogen, —C(O)—SR 3 , —NH—C(X)R 4 , and —C( ⁇ NR 3 )—XR 7 ;
  • the first amine substituent is selected from the group consisting of C 1 -C 10 straight or branched alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl groups or mixtures thereof optionally substituted with one or more halogen, hydroxy, alkoxy, alkylthio, nitrile, alkylsulfonate, haloalkylsulfonate, phenyl, C 3 -C 6 cycloalkyl and C 5 -C 6 cycloalkylkenyl; phenyl optionally substituted with one or more C 1 -C 4 straight or branched alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl groups or mixtures thereof, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy and nitro; C 3 -C 6 cycloalkyl, C 5 -C 6 cycloalkenyl, alkoxy, alkenoxy, alkynoxy, dialkylamino, and alkylthi
  • the second amine substituent is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen; C 1 -C 6 straight or branched alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl groups or mixtures thereof optionally substituted with one or more halogen, hydroxy, alkylcarbonyl, haloalkylcarbonyl, alkoxycarbonyl, and dialkylphosphonyl;
  • B is —W m —Q(R 2 ) 3 or selected from o-tolyl, 1-naphthyl, 2-naphthyl, and 9-phenanthryl, each optionally substituted with halogen or R 4 ;
  • Q is C, Si, Ge, or Sn
  • W is —C(R 3 ) p H (2-p) —; or when Q is C, W is selected from —C(R 3 ) p H (2-p) —, —N(R 3 ) m H (1-m) —, —S(O) p —, and —O—;
  • X is O or S
  • n 2;
  • n 0 or 1
  • p 0, 1, or 2;
  • two R groups are combined to form a nonheterocyclic ring fused with the thiophene ring, which is not a benzothiophene other than a tetrahydrobenzothiophene, said two R groups being selected from the group consisting of C 1 -C 4 alkyl, alkenyl, C 3 -C 6 cycloalkyl and cycloalkenyl, each optionally substituted with hydroxy, thio, phenyl, C 1 -C 4 alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylsulfinyl, or alkylsufonyl;
  • each R 2 is independently selected from alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl and phenyl, each optionally substituted with R 4 or halogen; and wherein when Q is C, R 2 may also be selected from halo, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, and dialkylamino; and further when Q is C, then two R 2 groups may be combined to form a cycloalkyl group with Q;
  • R 3 is C 1 -C 4 alkyl
  • R 4 is C 1 -C 4 alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, or dialkylamino;
  • R 7 is C 1 -C 4 alkyl, haloalkyl, or phenyl, optionally substituted with halo, nitro, or R 4 ;
  • Z 1 and Z 2 are C and are part of an aromatic ring which is thiophene;
  • A is —C(X)-amine wherein the amine is an N-bonded heterocyclic compound chosen from the group consisting of morpholine, piperazine, piperidine, and pyrrolidine, each optionally substituted with C 3 -C 6 alkyl groups;
  • B is —W m —Q(R 2 ) 3 or selected from o-tolyl, 1-naphthyl, 2-naphthyl, and 9-phenanthryl, each optionally substituted with halogen or R 4 ;
  • Q is C or Si
  • W is —C(R 3 ) p H (2-p) —; or when Q is C, W is selected from —C(R 3 ) p H (2-p) —, —N(R 3 ) m H (1-m) —, —S(O) p —, and —O—;
  • X is O
  • n 2;
  • n 0 or 1
  • p 0, 1, or 2;
  • the two R groups are alkenyl groups and are combined to form a fused ring with the thiophene ring with is benzothiophene; wherein the alkenyl groups are optionally substituted with halo, hydroxy, thio, amino, nitro, cyano, formyl, phenyl, C 2 -C 4 alkoxy, alkylcarbonyl, alkylthio, alkylamino, dialkylamino, alkoxycarbonyl, (alkylthio)carbonyl, alkylaminocarbonyl, dialkylaminocarbonyl, alkylsulfinyl, or alkylsulfonyl;
  • each R 2 is independently selected from alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, and phenyl, each optionally substituted with R 4 or halogen; and wherein when Q is C, R 2 may also be selected from halo, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, and dialkylamino; or wherein two R 2 groups may be combined to form a cyclo group with Q;
  • R 3 is C 1 -C 4 alkyl
  • R 4 is C 1 -C 4 alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, or dialkylamino;
  • Z 1 and Z 2 are C and are part of an aromatic ring which is benzothiophene;
  • A is selected from —C(X)-amine wherein the amine is an unsubstituted, monosubstituted or disubstituted nonheterocyclic amino radical, —C(O)—SR 3 , —NH—C(X)R 4 , and —C( ⁇ NR 3 )—XR 7 ;
  • B is —W m —Q(R 2 ) 3 or selected from o-tolyl, 1-naphthyl, 2-naphthyl, and 9-phenanthryl, each optionally substituted with halogen or R 4 ;
  • Q is C, Si, Ge, or Sn
  • W is —C(R 3 ) p H (2-p) —; or when Q is C, W is selected from —C(R 3 ) p H (2-p) —, —N(R 3 ) m H (1-m) —, —S(O) p —, and —O—;
  • X is O or S
  • n 0, 1, 2, or 3;
  • n 0 or 1
  • p 0, 1, or 2;
  • each R is independently selected from
  • each R 2 is independently selected from alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl and phenyl, each optionally substituted with R 4 or halogen; and wherein, when Q is C, R 2 may also be selected from halo, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, and dialkylamino;
  • R 2 groups may be combined to form a cyclo group with Q which is 1-methylcyclopropyl, 1-methylcyclopentyl, or 1-methylcyclohexyl;
  • R 3 is C 1 -C 4 alkyl
  • R 4 is C 1 -C 4 alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, or dialkylamino;
  • R 7 is C 1 -C 4 alkyl, haloalkyl, or phenyl, optionally substituted with halo, nitro, or R 4 ;
  • Z 1 and Z 2 are C or N and are part of an aromatic ring which is furan;
  • A is selected from —C(X)-amine wherein the amine is substituted with a first and a second amine substituent or with an alkylaminocarbonyl and a hydrogen, —C(O)—SR 3 , —NH—C(X)R 4 , and —C( ⁇ NR 3 )—XR 7 ;
  • the first amine substituent is selected from the group consisting of C 1 -C 10 straight or branched alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl groups or mixtures thereof optionally substituted with one or more halogen, hydroxy, alkoxy, alkylthio, nitrile, alkylsulfonate, haloalkylsulfonate, phenyl, a 5-membered heteroaryl, C 3 -C 6 cycloalkyl and C 5 -C 6 cycloalkylkenyl; phenyl optionally substituted with one or more C 1 -C 4 straight or branched alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl groups or mixtures thereof, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy and nitro; C 3 -C 6 cycloalkyl, C 5 -C 6 cycloalkenyl, alkoxy, alkenoxy, alkynoxy, dial
  • the second amine substituent is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen; C 1 -C 6 straight or branched alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl groups or mixtures thereof optionally substituted with one or more halogen, hydroxy, alkylcarbonyl, haloalkylcarbonyl, alkoxycarbonyl, and dialkylphosphonyl;
  • B is —W m —Q(R 2 ) 3 or selected from o-tolyl, 1-naphthyl, 2-naphthyl, and 9-phenanthryl, each optionally substituted with halogen or R 4 ;
  • Q is C, Si, Ge, or Sn
  • W is —C(R 3 ) p H (2-p) —; or when Q is C, W is selected from —C(R 3 ) p H (2-p) —, —N(R 3 ) m H (1-m) —, —S(O) p —, and —O—;
  • X is O or S
  • n 0, 1, or 2;
  • n 0 or 1
  • p 0, 1, or 2;
  • each R is independently selected from
  • each R 2 is independently selected from alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl and phenyl, each optionally substituted with R 4 or halogen; and wherein, when Q is C, R 2 may also be selected from halo, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, and dialkylamino;
  • R 2 groups may be combined to form a cyclo group with Q which is 1-methylcyclopropyl, 1-methylcyclopentyl, or 1-methylcyclohexyl;
  • R 3 is C 1 -C 4 alkyl
  • R 4 is C 1 -C 4 alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, or dialkylamino;
  • R 7 is C 1 -C 4 alkyl, haloalkyl, or phenyl, optionally substituted with halo, nitro, or R 4 ;
  • Z 1 and Z 2 are C and are part of an aromatic ring which is benzothiophene;
  • A is selected from —C(X)-amine wherein the amine is an unsubstituted, monosubstituted or disubstituted nonheterocyclic amino radical, —C(O)—SR 3 , —NH—C(X)R 4 , and —C( ⁇ NR 3 )—XR 7 ;
  • B is —W m —Q(R 2 ) 3 or selected from o-tolyl,1-naphthyl, 2-naphthyl, and 9-phenanthryl, each optionally substituted with halogen or R 4 ;
  • Q is C, Si, Ge, or Sn
  • W is —C(R 3 ) p H (2-p) —; or when Q is C, W is selected from —C(R 3 ) p H (2-p) —, —N(R 3 ) m H (1-m) —, —S(O) p —, and —O—;
  • X is O or S
  • n 0, 1, 2, or 3;
  • n 0 or 1
  • p 0, 1, or 2;
  • each R is independently selected from
  • each R 2 is independently selected from alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl and phenyl, each optionally substituted with R 4 or halogen; and wherein, when Q is C, R 2 may also be selected from halo, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, and dialkylamino;
  • R 2 groups may be combined to form a cyclo group with Q which is 1-methylcyclopropyl, 1-methylcyclopentyl, or 1-methylcyclohexyl;
  • R 3 is C 1 -C 4 alkyl
  • R 4 is C 1 -C 4 alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, or dialkylamino;
  • R 7 is C 1 -C 4 alkyl, haloalkyl, or phenyl, optionally substituted with halo, nitro, or R 4 ;
  • Z 1 and Z 2 are C and are part of an aromatic ring which is furan;
  • A is selected from —C(X)-amine wherein the amine is substituted with a first and a second amine substituent or with an alkylaminocarbonyl and a hydrogen, —C(O)—SR 3 , —NH—C(X)R 4 , and —C( ⁇ NR 3 )—XR 7 ;
  • the first amine substituent is selected from the group consisting of C 1 -C 10 straight or branched alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl groups or mixtures thereof optionally substituted with one or more halogen, hydroxy, alkoxy, alkylthio, nitrile, alkylsulfonate, haloalkylsulfonate, phenyl, a 5-membered heteroaryl, C 3 -C 6 cycloalkyl and C 5 -C 6 cycloalkylkenyl; phenyl optionally substituted with one or more C 1 -C 4 straight or branched alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl groups or mixtures thereof, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy and nitro; C 3 -C 6 cycloalkyl, C 5 -C 6 cycloalkenyl, alkoxy, alkenoxy, alkynoxy, dial
  • the second amine substituent is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen; C 1 -C 6 straight or branched alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl groups or mixtures thereof optionally substituted with one or more halogen, hydroxy, alkylcarbonyl, haloalkylcarbonyl, alkoxycarbonyl, and dialkylphosphonyl;
  • B is —W m —Q(R 2 ) 3 or selected from o-tolyl, 1-naphthyl, 2-naphthyl, and 9-phenanthryl, each optionally substituted with halogen or R 4 ;
  • Q is C, Si, Ge, or Sn
  • W is —C(R 3 ) p H (2-p) —; or when Q is C, W is selected from —C(R 3 ) p H (2-p) —, —N(R 3 ) m H (1-m) —, —S(O) p —, and —O—;
  • X is O or S
  • n 0, 1, or 2;
  • n 0 or 1
  • p 0, 1, or 2;
  • each R is independently selected from
  • each R 2 is independently selected from alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl and phenyl, each optionally substituted with R 4 or halogen; and wherein, when Q is C, R 2 may also be selected from halo, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, and dialkylamino;
  • R 2 groups may be combined to form a cyclo group with Q which is 1-methylcyclopropyl,1-methylcyclopentyl, or 1-methylcyclohexyl;
  • R 3 is C 1 -C 4 alkyl
  • R 4 is C 1 -C 4 alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, or dialkylamino;
  • R 7 is C 1 -C 4 alkyl, haloalkyl, or phenyl, optionally substituted with halo, nitro, or R 4 ;
  • Z 1 and Z 2 are C and are part of an aromatic ring which is pyridine;
  • A is selected from the group consisting of —C(O)—SR 3 , —NH—C(X)R 4 , and —C( ⁇ NR 3 )—XR 7 and —C(X)-amine wherein the amine is substituted with alkylaminocarbonyl and a hydrogen or wherein the amine has a first and a second amine substituent;
  • the first amine substituent is selected from the group consisting of C 1 -C 10 straight or branched alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl groups or mixtures thereof optionally substituted with one or more halogen, hydroxy, alkoxy, alkylthio, nitrile, alkylsulfonate, haloalkylsulfonate, phenyl, a 5-membered heteroaryl, C 3 -C 6 cycloalkyl and C 5 -C 6 cycloalkylkenyl; phenyl optionally substituted with one or more C 1 -C 4 straight or branched alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl groups or mixtures thereof, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy and nitro; C 3 -C 6 cycloalkyl, C 5 -C 6 cycloalkenyl, alkoxy, alkenoxy, alkynoxy, dial
  • the second amine substituent is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen; C 1 -C 6 straight or branched alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl groups or mixtures thereof optionally substituted with one or more halogen, hydroxy, alkylcarbonyl, haloalkylcarbonyl, alkoxycarbonyl, and dialkylphosphonyl;
  • B is —W m —Q(R 2 ) 3 or selected from o-tolyl, 1-naphthyl, 2-naphthyl, and 9-phenanthryl, each optionally substituted with halogen or R 4 ;
  • Q is C, Si, Ge, or Sn
  • W is —C(R 3 ) p H (2-p) —; or when Q is C, W is selected from —C(R 3 ) p H (2-p) —, —N(R 3 ) m H (1-m) —, —S(O) p —, and —O—;
  • X is O or S
  • n 0, 1, or 2;
  • n 0 or 1
  • p 0, 1, or 2;
  • each R is independently selected from
  • each R 2 is independently selected from alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl and phenyl, each optionally substituted with R 4 or halogen; and wherein, when Q is C, R 2 may also be selected from halo, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, and dialkylamino; or wherein two R 2 groups may be combined to form a cyclo group with Q which is 1-methylcyclopropyl, 1-methylcyclopentyl, or 1-methylcyclohexyl;
  • R 3 is C 1 -C 4 alkyl
  • R 4 is C 1 -C 4 alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, or dialkylamino;
  • R 7 is C 1 -C 4 alkyl, haloalkyl, or phenyl, optionally substituted with halo, nitro, or R 4 ;
  • Z 1 and Z 2 are C and are part of an aromatic ring which is benzene;
  • A is selected from the group consisting of —C(X)-amine wherein the amine is substituted with a first and a second amine substituent or with an alkylaminocarbonyl and a hydrogen; —C(O)—SR 3 , —NH—C(X)R 4 , and —C( ⁇ NR 3 )—XR 7 ;
  • the first amine substituent is selected from the group consisting of C 1 -C 10 straight or branched alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl groups or mixtures thereof optionally substituted with one or more halogen, hydroxy, alkoxy, alkylthio, nitrile, alkylsulfonate, haloalkylsulfonate, phenyl, C 3 -C 6 cycloalkyl and C 5 -C 6 cycloalkylkenyl; phenyl optionally substituted with one or more C 1 -C 4 straight or branched alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl groups or mixtures thereof, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy and nitro; C 3 -C 6 cycloalkyl, C 5 -C 6 cycloalkenyl, alkoxy, alkenoxy, alkynoxy, dialkylamino, and alkylthi
  • the second amine substituent is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen; C 1 -C 6 straight or branched alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl groups or mixtures thereof optionally substituted with one or more halogen, hydroxy, alkylcarbonyl, haloalkylcarbonyl, alkoxycarbonyl, and dialkylphosphonyl;
  • B is —W m —Q(R 2 ) 3 or selected from o-tolyl, 1-naphthyl, 2-naphthyl, and 9-phenanthryl, each optionally substituted with halogen or R 4 ;
  • Q is Si, Ge, or Sn
  • W is —C(R 3 ) p H (2-p) —;
  • X is O or S
  • n 0, 1, 2 or 3;
  • n 0 or 1
  • p 0, 1, or 2;
  • each R is independently selected from
  • each R 2 is independently selected from alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl and phenyl, each optionally substituted with R 4 or halogen;
  • R 3 is C 1 -C 4 alkyl
  • R 4 is C 1 -C 4 alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, or dialkylamino;
  • R 7 is C 1 -C 4 alkyl, haloalkyl, or phenyl, optionally substituted with halo, nitro, or R 4 ;
  • Z 1 and Z 2 are C and are part of an aromatic ring which is furan;
  • A is selected from —C(X)-amine wherein the amine is substituted with a first and a second amine substituent or with an alkylaminocarbonyl and a hydrogen, —C(O)—SR 3 , —NH—C(X)R 4 , and —C( ⁇ NR 3 )—XR 7 ;
  • the first amine substituent is selected from the group consisting of C 1 -C 10 straight or branched alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl groups or mixtures thereof optionally substituted with one or more halogen, hydroxy, alkoxy, alkylthio, nitrile, alkylsulfonate, haloalkylsulfonate, phenyl, a 5-membered heteroaryl, C 3 -C 6 cycloalkyl and C 5 -C 6 cycloalkylkenyl; phenyl optionally substituted with one or more C 1 -C 4 straight or branched alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl groups or mixtures thereof, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy and nitro; C 3 -C 6 cycloalkyl, C 5 -C 6 cycloalkenyl, alkoxy, alkenoxy, alkynoxy, dial
  • the second amine substituent is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen; C 1 -C 6 straight or branched alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl groups or mixtures thereof optionally substituted with one or more halogen, hydroxy, alkylcarbonyl, haloalkylcarbonyl, alkoxycarbonyl, and dialkylphosphonyl;
  • B is —W m —Q(R 2 ) 3 or selected from o-tolyl, 1-naphthyl, 2-naphthyl, and 9-phenanthryl, each optionally substituted with halogen or R 4 ;
  • Q is C, Si, Ge, or Sn
  • W is —C(R 3 ) p H (2-p) —; or when Q is C, W is selected from —C(R 3 ) p H (2-p) —, —N(R 3 ) m H (1-m) —, —S(O) p —, and —O—;
  • X is O or S
  • n 2;
  • n 0 or 1
  • p 0, 1, or 2;
  • R groups are combined to form a nonheterocyclic ring fused to said furan ring which is not benzofuran when A is —C(X)--amine, B is —Wm(Q)—(R 2 ) 3 , and Q is C or Si, said R groups being selected from the group consisting of C 1 -C 4 alkyl, alkenyl, C 3 -C 6 cycloalkyl and cycloalkenyl, each optionally substituted with hydroxy, thio, phenyl, C 1 -C 4 alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylsulfinyl, or alkylsulfonyl; and
  • each R 2 is independently selected from alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl and phenyl, each optionally substituted with R 4 or halogen; and wherein, when Q is C, R 2 may also be selected from halo, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, and dialkylamino; wherein further when Q is C, then two R 2 groups may be combined to form a cyclo group with Q;
  • R 3 is C 1 -C 4 alkyl
  • R 4 is C 1 -C 4 alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, or dialkylamino;
  • R 7 is C 1 -C 4 alkyl, haloalkyl, or phenyl, optionally substituted with halo, nitro, or R 4 ;
  • R 2 is ethyl, iso-propyl, propyl or allyl
  • A is N(CH 3 ) 1-n H n R 5 or OR 6 wherein n is 0 or 1, R 5 is (CH 3 ) m (CH 3 CH 2 ) 3-m C, 1-methyl-1-cyclopentyl, 1-methyl-1-cyclohexyl or 2,3-dimethyl-2-butyl wherein m is 0, 1, 2 or 3 and R 6 is independently R 5 , or 2,3,3-trimethyl-2-butyl;
  • R 3 is H or independently R 4 ;
  • R 4 is halo or CH 3 ;
  • A is —C(X)-amine
  • B is —W m —Q(R 2 ) 3
  • A can be B when B is A except when the formula is f), then Q cannot be Si
  • Q is C or Si
  • W is —NH—, —O— or NCH 3 —;
  • X is O or S
  • n is 0 or 1, provided that m is 0 when Q is Si;
  • n 0, 1, 2, or 3
  • each R is independently selected from
  • each R 2 is independently selected from alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl and phenyl, each optionally substituted with R 4 or halogen; and wherein, when Q is C, R 2 may also be selected from halo, alkoxy, alkenoxy, alkynoxy, C 3 -C 6 cycloalkyloxy, cycloalkenyloxy, alkylthio, alkylsulfinyl, alkylsulfonyl, alkylamino, dialkylamino, alkylcarbonylamino, aminocarbonyl, alkylaminocarbonyl, dialkylaminocarbonyl, alkylcarbonyl, alkylcarbonyloxy, alkoxycarbonyl, (alkylthio)carbonyl, phenylcarbonylamino, phenylamino, each optionally substituted with halo; each R 2 is independently selected from alkyl, alken
  • a preferred active agent is a compound having the structure:
  • silthiofam 4,5-dimethyl-N-(2-propenyl)-2-(trimethylsilyl)-3-thiophenecarboxamide, having a CAS registration number of 175217-20-6, and for which the ISO common name is silthiofam. Further information about silthiofam can be found in U.S. Pat. No. 5,486,621.
  • the active agent of the present invention can be used in any purity that passes for such agent in the commercial trade.
  • the agent can be used in any form in which it is received from the supplier, or in which it is synthesized. It is preferred that the active agent be supplied in a liquid form. However, the liquid can be a substantially pure form of the agent, or it can be the agent dissolved in a solvent. Commonly, if a solvent is present, such solvents are organic liquid solvents that are commonly used in such applications. If the active agent is water soluble, then water can be used as the solvent.
  • the treatment of a plant or propagation material, such as a seed, with an active agent by the method of this invention can be accomplished in several ways.
  • the agent may be applied directly to the seed and/or to soil in which the seed is to be planted, for example, at the time of planting along with the seed. Alternatively, it may be applied to the soil after planting and germination, or to the foliage of the plant after emergence.
  • an effective amount of a fungicide or other active agent it is meant that a sufficient amount of the fungicide or other active agent is applied to the plant or its propagation material to achieve an increase in the yield and/or the vigor of the plant.
  • the amount of the active agents that are useful in the subject method will be discussed in more detail below.
  • compositions for soil application include clay granules which may be applied in-furrow, as broadcast granules or as impregnated fertilizer granules.
  • the agent may be applied to the soil as a preemergent or postemergent spray, or to the plant as a postemergent spray.
  • the agent is applied to the seed in a treatment prior to planting.
  • One method of carrying out such treatment is to apply a coating containing the active agent to the seed. This technique is commonly used in many crops to provide fungicides for control of various phytopathological fungi.
  • the seed When the seed is treated prior to planting with a composition that contains the active agent, it can be treated with an amount of the composition sufficient to include the active agent in an amount that is within the range of about 0.1 gm/100 kg of seed to about 500 gm/100 kg of seed. It is preferred that the active agent be applied to the seed in an amount that is within the range of about 2 gm/100 kg and about 200 gm/100 kg, more preferred that it be applied in an amount of from about 10 gm/100 kg of seed to about 100 gm/100 kg of seed, and a range of about 20 gm/100 kg to about 50 gm/100 kg of seed is yet more preferred.
  • Plants and/or seed to be treated by the subject method can be treated with one or more forms of the useful active agents without any additional materials being present. However, in some cases, it is preferred to use the one or more active agents in combination with other materials in a composition.
  • compositions of the present invention are comprised of an effective amount of one or more of the active agents described above and one or more adjuvants.
  • such compositions can also include such other materials as herbicides, pesticides—such as insecticides, nematicides, acaricides, fungicides, and the like, growth factors, fertilizers, and any other material that will provide a desirable feature for protecting, sprouting and growing the plant, and/or for improving the yield or vigor of the plant.
  • the choice of such other materials will depend on the crop and the diseases known to be a threat to that crop in the location of interest.
  • the active agent can be combined with a herbicide for foliar application to the plant. Any of the active agents discussed above can be used in this combination, but silthiopham is a preferred active agent.
  • any herbicide can be used, provided that the plant that is to be treated has resistance to such herbicide. As described above, it is preferred that the plant have a transgenic event providing the plant with resistance to the herbicide being used.
