containing within the same carbon skeleton a carboxylic group or a thio analogue, or a derivative thereof, and a carbon atom having only two bonds to hetero atoms with at the most one bond to halogen

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Insecticidal active mixtures comprising carboxamide compound
- Patent number 12,102,085
- Issue date Oct 1, 2024
- BASF Agrochemical Products B.V.
- Tatjana Sikuljak
- A01 - AGRICULTURE FORESTRY ANIMAL HUSBANDRY HUNTING TRAPPING FISHING
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3′-alkynyl abscisic acid derivatives as ABA antagonists
- Patent number 12,063,929
- Issue date Aug 20, 2024
- University of Saskatchewan
- Suzanne R. Abrams
- A01 - AGRICULTURE FORESTRY ANIMAL HUSBANDRY HUNTING TRAPPING FISHING
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Synergistic formulations for control and repellency of biting arthr...
- Patent number 11,849,727
- Issue date Dec 26, 2023
- Bedoukian Research, Inc.
- Robert H. Bedoukian
- A01 - AGRICULTURE FORESTRY ANIMAL HUSBANDRY HUNTING TRAPPING FISHING
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Plant growth regulation
- Patent number 11,844,350
- Issue date Dec 19, 2023
- Syngenta Participations AG
- Arne Pingel
- C07 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
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Antimicrobial, disinfecting, and wound healing compositions and met...
- Patent number 11,839,213
- Issue date Dec 12, 2023
- Armis Biopharma, Inc.
- Edwin Neas
- A01 - AGRICULTURE FORESTRY ANIMAL HUSBANDRY HUNTING TRAPPING FISHING
Information Patent Grant
Compounds and compositions for nematode treatment
- Patent number 11,832,613
- Issue date Dec 5, 2023
- Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
- Joel Robert Coats
- A01 - AGRICULTURE FORESTRY ANIMAL HUSBANDRY HUNTING TRAPPING FISHING
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Methods and compositions for pest control
- Patent number 11,767,289
- Issue date Sep 26, 2023
- United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
- Tappey H. Jones
- C07 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
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Composition and method for increasing the content of glucosinolates...
- Patent number 11,696,537
- Issue date Jul 11, 2023
- Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC)
- Micaela Carvajal Alcaraz
- A01 - AGRICULTURE FORESTRY ANIMAL HUSBANDRY HUNTING TRAPPING FISHING
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Control of ripening and senescence in pre-harvest and post-harvest...
- Patent number 11,690,373
- Issue date Jul 4, 2023
- Washington State University
- Amit Dhingra
- A23 - FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
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Compounds, compositions, and methods for the treatment and preventi...
- Patent number 11,660,294
- Issue date May 30, 2023
- OHIO STATE INNOVATION FOUNDATION
- Gireesh Rajashekara
- A01 - AGRICULTURE FORESTRY ANIMAL HUSBANDRY HUNTING TRAPPING FISHING
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Herbicidal compositions based on nonanoic acid and ketoacids
- Patent number 11,653,647
- Issue date May 23, 2023
- Novamont S.p.A.
- Angela Sagliano
- A01 - AGRICULTURE FORESTRY ANIMAL HUSBANDRY HUNTING TRAPPING FISHING
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Agent for inducing stress tolerance in plants
- Patent number 11,638,425
- Issue date May 2, 2023
- National University Corporation Shizuoka University
- Toshimasa Sugie
- A01 - AGRICULTURE FORESTRY ANIMAL HUSBANDRY HUNTING TRAPPING FISHING
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Stable S-(+)-abscisic acid nonaqueous liquid solutions
- Patent number 11,617,368
- Issue date Apr 4, 2023
- Stoller Enterprises, Inc.
- Ritesh Bharat Sheth
- A01 - AGRICULTURE FORESTRY ANIMAL HUSBANDRY HUNTING TRAPPING FISHING
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Stable S-(+)-abscisic acid nonaqueous liquid solutions
- Patent number 11,606,954
- Issue date Mar 21, 2023
- Stoller Enterprises, Inc.
- Ritesh Bharat Sheth
- A01 - AGRICULTURE FORESTRY ANIMAL HUSBANDRY HUNTING TRAPPING FISHING
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Stable S-(+)-abscisic acid nonaqueous liquid solutions
- Patent number 11,589,582
- Issue date Feb 28, 2023
- Stoller Enterprises, Inc.