  • any herbicide can be used in the combination and useful herbicides include, without limitation, imidazolinone, acetochlor, acifluorfen, aclonifen, acrolein, AKH-7088, alachlor, alloxydim, ametryn, amidosulfuron, amitrole, ammonium sulfamate, anilofos, asulam, atrazine, azafenidin, azimsulfuron, BAS 620H, BAS 654 00 H, BAY FOE 5043, benazolin, benfluralin, benfuresate, bensulfuron-methyl, bensulide, bentazone, benzofenap,
  • Preferred herbicides include glyphosate, glyphosinate, imidazilinone, and STS system (sulfonylurea).
  • glyphosate (N-(phosphonomethyl)glycine).
  • the active agent can be combined with a fungicide to treat seed or for foliar application.
  • Any fungicide can be used and examples of useful fungicides include fludioxonil, fluquinconazole, captan, metalaxyl, carboxin, thiram, difenoconazole and tebuconazole.
  • the active agent can be used for either seed treatment or foliar treatment in combination with fungicides that are commonly used on soybeans, such as captan, metalaxyl, carboxin and thiram.
  • the subject method can include treatment of a seed with an inoculant, followed by foliar treatment with an active agent, or by foliar treatment with an active agent and a herbicide.
  • the subject treatment can also include the treatment of a seed with an inoculant and an active agent, followed by foliar treatment with an active agent and/or a herbicide.
  • other fungicides and/or pesticides can be included at any step of the treatment method.
  • the active agent may be present in such compositions at levels from 0.01 to 95 percent by weight.
  • such compositions contain the active agent in an amount of from about 1% to about 50%, by weight, and more preferably, in an amount of from about 5% to about 25%, by weight.
  • compositions of this invention may contain at least one active agent and an adjuvant in liquid or solid form.
  • the compositions are prepared by admixing the active agent with or without an adjuvant plus diluents, extenders, carriers, and conditioning agents to provide compositions in the form of finely-divided particulate solids, granules, pellets, solutions, dispersions or emulsions.
  • the active agent could be used with an adjuvant such as a finely-divided solid, a liquid of organic origin, water, a wetting agent, a dispersing agent, an emulsifying agent or any suitable combination of these.
  • Agronomically acceptable carriers for active agents include, for example, solid carriers such as fine powders or granules of kaolin clay, attapulgite clay, bentonite, acid clay, pyrophyllite, talc, diatomaceous earth, calcite, corn starch powder, walnut shell powder, urea, ammonium sulfate, synthetic hydrated silicon dioxide and the like.
  • Acceptable liquid carriers include, for example, aromatic hydrocarbons such as xylene, methylnaphthalene and the like, alcohols such as isopropanol, ethylene glycol, cellosolve and the like, ketones such as acetone, cyclohexanone, isophorone and the like, vegetable oils such as soybean oil, cottonseed oil, corn oil and the like, dimethyl sulfoxide, acetonitrile, water and the like.
  • aromatic hydrocarbons such as xylene, methylnaphthalene and the like
  • alcohols such as isopropanol, ethylene glycol, cellosolve and the like
  • ketones such as acetone, cyclohexanone, isophorone and the like
  • vegetable oils such as soybean oil, cottonseed oil, corn oil and the like, dimethyl sulfoxide, acetonitrile, water and the like.
  • Suitable wetting agents are believed to include alkyl benzene and alkyl naphthalene sulfonates, alkyl and alkyl aryl sulfonates, alkyl amine oxides, alkyl and alkyl aryl phosphate esters, organosilicones, fluoro-organic wetting agents, alcohol ethoxylates, alkoxylated amines, sulfated fatty alcohols, amines or acid amides, long chain acid esters of sodium isothionate, esters of sodium sulfosuccinate, sulfated or sulfonated fatty acid esters, petroleum sulfonates, sulfonated vegetable oils, ditertiary acetylenic glycols, block copolymers, polyoxyalkylene derivatives of alkylphenols (particularly isooctylphenol and nonylphenol) and polyoxyalkylene derivatives of the mono-higher fatty
  • Preferred dispersants are methyl, cellulose, polyvinyl alcohol, sodium lignin sulfonates, polymeric alkyl naphthalene sulfonates, sodium naphthalene sulfonate, polymethylene bisnaphthalene sulfonate, and neutralized polyoxyethylated derivatives or ring-substituted alkyl phenol phosphates.
  • Stabilizers may also be used to produce stable emulsions, such as magnesium aluminum silicate and xanthan gum.
  • compositions include dust concentrates comprising from 0.1 to 60% by weight of the active agent on a suitable extender, optionally including other adjuvants to improve handling properties, e.g., graphite. These dusts may be diluted for application at concentrations within the range of from about 0.1-10% by weight.
  • Concentrates may also be aqueous emulsions, prepared by stirring a non-aqueous solution of a water insoluble active agent and an emulsification agent with water until uniform and then homogenizing to give stable emulsion of very finely divided particles.
  • they may be aqueous suspensions, prepared by milling a mixture of a water-insoluble active agent and wetting agents to give a suspension, characterized by its extremely small particle size, so that when diluted, coverage is very uniform. Suitable concentrations of these formulations contain from about 0.1-60% preferably 5-50% by weight of active agent.
  • Concentrates may be solutions of active agent in suitable solvents together with a surface active agent.
  • suitable solvents for the active agents of this invention for use in seed treatment include propylene glycol, furfuryl alcohol, other alcohols or glycols, and other solvents that do not substantially interfere with seed germination. If the active agent is to be applied to the soil, then solvents such as N,N-dimethylformamide, dimethylsulfoxide, N-methylpyrrolidone, hydrocarbons, and water immiscible ethers, esters, or ketones are useful.
  • the concentrate compositions herein generally contain from about 1.0 to 95 parts (preferably 5-60 parts) of the active agent, about 0.25 to 50 parts (preferably 1-25 parts) surface active agent and where required about 4 to 94 parts solvent, all parts being by weight based on the total weight of the concentrate.
  • composition I The following 125 g/l active agent suspension concentrate of 4,5-dimethyl-N-2-propenyl-2-(trimethylsilyl)-3-thiophene carboxamide may be utilized in accordance with the present invention.
  • Such composition will be referred to as Composition I.
  • composition II 250 g/l active agent suspension concentrate of silthiopham may be utilized in accordance with the present invention.
  • Such composition will be referred to herein as Composition II.
  • Granules are physically stable particulate compositions comprising at least one active agent adhered to or distributed through a basic matrix of an inert, finely divided particulate extender.
  • a surface active agent such as those listed hereinbefore, or for example, propylene glycol, can be present in the composition.
  • Natural clays, pyrophyllites, illite, and vermiculite are examples of operable classes of particulate mineral extenders.
  • the preferred extenders are the porous, absorptive, preformed particles such as preformed and screened particulate attapulgite or heat expanded, particulate vermiculite and the finely divided clays such as kaolin clays, hydrated attapulgite or bentonitic clays. These extenders are sprayed or blended with the active agent to form the granules.
  • the granular compositions of this invention may contain from about 0.1 to about 30 parts by weight of active agent per 100 parts by weight of clay and 0 to about 5 parts by weight of surface active agent per 100 parts by weight of particulate clay.
  • the method of the present invention may be carried out by mixing the composition comprising the active agent into the seed prior to planting at rates from 0.01 to 50 g per kg of seed, preferably from 0.1 to 5 g per kg, and more preferably from 0.2 to 2 g per kg. If application to the soil is desired, the compounds may be applied at rates from 1 to 1000 g per hectare, preferably from 10 to 500 g per hectare. The higher application rates will be needed for situations of light soils or greater rainfall or both.
  • a preferred formulation is a flowable concentrate for seed treatment (FS) that contains from about 115.5 g/l to about 132.6 g/l of silthiopham and, more preferably contains about 125.0 g/l of silthiopham (12.47% wt/wt).
  • FS flowable concentrate for seed treatment
  • a preferred application rate of this composition to seed is at a level of about 25 g/100 kg of seed.
  • an inoculant be used.
  • the inoculant can be any one of the types of inoculant that is known for use with the type of plant that is the subject of treatment. For example, if corn is being treated, the corn seed could be treated with an inoculant containing Azospirillium spp.
  • the inoculant can be one that is known for use with legumes.
  • Some examples of inoculants that are used in the culture of legumes are those including Rhizobium spp., a Bradyrhizobium spp., or a mixture thereof, or a mixture of either of those bacterium with one or more other microorganism strains.
  • useful inoculants include a Bradyrhizobium japonicum inoculant (USDA Soybean Inoculant) produced by Urbana Laboratories of Urbana, Ill.
  • an inoculant it can be applied at any time, and at any rate, and by the use of any method of application.
  • the inoculant When the inoculant is to be used in conjunction with seed that has been treated with the subject active agent, it is preferred that the treated seed be contacted with the inoculant before planting. It is more preferred that the treated seed be contacted with the inoculant within a time before planting that is sufficiently brief so as to minimize any negative effect that the active agent might have on the inoculant.
  • the inoculant can be applied to the treated seeds no more than 24 hours before planting, preferably no more than 10 hours before planting, and more preferably no more than 5 hours before planting.
  • the inoculant can be applied to the soil surrounding the seed at the time of planting, or it may be administered to the soil at any time after planting.
  • One method of applying the active agent to the soil surrounding the seed at the time of planting is to add the inoculant to the seed furrow at the same time the seed is planted. Any of these methods should be considered to be included when it is mentioned herein that seed is treated with an inoculant.
  • the inoculant can be added at approximately the rate recommended by its supplier.
  • the inoculant can be applied to the seed at a rate of from about 1 g/kg of seed to about 50 g/kg of seed, and preferably at a rate of about 10 g/kg of seed.
  • a sticking agent can also be used to help to adhere an even coating of the inoculant to each seed.
  • Many such sticking agents are known in the art and any can be used.
  • An example of one sticking agent that can be used is Mollyflo® (available from Soygro (Pty) Ltd., of Mooibank, Botchefstroom, South Africa).
  • a sticking agent it can be used at any rate, but it is preferred that it is used at the rate that is recommended by its supplier.
  • Mollyflo® When Mollyflo® is used, it can be applied to the seed prior to the application of the inoculant at a rate of from about 40 ml/100 kg of seed to about 4,000 ml/100 kg of seed, more preferably at a rate of about 400 ml/100 kg of seed.
  • the active agents of the present invention can also be applied to seed or to soil in the form of controlled release formulations.
  • controlled release formulations are well known in the art and include microparticles, microcapsules, matrix coatings, matrix granules, and the like.
  • the present invention is particularly advantageous when applied to plants or seeds that are, or will become, under some type of stress prior to, during, or after germination. Drought, excessive cold or heat commonly causes such stress, unsuitable nutritional or ionic conditions of the soil, and the like. Accordingly, it is believed that the subject method would be particularly useful for such farming practices as dry-land farming, no-till farming, use of conservative farming practices, early planting, or any other technique or situation which would normally be expected to cause stress on the seeds and/or the plants.
  • This example shows a method of treating soybean seed with silthiofam with and without Bradyrhizobium spp. inoculum.
  • Soybean seed (CSR2121 variety, available from Monsanto Company, St. Louis, Mo.), was placed in a rotostatic seed treatment device (available from Hege Equipment, Inc., Colwich, Kans.).
  • a spreader/sticker compound (Mollyflo®, available from Soygro (Pty) Ltd., Mooibank, Botchefstroom, South Africa) was added to the seed with agitation at the rate of 4 ml/kg of seed and distributed over the eed.
  • a formulation containing 4,5-dimethyl-N-2-propenyl-2-trimethylsilyl)-3-thiophene carboxamide (silthiopham) as the active ingredient was added to the coated seed at the rate of 2 ml/kg of seed.
  • the formulation was prepared according to the formulation shown above for Composition I, and contained about 125 gm/liter of silthiopham.
  • the active formulation was added to the coated seed after addition of the spreader/sticker and during agitation of the seed.
  • a peat-based Bradyrhizobium spp. formulation was added to the seeds immediately before planting by adding the inoculant formulation to the seed at a rate of 10 gm/kg of seed.
  • the inoculant formulation was added to the seed in a seed packet and thoroughly manually intermixed to contact all of the seed with the inoculant. The seed were then ready for planting.
  • This example shows the effect of the treatment of soybean seed with silthiopham on the yield and vigor of soybean plants in a field trial in the United States.
  • a field trial was carried out in the upper Midwestern United States for the purpose of testing the effect of soybean seed treatment with silthiopham compared to no treatment and seed treatments with conventional materials.
  • No fertilizer was applied, and no-tillage cultivation practice was adhered to.
  • the trial followed Roundup-Ready® corn on which Harness® followed by Roundup® and Atrazine® had been applied according to conventional practice. There was no irrigation.
  • the trial was of RCB 1 factor design, with 4 replications. Seeds were planted as early as possible to ensure some stress on the seeds.
  • Soybean seeds of the CSR2121 variety were supplied that received the treatments shown in Table 1. TABLE 1 Soybean seed treatments applied for upper Midwestern United States field trial. AMOUNT OF MATERIAL APPLIED TO THE SEED Silthiopham c Rival Allegiance Mollyflo a (gm of active Bradyrhizobium (floz/cwt (floz/cwt (ml/kg of ingredient/100 spp.
  • Hege machine rotostatic seed treatment machine
  • FIG. 1 shows a plot of vigor as a function of time for the five different treatments.
  • FIG. 2 shows a plot of plant canopy as a function of time for the five treatments.
  • seeds treated with silthiopham+Mollyflo® and inoculant performed best, with seeds having only silthiopham treatment alone being similar to the untreated control.
  • Seeds receiving either the Rival®/Allegiance® treatment or the Mollyflo® and inoculant generally performed intermediate to the untreated control and the silthiopham+inoculant in terms of canopy development and plant vigor.
  • beans treated with silthiopham+Mollyflo®+inoculant showed over a 20% improvement in yield compared with untreated control beans, while beans receiving only the Mollyflo® and inoculant improved by a little over 10%, and beans receiving Rival®/Allegiance® improved by almost 13%.
  • Beans receiving silthiopham alone showed no improvement over the untreated control, and, in fact, were somewhat below the control level.
  • FIGS. 4 and 5 The effect of treatment on seed weight and plant height is shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 , respectively, and was similar to the effect on grain yield.
  • Treatment with silthiopham+Mollyflo®+inoculant gave beans that were almost 9% larger, and plants that were about 16% taller than untreated control beans. In both cases, beans receiving only Mollyflo®+inoculant or Rival®/Allegiance® provided smaller increases, and beans receiving only silthiopham performed comparably with untreated beans.
  • This example shows the effect of the treatment of soybean seed with silthiofam on the yield and vigor of soybean plants in a field trial in South Africa.
  • Trials were conducted on five commercial soybean farms in different climatological areas in South Africa as shown in Table 3. Trial sites represent different soil types ranging from sandy to heavy clay. Trials included irrigation and dryland regions in the cool Highveld regions as well as the warmer Northern Transvaal. TABLE 3 Soybean farms, soil types, irrigation status and soybeans cultivars used for the field trial. FARM DRYLAND or SOYBEAN NUMBER IRRIGATED CULTIVAR SOIL TYPE 1 Irrigated SNK500 Loam 2 Irrigated A5308 Sandy loam 3 Dryland Wenner90 Clay loam 4 Dryland SNK444 Sand clay 12% 5 Dryland SNK400 Clay 40%
  • Soybean seed for the trial was treated in the field and planted immediately thereafter. Seed that was to receive a treatment was initially covered with Mollyflo®, or a Mollyflo®+silthiopham mixture to insure uniform coating. When it was required, the peat-based inoculant was then added to the seed and thoroughly mixed to ensure an even coating. Rates of application of different seed treatments are shown in Table 4. TABLE 4 Seed treatments.
  • Nodules The number of nodules on plants in 400-mm rows was counted. Each set of plants was replicated seven times.
  • Plant weight The plant weight (grams) of 2 meters per plot was measured in seven replications.
  • Seed yield was determined by harvesting 3-meter rows with seven replications. Plants were threshed with a plot-thresher and the seed was weighed with an electronic scale ( ⁇ 1 gram) and converted to kg/ha. An analysis of variance for yield on all 5 locations was conducted on the 95% reliability level.
  • Seed protein content was analyzed on 200 g samples of seed with an infrared protein analyzer.
  • Nodules The number of nodules for the different seed treatments at farm numbers 4 and 5, respectively, is presented in FIGS. 6 and 7 .
  • the charts clearly show an increase in nodule numbers with the Bradyrhizobium inoculant treatments.
  • the presence of silthiopham did not substantially affect the number of nodules compared with the standard Mollyflo®+inoculant treatment. Nodules visually appeared healthier where silthiopham was included in the treatment.
  • Plant weight The weight of plants which grew from seeds having the different seed treatments is shown in FIGS. 8 and 9 , respectively for farms 4 and 5.
  • the charts indicate an increase in vegetative weight with the use Bradyrhizobium inoculant.
  • the presence of silthiopham had no effect on plant weight compared to the standard Mollyflo®+inoculant treatment.
  • the vegetative growth appeared visually greener and more vigorous for plants that had received silthiopham seed treatment compared to the standard treatment.
  • Seed Yield The average seed yield for plants having the different seed treatments is shown in Table 5. Farms 1 and 2 were irrigated farms and farms 3-5 were dry land farms. Plants growing from seeds having the Mollyflo® and Bradyrhizobium inoculant treatment showed yield increases from 2144 kg/ha (no treatment) to 2583 kg/ha in dryland localities. Seed treatment with silthiopham+inoculant yielded 2783 kg/ha—an increase of almost 30% over the untreated control and almost 8% over the Mollyflo® and Bradyrhizobium inoculant treatment.
  • seed treatment with silthiopham+inoculant provided a yield of 3011 kg/ha, compared with a yield of 2895 kg/ha from seeds having a standard treatment of Mollyflo® and Bradyrhizobium inoculant—an increase of about 4%.
  • SOYBEAN YIELD (kg/ha) a SILTHIO- UNTREATED MOLLYFLO + PHAM + SILTHIO- FARM CONTROL INOCULANT INOCULANT PHAM 1 n/a 4049 4108 n/a 2 n/a 1741 1914 n/a Avg. n/a 2895 3011 n/a 3 2408 2100 2261 n/a 4 1838 2880 3151 1844 5 2187 2770 2937 2054 Avg. 2144 2583 2783 1949 Notes: a n/a means that the data were not available.
  • soybean seed with silthiopham in combination with Bradyrhizobium inoculants increased the grain yield of soybeans significantly compared to the standard Mollyflo®+ Bradyrhizobium combination. Yields of beans treated with silthiopham alone did not significantly differ from the non-treated control. Visually, soybeans plants and nodules appeared healthier and greener for plants grown from seeds having silthiopham+inoculant treatment compared to seeds having the standard Mollyflo®+inoculant treatment.
  • a quantity of the active substance e.g. silthiofam was dissolved in methanol and added after sterilisation at 55° C. to the minimal medium to give the following concentrations in the agar medium: 0, 0.01, 0.1, 1, 10, and 100 ⁇ g/ml.
  • Fungicide-amended medium is shaken vigorously and poured into sterile petri dishes (90 ⁇ 15 mm, ca. 25 ml medium per dish).
  • Gaeumannomyces graminis var. tritici sensitivity was EC 50 ⁇ 6.7 ⁇ g/ml. The results for the test are shown in Table 6. TABLE 6 Activity of silthiopham on Gaeumannomyces graminis var. tritici and microorganisms known to be pathogens of soybeans. ACTIVITY RATING PATHOGEN DISEASE (0-3) a EC 50 ( ⁇ g/ml) b Gaeumannomyces Take-all 3 0.001 graminis var. tritici disease in cereals Fusarium solani , Root rot 0 113.1 var. coeruleum 4-2 Fusarium solani , Root rot 0 127.4 var.
  • This example illustrates a protocol for testing the effect on soybean yield and vigor of seed treatment prior to planting with silthiopham with and without an inoculant as compared with seeds having no treatment, seeds with only a sticking agent and an inoculant, and seeds that were treated with a commonly used pesticide combination with and without an inoculant and alone and in combination with silthiopham.
  • the following protocol provides a field trial that can be carried out to test the efficacy of soybean seed treatment with silthiopham as a function of several variables that are believed to be important for the present invention.
  • Soybean seeds of a selected variety are treated by the methods described in Example 3, except that the following treatments are used: TREATMENT NO. DESCRIPTION 1. Untreated control 2. Seeds are treated with Mollyflo ® (4 ml/kg) and Inoculant (10 g/kg, applied at the time of planting). 3. Seeds are treated with Mollyflo ® (4 ml/kg), plus Rival ® (5 fl oz/cwt) and Allegiance ® (0.375 fl oz/cwt), plus Inoculant (10 g/kg, applied at the time of planting). 4.
  • Seeds are treated with Mollyflo ® (4 ml/kg), plus 2 ml/kg of a Silthiopham formulation (having 125 g/l of active agent), plus Inoculant (10 g/kg, applied at the time of planting). 5. Seeds are treated with Rival ® (5 fl oz/cwt) and Allegiance ® (0.375 fl oz/cwt). 6. Seeds are treated with 2 ml/kg of a Silthiopham formulation (having 125 g/l of active agent). 7.
  • Seeds are treated with Mollyflo ® (4 ml/kg), plus Rival ® (5 fl oz/cwt) and Allegiance ® (0.375 fl oz/cwt), plus 2 ml/kg of a Silthiopham formulation (having 125 g/l of active agent), plus Inoculant (10 g/kg, applied at the time of planting).
  • Mollyflo ® (4 ml/kg)
  • Rival ® (5 fl oz/cwt) and Allegiance ® (0.375 fl oz/cwt)
  • 2 ml/kg of a Silthiopham formulation having 125 g/l of active agent
  • Inoculant (10 g/kg, applied at the time of planting.
  • Seeds are treated with Mollyflo ® (4 ml/kg), plus Rival ® (5 fl oz/cwt) and Allegiance ® (0.375 fl oz/cwt), plus 4 ml/kg of a Silthiopham formulation (having 125 g/l of active agent), plus Inoculant (10 g/kg, applied at the time of planting).
  • Stand count, vigor, time to maturity, plant height, seed yield and seed size are measured as described in Examples 2 or 3.
  • the efficacy of silthiopham treatment of soybean seeds can then be determined as a function of the presence or absence or inoculant, and can be compared versus comparable treatments with other, commonly used, fungicides. It is believed that the results obtained from a trial using this protocol would reinforce the conclusions drawn from the results provided in Examples 2 and 3.

Abstract

A method of improving the yield and vigor of agronomic plants, in particular leguminous plants such as soybeans, involves treating such plants and/or the propagation material of plants with a composition that includes an active agent, such as a fungicide, that has no significant activity against fungal plant pathogens of the treated plant. When the plant is not wheat, a preferred agent of this type is 4,5-dimethyl-N-(2-propenyl)-2-(trimethylsilyl)-3-thiophenecarboxamide (silthiofam). Plants and plant propagation material, such as seeds, that have been treated by the novel method are also described.

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  • The present application is a continuation application of U.S. Non-Provisional patent application Ser. No. 10/026,301 filed Dec. 19, 2001 which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/257,502 filed Dec. 22, 2000, which are incorporated herein by reference thereto.
    • BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
  • (1) Field of the Invention
  • The present invention relates to the improvement of the yield and vigor of agronomic plants, and more particularly to a method of improving the yield and vigor of agronomic plants by treatment of the plant or its propagation material with certain active agents.
  • (2) Description of the Related Art
  • Plants, and in particular, legumes, are a critical source of food, animal feed, fiber, and useful chemicals and medicaments. The ability of legumes to fix nitrogen provides this order of plants with the unusual ability to provide high quality nutritional proteins as well as to improve the nitrogen content of the soils in which they grow. One species of legume—the soybean—is an ancient and important worldwide crop. Relatively easy to grow and subject to relatively few important insect pests, compared with other important agronomic crops, soybeans provide oil and high protein meal for human and animal consumption and for industrial uses.
  • In the United States, about 70 million acres are planted to soybeans each year and recent annual soybean production has been over 2.5 billion bushels. The average yield of soybeans in the United States has been steadily increasing over the past 75 years from an initial level of about 11 bu/ac, to the present level of about 35 to 40 bu/ac. (See, United States Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service, Crop Report, June 2000, Washington, D.C.). Better strains of seed and the systematic improvement of agricultural and pest management practices have facilitated this improvement.
  • Where the growing season permits in the Midwestern United States, soybeans are typically grown in rotation with field corn and sometimes in a double-crop after winter wheat is harvested. Conservation tillage practices are regularly used for soybeans and from one-fourth to about one-third of the acreage is no-tilled. About two-thirds of all soybeans are solid seeded (sown in narrow, 6″, 7″, or 8″ rows). The benefits of solid seeding a soybean crop are that the canopy closes quickly and can reduce weed growth and, hence the need for late season post emergence herbicides. This eliminates the possibility of row cultivation and late season application of pesticides by ground application.
  • In the U.S. Midwest, soybeans are rarely treated for insect pests, and the few insects that can cause crop loss include bean leaf beetle (Cerotoma trifurcata), grasshoppers (Melanoplus spp.), green cloverworm (Plathypena scabra), and potato leafhopper (Empoasca fabae).
  • Soybean yield can be adversely affected by several diseases, and among these are pythium damping off (Pythium spp.), phytophthera damping off (Phytophthera spp.), rhizoctonia root rot (Rhizoctonia solani), anthracnose (Colletotrichum spp.), stem canker (Diaporthe phaseolorum), septoria leaf spot (Septoria glycines), purple seed stain (Cercospora kikuchii), sudden death syndrome (Fusarium solani), white mold (Sclerotinia sclerotinorum), and brown stem rot (Phialophora gregata). It is known, however, that non-pesticidal management measures are equal to or better than pesticides for the control of many common pathogens. Plant disease management for soybeans has always relied more on agronomic practices than on pesticides, and seed treatment and foliar fungicides, along with nematicides, play a limited role. (See, e.g., information dealing with soybeans on U.S. Department of Agriculture website: http.//pestdata.ncsu.edu/cropprofiles/, dated Nov. 4, 2000).
  • Diseases such as “Take-all disease”, caused by the organism Gaeumannomyces graminis, which are prevalent in cereal crops, have not been reported to affect soybeans.
  • Seed treatment with fungicides, such as metalaxyl, carboxin, captan and thiram, which are active against the known soybean disease-causing organisms listed above, is common for soybeans, and the impact of fungicidal seed treatment on yield due to the avoidance of stand losses due to these diseases is significant. However, the cost of such seed treatment is modest relative to overall production costs. Moreover, since several fungicides are approved for use on soybeans, if one or two of the fungicides were to be withdrawn, it is likely that one or more other known compounds would be adequate substitutes. Therefore, the incentive to search for different fungicides to act as fungicidal seed treatment compounds for soybeans has been slight.
  • However, with the limited amount of high quality arable land that is available for row crop production in regions having suitable climate, any method that would improve the vigor and yield of agronomic plants in general, and in particular, for legumes, such as soybeans, would provide a significant advantage. It would be particularly useful if such method was easy to.
    • SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
  • Briefly therefore, the present invention is directed to a novel method of increasing the vigor and/or the yield of an agronomic plant comprising treating the plant or its propagation material with a composition which comprises an effective amount of a fungicide which has no significant activity against fungal plant pathogens for such agronomic plant.
  • The present invention is also directed to a novel method of increasing the vigor and/or the yield of an agronomic plant except for wheat comprising treating an agronomic plant or its propagation material except for wheat with a composition comprising an effective amount of an active agent that has activity against Gaeumannomyces graminis.
  • The present invention is also directed to a novel agronomic plant or its propagation material for which Gaeumannomyces graminis is not a disease-causing organism, wherein the plant or its propagation material has been treated with a composition comprising an effective amount of an active agent which has activity against Gaeumannomyces graminis, and wherein the plant is not wheat.
  • The present invention is also directed to a novel plant or its propagation material which has been treated with a composition comprising a fungicide in an amount sufficient to increase the yield and/or the vigor of the plant, wherein the fungicide is one having no significant activity against fungal plant pathogens of said plant or its propagation material.
  • The present invention is also directed to a novel plant or its propagation material of the family Fabaceae which has been treated with a composition comprising an active agent which has activity against Gaeumannomyces graminis in an amount sufficient to increase the yield and/or the vigor of said plant.
  • The present invention is also directed to a novel seed that has been treated by the method described first above.
  • The present invention is also directed to a novel method for increasing the vigor and/or the yield of an agronomic plant or its propagation material comprising treating the seed and/or the foliage of such plant with a compound having the formula:
    Figure US20050233905A1-20051020-C00001
  • wherein Z1 and Z2 are C or N and are part of an aromatic ring selected from benzene, pyridine, thiophene, furan, pyrrole, pyrazole, thiazole, and isothiazole;
  • A is selected from —C(X)-amine, —C(O)—SR3, —NH—C(X)R4, and —C(═NR3)—XR7;
  • B is —Wm —Q(R2)3 or selected from o-tolyl, 1-naphthyl, 2-naphthyl, and 9-phenanthryl, each optionally substituted with halogen or R4;
  • Q is C, Si, Ge, or Sn;
  • W is —C(R3)p H(2-p)—; or when Q is C, W is selected from —C(R3)p H(2-p)—, —N(R3)m H(1-m)—, —S(O)p—, and —O—;
  • X is O or S;
  • n is 0, 1, 2, or 3;
  • m is 0 or 1;
  • p is 0, 1, or 2;
  • each R is independently selected from
  • a) halo, formyl, cyano, amino, nitro, thiocyanato, isothiocyanato, trimethylsilyl, and hydroxy;
  • b) C1-C4 alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, C3-C6 cycloalkyl, and cycloalkenyl, each optionally substituted with halo, hydroxy, thio, amino, nitro, cyano, formyl, phenyl, C1-C4 alkoxy, alkylcarbonyl, alkylthio, alkylamino, dialkylamino, alkoxycarbonyl, (alkylthio)carbonyl, alkylaminocarbonyl, dialkylaminocarbonyl, alkylsulfinyl, or alkylsulfonyl;
  • c) phenyl, furyl, thienyl, pyrrolyl, each optionally substituted with halo, formyl, cyano, amino, nitro, C1-C4 alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, dialkylamino, haloalkyl, and haloalkenyl;
  • d) C1-C4 alkoxy, alkenoxy, alkynoxy, C3-C6 cycloalkyloxy, cycloalkenyloxy, alkylthio, alkylsulfinyl, alkylsulfonyl, alkylamino, dialkylamino, alkylcarbonylamino, aminocarbonyl, alkylaminocarbonyl, dialkylaminocarbonyl, alkylcarbonyl, alkylcarbonyloxy, alkoxycarbonyl, (alkylthio)carbonyl, phenylcarbonylamino, phenylamino, each optionally substituted with halo;
  • wherein two R groups may be combined to form a fused ring; each R2 is independently selected from alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl and phenyl, each optionally substituted with R4 or halogen; and wherein, when Q is C, R2 may also be selected from halo, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, and dialkylamino;
  • wherein two R2 groups may be combined to form a cyclo group with Q;
  • R3 is C1-C4 alkyl;
  • R4 is C1-C4 alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, or dialkylamino;
  • R7 is C1-C4 alkyl, haloalkyl, or phenyl, optionally substituted with halo, nitro, or R4;
  • or an agronomic salt thereof,
  • except that the agronomic plant is not wheat when the compound is silthiofam.
  • The present invention is also directed to a novel method for increasing the vigor and/or the yield of an agronomic plant or its propagation material comprising treating the seed and/or the foliage of such plant with a compound having the formula:
    Figure US20050233905A1-20051020-C00002
  • where A is —C(X)-amine; B is —Wm —Q(R2)3; and A can be B when B is A except when the formula is f), then Q cannot be Si;
  • Q is C or Si;
  • W is —NH—, —O— or NCH3—;
  • X is O or S;
  • m is 0 or 1, provided that m is 0 when Q is Si;
  • n is 0, 1, 2, or 3;
  • p is 0, 1 or 2, and n plus p is equal to or less than 3;
  • each R is independently selected from
  • a) halo, formyl, cyano, amino, nitro, thiocyanato, isothiocyanato, trimethylsilyl, and hydroxy;
  • b) C1-C4 alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, C3 -C6 cycloalkyl, and cycloalkenyl, each optionally substituted with halo, hydroxy, thio, amino, nitro, cyano, formyl, phenyl, C1-C4 alkoxy, alkylcarbonyl, alkylthio, alkylamino, dialkylamino, alkoxycarbonyl, (alkylthio)carbonyl, alkylaminocarbonyl, dialkylaminocarbonyl, alkylsulfinyl, or alkylsulfonyl;
  • c) phenyl, furyl, thienyl, pyrrolyl, each optionally substituted with halo, formyl, cyano, amino, nitro, C1-C4 alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, dialkylamino, haloalkyl, and haloalkenyl;
  • d) C1-C4 alkoxy, alkenoxy, alkynoxy, C3-C6 cycloalkyloxy, cycloalkenyloxy, alkylthio, alkylsulfinyl, alkylsulfonyl, alkylamino, dialkylamino, alkylcarbonylamino, aminocarbonyl, alkylaminocarbonyl, dialkylaminocarbonyl, alkylcarbonyl, alkylcarbonyloxy, alkoxycarbonyl, (alkylthio)carbonyl, phenylcarbonylamino, phenylamino, each optionally substituted with halo; each R2 is independently selected from alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl and phenyl, each optionally substituted with R4 or halogen; and wherein, when Q is C, R2 may also be selected from halo, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, and dialkylamino; wherein two R2 groups may be combined to form a cyclo group with Q; R4 is C1 -C4 alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, or dialkylamino;
  • or an agronomic salt thereof.
  • The present invention is also directed to a novel method for increasing the vigor and/or the yield of an agronomic plant or its propagation material comprising treating the seed and/or the foliage of such plant with a compound having the formula:
    Figure US20050233905A1-20051020-C00003
  • wherein R2 is ethyl, iso-propyl, propyl or allyl;
  • A is N(CH3)1-n Hn R5 or OR6 wherein n is 0 or 1, R5 is (CH3)m (CH3 CH2)3-m C, 1-methyl-1-cyclopentyl, 1-methyl-1-cyclohexyl or 2,3-dimethyl-2-butyl wherein m is 0, 1, 2 or 3 and R6 is independently R5, or 2,3,3-trimethyl-2-butyl;
  • R3 is H or independently R4; and
  • R4 is halo or CH3;
  • with the proviso that when A is N(CH3)1-n Hn R5, if R3 is H and R5 is 1-methyl-1-cyclohexyl or (CH3)m (CH2 CH3)3-m C, where m is 0 or 3, or if R3 is halo and R2 is (CH3)m (CH3 CH2)3-m C, where m is 3, then R2 cannot be ethyl;
  • and with the proviso that when A is OR6 then m is equal to or less than 2, and if R3 is H or halo and R2 is ethyl or isopropyl, then R6 is (CH3)M (CH3 CH2)3-M C where m is 1;
  • or an agronomic salt thereof.
  • The present invention is also directed to a novel method for increasing the vigor and/or the yield of an agronomic plant or its propagation material except for wheat comprising treating the seed and/or the foliage of such plant with silthiofam.
  • Among the several advantages found to be achieved by the present invention, therefore, may be noted the provision of a method that improves the vigor and yield of agronomic plants in general, and in particular, for legumes, such as soybeans, the provision of a such a method that is easy to apply.
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  • FIG. 1 is a plot of vigor of soybean plants in a field trial as a function of time after planting for soybeans receiving no treatment prior to planting compared with soybeans that had been treated prior to planting with silthiopham, silthiopham+inoculant, a sticker+inoculant, and a standard fungicide treatment;
  • FIG. 2 is a plot of the canopy rating of soybean plants in a field trial as a function of time after planting for soybeans receiving no treatment prior to planting (UTC) compared with soybeans that had been treated prior to planting with silthiopham (Silthiopham), silthiopham+inoculant (Silthiopham+Moly/Inoc), a sticker+inoculant (Moly/Inoc), and a standard fungicide treatment (Rival/Allegiance);
  • FIG. 3 shows the soybean yield of soybean plants in a field trial for soybeans receiving no treatment prior to planting (UTC) compared with soybeans that had been treated prior to planting with silthiopham (Silthiopham), silthiopham+inoculant (Silthiopham+Moly/Inoc), a sticker+inoculant (Moly/Inoc), and a standard fungicide treatment (Rival/Allegiance);
  • FIG. 4 shows the average seed weight of soybeans harvested in a field trial for soybeans receiving no treatment prior to (UTC) compared with soybeans that had been treated prior to planting with silthiopham (Silthiopham), silthiopham+inoculant (Silthiopham+Moly/Inoc), a sticker+inoculant (Moly/Inoc), and a standard fungicide treatment (Rival/Allegiance);
  • FIG. 5 shows the plant height of soybean plants in a field trial for soybeans receiving no treatment prior to (UTC) compared with soybeans that had been treated prior to planting with silthiopham (Silthiopham), silthiopham+inoculant (Silthiopham+Moly/Inoc), a sticker+inoculant (Moly/Inoc), and a standard fungicide treatment (Rival/Allegiance);
  • FIG. 6 shows the effect on the number of nodules on soybean plant roots for soybean plants at Farm #4 in a field trial of the treatment of soybean seeds prior to planting with a sticker+inoculant (Mollyflo+inoculant), silthiopham+inoculant (Silthiopham+inoculant) and Silthiopham alone, as compared with soybeans having no treatment (Untreated Control);
  • FIG. 7 shows the effect on the number of nodules on soybean plant roots at Farm #5 for soybean plants in a field trial of the treatment of soybean seeds prior to planting with a sticker+inoculant (Mollyflo+inoculant), silthiopham+inoculant (Silthiopham+inoculant) and Silthiopham alone, as compared with soybeans having no treatment (Untreated Control);
  • FIG. 8 shows the effect on plant weight for soybean plants at Farm #4 in a field trial of the treatment of soybean seeds prior to planting with a sticker+inoculant (Mollyflo+inoculant), silthiopham+inoculant (Silthiopham+inoculant) and Silthiopham alone, as compared with soybeans having no treatment (Untreated Control); and
  • FIG. 9 shows the effect on plant weight for soybean plants at Farm #5 in a field trial of the treatment of soybean seeds prior to planting with a sticker+inoculant (Mollyflo+inoculant), silthiopham+inoculant (Silthiopham+inoculant) and Silthiopham alone, as compared with soybeans having no treatment (Untreated Control).
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  • In accordance with the present invention, it has been discovered that the vigor and/or the yield of an agronomic plant can be increased by treating the seed and/or the foliage of the plant with a composition that contains an effective amount of an active agent, in particular a fungicide, which has no significant activity against fungal plant pathogens of the treated plant. However, the active agent can have activity against plant pathogens which are not known to cause disease in the plant that has received the treatment. The increase in yield and/or vigor is entirely unexpected because it is counterintuitive to apply an agent to a plant where the agent is not known to be active against pathogens that cause disease in that plant. In fact, given the care expended upon minimizing the use of resources in modern farming practices, such an application would be considered to be a waste. But, surprisingly, the inventors have found that this is not the case.
  • When the plant is other than wheat, and in particular when the plant is of the family Fabaceae, treatment of the seed and/or the foliage of the plant with certain active agents that are known to have activity against the fungus Gaeumannomyces graminis (Gg), and, in particular against the Gg variety tritici, results in a surprising improvement in the yield and vigor of such plants. As discussed above, this improvement is unexpected because the improvement has been shown even in plants for which Gaeumannomyces graminis var. tritici is not a known disease-causing agent. In fact, the increase in yield and vigor is seen to occur even when the active agent does not demonstrate significant activity against organisms that are commonly known to cause disease in the treated plant. Nonetheless, when these active agents have been applied to soybeans, for example, the crop has shown very significant improvements in both yield and vigor—and yield increases up to about 20% over non-treated controls have been reported. This effect was unexpected because the organism Gaeumannomyces graminis var. tritici is not known to have any detrimental effect on soybeans, and the active agent that was used to treat the soybeans was shown to have little activity against the commonly known disease-causing organisms for that crop.
  • Since the active agents that are useful in the novel method can be applied to plant propagation material such as seed prior to planting, the present method provides an easy method of achieving the advantages of improved plant yield without the added effort and expense of cultivation or in-field application after germination and sprouting.
  • Alternatively, the subject method can be applied to plants after they have sprouted, such as by foliar application by spraying or dusting. When this embodiment is used, the active agent can also be combined, if desired, with other herbicides or pesticides to obtain further beneficial results. When the active agent is used with herbicides, it is preferred that the plant be a transgenic plant having a transgenic event that provides resistance to the particular herbicide being used.
  • When the terms “plant propagation material” is used herein, it is meant to include plant seeds, cuttings, sets, rhizomes, tubers, meristem tissue, single and multiple plant cells, and any other plant tissue from which a complete plant can be obtained.
  • When it is said that an active agent is known to “have activity against Gaeumannomyces graminis”, it is meant that the agent has some degree of biostatic or biocidal activity against that organism when it is contacted with the organism under conditions that are conventionally employed for the determination of an EC50 value for the agent upon that organism. As used herein, the term “EC50” means the median effective concentration of an active agent against a particular organism. The method for determining the EC50 value for a fungicide is described by Nuninger-Ney et al., In vitro test method for assessment of propiconazole sensitivity in Pyrenophora teres isolates, FRAC Methods for Monitoring Fungicide Resistance, EPPO Bulletin, 21:291-354 (1991). It is preferred that the active agent is one that has an EC50 value against Gaeumannomyces graminis var. tritici of not over about 10 μg/ml, more preferred that the EC50 value be not over about 1 μg/ml, even more preferred that the EC50 value be not over about 0.1 μg/ml, and yet more preferred that the EC50 value be not over about 0.01 μg/ml against Gaeumannomyces graminis var. tritici.
  • The active agent of one embodiment of the subject method can be one that not only has activity against Gaeumannomyces graminis, but also can have no significant activity against the diseases that are commonly known to attack the plant to be treated with the subject method. By way of example, a preferred active agent for use on soybeans is one having activity against Gaeumannomyces graminis var. tritici, but having no significant activity against such diseases as phytophthera damping off (Phytophthera spp.), rhizoctonia root rot (Rhizoctonia solani), anthracnose (Colletotrichum spp.), septoria leaf spot (Septoria glycines), and sudden death syndrome (Fusarium solani), which are diseases that are known to attack soybeans.
  • When a “fungal plant pathogen” is referred to, what is meant is a fungal strain known to be an important pathogen of a particular plant. For example, Gaeumannomyces graminis is a known plant pathogen for wheat.
  • When it is said that an active agent has only “weak, or no activity”, or “no significant activity”, against a certain disease-causing organism, what is meant is that the active agent is not sufficient to control the particular organism when used in agronomically reasonable levels. It is preferred that an active agent having no significant activity against a disease-causing organism has an EC50 value against such organism of over about 10 μg/ml, preferably greater than about 20 μg/ml.
  • As used herein, the terms “agronomic plant” and “agronomically important plant” mean the same thing, and both refer to a plant of which a part or all is, or has been, harvested or cultivated on a commercial scale, or serves as an important source of feed, food, fiber or other chemical compounds. Without limitation, some examples of such plants are corn, cereals, including wheat, barley, rye, and rice, vegetables, clovers, legumes, including beans, peas and alfalfa, sugar cane, sugar beets, tobacco, cotton, rapeseed (canola), sunflower, safflower, and sorghum. In an embodiment of the invention where the active agent is one that has activity against Gaeumannomyces graminis, wheat is not considered to be an agronomic plant for the purposes of this specification.
  • When the subject method is described herein as “increasing the yield” of an agronomic plant, what is meant is that the yield of a product of the plant is increased by a measurable amount over the yield of the same product of the plant produced under the same conditions, but without the application of the subject method. It is preferred that the yield be increased by at least about 0.5%, more preferred that the increase be at least about 1%, even more preferred is about 2%, and yet more preferred is about 4%, or more. By way of example, if untreated soybeans yielded 35 bu/ac, and if soybeans that received the subject treatment yielded 38 bu/ac under the same growing conditions, then the yield of soybeans would be said to have been increased by (38-35/35)×100=8.5%.
  • When the subject method is described herein as “increasing the vigor” of an agronomic plant, what is meant is that the vigor rating, or the plant weight, or the plant height, or the plant canopy, or the visual appearance, or any combination of these factors, is increased or improved by a measurable or noticeable amount over the same factor of the plant produced under the same conditions, but without the application of the subject method. It is preferred that such factor(s) is increased or improved by a significant amount.
  • It is preferred that the method be used with legumes (members of the class Magnoliopsida and the order Fabales). It is more preferred that the plant be in the family Fabaceae (formerly Leguminosae) and the sub-family Papilionoideae or Faboideae, and even more preferred that the plant be selected from the group consisting of Pisum spp. (including the garden pea, P. sativum), Medicago spp. (including alfalfa, M. sativa), Arachis spp. (including peanuts, A. hypogaea), soybeans (including Glycine max, Glycine hispida), Vicia spp. (including vetches), Vigna spp. (including cowpeans), Vicia spp. (including fava bean, V. faba), trefoil, clovers and Phaseolus spp. (including P. vulgaris, P. lunatus, P. limensis, and P. coccineus). It is most preferred that the present invention be used with soybeans.
  • It is believed that plants and plant propagation material that are suitable for use in the present invention can be non-transgenic plants, or can be plants that have at least one transgenic event. In an embodiment where the subject method includes treatment of the seed and/or the foliage of a plant with a herbicide or other pesticides, it is preferred that the plant be a transgenic plant having a transgenic event that confers resistance to the particular herbicide or other pesticide that is employed. When a herbicide such as glyphosate is included in the treatment, it is preferred that the transgenic plant or plant propagation material be one having a transgenic event that provides glyphosate resistance. Some examples of such preferred transgenic plants having transgenic events that confer glyphosate resistance are described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,914,451, 5,866,775, 5,804,425, 5,776,760, 5,633,435, 5,627,061, 5,463,175, 5,312,910, 5,310,667, 5,188,642, 5,145,783, 4,971,908 and 4,940,835. When the transgenic plant is a transgenic soybean plant, such plants having the characteristics of “Roundup-Ready” transgenic soybeans (available from Monsanto Company, St. Louis, Mo.) are preferred.
  • It is to be understood, however, that when the plant is a transgenic plant, the transgenic events that are present in the plant are by no means limited to those that provide herbicide or pesticide resistance, but can include any transgenic event. In fact, the use of “stacked” transgenic events in a plant is also contemplated.
  • The present invention is also useful for application to plants and propagation material which have been improved by a program of selective breeding based on quantitative trait loci (QTL) information. Further information about the use of such breeding programs can be found in U.S. Pat. No. 5,476,524, and in Edwards, M. D. et al., Genetics, 116:113-125 (1987); Edwards, M. D. et al., Theor. Appl. Genet., 83:765-774 (1992); Paterson, A. H. et al., Nature, 335:721-726 (1988); and Lander, E. S. et al., Mapping Medelian Factors Underlying Quantitative Traits Using RFLP Linkage Maps, Genetics Society of America, pp. 185-199 (1989).
  • The present method is particularly useful for application to soybeans for which the yield has been improved through a QTL-directed selective breeding program.
  • The present method can be applied to any form of the plant that is to be treated, or any propagation material for the plant. For example, the method can be used to treat a plant seed at any time after its formation, or to treat the roots, leaves stems, shoots and/or fruit of the plant at any time after germination.
  • The active agents that are suitable for use in the present invention include certain chemical compounds that have demonstrated activity against plant pathogenic fungi, and in one embodiment, against Gaeumannomyces graminis microorganisms. Such active agents include fungicides that are described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,482,974, 5,486,621, 5,498,630, 5,693,667, 5,693,667, 5,705,513, 5,811,411, 5,834,447, 5,849,723, 5,994,270, 5,998,466, 6,028,101, and in publications WO 93/07751, and EP 0 538 231 A1. In particular, such compounds are described in WO 93/07751 and in European Patent Application No. 0 538 231 A1, which describe compounds having the general formula (I), below:
    Figure US20050233905A1-20051020-C00004
  • wherein Z1 and Z2 are C or N and are part of an aromatic ring selected from benzene, pyridine, thiophene, furan, pyrrole, pyrazole, thiazole, and isothiazole;
  • A is selected from —C(X)-amine, —C(O)—SR3, —NH—C(X)R4, and —C(═NR3)—XR7;
  • B is —Wm —Q(R2)3 or selected from o-tolyl, 1-naphthyl, 2-naphthyl, and 9-phenanthryl, each optionally substituted with halogen or R4;
  • Q is C, Si, Ge, or Sn;
  • W is —C(R3)p H(2-p)—; or when Q is C, W is selected from —C(R3)p H(2-p)—, —N(R3)m H(1-m)—, —S(O)p—, and —O—;
  • X is O or S;
  • n is 0, 1, 2, or 3;
  • m is 0 or 1;
  • p is 0, 1, or 2;
  • each R is independently selected from
  • a) halo, formyl, cyano, amino, nitro, thiocyanato, isothiocyanato, trimethylsilyl, and hydroxy;
  • b) C1-C4 alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, C3-C6 cycloalkyl, and cycloalkenyl, each optionally substituted with halo, hydroxy, thio, amino, nitro, cyano, formyl, phenyl, C1-C4 alkoxy, alkylcarbonyl, alkylthio, alkylamino, dialkylamino, alkoxycarbonyl, (alkylthio)carbonyl, alkylaminocarbonyl, dialkylaminocarbonyl, alkylsulfinyl, or alkylsulfonyl;
  • c) phenyl, furyl, thienyl, pyrrolyl, each optionally substituted with halo, formyl, cyano, amino, nitro, C1-C4 alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, dialkylamino, haloalkyl, and haloalkenyl;
  • d) C1-C4 alkoxy, alkenoxy, alkynoxy, C3-C6 cycloalkyloxy, cycloalkenyloxy, alkylthio, alkylsulfinyl, alkylsulfonyl, alkylamino, dialkylamino, alkylcarbonylamino, aminocarbonyl, alkylaminocarbonyl, dialkylaminocarbonyl, alkylcarbonyl, alkylcarbonyloxy, alkoxycarbonyl, (alkylthio)carbonyl, phenylcarbonylamino, phenylamino, each optionally substituted with halo;
  • wherein two R groups may be combined to form a fused ring;
  • each R2 is independently selected from alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl and phenyl, each optionally substituted with R4 or halogen; and wherein, when Q is C, R2 may also be selected from halo, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, and dialkylamino;
  • wherein two R2 groups may be combined to form a cyclo group with Q;
  • R3 is C1-C4 alkyl;
  • R4 is C1-C4 alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, or dialkylamino;
  • R7 is C1-C4 alkyl, haloalkyl, or phenyl, optionally substituted with halo, nitro, or R4;
  • or an agronomic salt thereof.
  • The term “amine” in —C(X)-amine means an unsubstituted, monosubstituted, or disubstituted amino radical, including nitrogen-bearing heterocycles. Examples of substituents for the amino radical include, but are not limited to, hydroxy; alkyl, alkenyl, and alkynyl, which may be straight or branched chain or cyclic; alkoxyalkyl; haloalkyl; hydroxyalkyl; alkylthio; alkylthioalkyl; alkylcarbonyl; alkoxycarbonyl; aminocarbonyl; alkylaminocarbonyl; cyanoalkyl; mono- or dialkylamino; phenyl, phenylalkyl or phenylalkenyl, each optionally substituted with one or more C1-C6 alkyl, alkoxy, haloalkyl, C3-C6 cycloalkyl, halo, or nitro groups; C1-C4 alkyl or alkenyl groups substituted with heterocycles, optionally substituted with one or more C1-C4 alkyl, alkoxy, haloalkyl, halo, or nitro groups. Examples of such nitrogen-bearing heterocycles, which are bonded at a nitrogen to —C(X)—, include, but are not limited to, morpholine, piperazine, piperidine, pyrrole, pyrrolidine, imidazole, and triazoles, each of which may be optionally substituted with one or more C1-C6 alkyl groups.