- Ritesh Bharat Sheth
- A01 - AGRICULTURE FORESTRY ANIMAL HUSBANDRY HUNTING TRAPPING FISHING
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Methods of improving stress tolerance, growth and yield in plants
- Patent number 11,464,229
- Issue date Oct 11, 2022
- Valent BioSciences LLC
- Srirama Krishna Reddy
- A01 - AGRICULTURE FORESTRY ANIMAL HUSBANDRY HUNTING TRAPPING FISHING
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Plant activator
- Patent number 11,457,627
- Issue date Oct 4, 2022
- Ibiden Co., Ltd.
- Katsuya Ohno
- A01 - AGRICULTURE FORESTRY ANIMAL HUSBANDRY HUNTING TRAPPING FISHING
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Biofilm inhibitor and method of inhibiting biofilm
- Patent number 11,452,292
- Issue date Sep 27, 2022
- NDSU--Research Foundation
- Birgit M. Prüß
- A01 - AGRICULTURE FORESTRY ANIMAL HUSBANDRY HUNTING TRAPPING FISHING
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1-amino-1-cyclopropanecarboxylic acid hydrochloride formulations
- Patent number 11,350,630
- Issue date Jun 7, 2022
- Valent BioSciences LLC
- Mitsuhiro Sasakawa
- A01 - AGRICULTURE FORESTRY ANIMAL HUSBANDRY HUNTING TRAPPING FISHING
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Compositions comprising peroxyacid and methods for producing and us...
- Patent number 11,284,621
- Issue date Mar 29, 2022
- Armis Biopharma, Inc.
- Edwin D. Neas
- A01 - AGRICULTURE FORESTRY ANIMAL HUSBANDRY HUNTING TRAPPING FISHING
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Synergistic biting arthropod repellent formulations
- Patent number 11,252,959
- Issue date Feb 22, 2022
- Bedoukian Research, Inc.
- Robert H. Bedoukian
- A01 - AGRICULTURE FORESTRY ANIMAL HUSBANDRY HUNTING TRAPPING FISHING
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Feeding deterrence of pests such as Hemiptera, Lepidoptera and Cole...
- Patent number 11,224,223
- Issue date Jan 18, 2022
- Bedoukian Research, Inc.
- Robert H. Bedoukian
- A01 - AGRICULTURE FORESTRY ANIMAL HUSBANDRY HUNTING TRAPPING FISHING
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Anti-adherent compositions and methods of inhibiting the adherence...
- Patent number 11,168,287
- Issue date Nov 9, 2021
- Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
- Kathleen C. Engelbrecht
- C11 - ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES AND WAXES FATTY ACIDS...
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Compositions and methods for increasing salt tolerance in plants
- Patent number 11,166,459
- Issue date Nov 9, 2021
- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
- Heribert Hirt
- A01 - AGRICULTURE FORESTRY ANIMAL HUSBANDRY HUNTING TRAPPING FISHING
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Chemicals which alter the production of metabolites in cultivated p...
- Patent number 11,147,271
- Issue date Oct 19, 2021
- Impello Biosciences, Inc.
- Michael Key
- A01 - AGRICULTURE FORESTRY ANIMAL HUSBANDRY HUNTING TRAPPING FISHING
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Antimicrobial organic preservatives
- Patent number 11,122,800
- Issue date Sep 21, 2021
- Troy Corporation
- David Joseph Koehl
- A01 - AGRICULTURE FORESTRY ANIMAL HUSBANDRY HUNTING TRAPPING FISHING
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Carbonyl containing compounds for controlling and repelling Cimicid...
- Patent number 11,116,212
- Issue date Sep 14, 2021
- SemiosBio Technologies Inc.
- Michael Gilbert
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
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Control and repellency of bed bugs
- Patent number 11,098,003
- Issue date Aug 24, 2021
- Bedoukian Research, Inc.
- Robert H. Bedoukian
- C07 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
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Methods to increase corn growth
- Patent number 11,064,700
- Issue date Jul 20, 2021
- Valent BioSciences LLC
- Kimberly Ann Falco
- A01 - AGRICULTURE FORESTRY ANIMAL HUSBANDRY HUNTING TRAPPING FISHING
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Composition for stimulating plant growth and resistance to stress f...