  • Specific examples of the amino radicals useful in the present invention include, but are not limited to, ethylamino, methylamino, propylamino, 2-methylethylamino, 1-propenylamino, 2-propenylamino, 2-methyl-2-propenylamino, 2-propynylamino, butylamino, 1,1-dimethyl-2-propynylamino, diethylamino, dimethylamino, N-(methyl)ethylamino, N-(methyl)-1,1(dimethyl)ethylamino, dipropylamino, octylamino, N-(ethyl)-1-methylethylamino, 2-hydroxyethylamino, 1-methylpropylamino, chloromethylamino, 2-chloroethylamino, 2-bromoethylamino, 3-chloropropylamino, 2,2,2-trifluoroethylamino, cyanomethyl, methylthiomethylamino, (methylsulfonyl)oxyethylamino, 2-ethoxyethylamino, 2-methoxyethylamino, N-(ethyl)-2-ethoxyethylamino, 1-methoxy-2,2-dimethylpropylamino, cyclopropylamino, cyclobutylamino, cyclopentylamino, cyclohexylamino, methoxymethylamino, N-(methoxymethyl)ethylamino, N-(1-methylethyl)propylamino, 1-methylheptylamino, N-(ethyl)-1-methylheptylamino, 6,6-dimethyl-2-hepten-4-ynylamino, 1,1-dimethyl-2-propynylamino. Further examples include benzylamino, ethylbenzylamino, 3-methoxybenzylamino, 3-(trifluoromethyl)benzylamino, N-methyl-3-(trifluoromethyl)benzylamino, 3,4,5-trimethoxybenzylamino, 1,3-benzodioxol-5-ylmethylamino, phenylamino, 3-(1-methylethyl)phenylamino, ethoxyphenylamino, cyclopentylphenylamino, methoxyphenylamino, nitrophenylamino, 1-phenylethylamino, N-(methyl)-3-phenyl-2-propenylamino, benzotriazolylphenylmethyl, 2-pyridinylmethylamino, N-(ethyl)-2-pyridinylmethylamino, 2-thienylmethylamino, and furylmethylamino. Further examples of amino radicals include methylhydrazino, dimethylhydrazino, N-ethylanilino, and 2-methylanilino. The amine may also be substituted with diethyl N-ethylphosphoramidic acid, t-butoxycarbonyl, methoxycarbonyl, ethoxycarbonyl, propoxycarbonyl, etc. Of these examples of the amino radical, ethylamino is preferred.
  • Examples of B include, but are not limited to, trimethylsilyl, ethyldimethylsilyl, diethylmethylsilyl, triethylsilyl, dimethylpropylsilyl, dipropylmethylsilyl, dimethyl-1-(methyl)ethylsilyl, tripropylsilyl, butyldimethylsilyl, pentyidimethylsilyl, hexyldimethylsilyl, cyclopropyidimethylsilyl, cyclobutyldimethylsilyl, cyclopentyldimethylsilyl, cyclohexyldimethylsilyl, dimethylethenylsilyl, dimethylpropenylsilyl, chloromethyldimethylsilyl, 2-chloroethyldimethylsilyl, bromomethyldimethylsilyl, bicycloheptyldimethylsilyl, dimethylphenylsilyl, dimethyl-2-(methyl)phenylsilyl, dimethyl-2-fluorophenylsilyl, and other such silyl groups of the formula Si(R2)3; any such silyl group connected to the Z1-Z2 ring by a methylene group; and any of these groups wherein germanium or tin is substituted for silicon. Of these examples of B, trimethylsilyl is preferred.
  • Further examples of B include 1,1-dimethylethyl, 1,1-dimethylpropyl, 1,1-dimethylbutyl, 1,1-dimethylpentyl, 1-ethyl-1-methylbutyl, 2,2-dimethylpropyl, 2,2-dimethylbutyl, 1-methyl-1-ethylpropyl, 1,1-diethylpropyl, 1,1,2-trimethylpropyl, 1,1,2-trimethylbutyl, 1,1,2,2-tetramethylpropyl, 1,1-dimethyl-2-propenyl, 1,1,2-trimethyl-2-propenyl, 1,1-dimethyl-2-butenyl, 1,1-dimethyl-2-propynyl, 1,1-dimethyl-2-butynyl, 1-cyclopropyl-1-methylethyl, 1-cyclobutyl-1-methylethyl, 1-cyclopentyl-1-methylethyl, 1-(1-cyclopentenyl)-1-methylethyl, 1-cyclohexyl-1-methylethyl, 1-(1-cyclohexenyl)-1-methylethyl, 1-methyl-1-phenylethyl, 1,1-dimethyl-2-chloroethyl, 1,1-dimethyl-3-chloropropyl, 1,1-dimethyl-2-methoxyethyl, 1,1-dimethyl-2-(methylamino)ethyl, 1,1-dimethyl-2-(dimethylamino)ethyl, 1,1-dimethyl-3-chloro-2-propenyl, 1-methyl-1-methoxyethyl, 1-methyl-1-(methylthio)ethyl, 1-methyl-1-(methylamino)ethyl, 1-methyl-1-(dimethylamino)ethyl, 1-chloro-1-methylethyl, 1-bromo-1-methylethyl, and 1-iodo-1-methylethyl. Of these examples of B, 1,1-dimethylethyl is preferred.
  • Further examples of B are 1,1-dimethylethylamino, 1,1-dimethylpropylamino, 1,1-dimethylbutylamino, 1,1-dimethylpentylamino, 1-ethyl-1-methylbutylamino, 2,2-dimethylpropylamino, 2,2-dimethylbutylamino, 1-methyl-1-ethylpropylamino, 1,1-diethylpropylamino, 1,1,2-trimethylpropylamino, 1,1,2-trimethylbutylamino, 1,1,2,2-tetramethylpropylamino, 1,1-dimethyl-2-propenylamino, 1,1,2-trimethyl-2-propenylamino, 1,1-dimethyl-2-butenylamino, 1,1-dimethyl-2-propynylamino, 1,1-dimethyl-2-butynylamino, 1-cyclopropyl-1-methylethylamino, 1-cyclobutyl-1-methylethylamino, 1-cyclopentyl-1-methylethylamino, 1-(1-cyclopentenyl)-1-methylethylamino, 1-cyclohexyl-1-methylethylamino, 1-(1-cyclohexenyl)-1-methylethylamino, 1-methyl-1phenylethylamino, 1,1-dimethyl-2-chloroethylamino, 1,1-dimethyl-3-chloropropylamino, 1,1-dimethyl-2-methoxyethylamino, 1,1-dimethyl-2-(methylamino)ethylamino, 1,1-dimethyl-2-(dimethylamino)ethylamino, and 1,1-dimethyl-3-chloro-2-propenylamino. Any of these groups may also have a methyl substitution on the nitrogen, as in N-(methyl)-1,1-dimethylethylamino and N-(methyl)-1,1-dimethylpropylamino. Of these examples of B, 1,1-dimethylethylamino and N-(methyl)-1,1-dimethylethylamino are preferred.
  • Further examples of B include 1,1-dimethylethoxy, 1,1-dimethylpropoxy, 1,1-dimethylbutoxy, 1,1-dimethylpentoxy, 1-ethyl-1-methylbutoxy, 2,2-dimethylpropoxy, 2,2-dimethylbutoxy, 1-methyl-1-ethylpropoxy, 1,1-diethylpropoxy, 1,1,2-trimethylpropoxy, 1,1,2-trimethylbutoxy, 1,1,2,2-tetramethylpropoxy, 1,1-dimethyl-2-propenoxy, 1,1,2-trimethyl-2-propenoxy, 1,1-dimethyl-2-butenoxy, 1,1-dimethyl-2-propynyloxy, 1,1-dimethyl-2-butynyloxy, 1-cyclopropyl-1-methylethoxy, 1-cyclobutyl-1-methylethoxy, 1-cyclopentyl-1-methylethoxy, 1-(1-cyclopentenyl)-1-methylethoxy, 1-cyclohexyl-1-methylethoxy, 1-(1-cyclohexenyl)-1-methylethoxy, 1-methyl-1-phenylethoxy, 1,1-dimethyl-2-chloroethoxy, 1,1-dimethyl-3-chloropropoxy, 1,1-dimethyl-2-methoxyethoxy, 1,1-dimethyl-2-(methylamino)ethoxy, 1,1-dimethyl-2-(dimethylamino)ethoxy, 1,1-dimethyl-3-chloro-2-propenoxy. Of these examples of B, 1,1-dimethylethoxy is preferred.
  • Further examples of B include 1methylcyclopropyl, 1-methylcyclobutyl, 1-methylcyclopentyl, 1-methylcyclohexyl, 1-methylcyclopropylamino, 1-methylcyclobutylamino, 1-methylcyclopentylamino, 1-methylcyclohexylamino, N-(methyl)-1-methylcyclopropylamino, N-(methyl)-1-methylcyclobutylamino, N-(methyl)-1-methylcyclopentylamino, and N-(methyl)-1-methylcyclohexylamino.
  • Rn may be any substituent(s) which do(es) not unduly reduce the effectiveness of the compounds to function in the method of disease control. Rn is generally a small group; “n” is preferably 1 for benzene rings and 2 for furan and thiophene. R is more preferably methyl or halogen, and more preferably is located adjacent to A.
  • As used herein, the term “alkyl”, unless otherwise indicated, means an alkyl radical, straight or branched chain, having, unless otherwise indicated, from 1 to 10 carbon atoms. The terms “alkenyl” and “alkynyl” mean unsaturated radicals having from 2 to 7 carbon atoms. Examples of such alkenyl groups include ethenyl, 1-propenyl, 2-propenyl, 1-butenyl, 2-butenyl, 3-butenyl, 2-methyl-1-propenyl, 2-methyl-2-propenyl, 1-methylethenyl, and the like. Examples of such alkynyl groups include ethynyl, 1-propynyl, 2-propynyl, 1,1-dimethyl-2-propynyl, and so forth. Substituent groups may also be both alkenyl and alkynyl, for example, 6,6-dimethyl-2-hepten-4-ynyl.
  • As used herein, the term “alkoxy” means an alkyl group having, unless otherwise indicated, from 1 to 10 carbon atoms connected via an ether linkage. Examples of such alkoxy groups include methoxy, ethoxy, propoxy, 1-methylethoxy, and so forth.
  • As used herein, the term “alkoxyalkyl” means an ether radical having, unless otherwise indicated, from 1 to 10 carbon atoms. Examples of such alkoxyalkyl groups include methoxymethyl, methoxyethyl, ethoxymethyl, ethoxyethyl, and so forth.
  • As used herein, the terms “monoalkylamino” and “dialkylamino” each mean an amino group having, respectively, 1 or 2 hydrogens replaced with an alkyl group.
  • As used herein, the term “haloalkyl” means an alkyl radical having one or more hydrogen atoms replaced by halogens, including radicals having all hydrogen atoms substituted by halogen. Examples of such haloalkyl groups are fluoromethyl, difluoromethyl, trifluoromethyl, chloromethyl, trichloromethyl, and so forth.
  • As used herein, the term “halo” means a radical selected from chloro, bromo, fluoro, and iodo.
  • Compounds that are useful as the active agent of the present invention include compounds that are described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,811,411 as compounds having the same formula as in Formula (I), above, except:
  • wherein Z1 and Z2 are C and are part of an aromatic ring which is thiophene;
  • A is selected from —C(X)-amine, —C(O)—SR3, —NH—C(X)R4, and —C(═NR3)—XR7;
  • B is —Wm —Q(R2)3 or selected from o-tolyl, 1-naphthyl, 2-naphthyl, and 9-phenanthryl, each optionally substituted with halogen or R4;
  • Q is C, Si, Ge, or Sn;
  • W is —C(R3)p H(2-p)—; or when Q is C, W is selected from —C(R3)p H(2-p)—, —N(R3)m H(1-m)—, —S(O)p—, and —O—;
  • X is O or S;
  • n is 0, 1, 2, or 3;
  • m is 0 or 1;
  • p is 0, 1, or 2;
  • each R is independently selected from
  • a) halo, formyl, cyano, amino, nitro, thiocyanato, isothiocyanato, trimethylsilyl, and hydroxy;
  • b) C1-C4 alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, C3-C6 cycloalkyl, and cycloalkenyl, each optionally substituted with halo, hydroxy, thio, amino, nitro, cyano, formyl, phenyl, C1-C4 alkoxy, alkylcarbonyl, alkylthio, alkylamino, dialkylamino, alkoxycarbonyl, (alkylthio)carbonyl, alkylaminocarbonyl, dialkylaminocarbonyl, alkylsulfinyl, or alkylsulfonyl;
  • c) phenyl, furyl, thienyl, pyrrolyl, each optionally substituted with halo, formyl, cyano, amino, nitro, C1-C4 alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, dialkylamino, haloalkyl, and haloalkenyl;
  • d) C1-C4 alkoxy, alkenoxy, alkynoxy, C3-C6 cycloalkyloxy, cycloalkenyloxy, alkylthio, alkylsulfinyl, alkylsulfonyl, alkylamino, dialkylamino, alkylcarbonylamino, aminocarbonyl, alkylaminocarbonyl, dialkylaminocarbonyl, alkylcarbonyl, alkylcarbonyloxy, alkoxycarbonyl, (alkylthio)carbonyl, phenylcarbonylamino, phenylamino, each optionally substituted with halo;
  • each R2 is independently selected from alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl and phenyl, each optionally substituted with R4 or halogen; and wherein, when Q is C, R2 may also be selected from halo, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, and dialkylamino, and further when Q is C, R2 may also be selected from halo, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, and dialkylamino; and further when Q is C, then two R2 groups may be combined to form a cycloalkyl group with Q;
  • R3 is C1-C4 alkyl;
  • R4 is C1-C4 alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, or dialkylamino; R7 is C1-C4 alkyl, haloalkyl, or phenyl, optionally substituted with halo, nitro, or R4;
  • or an agronomic salt thereof.
  • Compounds that are useful as the active agent of the present invention include compounds that are described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,998,466 as compounds having the same formula as in Formula (I), above, except:
  • wherein Z1 and Z2 are C and are part of an aromatic ring which is thiophene;
  • A is selected from —C(X)-amine, wherein the amine is substituted with a first and a second amine substituent or with an alkylaminocarbonyl and a hydrogen, —C(O)—SR3, —NH—C(X)R4, and —C(═NR3)—XR7;
  • the first amine substituent is selected from the group consisting of C1-C10 straight or branched alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl groups or mixtures thereof optionally substituted with one or more halogen, hydroxy, alkoxy, alkylthio, nitrile, alkylsulfonate, haloalkylsulfonate, phenyl, C3-C6 cycloalkyl and C5-C6 cycloalkylkenyl; phenyl optionally substituted with one or more C1-C4 straight or branched alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl groups or mixtures thereof, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy and nitro; C3-C6 cycloalkyl, C5-C6 cycloalkenyl, alkoxy, alkenoxy, alkynoxy, dialkylamino, and alkylthio;
  • and the second amine substituent is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen; C1-C6 straight or branched alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl groups or mixtures thereof optionally substituted with one or more halogen, hydroxy, alkylcarbonyl, haloalkylcarbonyl, alkoxycarbonyl, and dialkylphosphonyl;
  • B is —Wm —Q(R2)3 or selected from o-tolyl, 1-naphthyl, 2-naphthyl, and 9-phenanthryl, each optionally substituted with halogen or R4;
  • Q is C, Si, Ge, or Sn;
  • W is —C(R3)p H(2-p)—; or when Q is C, W is selected from —C(R3)p H(2-p)—, —N(R3)m H(1-m)—, —S(O)p—, and —O—;
  • X is O or S;
  • n is 2;
  • m is 0 or 1;
  • p is 0, 1, or 2;
  • wherein two R groups are combined to form a nonheterocyclic ring fused with the thiophene ring, which is not a benzothiophene other than a tetrahydrobenzothiophene, said two R groups being selected from the group consisting of C1-C4 alkyl, alkenyl, C3-C6 cycloalkyl and cycloalkenyl, each optionally substituted with hydroxy, thio, phenyl, C1-C4 alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylsulfinyl, or alkylsufonyl;
  • each R2 is independently selected from alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl and phenyl, each optionally substituted with R4 or halogen; and wherein when Q is C, R2 may also be selected from halo, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, and dialkylamino; and further when Q is C, then two R2 groups may be combined to form a cycloalkyl group with Q;
  • R3 is C1-C4 alkyl;
  • R4 is C1-C4 alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, or dialkylamino; and
  • R7 is C1-C4 alkyl, haloalkyl, or phenyl, optionally substituted with halo, nitro, or R4;
  • or an agronomic salt thereof.
  • Compounds that are useful as the active agent of the present invention include compounds that are described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,834,447 as compounds having the same formula as in Formula (I), above, except:
  • wherein Z1 and Z2 are C and are part of an aromatic ring which is thiophene;
  • A is —C(X)-amine wherein the amine is an N-bonded heterocyclic compound chosen from the group consisting of morpholine, piperazine, piperidine, and pyrrolidine, each optionally substituted with C3-C6 alkyl groups;
  • B is —Wm —Q(R2)3 or selected from o-tolyl, 1-naphthyl, 2-naphthyl, and 9-phenanthryl, each optionally substituted with halogen or R4;
  • Q is C or Si;
  • W is —C(R3)p H(2-p)—; or when Q is C, W is selected from —C(R3)pH(2-p)—, —N(R3)m H(1-m)—, —S(O)p—, and —O—;
  • X is O;
  • n is 2;
  • m is 0 or 1;
  • p is 0, 1, or 2;
  • wherein the two R groups are alkenyl groups and are combined to form a fused ring with the thiophene ring with is benzothiophene; wherein the alkenyl groups are optionally substituted with halo, hydroxy, thio, amino, nitro, cyano, formyl, phenyl, C2-C4 alkoxy, alkylcarbonyl, alkylthio, alkylamino, dialkylamino, alkoxycarbonyl, (alkylthio)carbonyl, alkylaminocarbonyl, dialkylaminocarbonyl, alkylsulfinyl, or alkylsulfonyl;
  • each R2 is independently selected from alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, and phenyl, each optionally substituted with R4 or halogen; and wherein when Q is C, R2 may also be selected from halo, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, and dialkylamino; or wherein two R2 groups may be combined to form a cyclo group with Q;
  • R3 is C1-C4 alkyl; and
  • R4 is C1-C4 alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, or dialkylamino;
  • or an agronomic salt thereof
  • Compounds that are useful as the active agent of the present invention include compounds that are described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,498,630 as compounds having the same formula as in Formula (I), above, except:
  • wherein Z1 and Z2 are C and are part of an aromatic ring which is benzothiophene; and
  • A is selected from —C(X)-amine wherein the amine is an unsubstituted, monosubstituted or disubstituted nonheterocyclic amino radical, —C(O)—SR3, —NH—C(X)R4, and —C(═NR3)—XR7;
  • B is —Wm —Q(R2)3 or selected from o-tolyl, 1-naphthyl, 2-naphthyl, and 9-phenanthryl, each optionally substituted with halogen or R4;
  • Q is C, Si, Ge, or Sn;
  • W is —C(R3)p H(2-p)—; or when Q is C, W is selected from —C(R3)p H(2-p)—, —N(R3)m H(1-m)—, —S(O)p—, and —O—;
  • X is O or S;
  • n is 0, 1, 2, or 3;
  • m is 0 or 1;
  • p is 0, 1, or 2;
  • each R is independently selected from
  • a) halo, formyl, cyano, amino, nitro, thiocyanato, isothiocyanato, trimethylsilyl, and hydroxy;
  • b) C1-C4 alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, C3-C6 cycloalkyl, and cycloalkenyl, each optionally substituted with halo, hydroxy, thio, amino, nitro, cyano, formyl, phenyl, C1-C4 alkoxy, alkylcarbonyl, alkylthio, alkylamino, dialkylamino, alkoxycarbonyl, (alkylthio)carbonyl, alkylaminocarbonyl, dialkylaminocarbonyl, alkylsulfinyl, or alkylsulfonyl;
  • c) phenyl, furyl, thienyl, pyrrolyl, each optionally substituted with halo, formyl, cyano, amino, nitro, C1-C4 alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, dialkylamino, haloalkyl, and haloalkenyl;
  • d) C1-C4 alkoxy, alkenoxy, alkynoxy, C3-C6 cycloalkyloxy, cycloalkenyloxy, alkylthio, alkylsulfinyl, alkylsulfonyl, alkylamino, dialkylamino, alkylcarbonylamino, aminocarbonyl, alkylaminocarbonyl, dialkylaminocarbonyl, alkylcarbonyl, alkylcarbonyloxy, alkoxycarbonyl, (alkylthio)carbonyl, phenylcarbonylamino, phenylamino, each optionally substituted with halo;
  • each R2 is independently selected from alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl and phenyl, each optionally substituted with R4 or halogen; and wherein, when Q is C, R2 may also be selected from halo, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, and dialkylamino;
  • wherein two R2 groups may be combined to form a cyclo group with Q which is 1-methylcyclopropyl, 1-methylcyclopentyl, or 1-methylcyclohexyl;
  • R3 is C1-C4 alkyl;
  • R4 is C1-C4 alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, or dialkylamino; and
  • R7 is C1-C4 alkyl, haloalkyl, or phenyl, optionally substituted with halo, nitro, or R4;
  • or an agronomic salt thereof.
  • Compounds that are useful as the first fungicide of the present invention include compounds that are described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,693,667 as compounds having the same formula as in Formula (I), above, except:
  • wherein Z1 and Z2 are C or N and are part of an aromatic ring which is furan; and
  • A is selected from —C(X)-amine wherein the amine is substituted with a first and a second amine substituent or with an alkylaminocarbonyl and a hydrogen, —C(O)—SR3, —NH—C(X)R4, and —C(═NR3)—XR7;
  • the first amine substituent is selected from the group consisting of C1-C10 straight or branched alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl groups or mixtures thereof optionally substituted with one or more halogen, hydroxy, alkoxy, alkylthio, nitrile, alkylsulfonate, haloalkylsulfonate, phenyl, a 5-membered heteroaryl, C3-C6 cycloalkyl and C5-C6 cycloalkylkenyl; phenyl optionally substituted with one or more C1-C4 straight or branched alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl groups or mixtures thereof, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy and nitro; C3-C6 cycloalkyl, C5-C6 cycloalkenyl, alkoxy, alkenoxy, alkynoxy, dialkylamino, and alkylthio;
  • and the second amine substituent is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen; C1-C6 straight or branched alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl groups or mixtures thereof optionally substituted with one or more halogen, hydroxy, alkylcarbonyl, haloalkylcarbonyl, alkoxycarbonyl, and dialkylphosphonyl;
  • B is —Wm —Q(R2)3 or selected from o-tolyl, 1-naphthyl, 2-naphthyl, and 9-phenanthryl, each optionally substituted with halogen or R4;
  • Q is C, Si, Ge, or Sn;
  • W is —C(R3)p H(2-p)—; or when Q is C, W is selected from —C(R3)p H(2-p)—, —N(R3)m H(1-m)—, —S(O)p—, and —O—;
  • X is O or S;
  • n is 0, 1, or 2;
  • m is 0 or 1;
  • p is 0, 1, or 2;
  • each R is independently selected from
  • a) halo, formyl, cyano, amino, nitro, thiocyanato, isothiocyanato, trimethylsilyl, and hydroxy;
  • b) C1-C4 alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, C3-C6 cycloalkyl, and cycloalkenyl, each optionally substituted with halo, hydroxy, thio, amino, nitro, cyano, formyl, phenyl, C1-C4 alkoxy, alkylcarbonyl, alkylthio, alkylamino, dialkylamino, alkoxycarbonyl, (alkylthio)carbonyl, alkylaminocarbonyl, dialkylaminocarbonyl, alkylsulfinyl, or alkylsulfonyl;
  • c) phenyl, furyl, thienyl, pyrrolyl, each optionally substituted with halo, formyl, cyano, amino, nitro, C1-C4 alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, dialkylamino, haloalkyl, and haloalkenyl;
  • d) C1-C4alkoxy, alkenoxy, alkynoxy, C3-C6 cycloalkyloxy, cycloalkenyloxy, alkylthio, alkylsulfinyl, alkylsulfonyl, alkylamino, dialkylamino, alkylcarbonylamino, aminocarbonyl, alkylaminocarbonyl, dialkylaminocarbonyl, alkylcarbonyl, alkylcarbonyloxy, alkoxycarbonyl, (alkylthio)carbonyl, phenylcarbonylamino, phenylamino, each optionally substituted with halo;
  • wherein two R groups may be combined to form a fused ring;
  • each R2 is independently selected from alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl and phenyl, each optionally substituted with R4 or halogen; and wherein, when Q is C, R2 may also be selected from halo, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, and dialkylamino;
  • wherein two R2 groups may be combined to form a cyclo group with Q which is 1-methylcyclopropyl, 1-methylcyclopentyl, or 1-methylcyclohexyl;
  • R3 is C1-C4 alkyl;
  • R4 is C1-C4 alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, or dialkylamino; and
  • R7 is C1-C4 alkyl, haloalkyl, or phenyl, optionally substituted with halo, nitro, or R4;
  • or an agronomic salt thereof.
  • Compounds that are useful as the active agent of the present invention include compounds that are described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,498,630 as compounds having the same formula as in Formula (I), above, except:
  • wherein Z1 and Z2 are C and are part of an aromatic ring which is benzothiophene; and
  • A is selected from —C(X)-amine wherein the amine is an unsubstituted, monosubstituted or disubstituted nonheterocyclic amino radical, —C(O)—SR3, —NH—C(X)R4, and —C(═NR3)—XR7;
  • B is —Wm —Q(R2)3 or selected from o-tolyl,1-naphthyl, 2-naphthyl, and 9-phenanthryl, each optionally substituted with halogen or R4;
  • Q is C, Si, Ge, or Sn;
  • W is —C(R3)p H(2-p)—; or when Q is C, W is selected from —C(R3)p H(2-p)—, —N(R3)m H(1-m)—, —S(O)p—, and —O—;
  • X is O or S;
  • n is 0, 1, 2, or 3;
  • m is 0 or 1;
  • p is 0, 1, or 2;
  • each R is independently selected from
  • a) halo, formyl, cyano, amino, nitro, thiocyanato, isothiocyanato, trimethylsilyl, and hydroxy;
  • b) C1-C4 alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, C3-C6 cycloalkyl, and cycloalkenyl, each optionally substituted with halo, hydroxy, thio, amino, nitro, cyano, formyl, phenyl, C1-C4 alkoxy, alkylcarbonyl, alkylthio, alkylamino, dialkylamino, alkoxycarbonyl, (alkylthio)carbonyl, alkylaminocarbonyl, dialkylaminocarbonyl, alkylsulfinyl, or alkylsulfonyl;
  • c) phenyl, furyl, thienyl, pyrrolyl, each optionally substituted with halo, formyl, cyano, amino, nitro, C1-C4 alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, dialkylamino, haloalkyl, and haloalkenyl;
  • d) C1-C4 alkoxy, alkenoxy, alkynoxy, C3-C6 cycloalkyloxy, cycloalkenyloxy, alkylthio, alkylsulfinyl, alkylsulfonyl, alkylamino, dialkylamino, alkylcarbonylamino, aminocarbonyl, alkylaminocarbonyl, dialkylaminocarbonyl, alkylcarbonyl, alkylcarbonyloxy, alkoxycarbonyl, (alkylthio)carbonyl, phenylcarbonylamino, phenylamino, each optionally substituted with halo;
  • each R2 is independently selected from alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl and phenyl, each optionally substituted with R4 or halogen; and wherein, when Q is C, R2 may also be selected from halo, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, and dialkylamino;
  • wherein two R2 groups may be combined to form a cyclo group with Q which is 1-methylcyclopropyl, 1-methylcyclopentyl, or 1-methylcyclohexyl;
  • R3 is C1-C4 alkyl;
  • R4 is C1-C4 alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, or dialkylamino; and
  • R7 is C1-C4 alkyl, haloalkyl, or phenyl, optionally substituted with halo, nitro, or R4;
  • or an agronomic salt thereof.
  • Compounds that are useful as the active agent of the present invention include compounds that are described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,693,667 as compounds having the same formula as in Formula (I), above, except:
  • wherein Z1 and Z2 are C and are part of an aromatic ring which is furan; and
  • A is selected from —C(X)-amine wherein the amine is substituted with a first and a second amine substituent or with an alkylaminocarbonyl and a hydrogen, —C(O)—SR3, —NH—C(X)R4, and —C(═NR3)—XR7;
  • the first amine substituent is selected from the group consisting of C1-C10 straight or branched alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl groups or mixtures thereof optionally substituted with one or more halogen, hydroxy, alkoxy, alkylthio, nitrile, alkylsulfonate, haloalkylsulfonate, phenyl, a 5-membered heteroaryl, C3-C6 cycloalkyl and C5-C6 cycloalkylkenyl; phenyl optionally substituted with one or more C1-C4 straight or branched alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl groups or mixtures thereof, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy and nitro; C3-C6 cycloalkyl, C5-C6 cycloalkenyl, alkoxy, alkenoxy, alkynoxy, dialkylamino, and alkylthio;
  • and the second amine substituent is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen; C1-C6 straight or branched alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl groups or mixtures thereof optionally substituted with one or more halogen, hydroxy, alkylcarbonyl, haloalkylcarbonyl, alkoxycarbonyl, and dialkylphosphonyl;
  • B is —Wm —Q(R2)3 or selected from o-tolyl, 1-naphthyl, 2-naphthyl, and 9-phenanthryl, each optionally substituted with halogen or R4;
  • Q is C, Si, Ge, or Sn;
  • W is —C(R3)p H(2-p)—; or when Q is C, W is selected from —C(R3)p H(2-p)—, —N(R3)m H(1-m)—, —S(O)p—, and —O—;
  • X is O or S;
  • n is 0, 1, or 2;
  • m is 0 or 1;
  • p is 0, 1, or 2;
  • each R is independently selected from
  • a) halo, formyl, cyano, amino, nitro, thiocyanato, isothiocyanato, trimethylsilyl, and hydroxy;
  • b) C1-C4 alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, C3-C6 cycloalkyl, and cycloalkenyl, each optionally substituted with halo, hydroxy, thio, amino, nitro, cyano, formyl, phenyl, C1-C4 alkoxy, alkylcarbonyl, alkylthio, alkylamino, dialkylamino, alkoxycarbonyl, (alkylthio)carbonyl, alkylaminocarbonyl, dialkylaminocarbonyl, alkylsulfinyl, or alkylsulfonyl;
  • c) phenyl, furyl, thienyl, pyrrolyl, each optionally substituted with halo, formyl, cyano, amino, nitro, C1-C4 alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, dialkylamino, haloalkyl, and haloalkenyl;
  • d) C1-C4 alkoxy, alkenoxy, alkynoxy, C3-C6 cycloalkyloxy, cycloalkenyloxy, alkylthio, alkylsulfinyl, alkylsulfonyl, alkylamino, dialkylamino, alkylcarbonylamino, aminocarbonyl, alkylaminocarbonyl, dialkylaminocarbonyl, alkylcarbonyl, alkylcarbonyloxy, alkoxycarbonyl, (alkylthio)carbonyl, phenylcarbonylamino, phenylamino, each optionally substituted with halo;
  • wherein two R groups may be combined to form a fused ring;
  • each R2 is independently selected from alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl and phenyl, each optionally substituted with R4 or halogen; and wherein, when Q is C, R2 may also be selected from halo, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, and dialkylamino;
  • wherein two R2 groups may be combined to form a cyclo group with Q which is 1-methylcyclopropyl,1-methylcyclopentyl, or 1-methylcyclohexyl;
  • R3 is C1-C4 alkyl;
  • R4 is C1-C4 alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, or dialkylamino; and
  • R7 is C1-C4 alkyl, haloalkyl, or phenyl, optionally substituted with halo, nitro, or R4;
  • or an agronomic salt thereof.
  • Compounds that are useful as the active agent of the present invention include compounds that are described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,705,513 as compounds having the same formula as in Formula (I), above, except:
  • wherein Z1 and Z2 are C and are part of an aromatic ring which is pyridine; and
  • A is selected from the group consisting of —C(O)—SR3, —NH—C(X)R4, and —C(═NR3)—XR7 and —C(X)-amine wherein the amine is substituted with alkylaminocarbonyl and a hydrogen or wherein the amine has a first and a second amine substituent;
  • the first amine substituent is selected from the group consisting of C1-C10 straight or branched alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl groups or mixtures thereof optionally substituted with one or more halogen, hydroxy, alkoxy, alkylthio, nitrile, alkylsulfonate, haloalkylsulfonate, phenyl, a 5-membered heteroaryl, C3-C6 cycloalkyl and C5-C6 cycloalkylkenyl; phenyl optionally substituted with one or more C1-C4 straight or branched alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl groups or mixtures thereof, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy and nitro; C3-C6 cycloalkyl, C5-C6 cycloalkenyl, alkoxy, alkenoxy, alkynoxy, dialkylamino, and alkylthio;
  • and the second amine substituent is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen; C1-C6 straight or branched alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl groups or mixtures thereof optionally substituted with one or more halogen, hydroxy, alkylcarbonyl, haloalkylcarbonyl, alkoxycarbonyl, and dialkylphosphonyl;
  • B is —Wm —Q(R2)3 or selected from o-tolyl, 1-naphthyl, 2-naphthyl, and 9-phenanthryl, each optionally substituted with halogen or R4;
  • Q is C, Si, Ge, or Sn;
  • W is —C(R3)p H(2-p)—; or when Q is C, W is selected from —C(R3)p H(2-p)—, —N(R3)m H(1-m)—, —S(O)p—, and —O—;
  • X is O or S;
  • n is 0, 1, or 2;
  • m is 0 or 1;
  • p is 0, 1, or 2;
  • each R is independently selected from
  • a) halo, formyl, cyano, amino, nitro, thiocyanato, isothiocyanato, trimethylsilyl, and hydroxy;
  • b) C1-C4 alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, C3-C6 cycloalkyl, and cycloalkenyl, each optionally substituted with halo, hydroxy, thio, amino, nitro, cyano, formyl, phenyl, C1-C4 alkoxy, alkylcarbonyl, alkylthio, alkylamino, dialkylamino, alkoxycarbonyl, (alkylthio)carbonyl, alkylaminocarbonyl, dialkylaminocarbonyl, alkylsulfinyl, or alkylsulfonyl;
  • c) phenyl, furyl, thienyl, pyrrolyl, each optionally substituted with halo, formyl, cyano, amino, nitro, C1-C4 alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, dialkylamino, haloalkyl, and haloalkenyl;
  • d) C1-C4 alkoxy, alkenoxy, alkynoxy, C3-C6 cycloalkyloxy, cycloalkenyloxy, alkylthio, alkylsulfinyl, alkylsulfonyl, alkylamino, dialkylamino, alkylcarbonylamino, aminocarbonyl, alkylaminocarbonyl, dialkylaminocarbonyl, alkylcarbonyl, alkylcarbonyloxy, alkoxycarbonyl, (alkylthio)carbonyl, phenylcarbonylamino, phenylamino, each optionally substituted with halo;
  • each R2 is independently selected from alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl and phenyl, each optionally substituted with R4 or halogen; and wherein, when Q is C, R2 may also be selected from halo, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, and dialkylamino; or wherein two R2 groups may be combined to form a cyclo group with Q which is 1-methylcyclopropyl, 1-methylcyclopentyl, or 1-methylcyclohexyl;
  • R3 is C1-C4 alkyl;
  • R4 is C1-C4 alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, or dialkylamino; and
  • R7 is C1-C4 alkyl, haloalkyl, or phenyl, optionally substituted with halo, nitro, or R4;
  • or an agronomic salt thereof.
  • Compounds that are useful as the active agent of the present invention include compounds that are described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,849,723 as compounds having the same formula as in Formula (I), above, except:
  • wherein Z1 and Z2 are C and are part of an aromatic ring which is benzene; and
  • A is selected from the group consisting of —C(X)-amine wherein the amine is substituted with a first and a second amine substituent or with an alkylaminocarbonyl and a hydrogen; —C(O)—SR3, —NH—C(X)R4, and —C(═NR3)—XR7;
  • the first amine substituent is selected from the group consisting of C1-C10 straight or branched alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl groups or mixtures thereof optionally substituted with one or more halogen, hydroxy, alkoxy, alkylthio, nitrile, alkylsulfonate, haloalkylsulfonate, phenyl, C3-C6 cycloalkyl and C5-C6 cycloalkylkenyl; phenyl optionally substituted with one or more C1-C4 straight or branched alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl groups or mixtures thereof, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy and nitro; C3-C6 cycloalkyl, C5-C6 cycloalkenyl, alkoxy, alkenoxy, alkynoxy, dialkylamino, and alkylthio;
  • and the second amine substituent is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen; C1-C6 straight or branched alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl groups or mixtures thereof optionally substituted with one or more halogen, hydroxy, alkylcarbonyl, haloalkylcarbonyl, alkoxycarbonyl, and dialkylphosphonyl;
  • B is —Wm —Q(R2)3 or selected from o-tolyl, 1-naphthyl, 2-naphthyl, and 9-phenanthryl, each optionally substituted with halogen or R4;
  • Q is Si, Ge, or Sn;
  • W is —C(R3)p H(2-p)—;
  • X is O or S;
  • n is 0, 1, 2 or 3;
  • m is 0 or 1;
  • p is 0, 1, or 2;
  • each R is independently selected from
  • a) halo, formyl, cyano, amino, nitro, thiocyanato, isothiocyanato, trimethylsilyl, and hydroxy;
  • b) C1-C4 alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, C3-C6 cycloalkyl, and cycloalkenyl, each optionally substituted with halo, hydroxy, thio, amino, nitro, cyano, formyl, phenyl, C1-C4 alkoxy, alkylcarbonyl, alkylthio, alkylamino, dialkylamino, alkoxycarbonyl, (alkylthio)carbonyl, alkylaminocarbonyl, dialkylaminocarbonyl, alkylsulfinyl, or alkylsulfonyl;
  • c) phenyl, furyl, thienyl, pyrrolyl, each optionally substituted with halo, formyl, cyano, amino, nitro, C1-C4 alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, dialkylamino, haloalkyl, and haloalkenyl;
  • d) C1-C4 alkoxy, alkenoxy, alkynoxy, C3-C6 cycloalkyloxy, cycloalkenyloxy, alkylthio, alkylsulfinyl, alkylsulfonyl, alkylamino, dialkylamino, alkylcarbonylamino, aminocarbonyl, alkylaminocarbonyl, dialkylaminocarbonyl, alkylcarbonyl, alkylcarbonyloxy, alkoxycarbonyl, (alkylthio)carbonyl, phenylcarbonylamino, phenylamino, each optionally substituted with halo;
  • each R2 is independently selected from alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl and phenyl, each optionally substituted with R4 or halogen;
  • R3 is C1-C4 alkyl;
  • R4 is C1-C4 alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, or dialkylamino; and
  • R7 is C1-C4 alkyl, haloalkyl, or phenyl, optionally substituted with halo, nitro, or R4;
  • or an agronomic salt thereof.
  • Compounds that are useful as the active agent of the present invention include compounds that are described in U.S. Pat. No. 6,028,101 as compounds having the same formula as in Formula (I), above, except:
  • wherein Z1 and Z2 are C and are part of an aromatic ring which is furan; and
  • A is selected from —C(X)-amine wherein the amine is substituted with a first and a second amine substituent or with an alkylaminocarbonyl and a hydrogen, —C(O)—SR3, —NH—C(X)R4, and —C(═NR3)—XR7;
  • the first amine substituent is selected from the group consisting of C1-C10 straight or branched alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl groups or mixtures thereof optionally substituted with one or more halogen, hydroxy, alkoxy, alkylthio, nitrile, alkylsulfonate, haloalkylsulfonate, phenyl, a 5-membered heteroaryl, C3-C6 cycloalkyl and C5-C6 cycloalkylkenyl; phenyl optionally substituted with one or more C1-C4 straight or branched alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl groups or mixtures thereof, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy and nitro; C3-C6 cycloalkyl, C5-C6 cycloalkenyl, alkoxy, alkenoxy, alkynoxy, dialkylamino, and alkylthio;
  • and the second amine substituent is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen; C1-C6 straight or branched alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl groups or mixtures thereof optionally substituted with one or more halogen, hydroxy, alkylcarbonyl, haloalkylcarbonyl, alkoxycarbonyl, and dialkylphosphonyl;
  • B is —Wm —Q(R2)3 or selected from o-tolyl, 1-naphthyl, 2-naphthyl, and 9-phenanthryl, each optionally substituted with halogen or R4;
  • Q is C, Si, Ge, or Sn;
  • W is —C(R3)p H(2-p)—; or when Q is C, W is selected from —C(R3)p H(2-p)—, —N(R3)m H(1-m)—, —S(O)p—, and —O—;
  • X is O or S;
  • n is 2;
  • m is 0 or 1;
  • p is 0, 1, or 2;
  • wherein the two R groups are combined to form a nonheterocyclic ring fused to said furan ring which is not benzofuran when A is —C(X)--amine, B is —Wm(Q)—(R2)3, and Q is C or Si, said R groups being selected from the group consisting of C1-C4 alkyl, alkenyl, C3-C6 cycloalkyl and cycloalkenyl, each optionally substituted with hydroxy, thio, phenyl, C1-C4 alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylsulfinyl, or alkylsulfonyl; and
  • each R2 is independently selected from alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl and phenyl, each optionally substituted with R4 or halogen; and wherein, when Q is C, R2 may also be selected from halo, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, and dialkylamino; wherein further when Q is C, then two R2 groups may be combined to form a cyclo group with Q;
  • R3 is C1-C4 alkyl;
  • R4 is C1-C4 alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, or dialkylamino; and
  • R7 is C1-C4 alkyl, haloalkyl, or phenyl, optionally substituted with halo, nitro, or R4;
  • or an agronomic salt thereof.
  • Compounds that are useful as the active agent in the present invention can also be selected from those described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,482,974, namely, a compound having the formula
    Figure US20050233905A1-20051020-C00005
  • wherein R2 is ethyl, iso-propyl, propyl or allyl;
  • A is N(CH3)1-n Hn R5 or OR6 wherein n is 0 or 1, R5 is (CH3)m (CH3 CH2)3-m C, 1-methyl-1-cyclopentyl, 1-methyl-1-cyclohexyl or 2,3-dimethyl-2-butyl wherein m is 0, 1, 2 or 3 and R6 is independently R5, or 2,3,3-trimethyl-2-butyl;
  • R3 is H or independently R4; and
  • R4 is halo or CH3;
  • with the proviso that when A is N(CH3)1-n Hn R5, if R3 is H and R5 is 1-methyl-1-cyclohexyl or (CH3)m (CH2 CH3)3-m C, where m is 0 or 3, or if R3 is halo and R2 is (CH3)m (CH3 CH2)3-m C, where m is 3, then R2 cannot be ethyl;
  • and with the proviso that when A is OR6 then m is equal to or less than 2, and if R3 is H or halo and R2 is ethyl or isopropyl, then R6 is (CH3)M (CH3 CH2)3-M C where m is 1;
  • or an agronomic salt thereof.
  • Compounds that are useful as the active agent in the present invention can also be selected from those described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,994,270, namely, a compound having the formula:
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  • where A is —C(X)-amine; B is —Wm —Q(R2)3; and A can be B when B is A except when the formula is f), then Q cannot be Si;
  • Q is C or Si;
  • W is —NH—, —O— or NCH3—;
  • X is O or S;
  • m is 0 or 1, provided that m is 0 when Q is Si;
  • n is 0, 1, 2, or 3
  • p is 0, 1 or 2, and n plus p is equal to or less than 3; each R is independently selected from
  • a) halo, formyl, cyano, amino, nitro, thiocyanato, isothiocyanato, trimethylsilyl, and hydroxy;
  • b) C1-C4 alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, C3-C6 cycloalkyl, and cycloalkenyl, each optionally substituted with halo, hydroxy, thio, amino, nitro, cyano, formyl, phenyl, C1-C4 alkoxy, alkylcarbonyl, alkylthio, alkylamino, dialkylamino, alkoxycarbonyl, (alkylthio)carbonyl, alkylaminocarbonyl, dialkylaminocarbonyl, alkylsulfinyl, or alkylsulfonyl;
  • c) phenyl, furyl, thienyl, pyrrolyl, each optionally substituted with halo, formyl, cyano, amino, nitro, C1-C4 alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, dialkylamino, haloalkyl, and haloalkenyl;
  • d) C1-C4 alkoxy, alkenoxy, alkynoxy, C3-C6 cycloalkyloxy, cycloalkenyloxy, alkylthio, alkylsulfinyl, alkylsulfonyl, alkylamino, dialkylamino, alkylcarbonylamino, aminocarbonyl, alkylaminocarbonyl, dialkylaminocarbonyl, alkylcarbonyl, alkylcarbonyloxy, alkoxycarbonyl, (alkylthio)carbonyl, phenylcarbonylamino, phenylamino, each optionally substituted with halo; each R2 is independently selected from alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl and phenyl, each optionally substituted with R4 or halogen; and wherein, when Q is C, R2 may also be selected from halo, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, and dialkylamino; wherein two R2 groups may be combined to form a cyclo group with Q; R4 is C1-C4 alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, or dialkylamino; or an agronomic salt thereof.
  • A preferred active agent is a compound having the structure:
    Figure US20050233905A1-20051020-C00008
  • and which has a CAS name of 4,5-dimethyl-N-(2-propenyl)-2-(trimethylsilyl)-3-thiophenecarboxamide, having a CAS registration number of 175217-20-6, and for which the ISO common name is silthiofam. Further information about silthiofam can be found in U.S. Pat. No. 5,486,621.
  • The active agent of the present invention can be used in any purity that passes for such agent in the commercial trade. The agent can be used in any form in which it is received from the supplier, or in which it is synthesized. It is preferred that the active agent be supplied in a liquid form. However, the liquid can be a substantially pure form of the agent, or it can be the agent dissolved in a solvent. Commonly, if a solvent is present, such solvents are organic liquid solvents that are commonly used in such applications. If the active agent is water soluble, then water can be used as the solvent.
  • The treatment of a plant or propagation material, such as a seed, with an active agent by the method of this invention can be accomplished in several ways. The agent may be applied directly to the seed and/or to soil in which the seed is to be planted, for example, at the time of planting along with the seed. Alternatively, it may be applied to the soil after planting and germination, or to the foliage of the plant after emergence.
  • When it is said that “an effective amount” of a fungicide or other active agent is used in the subject method, it is meant that a sufficient amount of the fungicide or other active agent is applied to the plant or its propagation material to achieve an increase in the yield and/or the vigor of the plant. The amount of the active agents that are useful in the subject method will be discussed in more detail below.
  • Compositions for soil application include clay granules which may be applied in-furrow, as broadcast granules or as impregnated fertilizer granules. In addition, the agent may be applied to the soil as a preemergent or postemergent spray, or to the plant as a postemergent spray.
  • In one embodiment, the agent is applied to the seed in a treatment prior to planting. One method of carrying out such treatment is to apply a coating containing the active agent to the seed. This technique is commonly used in many crops to provide fungicides for control of various phytopathological fungi.
  • When the seed is treated prior to planting with a composition that contains the active agent, it can be treated with an amount of the composition sufficient to include the active agent in an amount that is within the range of about 0.1 gm/100 kg of seed to about 500 gm/100 kg of seed. It is preferred that the active agent be applied to the seed in an amount that is within the range of about 2 gm/100 kg and about 200 gm/100 kg, more preferred that it be applied in an amount of from about 10 gm/100 kg of seed to about 100 gm/100 kg of seed, and a range of about 20 gm/100 kg to about 50 gm/100 kg of seed is yet more preferred.
  • Plants and/or seed to be treated by the subject method can be treated with one or more forms of the useful active agents without any additional materials being present. However, in some cases, it is preferred to use the one or more active agents in combination with other materials in a composition.
  • Compositions of the present invention are comprised of an effective amount of one or more of the active agents described above and one or more adjuvants. If desirable, such compositions can also include such other materials as herbicides, pesticides—such as insecticides, nematicides, acaricides, fungicides, and the like, growth factors, fertilizers, and any other material that will provide a desirable feature for protecting, sprouting and growing the plant, and/or for improving the yield or vigor of the plant. The choice of such other materials will depend on the crop and the diseases known to be a threat to that crop in the location of interest.
  • In one embodiment, the active agent can be combined with a herbicide for foliar application to the plant. Any of the active agents discussed above can be used in this combination, but silthiopham is a preferred active agent.
  • When a herbicide is used with the active agent, any herbicide can be used, provided that the plant that is to be treated has resistance to such herbicide. As described above, it is preferred that the plant have a transgenic event providing the plant with resistance to the herbicide being used. Within these limitations, any herbicide can be used in the combination and useful herbicides include, without limitation, imidazolinone, acetochlor, acifluorfen, aclonifen, acrolein, AKH-7088, alachlor, alloxydim, ametryn, amidosulfuron, amitrole, ammonium sulfamate, anilofos, asulam, atrazine, azafenidin, azimsulfuron, BAS 620H, BAS 654 00 H, BAY FOE 5043, benazolin, benfluralin, benfuresate, bensulfuron-methyl, bensulide, bentazone, benzofenap, bifenox, bilanafos, bispyribac-sodium, bromacil, bromobutide, bromofenoxim, bromoxynil, butachlor, butamifos, butralin, butroxydim, butylate, cafenstrole, carbetamide, carfentrazone-ethyl, chlormethoxyfen, chloramben, chlorbromuron, chloridazon, chlorimuron-ethyl, chloroacetic acid, chlorotoluron, chlorpropham, chlorsulfuron, chlorthal-dimethyl, chlorthiamid, cinmethylin, cinosulfuron, clethodim, clodinafop-propargyl, clomazone, clomeprop, clopyralid, cloransulam-methyl, cyanazine, cycloate, cyclosulfamuron, cycloxydim, cyhalofop-butyl, 2,4-D, daimuron, dalapon, dazomet, 2,4DB, desmedipham, desmetryn, dicamba, dichlobenil, dichlorprop, dichlorprop-P, diclofop-methyl, difenzoquat metilsulfate, diflufenican, dimefuron, dimepiperate, dimethachlor, dimethametryn, dimethenamid, dimethipin, dimethylarsinic acid, dinitramine, dinocap, dinoterb, diphenamid, diquat dibromide, dithiopyr, diuron, DNOC, EPTC, esprocarb, ethalfluralin, ethametsulfuron-methyl, ethofumesate, ethoxysulfuron, etobenzanid, fenoxaprop-P-ethyl, fenuron, ferrous sulfate, flamprop-M, flazasulfuron, fluazifop-butyl, fluazifop-P-butyl, fluchloralin, flumetsulam, flumiclorac-pentyl, flumioxazin, fluometuron, fluoroglycofen-ethyl, flupoxam, flupropanate, flupyrsulfuron-methyl-sodium, flurenol, fluridone, flurochloridone, fluroxypyr, flurtamone, fluthiacet-methyl, fomesafen, fosamine, glufosinate-ammonium, glyphosate, glyphosinate, halosulfuron-methyl, haloxyfop, HC-252, hexazinone, imazamethabenz-methyl, imazamox, imazapyr, imazaquin, imazethapyr, imazosuluron, imidazilinone, indanofan, ioxynil, isoproturon, isouron, isoxaben, isoxaflutole, lactofen, lenacil, linuron, MCPA, MCPA-thioethyl, MCPB, mecoprop, mecoprop-P, mefenacet, metamitron, metazachlor, methabenzthiazuron, methylarsonic acid, methyldymron, methyl isothiocyanate, metobenzuron, metobromuron, metolachlor, metosulam, metoxuron, metribuzin, metsulfuron-methyl, molinate, monolinuron, naproanilide, napropamide, naptalam, neburon, nicosulfuron, nonanoic acid, norflurazon, oleic acid (fatty acids), orbencarb, oryzalin, oxadiargyl, oxadiazon, oxasulfuron, oxyfluorfen, paraquat dichloride, pebulate, pendimethalin, pentachlorophenol, pentanochlor, pentoxazone, petroleum oils, phenmedipham, picloram, piperophos, pretilachlor, primisulfuron-methyl, prodiamine, prometon, prometryn, propachlor, propanil, propaquizafop, propazine, propham, propisochlor, propyzamide, prosulfocarb, prosulfuron, pyraflufen-ethyl, pyrazolynate, pyrazosulfuron-ethyl, pyrazoxyfen, pyributicarb, pyridate, pyriminobac-methyl, pyrithiobac-sodium, quinclorac, quinmerac, quinoclamine, quizalofop, quizalofop-P, rimsulfuron, sethoxydim, siduron, simazine, simetryn, sodium chlorate, STS system (sulfonylurea), sulcotrione, sulfentrazone, sulfometuron-methyl, sulfosulfuron, sulfuric acid, tar oils, 2,3,6-TBA, TCA-sodium, tebutam, tebuthiuron, terbacil, terbumeton, terbuthylazine, terbutryn, thenylchlor, thiazopyr, thifensulfuron-methyl, thiobencarb, tiocarbazil, tralkoxydim, tri-allate, triasulfuron, triaziflam, tribenuron-methyl, triclopyr, trietazine, trifluralin, triflusulfuron-methyl, and vernolate.
  • Preferred herbicides include glyphosate, glyphosinate, imidazilinone, and STS system (sulfonylurea).
  • When the active agent is 4,5-dimethyl-N-(2-propenyl)-2-(trimethylsilyl)-3-thiophenecarboxamide (silthiopham), a preferred herbicide is glyphosate, (N-(phosphonomethyl)glycine).
  • The active agent can be combined with a fungicide to treat seed or for foliar application. Any fungicide can be used and examples of useful fungicides include fludioxonil, fluquinconazole, captan, metalaxyl, carboxin, thiram, difenoconazole and tebuconazole. When the active agent is used to treat soybeans, the agent can be used for either seed treatment or foliar treatment in combination with fungicides that are commonly used on soybeans, such as captan, metalaxyl, carboxin and thiram.
  • It is also contemplated that the subject method can include treatment of a seed with an inoculant, followed by foliar treatment with an active agent, or by foliar treatment with an active agent and a herbicide. The subject treatment can also include the treatment of a seed with an inoculant and an active agent, followed by foliar treatment with an active agent and/or a herbicide. In any one of these treatment protocols, other fungicides and/or pesticides can be included at any step of the treatment method.
  • The active agent may be present in such compositions at levels from 0.01 to 95 percent by weight. Preferably, such compositions contain the active agent in an amount of from about 1% to about 50%, by weight, and more preferably, in an amount of from about 5% to about 25%, by weight.
  • The compositions of this invention, including concentrates that require dilution prior to application, may contain at least one active agent and an adjuvant in liquid or solid form. The compositions are prepared by admixing the active agent with or without an adjuvant plus diluents, extenders, carriers, and conditioning agents to provide compositions in the form of finely-divided particulate solids, granules, pellets, solutions, dispersions or emulsions. Thus, it is believed the active agent could be used with an adjuvant such as a finely-divided solid, a liquid of organic origin, water, a wetting agent, a dispersing agent, an emulsifying agent or any suitable combination of these.
  • Agronomically acceptable carriers for active agents are well known and include, for example, solid carriers such as fine powders or granules of kaolin clay, attapulgite clay, bentonite, acid clay, pyrophyllite, talc, diatomaceous earth, calcite, corn starch powder, walnut shell powder, urea, ammonium sulfate, synthetic hydrated silicon dioxide and the like. Acceptable liquid carriers include, for example, aromatic hydrocarbons such as xylene, methylnaphthalene and the like, alcohols such as isopropanol, ethylene glycol, cellosolve and the like, ketones such as acetone, cyclohexanone, isophorone and the like, vegetable oils such as soybean oil, cottonseed oil, corn oil and the like, dimethyl sulfoxide, acetonitrile, water and the like.
  • Suitable wetting agents are believed to include alkyl benzene and alkyl naphthalene sulfonates, alkyl and alkyl aryl sulfonates, alkyl amine oxides, alkyl and alkyl aryl phosphate esters, organosilicones, fluoro-organic wetting agents, alcohol ethoxylates, alkoxylated amines, sulfated fatty alcohols, amines or acid amides, long chain acid esters of sodium isothionate, esters of sodium sulfosuccinate, sulfated or sulfonated fatty acid esters, petroleum sulfonates, sulfonated vegetable oils, ditertiary acetylenic glycols, block copolymers, polyoxyalkylene derivatives of alkylphenols (particularly isooctylphenol and nonylphenol) and polyoxyalkylene derivatives of the mono-higher fatty acid esters of hexitol anhydrides (e.g., sorbitan). Preferred dispersants are methyl, cellulose, polyvinyl alcohol, sodium lignin sulfonates, polymeric alkyl naphthalene sulfonates, sodium naphthalene sulfonate, polymethylene bisnaphthalene sulfonate, and neutralized polyoxyethylated derivatives or ring-substituted alkyl phenol phosphates. Stabilizers may also be used to produce stable emulsions, such as magnesium aluminum silicate and xanthan gum.
  • Other formulations include dust concentrates comprising from 0.1 to 60% by weight of the active agent on a suitable extender, optionally including other adjuvants to improve handling properties, e.g., graphite. These dusts may be diluted for application at concentrations within the range of from about 0.1-10% by weight.
  • Concentrates may also be aqueous emulsions, prepared by stirring a non-aqueous solution of a water insoluble active agent and an emulsification agent with water until uniform and then homogenizing to give stable emulsion of very finely divided particles. Or they may be aqueous suspensions, prepared by milling a mixture of a water-insoluble active agent and wetting agents to give a suspension, characterized by its extremely small particle size, so that when diluted, coverage is very uniform. Suitable concentrations of these formulations contain from about 0.1-60% preferably 5-50% by weight of active agent.
  • Concentrates may be solutions of active agent in suitable solvents together with a surface active agent. Suitable solvents for the active agents of this invention for use in seed treatment include propylene glycol, furfuryl alcohol, other alcohols or glycols, and other solvents that do not substantially interfere with seed germination. If the active agent is to be applied to the soil, then solvents such as N,N-dimethylformamide, dimethylsulfoxide, N-methylpyrrolidone, hydrocarbons, and water immiscible ethers, esters, or ketones are useful.
  • The concentrate compositions herein generally contain from about 1.0 to 95 parts (preferably 5-60 parts) of the active agent, about 0.25 to 50 parts (preferably 1-25 parts) surface active agent and where required about 4 to 94 parts solvent, all parts being by weight based on the total weight of the concentrate.
  • The following 125 g/l active agent suspension concentrate of 4,5-dimethyl-N-2-propenyl-2-(trimethylsilyl)-3-thiophene carboxamide may be utilized in accordance with the present invention. Such composition will be referred to as Composition I.
    Ingredient Amount (g/L)
    4,5-dimethyl-N-2-propenyl-2-(trimethylsilyl)- 130.4
    3-thiophene carboxamide (96%)
    Pluronic PE 10500 40.0
    Polypropylene glycol 80.0
    Polyfon O 10.0
    Permanent Rubine LB6 02 30.0
    Rhodorsil 432R 1.0
    Orchex 796 40.0
    Vinamul 18160 60.0
    Rhodopol 23 0.80
    Phylatol 0.32
    Water 641.9
    Specific gravity = 1.034
  • In addition, the following 250 g/l active agent suspension concentrate of silthiopham may be utilized in accordance with the present invention. Such composition will be referred to herein as Composition II.
    Ingredient Amount g/L
    4,5-dimethyl-N-2-propenyl-2-(trimethylsilyl)- 275.5
    3-thiophene carboxamide (96%)
    Pluronic PE 10500 35.2
    Polypropylene glycol 71.5
    Polyfon O 10.7
    Permanent Rubine LB6 02 21.4
    Rhodorsil 432R 0.85
    Orchex 796 61.9
    Vinamul 18160 64.1
    Rhodopol 23 0.75
    Panacide M 0.75
    Water 525.4
    Specific gravity = 1.068 (estimated)
  • For application to the soil at the time of planting, a granular formulation may be used. Granules are physically stable particulate compositions comprising at least one active agent adhered to or distributed through a basic matrix of an inert, finely divided particulate extender. In order to aid leaching of the active agent from the particulate, a surface active agent such as those listed hereinbefore, or for example, propylene glycol, can be present in the composition. Natural clays, pyrophyllites, illite, and vermiculite are examples of operable classes of particulate mineral extenders. The preferred extenders are the porous, absorptive, preformed particles such as preformed and screened particulate attapulgite or heat expanded, particulate vermiculite and the finely divided clays such as kaolin clays, hydrated attapulgite or bentonitic clays. These extenders are sprayed or blended with the active agent to form the granules.
  • The granular compositions of this invention may contain from about 0.1 to about 30 parts by weight of active agent per 100 parts by weight of clay and 0 to about 5 parts by weight of surface active agent per 100 parts by weight of particulate clay.
  • The method of the present invention may be carried out by mixing the composition comprising the active agent into the seed prior to planting at rates from 0.01 to 50 g per kg of seed, preferably from 0.1 to 5 g per kg, and more preferably from 0.2 to 2 g per kg. If application to the soil is desired, the compounds may be applied at rates from 1 to 1000 g per hectare, preferably from 10 to 500 g per hectare. The higher application rates will be needed for situations of light soils or greater rainfall or both.
  • When silthiopham is the active agent, a preferred formulation is a flowable concentrate for seed treatment (FS) that contains from about 115.5 g/l to about 132.6 g/l of silthiopham and, more preferably contains about 125.0 g/l of silthiopham (12.47% wt/wt). A preferred application rate of this composition to seed is at a level of about 25 g/100 kg of seed.
  • When the active agent is used to treat seeds, it is preferred that an inoculant be used. The inoculant can be any one of the types of inoculant that is known for use with the type of plant that is the subject of treatment. For example, if corn is being treated, the corn seed could be treated with an inoculant containing Azospirillium spp. When a legume is being treated, the inoculant can be one that is known for use with legumes. Some examples of inoculants that are used in the culture of legumes are those including Rhizobium spp., a Bradyrhizobium spp., or a mixture thereof, or a mixture of either of those bacterium with one or more other microorganism strains. Examples of useful inoculants include a Bradyrhizobium japonicum inoculant (USDA Soybean Inoculant) produced by Urbana Laboratories of Urbana, Ill.
  • If an inoculant is used, it can be applied at any time, and at any rate, and by the use of any method of application. When the inoculant is to be used in conjunction with seed that has been treated with the subject active agent, it is preferred that the treated seed be contacted with the inoculant before planting. It is more preferred that the treated seed be contacted with the inoculant within a time before planting that is sufficiently brief so as to minimize any negative effect that the active agent might have on the inoculant. The inoculant can be applied to the treated seeds no more than 24 hours before planting, preferably no more than 10 hours before planting, and more preferably no more than 5 hours before planting.
  • Alternatively, the inoculant can be applied to the soil surrounding the seed at the time of planting, or it may be administered to the soil at any time after planting. One method of applying the active agent to the soil surrounding the seed at the time of planting is to add the inoculant to the seed furrow at the same time the seed is planted. Any of these methods should be considered to be included when it is mentioned herein that seed is treated with an inoculant.
  • Although any amount of the inoculant can be added to the seed, it is preferred that the inoculant be added at approximately the rate recommended by its supplier. When the inoculant is provided in the form of a culture of bacterium that is distributed on peat or humus, for example, the inoculant can be applied to the seed at a rate of from about 1 g/kg of seed to about 50 g/kg of seed, and preferably at a rate of about 10 g/kg of seed.
  • When an inoculant is contacted with seed, a sticking agent can also be used to help to adhere an even coating of the inoculant to each seed. Many such sticking agents are known in the art and any can be used. An example of one sticking agent that can be used is Mollyflo® (available from Soygro (Pty) Ltd., of Mooibank, Botchefstroom, South Africa). When a sticking agent is used, it can be used at any rate, but it is preferred that it is used at the rate that is recommended by its supplier. When Mollyflo® is used, it can be applied to the seed prior to the application of the inoculant at a rate of from about 40 ml/100 kg of seed to about 4,000 ml/100 kg of seed, more preferably at a rate of about 400 ml/100 kg of seed.
  • The active agents of the present invention can also be applied to seed or to soil in the form of controlled release formulations. Such controlled release formulations are well known in the art and include microparticles, microcapsules, matrix coatings, matrix granules, and the like.
  • It is believed that the present invention is particularly advantageous when applied to plants or seeds that are, or will become, under some type of stress prior to, during, or after germination. Drought, excessive cold or heat commonly causes such stress, unsuitable nutritional or ionic conditions of the soil, and the like. Accordingly, it is believed that the subject method would be particularly useful for such farming practices as dry-land farming, no-till farming, use of conservative farming practices, early planting, or any other technique or situation which would normally be expected to cause stress on the seeds and/or the plants.
  • The following examples describe preferred embodiments of the invention. Other embodiments within the scope of the claims herein will be apparent to one skilled in the art from consideration of the specification or practice of the invention as disclosed herein. It is intended that the specification, together with the examples, be considered to be exemplary only, with the scope and spirit of the invention being indicated by the claims which follow the examples. In the examples all percentages are given on a weight basis unless otherwise indicated.
    • EXAMPLE 1
  • This example shows a method of treating soybean seed with silthiofam with and without Bradyrhizobium spp. inoculum.
  • Soybean seed (CSR2121 variety, available from Monsanto Company, St. Louis, Mo.), was placed in a rotostatic seed treatment device (available from Hege Equipment, Inc., Colwich, Kans.). A spreader/sticker compound (Mollyflo®, available from Soygro (Pty) Ltd., Mooibank, Botchefstroom, South Africa) was added to the seed with agitation at the rate of 4 ml/kg of seed and distributed over the eed. A formulation containing 4,5-dimethyl-N-2-propenyl-2-trimethylsilyl)-3-thiophene carboxamide (silthiopham) as the active ingredient was added to the coated seed at the rate of 2 ml/kg of seed. The formulation was prepared according to the formulation shown above for Composition I, and contained about 125 gm/liter of silthiopham. The active formulation was added to the coated seed after addition of the spreader/sticker and during agitation of the seed.
  • For seeds that were to receive a coating of an inoculant, a peat-based Bradyrhizobium spp. formulation was added to the seeds immediately before planting by adding the inoculant formulation to the seed at a rate of 10 gm/kg of seed. The inoculant formulation was added to the seed in a seed packet and thoroughly manually intermixed to contact all of the seed with the inoculant. The seed were then ready for planting.
    • EXAMPLE 2
  • This example shows the effect of the treatment of soybean seed with silthiopham on the yield and vigor of soybean plants in a field trial in the United States.
  • A field trial was carried out in the upper Midwestern United States for the purpose of testing the effect of soybean seed treatment with silthiopham compared to no treatment and seed treatments with conventional materials. The soil type for the site was St. Charles silt loam having a pH of 6.4, and having P=48 ppm, K=154 ppm, and O.M.=3.0%. No fertilizer was applied, and no-tillage cultivation practice was adhered to. The trial followed Roundup-Ready® corn on which Harness® followed by Roundup® and Atrazine® had been applied according to conventional practice. There was no irrigation. The trial was of RCB 1 factor design, with 4 replications. Seeds were planted as early as possible to ensure some stress on the seeds.
  • Soybean seeds of the CSR2121 variety (available from Monsanto Company, St. Louis, Mo.) were supplied that received the treatments shown in Table 1.
    TABLE 1
    Soybean seed treatments applied for upper Midwestern United States field trial.
    AMOUNT OF MATERIAL APPLIED TO THE SEED
    Silthiophamc
    Rival Allegiance Mollyfloa (gm of active Bradyrhizobium
    (floz/cwt (floz/cwt (ml/kg of ingredient/100 spp. inoculantb
    TREATMENT of seed) of seed) seed) kg of seed) (g/kg of seed)
    Untreated 0 0 0 0 0
    Control (UTC)
    Mollyflo + 0 0 4.0 0 10.0
    Inoculant
    Silthiopham
    0 0 0 2.0 0
    Silthiopham + 0 0 4.0 2.0 10.0
    Mollyflo +
    Inoculant
    Rival + 5.0 0.375 0 0 0
    Allegianced