- Patent number 11,058,116
- Issue date Jul 13, 2021
- AGRATEK PTE. LTD.
- Aleksei Valentinovich Kramarenko
- A01 - AGRICULTURE FORESTRY ANIMAL HUSBANDRY HUNTING TRAPPING FISHING

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

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METHOD FOR PROMOTING PLANT GROWTH
- Publication number 20240389585
- Publication date Nov 28, 2024
- Nanyang Technological University
- Sanjay SWARUP
- A01 - AGRICULTURE FORESTRY ANIMAL HUSBANDRY HUNTING TRAPPING FISHING
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PLANT PART QUALITY
- Publication number 20240381822
- Publication date Nov 21, 2024
- Peter D. Petracek
- A01 - AGRICULTURE FORESTRY ANIMAL HUSBANDRY HUNTING TRAPPING FISHING
Information Patent Application
Insecticidal Active Mixtures Comprising Carboxamide Compound
- Publication number 20240373848
- Publication date Nov 14, 2024
- BASF Agrochemical Products B.V.
- Tatjana Sikuljak
- A01 - AGRICULTURE FORESTRY ANIMAL HUSBANDRY HUNTING TRAPPING FISHING
Information Patent Application
POWDERY PLANT ACTIVATOR
- Publication number 20240251791
- Publication date Aug 1, 2024
- IBIDEN CO., LTD.
- Satoru KARIYA
- A01 - AGRICULTURE FORESTRY ANIMAL HUSBANDRY HUNTING TRAPPING FISHING
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SYNERGISTIC PLANT GROWTH STIMULANT COMPOSITIONS OF POTASSIUM MONO/D...
- Publication number 20240164378
- Publication date May 23, 2024
- FERTIS INDIA PVT. LTD.
- Rahul Raju KANUMURU
- C05 - FERTILISERS MANUFACTURE THEREOF
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1-AMINO-1-CYCLOPROPANECARBOXYLIC ACID AND PROHYDROJASMON MIXTURES A...
- Publication number 20240108002
- Publication date Apr 4, 2024
- Kimberly Ann Falco
- A01 - AGRICULTURE FORESTRY ANIMAL HUSBANDRY HUNTING TRAPPING FISHING
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1-AMINO-1-CYCLOPROPANECARBOXYLIC ACID AND METHYL JASMONATE MIXTURES...
- Publication number 20240108010
- Publication date Apr 4, 2024
- Kimberly Ann Falco
- A23 - FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
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1-AMINO-1-CYCLOPROPANECARBOXYLIC ACID AND JASMONIC ACID MIXTURES AN...
- Publication number 20240108009
- Publication date Apr 4, 2024
- Valent BioSciences LLC
- Kimberly Ann Falco
- A23 - FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
Information Patent Application
NON-PROTEIN PHENYLALANINE ANALOGUES FOR INHIBITING CYANOBACTERIA AN...
- Publication number 20240081329
- Publication date Mar 14, 2024
- Yissum Research Development Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Ltd.
- Mark SAFRO
- A01 - AGRICULTURE FORESTRY ANIMAL HUSBANDRY HUNTING TRAPPING FISHING
Information Patent Application
COMPOUNDS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR NEMATODE TREATMENT
- Publication number 20240065264
- Publication date Feb 29, 2024
- Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
- Joel Robert COATS
- C07 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
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INSECT REPELLENT COMPOSITIONS
- Publication number 20240057595
- Publication date Feb 22, 2024
- Manus Bio Inc.
- Ajikumar Parayil KUMARAN
- A01 - AGRICULTURE FORESTRY ANIMAL HUSBANDRY HUNTING TRAPPING FISHING
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COMPOUNDS, COMPOSITIONS, AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT AND PREVENTI...
- Publication number 20230355597
- Publication date Nov 9, 2023
- Ohio State Innovation Foundation
- Gireesh RAJASHEKARA
- A23 - FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
Information Patent Application
OXALOACETATE AND RELATED COMPOUNDS AS HERBICIDAL AGENTS
- Publication number 20230309558
- Publication date Oct 5, 2023
- Verdesian Life Sciences U.S., LLC
- Amy Burton
- A01 - AGRICULTURE FORESTRY ANIMAL HUSBANDRY HUNTING TRAPPING FISHING
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HERBICIDAL COMPOSITIONS RELATED TO OXALOACETATE AND METHODS AND USE...