    Notes:

    aMollyflo ® was applied to seed in a rotostatic seed treatment machine (Hege machine) prior to seed packeting.

    bInoculant was added to seed envelopes in the field immediately prior to planting.

    cIn all seeds treated with silthiopham, the silthiopham was added to seed in a rotostatic seed-treating machine prior to the addition of Mollyflo ®.

    dRival ®/Allegiance ® were added to seed in a rotostatic seed treating machine prior to planting. Rival ® is a mixture of three fungicides, Allegiance ® is a formulation of metalaxyl. Both are available from Gustafson.
  • After the seeds had received the designated treatments, they were planted on May 11 in 8-row plots with 15-inch row spacing and in rows of 50-ft. length on a 10′×50′ plot. Stand counts were carried out at Vc-V1 (June 1) and at V3 stages (June 21). Plant vigor was reported according to a standard 1-9 scale, with 1 being worst and 9 being best and most vigorous. The percent canopy was reported as percent of canopy closure where 100% is total coverage. Vigor and canopy determinations were made at 50, 60, 71, 82, 92 and 102 days after planting. Days to maturity were counted from planting until 95% pod brown. The plant height, seed yield and seed size were determined at plant maturity. The response of the soybeans to the various treatments is shown in Table 2.
    TABLE 2
    Response of soybeans to various treatments including
    treatment with and without silthiopham.
    Seed
    Grain Weight Plant Vigor
    Yieldb (gm/100 Height Days to (1 worst- Canopy (%
    TREATMENT (bu/ac) seeds) (inches) Maturity 9 best) coverage)
    Untreated 38.9 11.3 22.8 105.3 7 79
    Control (UTC)
    Mollyflo + 43.1 12.0 23.0 109.5 8 89
    Inoculant
    Silthiopham 36.4 11.0 22.8 106.5 6 78
    Silthiopham + 47.2 12.3 26.5 106.8 9 95
    Mollyflo +
    Inoculant
    Rival + 42.1 11.7 23.9 106.9 8 94
    Allegianced

    Notes:

    aGrain moisture for all treatments ranged 11.2% and 11.5%; plant lodging (1-5 scale with 1 being an erect plant and 5 being flat on the ground) for all treatments was 1.0; percent of plants showing Brown Stem Rot was 60% for all treatments; the test plot also reported severe incidence of feeding by bean leaf beetles.

    bGrain yield was adjusted to 13% moisture for treatment comparison.
  • Plant vigor was followed throughout the growing season, and FIG. 1 shows a plot of vigor as a function of time for the five different treatments. Likewise, FIG. 2 shows a plot of plant canopy as a function of time for the five treatments. In both cases, seeds treated with silthiopham+Mollyflo® and inoculant performed best, with seeds having only silthiopham treatment alone being similar to the untreated control. Seeds receiving either the Rival®/Allegiance® treatment or the Mollyflo® and inoculant generally performed intermediate to the untreated control and the silthiopham+inoculant in terms of canopy development and plant vigor.
  • However, differences were more pronounced for soybean yield and seed weight. As shown in FIG. 3, beans treated with silthiopham+Mollyflo®+inoculant showed over a 20% improvement in yield compared with untreated control beans, while beans receiving only the Mollyflo® and inoculant improved by a little over 10%, and beans receiving Rival®/Allegiance® improved by almost 13%. Beans receiving silthiopham alone showed no improvement over the untreated control, and, in fact, were somewhat below the control level.
  • The effect of treatment on seed weight and plant height is shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, respectively, and was similar to the effect on grain yield. Treatment with silthiopham+Mollyflo®+inoculant gave beans that were almost 9% larger, and plants that were about 16% taller than untreated control beans. In both cases, beans receiving only Mollyflo®+inoculant or Rival®/Allegiance® provided smaller increases, and beans receiving only silthiopham performed comparably with untreated beans.
  • The trial showed that beans grown from seed treated with silthiopham and a sticker/spreader formulation with an inoculant provided superior yields, superior bean weights, superior plant height and equaled the best vigor and canopy closure obtained by beans treated with only the inoculant, or only conventional fungicidal seed treatment with Rival®/Allegiance®.
    • EXAMPLE 3
  • This example shows the effect of the treatment of soybean seed with silthiofam on the yield and vigor of soybean plants in a field trial in South Africa.
  • Trials were conducted on five commercial soybean farms in different climatological areas in South Africa as shown in Table 3. Trial sites represent different soil types ranging from sandy to heavy clay. Trials included irrigation and dryland regions in the cool Highveld regions as well as the warmer Northern Transvaal.
    TABLE 3
    Soybean farms, soil types, irrigation status and
    soybeans cultivars used for the field trial.
    FARM DRYLAND or SOYBEAN
    NUMBER IRRIGATED CULTIVAR SOIL TYPE
    1 Irrigated SNK500 Loam
    2 Irrigated A5308 Sandy loam
    3 Dryland Wenner90 Clay loam
    4 Dryland SNK444 Sand clay 12%
    5 Dryland SNK400 Clay 40%
  • Soybean seed for the trial was treated in the field and planted immediately thereafter. Seed that was to receive a treatment was initially covered with Mollyflo®, or a Mollyflo®+silthiopham mixture to insure uniform coating. When it was required, the peat-based inoculant was then added to the seed and thoroughly mixed to ensure an even coating. Rates of application of different seed treatments are shown in Table 4.
    TABLE 4
    Seed treatments.
    TREATMENT
    NUMBER TREATMENT SILTHIOPHAM MOLLYFLO INOCULANT
    1 Untreated Control 0 0 0
    2 Mollyflo + 0 400 ml/100 250 g/25
    Bradyrhizobium kg seed kg seed
    inoculant
    3 Silthiopham + 200 ml Mollyflo + 400 ml/100 250 g/25
    Bradyrhizobium 200 ml kg seed kg seed
    inoculant Silthiopham
    4 Silthiopham 2 ml 400 ml/100 0
    silthiopham/kg kg seed
    seed mixed in
    Mollyflo
  • Untreated soybeans and soybeans having the seed treatments shown in Table 4 were planted, cultivated and harvested according to local conventional practice. The following measurements were carried out on each farm:
  • Nodules: The number of nodules on plants in 400-mm rows was counted. Each set of plants was replicated seven times.
  • Plant weight: The plant weight (grams) of 2 meters per plot was measured in seven replications.
  • Seed yield: Seed yield was determined by harvesting 3-meter rows with seven replications. Plants were threshed with a plot-thresher and the seed was weighed with an electronic scale (±1 gram) and converted to kg/ha. An analysis of variance for yield on all 5 locations was conducted on the 95% reliability level.
  • Seed protein: Seed protein content was analyzed on 200 g samples of seed with an infrared protein analyzer.
  • Results of the Trial:
  • Nodules: The number of nodules for the different seed treatments at farm numbers 4 and 5, respectively, is presented in FIGS. 6 and 7. The charts clearly show an increase in nodule numbers with the Bradyrhizobium inoculant treatments. The presence of silthiopham did not substantially affect the number of nodules compared with the standard Mollyflo®+inoculant treatment. Nodules visually appeared healthier where silthiopham was included in the treatment.
  • Plant weight: The weight of plants which grew from seeds having the different seed treatments is shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, respectively for farms 4 and 5. The charts indicate an increase in vegetative weight with the use Bradyrhizobium inoculant. The presence of silthiopham had no effect on plant weight compared to the standard Mollyflo®+inoculant treatment. The vegetative growth appeared visually greener and more vigorous for plants that had received silthiopham seed treatment compared to the standard treatment.
  • Seed Yield: The average seed yield for plants having the different seed treatments is shown in Table 5. Farms 1 and 2 were irrigated farms and farms 3-5 were dry land farms. Plants growing from seeds having the Mollyflo® and Bradyrhizobium inoculant treatment showed yield increases from 2144 kg/ha (no treatment) to 2583 kg/ha in dryland localities. Seed treatment with silthiopham+inoculant yielded 2783 kg/ha—an increase of almost 30% over the untreated control and almost 8% over the Mollyflo® and Bradyrhizobium inoculant treatment. For the two irrigated farms, seed treatment with silthiopham+inoculant provided a yield of 3011 kg/ha, compared with a yield of 2895 kg/ha from seeds having a standard treatment of Mollyflo® and Bradyrhizobium inoculant—an increase of about 4%.
  • In an analysis of the variance, the standard Mollyflo® and Bradyrhizobium inoculant treatment was compared with the silthiopham+inoculant treatment at all 5 localities. The use of silthiopham resulted in an average increase of 160 kg/ha (6.1%) for the five localities compared to the standard treatment. The analysis of variance showed a statistically significant difference between the two treatments at the 95% confidence level.
    TABLE 5
    Average soybean yield for different seed treatments on five farms.
    SOYBEAN YIELD (kg/ha)a
    SILTHIO-
    UNTREATED MOLLYFLO + PHAM + SILTHIO-
    FARM CONTROL INOCULANT INOCULANT PHAM
    1 n/a 4049 4108 n/a
    2 n/a 1741 1914 n/a
    Avg. n/a 2895 3011 n/a
    3 2408 2100 2261 n/a
    4 1838 2880 3151 1844
    5 2187 2770 2937 2054
    Avg. 2144 2583 2783 1949

    Notes:

    an/a means that the data were not available.
  • The treatment of soybean seed with silthiopham in combination with Bradyrhizobium inoculants increased the grain yield of soybeans significantly compared to the standard Mollyflo®+Bradyrhizobium combination. Yields of beans treated with silthiopham alone did not significantly differ from the non-treated control. Visually, soybeans plants and nodules appeared healthier and greener for plants grown from seeds having silthiopham+inoculant treatment compared to seeds having the standard Mollyflo®+inoculant treatment.
    • EXAMPLE 4
  • This illustrates the activity of silthiopham on Gaeumannomyces graminis var. tritici, and on several microbial strains known to cause disease in soybeans.
  • In order to measure the activity of silthiopham on various microorganisms in in-vitro test method was used. The method was based on the measurement of the inhibition of mycelial growth on agar medium that included various levels of silthiopham. In the test method, three plugs from a growing plate of the desired pathogen culture are placed on Czapek-Dox agar plates that are amended with different concentrations of silthiopham. The concentrations tested were 0, 0.01, 0.1, 1.0, 10, and 100 μg/ml. Mycelium growth was measured on each plate after incubation for 4 days at 18° C. The EC50 value was calculated for each test plate by fitting a log-log curve. A description of the method for determining the EC50 value is provided by Nuninger-Ney et al., In vitro test method for assessment of propiconazole sensitivity in Pyrenophora teres isolates, FRAC Methods for Monitoring Fungicide Resistance, EPPO Bulletin, 21:291-354 (1991).
  • In the present test the fungicide medium preparation for the in vitro tests was a minimal medium (17.5 g Czapek Dox Broth, Co. Difco, 7.5 g Bacto-agar, Co. Difco, per 500 ml distilled or deionized water; pH=7.2; autoclaved for 20 min at 121° C.; 2.2 bar) amended with 50 μl of thiamine hydrochloride (c=1000 μg/ml, Co. Merck) and 50 μl of biotin dissolved in 5% ethanol (c=1000 μg/ml, Co. Merck). Both amendments, thiamine hydrochloride and biotin were added after sterilisation at a medium temperature of approximately 55° C.
  • A quantity of the active substance e.g. silthiofam was dissolved in methanol and added after sterilisation at 55° C. to the minimal medium to give the following concentrations in the agar medium: 0, 0.01, 0.1, 1, 10, and 100 μg/ml. Fungicide-amended medium is shaken vigorously and poured into sterile petri dishes (90×15 mm, ca. 25 ml medium per dish).
  • All tested fungi were growing on ¼ PDA (4.9 g Potato Dextrose Agar (Difco), 5.0 g Agar; 500 ml distilled water) at 18° C. for 6 days and than transferred on minimal medium (description see above). Mycelium plugs (6 mm) from the growing edge of an approximately two to six day old fungal culture were taken to conduct the in vitro fungicide test.
  • The baseline for Gaeumannomyces graminis var. tritici sensitivity was EC50<6.7 μg/ml. The results for the test are shown in Table 6.
    TABLE 6
    Activity of silthiopham on Gaeumannomyces graminis var. tritici and
    microorganisms known to be pathogens of soybeans.
    ACTIVITY
    RATING
    PATHOGEN DISEASE (0-3)a EC50 (μg/ml)b
    Gaeumannomyces Take-all 3 0.001
    graminis var. tritici disease in
    cereals
    Fusarium solani, Root rot 0 113.1
    var. coeruleum 4-2
    Fusarium solani, Root rot 0 127.4
    var. coeruleum 4-5
    Fusarium solani, Root rot 0 125.8
    var. pisi 34-1
    Fusarium solani, Root rot 0 106.5
    var. pisi 34-2
    Rhizoctonia solani Sheath blight 0 162.4
    15-9
    Rhizoctonia solani Sheath blight 0 132.2
    15-10
    Fusarium oxysporum Root rot 0 108.8
    var. pisi
    race1 33-9
    Fusarium oxysporum Root rot 0 112.5
    var. pisi
    race1 33-10
    Fusarium oxysporum Root rot 0 36,081
    var. pisi
    race1 33-11
    Septoria nodorum Glum blotch 0 n/a
    Phytopthera Late blight 0 n/a
    infestans
    Colletotrichum Root rot in 0 n/a
    trifolii alfalfa

    Notes:

    aActivity rating: 0 = no, 1 = weak, 2 = good, 3 = excellent.

    b“n/a” means that EC50 values were not available or were not calculated.

    The test results indicated that silthiopham had excellent activity against Gaeumannomyces graminis var. tritici, but had little or no activity against microorganisms that are known to be soybean pathogens. The results of these tests indicate that the yield increase or vigor increase is not due to better disease control by silthiopham but rather is unexpected.
    • EXAMPLE 5
  • This example illustrates a protocol for testing the effect on soybean yield and vigor of seed treatment prior to planting with silthiopham with and without an inoculant as compared with seeds having no treatment, seeds with only a sticking agent and an inoculant, and seeds that were treated with a commonly used pesticide combination with and without an inoculant and alone and in combination with silthiopham.
  • The following protocol provides a field trial that can be carried out to test the efficacy of soybean seed treatment with silthiopham as a function of several variables that are believed to be important for the present invention.
  • Soybean seeds of a selected variety are treated by the methods described in Example 3, except that the following treatments are used:
    TREATMENT NO. DESCRIPTION
    1. Untreated control
    2. Seeds are treated with Mollyflo ® (4 ml/kg) and
    Inoculant (10 g/kg, applied at the time of
    planting).
    3. Seeds are treated with Mollyflo ® (4 ml/kg), plus
    Rival ® (5 fl oz/cwt) and Allegiance ® (0.375
    fl oz/cwt), plus Inoculant (10 g/kg, applied at the
    time of planting).
    4. Seeds are treated with Mollyflo ® (4 ml/kg), plus
    2 ml/kg of a Silthiopham formulation (having
    125 g/l of active agent), plus Inoculant (10 g/kg,
    applied at the time of planting).
    5. Seeds are treated with Rival ® (5 fl oz/cwt) and
    Allegiance ® (0.375 fl oz/cwt).
    6. Seeds are treated with 2 ml/kg of a Silthiopham
    formulation (having 125 g/l of active agent).
    7. Seeds are treated with Mollyflo ® (4 ml/kg), plus
    Rival ® (5 fl oz/cwt) and Allegiance ® (0.375
    fl oz/cwt), plus 2 ml/kg of a Silthiopham
    formulation (having 125 g/l of active agent),
    plus Inoculant (10 g/kg, applied at the time of
    planting).
    8. Seeds are treated with Mollyflo ® (4 ml/kg), plus
    Rival ® (5 fl oz/cwt) and Allegiance ® (0.375
    fl oz/cwt), plus 4 ml/kg of a Silthiopham
    formulation (having 125 g/l of active agent),
    plus Inoculant (10 g/kg, applied at the time of
    planting).
  • Stand count, vigor, time to maturity, plant height, seed yield and seed size are measured as described in Examples 2 or 3. The efficacy of silthiopham treatment of soybean seeds can then be determined as a function of the presence or absence or inoculant, and can be compared versus comparable treatments with other, commonly used, fungicides. It is believed that the results obtained from a trial using this protocol would reinforce the conclusions drawn from the results provided in Examples 2 and 3.
  • All references cited in this specification, including without limitation all papers, publications, patents, patent applications, presentations, texts, reports, manuscripts, brochures, books, internet postings, journal articles, periodicals, and the like, are hereby incorporated by reference. The discussion of the references herein is intended merely to summarize the assertions made by their authors and no admission is made that any reference constitutes prior art. Applicants reserve the right to challenge the accuracy and pertinency of the cited references.
  • In view of the above, it will be seen that the several advantages of the invention are achieved and other advantageous results obtained.
  • As various changes could be made in the above methods and compositions without departing from the scope of the invention, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Claims (61)

1-75. (canceled)
76. A method of increasing the vigor and/or the yield of an agronomic plant comprising treating the plant or its propagation material with a composition which comprises an effective amount of a fungicide which has no significant activity against fungal plant pathogens for such agronomic plant.
77. The method according to claim 77, wherein the fungicide comprises a compound having the formula
Figure US20050233905A1-20051020-C00009
wherein Z1 and Z2 are C or N and are part of an aromatic ring selected from benzene, pyridine, thiophene, furan, pyrrole, pyrazole, thiazole, benzothiophene and isothiazole;
A is selected from —C(X)-amine, —C(O)—SR3, —NH—C(X)R4, and —C(═NR3)—XR7;
B is —Wm —Q(R2)3 or selected from o-tolyl, 1-naphthyl, 2-naphthyl, and 9-phenanthryl, each optionally substituted with halogen or R4;
Q is C, Si, Ge, or Sn;
W is —C(R3)p H(2-p)—; or when Q is C, W is selected from —C(R3)p H(2-p)—, —N(R3)m H(1-m)—, —S(O)p—, and —O—;
X is O or S;
n is 0, 1, 2, or 3;
m is 0 or 1;
p is 0, 1, or 2;
each R is independently selected from
a) halo, formyl, cyano, amino, nitro, thiocyanato, isothiocyanato, trimethylsilyl, and hydroxy;
b) C1-C4 alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, C3-C6 cycloalkyl, and cycloalkenyl, each optionally substituted with halo, hydroxy, thio, amino, nitro, cyano, formyl, phenyl, C1-C4 alkoxy, alkylcarbonyl, alkylthio, alkylamino, dialkylamino, alkoxycarbonyl, (alkylthio)carbonyl, alkylaminocarbonyl, dialkylaminocarbonyl, alkylsulfinyl, or alkylsulfonyl;
c) phenyl, furyl, thienyl, pyrrolyl, each optionally substituted with halo, formyl, cyano, amino, nitro, C1-C4 alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, dialkylamino, haloalkyl, and haloalkenyl;
d) C1-C4 alkoxy, alkenoxy, alkynoxy, C3-C6 cycloalkyloxy, cycloalkenyloxy, alkylthio, alkylsulfinyl, alkylsulfonyl, alkylamino, dialkylamino, alkylcarbonylamino, aminocarbonyl, alkylaminocarbonyl, dialkylaminocarbonyl, alkylcarbonyl, alkylcarbonyloxy, alkoxycarbonyl, (alkylthio)carbonyl, phenylcarbonylamino, phenylamino, each optionally substituted with halo;
wherein two R groups may be combined to form a fused ring;
each R2 is independently selected from alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl and phenyl, each optionally substituted with R4 or halogen; and wherein, when Q is C, R2 may also be selected from halo, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, and dialkylamino;
wherein two R2 groups may be combined to form a cyclo group with Q;
R3 is C1-C4 alkyl;
R4 is C1-C4 alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, or dialkylamino;
R7 is C1-C4 alkyl, haloalkyl, or phenyl, optionally substituted with halo, nitro, or R4;
or an agronomic salt thereof.
78. The method according to claim 77, wherein
Z1 and Z2 are C and are part of an aromatic ring which is thiophene;
A is selected from —C(X)-amine, —C(O)—SR3, —NH—C(X)R4, and —C(═NR3)—XR7;
B is —Wm —Q(R2)3 or selected from o-tolyl, 1-naphthyl, 2-naphthyl, and 9-phenanthryl, each optionally substituted with halogen or R4;
Q is C, Si, Ge, or Sn;
W is —C(R3)p H(2-p)—; or when Q is C, W is selected from —C(R3)p H(2-p)—, —N(R3)m H(1-m)—, —S(O)p—, and —O—;
X is O or S;
n is 0, 1, 2, or 3;
m is 0 or 1;
p is 0, 1, or 2;
each R is independently selected from
a) halo, formyl, cyano, amino, nitro, thiocyanato, isothiocyanato, trimethylsilyl, and hydroxy;
b) C1-C4 alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, C3-C6 cycloalkyl, and cycloalkenyl, each optionally substituted with halo, hydroxy, thio, amino, nitro, cyano, formyl, phenyl, C1-C4 alkoxy, alkylcarbonyl, alkylthio, alkylamino, dialkylamino, alkoxycarbonyl, (alkylthio)carbonyl, alkylaminocarbonyl, dialkylam inocarbonyl, alkylsulfinyl, or alkylsulfonyl;
c) phenyl, furyl, thienyl, pyrrolyl, each optionally substituted with halo, formyl, cyano, amino, nitro, C1-C4 alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, dialkylamino, haloalkyl, and haloalkenyl;
d) C1-C4 alkoxy, alkenoxy, alkynoxy, C3-C6 cycloalkyloxy, cycloalkenyloxy, alkylthio, alkylsulfinyl, alkylsulfonyl, alkylamino, dialkylamino, alkylcarbonylamino, aminocarbonyl, alkylaminocarbonyl, dialkylaminocarbonyl, alkylcarbonyl, alkylcarbonyloxy, alkoxycarbonyl, (alkylthio)carbonyl, phenylcarbonylamino, phenylamino, each optionally substituted with halo;
each R2 is independently selected from alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl and phenyl, each optionally substituted with R4 or halogen; and wherein, when Q is C, R2 may also be selected from halo, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, and dialkylamino, and further when Q is C, R2 may also be selected from halo, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, and dialkylamino; and further when Q is C, then two R2 groups may be combined to form a cycloalkyl group with Q;
R3 is C1-C4 alkyl;
R4 is C1-C4 alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, or dialkylamino; R7 is C1-C4 alkyl, haloalkyl, or phenyl, optionally substituted with halo, nitro, or R4;
or an agronomic salt thereof.
79. The method according to claim 77, wherein
Z1 and Z2 are C and are part of an aromatic ring which is thiophene;
A is selected from —C(X)-amine, wherein the amine is substituted with a first and a second amine substituent or with an alkylaminocarbonyl and a hydrogen, —C(O)—SR3, —NH—C(X)R4, and —C(═NR3)—XR7;
the first amine substituent is selected from the group consisting of C1-C10 straight or branched alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl groups or mixtures thereof optionally substituted with one or more halogen, hydroxy, alkoxy, alkylthio, nitrile, alkylsulfonate, haloalkylsulfonate, phenyl, C3-C6 cycloalkyl and C5-C6 cycloalkylkenyl; phenyl optionally substituted with one or more C1-C4 straight or branched alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl groups or mixtures thereof, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy and nitro; C3-C6 cycloalkyl, C5-C6 cycloalkenyl, alkoxy, alkenoxy, alkynoxy, dialkylamino, and alkylthio;
and the second amine substituent is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen; C1-C6 straight or branched alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl groups or mixtures thereof optionally substituted with one or more halogen, hydroxy, alkylcarbonyl, haloalkylcarbonyl, alkoxycarbonyl, and dialkylphosphonyl;
B is —Wm —Q(R2)3 or selected from o-tolyl, 1-naphthyl, 2-naphthyl, and 9-phenanthryl, each optionally substituted with halogen or R4;
Q is C, Si, Ge, or Sn;
W is —C(R3)p H(2-p)—; or when Q is C, W is selected from —C(R3)p H(2-p)—, —N(R3)m H(1-m)—, —S(O)p—, and —O—;
X is O or S;
n is 2;
m is 0 or 1;
p is 0, 1, or 2;
wherein two R groups are combined to form a nonheterocyclic ring fused with the thiophene ring, which is not a benzothiophene other than a tetrahydrobenzothiophene, said two R groups being selected from the group consisting of C1-C4 alkyl, alkenyl, C3-C6 cycloalkyl and cycloalkenyl, each optionally substituted with hydroxy, thio, phenyl, C1-C4 alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylsulfinyl, or alkylsufonyl;
each R2 is independently selected from alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl and phenyl, each optionally substituted with R4 or halogen; and wherein when Q is C, R2 may also be selected from halo, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, and dialkylamino; and further when Q is C, then two R2 groups may be combined to form a cycloalkyl group with Q;
R3 is C1-C4 alkyl;
R4 is C1-C4 alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, or dialkylamino; and
R7 is C1-C4 alkyl, haloalkyl, or phenyl, optionally substituted with halo, nitro, or R4;
or an agronomic salt thereof
80. The method according to claim 77, wherein
Z1 and Z2 are C and are part of an aromatic ring which is thiophene;
A is —C(X)-amine wherein the amine is an N-bonded heterocyclic compound chosen from the group consisting of morpholine, piperazine, piperidine, and pyrrolidine, each optionally substituted with C3-C6 alkyl groups;
B is —Wm —Q(R2)3 or selected from o-tolyl, 1-naphthyl, 2-naphthyl, and 9-phenanthryl, each optionally substituted with halogen or R4;
Q is C or Si;
W is —C(R3)p H(2-p)—; or when Q is C, W is selected from —C(R3)p H(2-p)—, —N(R3)m H(1-m)—, —S(O)p—, and —O—;
X is O;
n is 2;
m is 0 or 1;
p is 0, 1, or 2;
wherein the two R groups are alkenyl groups and are combined to form a fused ring with the thiophene ring with is benzothiophene; wherein the alkenyl groups are optionally substituted with halo, hydroxy, thio, amino, nitro, cyano, formyl, phenyl, C2-C4 alkoxy, alkylcarbonyl, alkylthio, alkylamino, dialkylamino, alkoxycarbonyl, (alkylthio)carbonyl, alkylaminocarbonyl, dialkylaminocarbonyl, alkylsulfinyl, or alkylsulfonyl;
each R2 is independently selected from alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, and phenyl, each optionally substituted with R4 or halogen; and wherein when Q is C, R2 may also be selected from halo, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, and dialkylamino; or wherein two R2 groups may be combined to form a cyclo group with Q;
R3 is C1-C4 alkyl; and
R4 is C1-C4 alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, or dialkylamino;
or an agronomic salt thereof
81. The method according to claim 77, wherein Z1 and Z2 are C and are part of a thiophene ring.
82. The method according to claim 81, wherein A is —C(O)-amine, wherein the amino radical is substituted with one or two groups selected from hydrogen; hydroxy; alkyl, alkenyl, and alkynyl, which may be straight or branched chain or cyclic; alkoxyalkyl; haloalkyl; hydroxyalkyl; alkylthio; alkylthioalkyl; alkylcarbonyl; alkoxycarbonyl; aminocarbonyl; alkylaminocarbonyl; cyanoalkyl; mono-or dialkylamino; phenyl, phenylalkyl or phenylalkenyl, each optionally substituted with one or more C1-C4 alkyl, alkoxy, haloalkyl, C3-C6 cycloalkyl, halo, or nitro groups; and C1-C4 alkyl or alkenyl substituted with pyrimidinyl, thienyl, or furanyl; and wherein the amino radical may be a N-bonded heterocycle selected from morpholine, piperazine, piperidine, pyrrole, pyrrolidine, imidazole, and triazoles, each optionally substituted with C1-C6 alkyl groups.
83. The method according to claim 82, wherein in —Wm—, m is 0.
84. The method according to claim 83, wherein Q is Si.
85. The method according to claim 84, wherein each R2 is C1-C4 alkyl or haloalkyl.
86. The method according to claim 85, wherein each R2 is methyl.
87. The method according to claim 86, wherein A is alkylaminocarbonyl or dialkylaminocarbonyl.
88. The method according to claim 77, wherein the fungicide comprises 4,5-dimethyl-N-2-propenyl-2-(trimethylsilyl)-3-thiophenecarboxamide.
89. The method according to claim 77, wherein
Z1 and Z2 are C and are part of an aromatic ring which is benzothiophene; and
A is selected from —C(X)-amine wherein the amine is an unsubstituted, monosubstituted or disubstituted nonheterocyclic amino radical, —C(O)—SR3, —NH—C(X)R4, and —C(═NR3)—XR7;
B is —Wm —Q(R2)3 or selected from o-tolyl, 1-naphthyl, 2-naphthyl, and 9-phenanthryl, each optionally substituted with halogen or R4;
Q is C, Si, Ge, or Sn;
W is —C(R3)p H(2-p)—; or when Q is C, W is selected from —C(R3)p H(2-p)—, —N(R3)m H(1-m)—, —S(O)p—, and —O—;
X is O or S;
n is 0, 1, 2, or 3;
m is 0 or 1;
p is 0, 1, or 2;
each R is independently selected from
a) halo, formyl, cyano, amino, nitro, thiocyanato, isothiocyanato, trimethylsilyl, and hydroxy;
b) C1-C4 alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, C3-C6 cycloalkyl, and cycloalkenyl, each optionally substituted with halo, hydroxy, thio, amino, nitro, cyano, formyl, phenyl, C1-C4 alkoxy, alkylcarbonyl, alkylthio, alkylamino, dialkylamino, alkoxycarbonyl, (alkylthio)carbonyl, alkylaminocarbonyl, dialkylaminocarbonyl, alkylsulfinyl, or alkylsulfonyl;
c) phenyl, furyl, thienyl, pyrrolyl, each optionally substituted with halo, formyl, cyano, amino, nitro, C1-C4 alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, dialkylamino, haloalkyl, and haloalkenyl;
d) C1-C4 alkoxy, alkenoxy, alkynoxy, C3-C6 cycloalkyloxy, cycloalkenyloxy, alkylthio, alkylsulfinyl, alkylsulfonyl, alkylamino, dialkylamino, alkylcarbonylamino, aminocarbonyl, alkylaminocarbonyl, dialkylaminocarbonyl, alkylcarbonyl, alkylcarbonyloxy, alkoxycarbonyl, (alkylthio)carbonyl, phenylcarbonylamino, phenylamino, each optionally substituted with halo;
each R2 is independently selected from alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl and phenyl, each optionally substituted with R4 or halogen; and wherein, when Q is C, R2 may also be selected from halo, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, and dialkylamino;
wherein two R2 groups may be combined to form a cyclo group with Q which is 1-methylcyclopropyl, 1-methylcyclopentyl, or 1-methylcyclohexyl;
R3 is C1-C4 alkyl;
R4 is C1-C4 alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, or dialkylamino; and
R7 is C1-C4 alkyl, haloalkyl, or phenyl, optionally substituted with halo, nitro, or R4;
or an agronomic salt thereof
90. The method according to claim 77, wherein
Z1 and Z2 are C and are part of an aromatic ring which is benzothiophene; and
A is selected from —C(X)-amine wherein the amine is an unsubstituted, monosubstituted or disubstituted nonheterocyclic amino radical, —C(O)—SR3, —NH—C(X)R4, and —C(═NR3)—XR7;
B is —Wm —Q(R2)3 or selected from o-tolyl, 1-naphthyl, 2-naphthyl, and 9-phenanthryl, each optionally substituted with halogen or R4;
Q is C, Si, Ge, or Sn;
W is —C(R3)p H(2-p)—; or when Q is C, W is selected from —C(R3)p H(2-p)—, —N(R3)m H(1-m)—, —S(O)p—, and —O—;
X is O or S;
n is 0, 1, 2, or 3;
m is 0 or 1;
p is 0, 1, or 2;
each R is independently selected from
a) halo, formyl, cyano, amino, nitro, thiocyanato, isothiocyanato, trimethylsilyl, and hydroxy;
b) C1-C4 alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, C3-C6 cycloalkyl, and cycloalkenyl, each optionally substituted with halo, hydroxy, thio, amino, nitro, cyano, formyl, phenyl, C1-C4 alkoxy, alkylcarbonyl, alkylthio, alkylamino, dialkylamino, alkoxycarbonyl, (alkylthio)carbonyl, alkylaminocarbonyl, dialkylaminocarbonyl, alkylsulfinyl, or alkylsulfonyl;
c) phenyl, furyl, thienyl, pyrrolyl, each optionally substituted with halo, formyl, cyano, amino, nitro, C1-C4 alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, dialkylamino, haloalkyl, and haloalkenyl;
d) C1-C4 alkoxy, alkenoxy, alkynoxy, C3-C6 cycloalkyloxy, cycloalkenyloxy, alkylthio, alkylsulfinyl, alkylsulfonyl, alkylamino, dialkylamino, alkylcarbonylamino, aminocarbonyl, alkylaminocarbonyl, dialkylaminocarbonyl, alkylcarbonyl, alkylcarbonyloxy, alkoxycarbonyl, (alkylthio)carbonyl, phenylcarbonylamino, phenylamino, each optionally substituted with halo;
each R2 is independently selected from alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl and phenyl, each optionally substituted with R4 or halogen; and wherein, when Q is C, R2 may also be selected from halo, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, and dialkylamino;
wherein two R2 groups may be combined to form a cyclo group with Q which is 1-methylcyclopropyl, 1-methylcyclopentyl, or 1-methylcyclohexyl;
R3 is C1-C4 alkyl;
R4 is C1-C4 alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, or dialkylamino; and
R7 is C1-C4 alkyl, haloalkyl, or phenyl, optionally substituted with halo, nitro, or R4;
or an agronomic salt thereof.
91. The method according to claim 77, wherein
Z1 and Z2 are C or N and are part of an aromatic ring which is furan; and
A is selected from —C(X)-amine wherein the amine is substituted with a first and a second amine substituent or with an alkylaminocarbonyl and a hydrogen, —C(O)—SR3, —NH—C(X)R4, and —C(═NR3)—XR7;
the first amine substituent is selected from the group consisting of C1-C10 straight or branched alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl groups or mixtures thereof optionally substituted with one or more halogen, hydroxy, alkoxy, alkylthio, nitrile, alkylsulfonate, haloalkylsulfonate, phenyl, a 5-membered heteroaryl, C3-C6 cycloalkyl and C5-C6 cycloalkylkenyl; phenyl optionally substituted with one or more C1-C4 straight or branched alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl groups or mixtures thereof, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy and nitro; C3-C6 cycloalkyl, C5-C6 cycloalkenyl, alkoxy, alkenoxy, alkynoxy, dialkylamino, and alkylthio;
and the second amine substituent is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen; C1-C6 straight or branched alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl groups or mixtures thereof optionally substituted with one or more halogen, hydroxy, alkylcarbonyl, haloalkylcarbonyl, alkoxycarbonyl, and dialkylphosphonyl;
B is —Wm —Q(R2)3 or selected from o-tolyl, 1-naphthyl, 2-naphthyl, and 9-phenanthryl, each optionally substituted with halogen or R4;
Q is C, Si, Ge, or Sn;
W is —C(R3)p H(2-p)—; or when Q is C, W is selected from —C(R3)p H(2-p)—, —N(R3)m H(1-m)—, —S(O)p—, and —O—;
X is O or S;
n is 0, 1, or 2;
m is 0 or 1;
p is 0, 1, or 2;
each R is independently selected from
a) halo, formyl, cyano, amino, nitro, thiocyanato, isothiocyanato, trimethylsilyl, and hydroxy;
b) C1-C4 alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, C3-C6 cycloalkyl, and cycloalkenyl, each optionally substituted with halo, hydroxy, thio, amino, nitro, cyano, formyl, phenyl, C1-C4 alkoxy, alkylcarbonyl, alkylthio, alkylamino, dialkylamino, alkoxycarbonyl, (alkylthio)carbonyl, alkylaminocarbonyl, dialkylaminocarbonyl, alkylsulfinyl, or alkylsulfonyl;
c) phenyl, furyl, thienyl, pyrrolyl, each optionally substituted with halo, formyl, cyano, amino, nitro, C1-C4 alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, dialkylamino, haloalkyl, and haloalkenyl;
d) C1-C4 alkoxy, alkenoxy, alkynoxy, C3-C6 cycloalkyloxy, cycloalkenyloxy, alkylthio, alkylsulfinyl, alkylsulfonyl, alkylamino, dialkylamino, alkylcarbonylamino, aminocarbonyl, alkylaminocarbonyl, dialkylaminocarbonyl, alkylcarbonyl, alkylcarbonyloxy, alkoxycarbonyl, (alkylthio)carbonyl, phenylcarbonylamino, phenylamino, each optionally substituted with halo;
wherein two R groups may be combined to form a fused ring;
each R2 is independently selected from alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl and phenyl, each optionally substituted with R4 or halogen; and wherein, when Q is C, R2 may also be selected from halo, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, and dialkylamino;
wherein two R2 groups may be combined to form a cyclo group with Q which is 1-methylcyclopropyl, 1-methylcyclopentyl, or 1-methylcyclohexyl;
R3 is C1-C4 alkyl;
R4 is C1-C4 alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, or dialkylamino; and
R7 is C1-C4 alkyl, haloalkyl, or phenyl, optionally substituted with halo, nitro, or R4;
or an agronomic salt thereof
92. The method according to claim 77, wherein
Z1 and Z2 are C and are part of an aromatic ring which is furan; and
A is selected from —C(X)-amine wherein the amine is substituted with a first and a second amine substituent or with an alkylaminocarbonyl and a hydrogen, —C(O)—SR3, —NH—C(X)R4, and —C(═NR3)—XR7;
the first amine substituent is selected from the group consisting of C1-C10 straight or branched alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl groups or mixtures thereof optionally substituted with one or more halogen, hydroxy, alkoxy, alkylthio, nitrile, alkylsulfonate, haloalkylsulfonate, phenyl, a 5-membered heteroaryl, C3-C6 cycloalkyl and C5-C6 cycloalkylkenyl; phenyl optionally substituted with one or more C1-C4 straight or branched alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl groups or mixtures thereof, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy and nitro; C3-C6 cycloalkyl, C5-C6 cycloalkenyl, alkoxy, alkenoxy, alkynoxy, dialkylamino, and alkylthio;
and the second amine substituent is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen; C1-C6 straight or branched alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl groups or mixtures thereof optionally substituted with one or more halogen, hydroxy, alkylcarbonyl, haloalkylcarbonyl, alkoxycarbonyl, and dialkylphosphonyl;
B is —Wm —Q(R2)3 or selected from o-tolyl, 1-naphthyl, 2-naphthyl, and 9-phenanthryl, each optionally substituted with halogen or R4;
Q is C, Si, Ge, or Sn;
W is —C(R3)p H(2-p)—; or when Q is C, W is selected from —C(R3)p H(2-p)—, —N(R3)m H(1-m)—, —S(O)p—, and —O—;
X is O or S;
n is 0, 1, or 2;
m is 0 or 1;
p is 0, 1, or 2;
each R is independently selected from
a) halo, formyl, cyano, amino, nitro, thiocyanato, isothiocyanato, trimethylsilyl, and hydroxy;
b) C1-C4 alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, C3-C6 cycloalkyl, and cycloalkenyl, each optionally substituted with halo, hydroxy, thio, amino, nitro, cyano, formyl, phenyl, C1-C4 alkoxy, alkylcarbonyl, alkylthio, alkylamino, dialkylamino, alkoxycarbonyl, (alkylthio)carbonyl, alkylaminocarbonyl, dialkylaminocarbonyl, alkylsulfinyl, or alkylsulfonyl;
c) phenyl, furyl, thienyl, pyrrolyl, each optionally substituted with halo, formyl, cyano, amino, nitro, C1-C4 alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, dialkylamino, haloalkyl, and haloalkenyl;
d) C1-C4 alkoxy, alkenoxy, alkynoxy, C3-C6 cycloalkyloxy, cycloalkenyloxy, alkylthio, alkylsulfinyl, alkylsulfonyl, alkylamino, dialkylamino, alkylcarbonylamino, aminocarbonyl, alkylaminocarbonyl, dialkylaminocarbonyl, alkylcarbonyl, alkylcarbonyloxy, alkoxycarbonyl, (alkylthio)carbonyl, phenylcarbonylamino, phenylamino, each optionally substituted with halo;
wherein two R groups may be combined to form a fused ring;
each R2 is independently selected from alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl and phenyl, each optionally substituted with R4 or halogen; and wherein, when Q is C, R2 may also be selected from halo, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, and dialkylamino;
wherein two R2 groups may be combined to form a cyclo group with Q which is 1-methylcyclopropyl, 1-methylcyclopentyl, or 1-methylcyclohexyl;
R3 is C1-C4 alkyl;
R4 is C1-C4 alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, or dialkylamino; and
R7 is C1-C4 alkyl, haloalkyl, or phenyl, optionally substituted with halo, nitro, or R4;
or an agronomic salt thereof.
93. The method according to claim 77, wherein
Z1 and Z2 are C and are part of an aromatic ring which is furan; and
A is selected from —C(X)-amine wherein the amine is substituted with a first and a second amine substituent or with an alkylaminocarbonyl and a hydrogen, —C(O)—SR3, —NH—C(X)R4, and —C(═NR3)—XR7;
the first amine substituent is selected from the group consisting of C1-C10 straight or branched alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl groups or mixtures thereof optionally substituted with one or more halogen, hydroxy, alkoxy, alkylthio, nitrile, alkylsulfonate, haloalkylsulfonate, phenyl, a 5-membered heteroaryl, C3-C6 cycloalkyl and C5-C6 cycloalkylkenyl; phenyl optionally substituted with one or more C1-C4 straight or branched alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl groups or mixtures thereof, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy and nitro; C3-C6 cycloalkyl, C5-C6 cycloalkenyl, alkoxy, alkenoxy, alkynoxy, dialkylamino, and alkylthio;
and the second amine substituent is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen; C1-C6 straight or branched alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl groups or mixtures thereof optionally substituted with one or more halogen, hydroxy, alkylcarbonyl, haloalkylcarbonyl, alkoxycarbonyl, and dialkylphosphonyl;
B is —Wm —Q(R2)3 or selected from o-tolyl, 1-naphthyl, 2-naphthyl, and 9-phenanthryl, each optionally substituted with halogen or R4;
Q is C, Si, Ge, or Sn;
W is —C(R3)p H(2-p)—; or when Q is C, W is selected from —C(R3)p H(2-p)—, —N(R3)m H(1-m)—, —S(O)p—, and —O—;
X is O or S;
n is 2;
m is 0 or 1;
p is 0, 1, or 2;
wherein the two R groups are combined to form a nonheterocyclic ring fused to said furan ring which is not benzofuran when A is —C(X)--amine, B is —Wm (Q)—(R2)3, and Q is C or Si, said R groups being selected from the group consisting of C1-C4 alkyl, alkenyl, C3-C6 cycloalkyl and cycloalkenyl, each optionally substituted with hydroxy, thio, phenyl, C1-C4 alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylsulfinyl, or alkylsulfonyl; and
each R2 is independently selected from alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl and phenyl, each optionally substituted with R4 or halogen; and wherein, when Q is C, R2 may also be selected from halo, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, and dialkylamino; wherein further when Q is C, then two R2 groups may be combined to form a cyclo group with Q;
R3 is C1-C4 alkyl;
R4 is C1-C4 alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, or dialkylamino; and
R7 is C1-C4 alkyl, haloalkyl, or phenyl, optionally substituted with halo, nitro, or R4;
or an agronomic salt thereof.
94. The method according to claim 77, wherein
Z1 and Z2 are C and are part of an aromatic ring which is pyridine; and
A is selected from the group consisting of —C(O)—SR3, —NH—C(X)R4, and —C(═NR3)—XR7 and —C(X)-amine wherein the amine is substituted with alkylaminocarbonyl and a hydrogen or wherein the amine has a first and a second amine substituent;
the first amine substituent is selected from the group consisting of C1-C10 straight or branched alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl groups or mixtures thereof optionally substituted with one or more halogen, hydroxy, alkoxy, alkylthio, nitrile, alkylsulfonate, haloalkylsulfonate, phenyl, a 5-membered heteroaryl, C3-C6 cycloalkyl and C5-C6 cycloalkylkenyl; phenyl optionally substituted with one or more C1-C4 straight or branched alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl groups or mixtures thereof, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy and nitro; C3-C6 cycloalkyl, C5-C6 cycloalkenyl, alkoxy, alkenoxy, alkynoxy, dialkylamino, and alkylthio;
and the second amine substituent is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen; C1-C6 straight or branched alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl groups or mixtures thereof optionally substituted with one or more halogen, hydroxy, alkylcarbonyl, haloalkylcarbonyl, alkoxycarbonyl, and dialkylphosphonyl;
B is —Wm —Q(R2)3 or selected from o-tolyl, 1-naphthyl, 2-naphthyl, and 9-phenanthryl, each optionally substituted with halogen or R4;
Q is C, Si, Ge, or Sn;
W is —C(R3)p H(2-p)—; or when Q is C, W is selected from —C(R3)p H(2-p)—, —N(R3)m H(1-m)—, —S(O)p—, and —O—;
X is O or S;
n is 0, 1, or 2;
m is 0 or 1;
p is 0, 1, or 2;
each R is independently selected from
a) halo, formyl, cyano, amino, nitro, thiocyanato, isothiocyanato, trimethylsilyl, and hydroxy;
b) C1-C4 alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, C3-C6 cycloalkyl, and cycloalkenyl, each optionally substituted with halo, hydroxy, thio, amino, nitro, cyano, formyl, phenyl, C1-C4 alkoxy, alkylcarbonyl, alkylthio, alkylamino, dialkylamino, alkoxycarbonyl, (alkylthio)carbonyl, alkylaminocarbonyl, dialkylaminocarbonyl, alkylsulfinyl, or alkylsulfonyl;
c) phenyl, furyl, thienyl, pyrrolyl, each optionally substituted with halo, formyl, cyano, amino, nitro, C1-C4 alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, dialkylamino, haloalkyl, and haloalkenyl;
d) C1-C4 alkoxy, alkenoxy, alkynoxy, C3-C6 cycloalkyloxy, cycloalkenyloxy, alkylthio, alkylsulfinyl, alkylsulfonyl, alkylamino, dialkylamino, alkylcarbonylamino, aminocarbonyl, alkylaminocarbonyl, dialkylaminocarbonyl, alkylcarbonyl, alkylcarbonyloxy, alkoxycarbonyl, (alkylthio)carbonyl, phenylcarbonylamino, phenylamino, each optionally substituted with halo;
each R2 is independently selected from alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl and phenyl, each optionally substituted with R4 or halogen; and wherein, when Q is C, R2 may also be selected from halo, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, and dialkylamino; or wherein two R2 groups may be combined to form a cyclo group with Q which is 1-methylcyclopropyl, 1-methylcyclopentyl, or 1-methylcyclohexyl;
R3 is C1-C4 alkyl;
R4 is C1-C4 alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, or dialkylamino; and
R7 is C1-C4 alkyl, haloalkyl, or phenyl, optionally substituted with halo, nitro, or R4;
or an agronomic salt thereof.
95. The method according to claim 77, wherein
Z1 and Z2 are C and are part of an aromatic ring which is benzene; and
A is selected from the group consisting of —C(X)-amine wherein the amine is substituted with a first and a second amine substituent or with an alkylaminocarbonyl and a hydrogen; —C(O)—SR3, —NH—C(X)R4, and —C(═NR3)—XR7;
the first amine substituent is selected from the group consisting of C1-C10 straight or branched alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl groups or mixtures thereof optionally substituted with one or more halogen, hydroxy, alkoxy, alkylthio, nitrile, alkylsulfonate, haloalkylsulfonate, phenyl, C3-C6 cycloalkyl and C5-C6 cycloalkylkenyl; phenyl optionally substituted with one or more C1-C4 straight or branched alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl groups or mixtures thereof, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy and nitro; C3-C6 cycloalkyl, C5-C6 cycloalkenyl, alkoxy, alkenoxy, alkynoxy, dialkylamino, and alkylthio;
and the second amine substituent is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen; C1-C6 straight or branched alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl groups or mixtures thereof optionally substituted with one or more halogen, hydroxy, alkylcarbonyl, haloalkylcarbonyl, alkoxycarbonyl, and dialkylphosphonyl;
B is —Wm —Q(R2)3 or selected from o-tolyl, 1-naphthyl, 2-naphthyl, and 9-phenanthryl, each optionally substituted with halogen or R4;
Q is Si, Ge, or Sn;
W is —C(R3)p H(2-p)—;
X is O or S;
n is 0, 1, 2 or 3;
m is 0 or 1;
p is 0, 1, or 2;
each R is independently selected from
a) halo, formyl, cyano, amino, nitro, thiocyanato, isothiocyanato, trimethylsilyl, and hydroxy;
b) C1-C4 alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, C3-C6 cycloalkyl, and cycloalkenyl, each optionally substituted with halo, hydroxy, thio, amino, nitro, cyano, formyl, phenyl, C1-C4 alkoxy, alkylcarbonyl, alkylthio, alkylamino, dialkylamino, alkoxycarbonyl, (alkylthio)carbonyl, alkylaminocarbonyl, dialkylaminocarbonyl, alkylsulfinyl, or alkylsulfonyl;
c) phenyl, furyl, thienyl, pyrrolyl, each optionally substituted with halo, formyl, cyano, amino, nitro, C1-C4 alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, dialkylamino, haloalkyl, and haloalkenyl;
d) C1-C4 alkoxy, alkenoxy, alkynoxy, C3-C6 cycloalkyloxy, cycloalkenyloxy, alkylthio, alkylsulfinyl, alkylsulfonyl, alkylamino, dialkylamino, alkylcarbonylamino, aminocarbonyl, alkylaminocarbonyl, dialkylaminocarbonyl, alkylcarbonyl, alkylcarbonyloxy, alkoxycarbonyl, (alkylthio)carbonyl, phenylcarbonylamino, phenylamino, each optionally substituted with halo;
each R2 is independently selected from alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl and phenyl, each optionally substituted with R4 or halogen;
R3 is C1-C4 alkyl;
R4 is C1-C4 alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, or dialkylamino; and
R7 is C1-C4 alkyl, haloalkyl, or phenyl, optionally substituted with halo, nitro, or R4;
or an agronomic salt thereof.
96. The method according to claim 76, wherein the fungicide comprises a compound having the formula:
Figure US20050233905A1-20051020-C00010
Figure US20050233905A1-20051020-C00011
where A is —C(X)-amine; B is —Wm —Q(R2)3; and A can be B when B is A except when the formula is f), then Q cannot be Si;
Q is C or Si;
W is —NH—, —O— or NCH3—;
X is O or S;
m is 0 or 1, provided that m is 0 when Q is Si;
n is 0, 1, 2, or 3;
p is 0, 1 or 2, and n plus p is equal to or less than 3;
each R is independently selected from
a) halo, formyl, cyano, amino, nitro, thiocyanato, isothiocyanato, trimethylsilyl, and hydroxy;
b) C1-C4 alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, C3-C6 cycloalkyl, and cycloalkenyl, each optionally substituted with halo, hydroxy, thio, amino, nitro, cyano, formyl, phenyl, C1-C4 alkoxy, alkylcarbonyl, alkylthio, alkylamino, dialkylamino, alkoxycarbonyl, (alkylthio)carbonyl, alkylaminocarbonyl, dialkylaminocarbonyl, alkylsulfinyl, or alkylsulfonyl;
c) phenyl, furyl, thienyl, pyrrolyl, each optionally substituted with halo, formyl, cyano, amino, nitro, C1-C4 alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, dialkylamino, haloalkyl, and haloalkenyl;
d) C1-C4 alkoxy, alkenoxy, alkynoxy, C3-C6 cycloalkyloxy, cycloalkenyloxy, alkylthio, alkylsulfinyl, alkylsulfonyl, alkylamino, dialkylamino, alkylcarbonylamino, aminocarbonyl, alkylaminocarbonyl, dialkylaminocarbonyl, alkylcarbonyl, alkylcarbonyloxy, alkoxycarbonyl, (alkylthio)carbonyl, phenylcarbonylamino, phenylamino, each optionally substituted with halo; each R2 is independently selected from alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl and phenyl, each optionally substituted with R4 or halogen; and wherein, when Q is C, R2 may also be selected from halo, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, and dialkylamino; wherein two R2 groups may be combined to form a cyclo group with Q; R4 is C1-C4 alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, or dialkylamino;
or an agronomic salt thereof.
97. The method according to claim 76, wherein the fungicide comprises a compound having the formula:
Figure US20050233905A1-20051020-C00012
wherein R2 is ethyl, iso-propyl, propyl or allyl;
A is N(CH3)1-n Hn R5 or OR6 wherein n is 0 or 1, R5 is (CH3)m (CH3 CH2)3-m C, 1-methyl-1-cyclopentyl, 1-methyl-1-cyclohexyl or 2,3-dimethyl-2-butyl wherein m is 0, 1, 2 or 3 and R6 is independently R5, or 2,3,3-trimethyl-2-butyl;
R3 is H or independently R4; and
R4 is halo or CH3;
with the proviso that when A is N(CH3)1-n Hn R5, if R3 is H and R5 is 1-methyl-1-cyclohexyl or (CH3)m (CH2 CH3)3-m C, where m is 0 or 3, or if R3 is halo and R2 is (CH3)m (CH3 CH2)3-m C, where m is 3, then R2 cannot be ethyl;
and with the proviso that when A is OR6 then m is equal to or less than 2, and if R3 is H or halo and R2 is ethyl or isopropyl, then R6 is (CH3)M (CH3 CH2)3-M C where m is 1;
or an agronomic salt thereof.
98. The method according to claim 1, wherein the agronomic plant is selected from the group consisting of corn, cereals, barley, rye, rice, vegetables, clovers, legumes, beans, peas, alfalfa, sugar cane, sugar beets, tobacco, cotton, rapeseed (canola), sunflower, safflower, and sorghum.
99. The method according to claim 76, wherein the agronomic plant is a member of the sub-family Papilionoideae or Faboideae.
100. The method according to claim 99, wherein the agronomic plant is selected from the group consisting of Pisum spp., Medicago spp., Arachis spp., Glycine spp., Vicia spp., Vigna spp., trefoil, clovers and Phaseolus spp.
101. The method according to claim 99, wherein the agronomic plant is a soybean plant.
102. The method according to claim 101, where the treatment comprises treatment of the seed of the soybean plant with an inoculant comprising Azospirillium spp., or Rhizobium spp., or Bradyrhizobium spp., or a mixture of Rhizobium spp. and Bradyrhizobium spp., or a mixture of either Rhizobium spp., or Bradyrhizobium spp. with any other microorganisms.
103. The method according to claim 76, wherein the step of treating the plant or its propagation material comprises treating the seed with an effective amount of the fungicide.
104. The method according to claim 76, wherein the step of treating the plant or its propagation material comprises applying the fungicide to the foliage of the plant.
105. The method according to claim 103, wherein the agronomic plant is selected from the group consisting of Pisum spp., Medicago spp., Arachis spp., Glycine spp., Vicia spp., Vigna spp., trefoil, clovers and Phaseolus spp.
106. The method according to claim 103, wherein the seed is treated with an inoculant comprising Azospirillium spp., or Rhizobium spp., or Bradyrhizobium spp., or a mixture of Rhizobium spp. and Bradyrhizobium spp., or a mixture of either Rhizobium spp., or Bradyrhizobium spp. with any other microorganisms.
107. The method according to claim 103, wherein the seed is treated with an inoculant comprising Bradyrhizobium japonicum.
108. The method according to claim 103, wherein the seed is treated with an amount of the composition sufficient to include the fungicide in an amount that is within the range of about 0.1 gm/100 kg of seed to about 500 gm/100 kg of seed.
109. The method according to claim 103, wherein the seed is treated with an amount of the composition sufficient to include the fungicide in an amount that is within the range of about 10 gm/100 kg of seed to about 100 gm/100 kg of seed.
110. The method according to claim 103, wherein the seed is treated with an amount of the composition sufficient to include the fungicide in an amount that is within the range of about 20 gm/100 kg of seed to about 50 gm/100 kg of seed.
111. The method according to claim 76, wherein the seed possesses a transgenic event providing the plant with resistance to a herbicide and the treatment comprises foliar application of said herbicide.
112. The method according to claim 111, wherein the herbicide is selected from the group consisting of glyphosate, glyphosinate, imidazilinone and STS system.
113. The method according to claim 103, wherein the seed possesses a transgenic event providing the plant with resistance to a herbicide selected from the group consisting of glyphosate, glyphosinate, imidazilinone and STS system and the treatment comprises foliar application of said herbicide.
114. The method according to claim 76, wherein the treatment comprises treating the seed of the plant with an inoculant selected from the group consisting of Azospirillium spp., Rhizobium spp., Bradyrhizobium spp., a mixture of Rhizobium spp. and Bradyrhizobium spp., and a mixture of either Rhizobium spp., or Bradyrhizobium spp. with any other microorganisms, and further includes foliar treatment of the plant with a compound having the formula
Figure US20050233905A1-20051020-C00013
wherein Z1 and Z2 are C or N and are part of an aromatic ring selected from benzene, pyridine, thiophene, furan, pyrrole, pyrazole, thiazole, benzothiophene and isothiazole;
A is selected from —C(X)-amine, —C(O)—SR3, —NH—C(X)R4, and —C(═NR3)—XR7;
B is —Wm —Q(R2)3 or selected from o-tolyl, 1-naphthyl, 2-naphthyl, and 9-phenanthryl, each optionally substituted with halogen or R4;
Q is C, Si, Ge, or Sn;
W is —C(R3)p H(2-p)—; or when Q is C, W is selected from —C(R3)p H(2-p)—, —N(R3)m H(1-m)—, —S(O)p—, and —O—;
X is O or S;
n is 0, 1, 2, or 3;
m is 0 or 1;
p is 0, 1, or 2;
each R is independently selected from
a) halo, formyl, cyano, amino, nitro, thiocyanato, isothiocyanato, trimethylsilyl, and hydroxy;
b) C1-C4 alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, C3-C6 cycloalkyl, and cycloalkenyl, each optionally substituted with halo, hydroxy, thio, amino, nitro, cyano, formyl, phenyl, C1-C4 alkoxy, alkylcarbonyl, alkylthio, alkylamino, dialkylamino, alkoxycarbonyl, (alkylthio)carbonyl, alkylaminocarbonyl, dialkylaminocarbonyl, alkylsulfinyl, or alkylsulfonyl;
c) phenyl, furyl, thienyl, pyrrolyl, each optionally substituted with halo, formyl, cyano, amino, nitro, C1-C4 alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, dialkylamino, haloalkyl, and haloalkenyl;
d) C1-C4 alkoxy, alkenoxy, alkynoxy, C3-C6 cycloalkyloxy, cycloalkenyloxy, alkylthio, alkylsulfinyl, alkylsulfonyl, alkylamino, dialkylamino, alkylcarbonylamino, aminocarbonyl, alkylaminocarbonyl, dialkylam inocarbonyl, alkylcarbonyl, alkylcarbonyloxy, alkoxycarbonyl, (alkylthio)carbonyl, phenylcarbonylamino, phenylamino, each optionally substituted with halo;
wherein two R groups may be combined to form a fused ring;
each R2 is independently selected from alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl and phenyl, each optionally substituted with R4 or halogen; and wherein, when Q is C, R2 may also be selected from halo, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, and dialkylamino;
wherein two R2 groups may be combined to form a cyclo group with Q;
R3 is C1-C4 alkyl;
R4 is C1-C4 alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, or dialkylamino; and
R7 is C1-C4 alkyl, haloalkyl, or phenyl, optionally substituted with halo, nitro, or R4;
or an agronomic salt thereof.
115. The method according to claim 114, wherein the seed possesses a transgenic event providing the plant with resistance to a herbicide selected from the group consisting of glyphosate, glyphosinate, imidazilinone and STS system and the treatment further comprises foliar application of said herbicide.
116. The method according to claim 103, wherein the seed possesses a transgenic event providing the plant with resistance to a herbicide and the step of applying the fungicide to the foliage of the plant comprises the application of the fungicide in combination with said herbicide.
117. The method according to claim 116, wherein the herbicide is glyphosate.
118. A method of increasing the vigor and/or the yield of an agronomic plant except for wheat comprising treating an agronomic plant or its propagation material except for wheat with a composition comprising an effective amount of an active agent that has activity against Gaeumannomyces graminis.
119. The method according to claim 118, wherein the active agent comprises a compound having the formula
Figure US20050233905A1-20051020-C00014
wherein Z1 and Z2 are C or N and are part of an aromatic ring selected from benzene, pyridine, thiophene, furan, pyrrole, pyrazole, thiazole, benzothiophene and isothiazole;
A is selected from —C(X)-amine, —C(O)—SR3, —NH—C(X)R4, and —C(═NR3)—XR7;
B is —Wm —Q(R2)3 or selected from o-tolyl, 1-naphthyl, 2-naphthyl, and 9-phenanthryl, each optionally substituted with halogen or R4;
Q is C, Si, Ge, or Sn;
W is —C(R3)p H(2-p)—; or when Q is C, W is selected from —C(R3)p H(2-p)—, —N(R3)m H(1-m)—, —S(O)p—, and —O—;
X is O or S;
n is 0, 1, 2, or 3;
m is 0 or 1;
p is 0, 1, or 2;
each R is independently selected from
a) halo, formyl, cyano, amino, nitro, thiocyanato, isothiocyanato, trimethylsilyl, and hydroxy;
b) C1-C4 alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, C3-C6 cycloalkyl, and cycloalkenyl, each optionally substituted with halo, hydroxy, thio, amino, nitro, cyano, formyl, phenyl, C1-C4 alkoxy, alkylcarbonyl, alkylthio, alkylamino, dialkylamino, alkoxycarbonyl, (alkylthio)carbonyl, alkylaminocarbonyl, dialkylaminocarbonyl, alkylsulfinyl, or alkylsulfonyl;
c) phenyl, furyl, thienyl, pyrrolyl, each optionally substituted with halo, formyl, cyano, amino, nitro, C1-C4 alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, dialkylamino, haloalkyl, and haloalkenyl;
d) C1-C4 alkoxy, alkenoxy, alkynoxy, C3-C6 cycloalkyloxy, cycloalkenyloxy, alkylthio, alkylsulfinyl, alkylsulfonyl, alkylamino, dialkylamino, alkylcarbonylamino, aminocarbonyl, alkylaminocarbonyl, dialkylaminocarbonyl, alkylcarbonyl, alkylcarbonyloxy, alkoxycarbonyl, (alkylthio)carbonyl, phenylcarbonylamino, phenylamino, each optionally substituted with halo;
wherein two R groups may be combined to form a fused ring;
each R2 is independently selected from alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl and phenyl, each optionally substituted with R4 or halogen; and wherein, when Q is C, R2 may also be selected from halo, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, and dialkylamino; wherein two R2 groups may be combined to form a cyclo group with Q;
R3 is C1-C4 alkyl; and
R4 is C1-C4 alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, or dialkylamino;
R7 is C1-C4 alkyl, haloalkyl, or phenyl, optionally substituted with halo, nitro, or R4;
or an agronomic salt thereof.
120. The method according to claim 119, wherein the active agent comprises 4,5-dimethyl-N-2-propenyl-2-(trimethylsilyl)-3-thiophenecarboxamide.
121. The method according to claim 118, where the treatment further comprises treatment of the seed with an inoculant comprising Azospirillium spp., or Rhizobium spp., or Bradyrhizobium spp., or a mixture of Rhizobium spp. and Bradyrhizobium spp., or a mixture of either Rhizobium spp., or Bradyrhizobium spp. with any other microorganisms.
122. The method according to claim 119, wherein the plant or its propagation material comprises a seed which possesses a transgenic event providing the plant with resistance to a herbicide and the treatment comprises foliar application of said herbicide.
123. The method according to claim 122, wherein the herbicide is selected from the group consisting of glyphosate, glyphosinate, imidazilinone and STS system.
124. The method according to claim 118, wherein the treatment comprises treating the seed of the plant with an inoculant selected from the group consisting of Azospirillium spp., Rhizobium spp., Bradyrhizobium spp., a mixture of Rhizobium spp. and Bradyrhizobium spp., and a mixture of either Rhizobium spp., or Bradyrhizobium spp. with any other microorganisms, and further includes foliar treatment of the plant with the fungicide.
125. The method according to claim 124, wherein the herbicide is glyphosate.
126. An agronomic plant or its propagation material for which Gaeumannomyces graminis is not a disease-causing organism, wherein the plant or its propagation material has been treated with a composition comprising an effective amount of an active agent which has activity against Gaeumannomyces graminis, and wherein the plant is not wheat.
127. A plant or its propagation material which has been treated with a composition comprising a fungicide in an amount sufficient to increase the yield and/or the vigor of the plant, wherein the fungicide is one having no significant activity against fungal plant pathogens of said plant or its propagation material.
128. The plant or its propagation material according to claim 127, wherein the plant is a soybean plant or its seed which has been treated with a composition comprising 4,5-dimethyl-N-(2-propenyl)-2-(trimethylsilyl)-3-thiophenecarboxamide.
129. The plant or its propagation material according to claim 128, wherein the soybean seed is contacted with an inoculant comprising Rhizobium spp., or Bradyrhizobium spp., or a mixture of Rhizobium spp. and Bradyrhizobium spp., or a mixture of either Rhizobium spp., or Bradyrhizobium spp. with any other microorganisms.
130. The plant or its propagation material according to claim 129, wherein the plant or its propagation material has a transgenic event.
131. A seed that has been treated by the method of claim 76.
132. A method for increasing the vigor and/or the yield of an agronomic plant or its propagation material comprising treating the seed and/or the foliage of such plant with a compound having the formula:
Figure US20050233905A1-20051020-C00015
wherein Z1 and Z2 are C or N and are part of an aromatic ring selected from benzene, pyridine, thiophene, furan, pyrrole, pyrazole, thiazole, benzothiophene and isothiazole;
A is selected from —C(X)-amine, —C(O)—SR3, —NH—C(X)R4, and —C(═NR3)—XR7;
B is —Wm —Q(R2)3 or selected from o-tolyl, 1-naphthyl, 2-naphthyl, and 9-phenanthryl, each optionally substituted with halogen or R4;
Q is C, Si, Ge, or Sn;
W is —C(R3)p H(2-p)—; or when Q is C, W is selected from —C(R3)p H(2-p)—, —N(R3)m H(1-m)—, —S(O)p—, and —O—;
X is O or S;
n is 0, 1, 2, or 3;
m is 0 or 1;
p is 0, 1, or 2;
each R is independently selected from
a) halo, formyl, cyano, amino, nitro, thiocyanato, isothiocyanato, trimethylsilyl, and hydroxy;
b) C1-C4 alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, C3-C6 cycloalkyl, and cycloalkenyl, each optionally substituted with halo, hydroxy, thio, amino, nitro, cyano, formyl, phenyl, C1-C4 alkoxy, alkylcarbonyl, alkylthio, alkylamino, dialkylamino, alkoxycarbonyl, (alkylthio)carbonyl, alkylaminocarbonyl, dialkylaminocarbonyl, alkylsulfinyl, or alkylsulfonyl;
c) phenyl, furyl, thienyl, pyrrolyl, each optionally substituted with halo, formyl, cyano, amino, nitro, C1-C4 alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, dialkylamino, haloalkyl, and haloalkenyl;
d) C1-C4 alkoxy, alkenoxy, alkynoxy, C3-C6 cycloalkyloxy, cycloalkenyloxy, alkylthio, alkylsulfinyl, alkylsulfonyl, alkylamino, dialkylamino, alkylcarbonylamino, aminocarbonyl, alkylaminocarbonyl, dialkylaminocarbonyl, alkylcarbonyl, alkylcarbonyloxy, alkoxycarbonyl, (alkylthio)carbonyl, phenylcarbonylamino, phenylamino, each optionally substituted with halo;
wherein two R groups may be combined to form a fused ring;
each R2 is independently selected from alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl and phenyl, each optionally substituted with R4 or halogen; and wherein, when Q is C, R2 may also be selected from halo, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, and dialkylamino; wherein two R2 groups may be combined to form a cyclo group with Q;
R3 is C1-C4 alkyl;
R4 is C1-C4 alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, or dialkylamino; and
R7 is C1-C4 alkyl, haloalkyl, or phenyl, optionally substituted with halo, nitro, or R4;
or an agronomic salt thereof;
except that the agronomic plant is not wheat when the compound is silthiofam.
133. A method for increasing the vigor and/or the yield of an agronomic plant or its propagation material comprising treating the seed and/or the foliage of such plant with a compound having the formula:
Figure US20050233905A1-20051020-C00016
Figure US20050233905A1-20051020-C00017
where A is —C(X)-amine; B is —Wm —Q(R2)3; and A can be B when B is A except when the formula is f), then Q cannot be Si;
Q is C or Si;
W is —NH—, —O— or NCH3—;
X is O or S;
m is 0 or 1, provided that m is 0 when Q is Si;
n is 0, 1, 2, or 3;
p is 0, 1 or 2, and n plus p is equal to or less than 3;
each R is independently selected from
a) halo, formyl, cyano, amino, nitro, thiocyanato, isothiocyanato, trimethylsilyl, and hydroxy;
b) C1-C4 alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, C3-C6 cycloalkyl, and cycloalkenyl, each optionally substituted with halo, hydroxy, thio, amino, nitro, cyano, formyl, phenyl, C1-C4 alkoxy, alkylcarbonyl, alkylthio, alkylamino, dialkylamino, alkoxycarbonyl, (alkylthio)carbonyl, alkylaminocarbonyl, dialkylaminocarbonyl, alkylsulfinyl, or alkylsulfonyl;
c) phenyl, furyl, thienyl, pyrrolyl, each optionally substituted with halo, formyl, cyano, amino, nitro, C1-C4 alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, dialkylamino, haloalkyl, and haloalkenyl;
d) C1-C4 alkoxy, alkenoxy, alkynoxy, C3-C6 cycloalkyloxy, cycloalkenyloxy, alkylthio, alkylsulfinyl, alkylsulfonyl, alkylamino, dialkylamino, alkylcarbonylamino, aminocarbonyl, alkylaminocarbonyl, dialkylaminocarbonyl, alkylcarbonyl, alkylcarbonyloxy, alkoxycarbonyl, (alkylthio)carbonyl, phenylcarbonylamino, phenylamino, each optionally substituted with halo; each R2 is independently selected from alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl and phenyl, each optionally substituted with R4 or halogen; and wherein, when Q is C, R2 may also be selected from halo, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, and dialkylamino; wherein two R2 groups may be combined to form a cyclo group with Q; R4 is C1-C4 alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, or dialkylamino;
or an agronomic salt thereof.
134. A method for increasing the vigor and/or the yield of an agronomic plant or its propagation material comprising treating the seed and/or the foliage of such plant with a compound having the formula:
Figure US20050233905A1-20051020-C00018
wherein R2 is ethyl, iso-propyl, propyl or allyl;
A is N(CH3)1-n Hn R5 or OR6 wherein n is 0 or 1, R5 is (CH3)m (CH3 CH2)3-m C, 1-methyl-1-cyclopentyl, 1-methyl-1-cyclohexyl or 2,3-dimethyl-2-butyl wherein m is 0, 1, 2 or 3 and R6 is independently R5, or 2,3,3-trimethyl-2-butyl;
R3 is H or independently R4; and
R4 is halo or CH3;
with the proviso that when A is N(CH3)1-n Hn R5, if R3 is H and R5 is 1-methyl-1-cyclohexyl or (CH3)m (CH2 CH3)3-m C, where m is 0 or 3, or if R3 is halo and R2 is (CH3)m (CH3 CH2)3-m C, where m is 3, then R2 cannot be ethyl;
and with the proviso that when A is OR6 then m is equal to or less than 2, and if R3 is H or halo and R2 is ethyl or isopropyl, then R6 is (CH3)M (CH3 CH2)3-M C where m is 1;
or an agronomic salt thereof.
135. A method for increasing the vigor and/or the yield of an agronomic plant or its propagation material except for wheat comprising treating the seed and/or the foliage of such plant with silthiofam.
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