- Publication number 20230309556
- Publication date Oct 5, 2023
- Amy Burton
- A01 - AGRICULTURE FORESTRY ANIMAL HUSBANDRY HUNTING TRAPPING FISHING
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CONTROL OF RIPENING AND SENESCENCE IN PRE-HARVEST AND POST-HARVEST...
- Publication number 20230301296
- Publication date Sep 28, 2023
- Washington State University
- Amit Dhingra
- A23 - FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
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IMPROVEMENTS IN FOLIAR FERTILIZERS
- Publication number 20230212090
- Publication date Jul 6, 2023
- EVERRIS INTERNATIONAL B.V.
- Cheng Siang SEH
- C05 - FERTILISERS MANUFACTURE THEREOF
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NEW TRINEXAPAC-ETHYL MICROEMULSION COMPOSITIONS
- Publication number 20230200383
- Publication date Jun 29, 2023
- Syngenta Crop Protection AG
- Jean-Charles Daniel Nicolas BROQUET
- A01 - AGRICULTURE FORESTRY ANIMAL HUSBANDRY HUNTING TRAPPING FISHING
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PROHEXADIONE PLANT GROWTH REGULATOR COMPOSITION
- Publication number 20230189804
- Publication date Jun 22, 2023
- Nufarm Americas, Inc.
- Robert Underhile
- A01 - AGRICULTURE FORESTRY ANIMAL HUSBANDRY HUNTING TRAPPING FISHING
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PLANT GROWTH REGULATOR AND FUNGICIDE
- Publication number 20230109247
- Publication date Apr 6, 2023
- FINE AGROCHEMICALS LIMITED
- Philip WIKELEY
- A01 - AGRICULTURE FORESTRY ANIMAL HUSBANDRY HUNTING TRAPPING FISHING
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PLANT ACTIVATOR
- Publication number 20220408728
- Publication date Dec 29, 2022
- Ibiden Co., Ltd.
- Katsuya Ohno
- A01 - AGRICULTURE FORESTRY ANIMAL HUSBANDRY HUNTING TRAPPING FISHING
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Stable S-(+)-Abscisic Acid Nonaqueous Liquid Solutions
- Publication number 20220369630
- Publication date Nov 24, 2022
- Stoller Enterprises, Inc.
- Ritesh Bharat Sheth
- A01 - AGRICULTURE FORESTRY ANIMAL HUSBANDRY HUNTING TRAPPING FISHING
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Stable S-(+)-Abscisic Acid Nonaqueous Liquid Solutions
- Publication number 20220369631
- Publication date Nov 24, 2022
- Stoller Enterprises, Inc.
- Ritesh Bharat Sheth
- A01 - AGRICULTURE FORESTRY ANIMAL HUSBANDRY HUNTING TRAPPING FISHING
Information Patent Application
Stable S-(+)-Abscisic Acid Nonaqueous Liquid Solutions
- Publication number 20220369632
- Publication date Nov 24, 2022
- Stoller Enterprises, Inc.
- Ritesh Bharat Sheth
- A01 - AGRICULTURE FORESTRY ANIMAL HUSBANDRY HUNTING TRAPPING FISHING
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Stable S-(+)-Abscisic Acid Nonaqueous Liquid Solutions
- Publication number 20220369633
- Publication date Nov 24, 2022
- Stoller Enterprises, Inc.
- Ritesh Bharat Sheth
- A01 - AGRICULTURE FORESTRY ANIMAL HUSBANDRY HUNTING TRAPPING FISHING
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- Syngenta Crop Protection AG
- Alan Joseph HENNESSY
- C07 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
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Methods and Compositions for Pest Control
- Publication number 20220234997
- Publication date Jul 28, 2022
- VMI Foundation
- Tappey H. Jones
- A01 - AGRICULTURE FORESTRY ANIMAL HUSBANDRY HUNTING TRAPPING FISHING
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FORMULATION
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- Publication date Jun 23, 2022
- Syngenta Crop Protection AG
- Thomas SCHULTZ
- A01 - AGRICULTURE FORESTRY ANIMAL HUSBANDRY HUNTING TRAPPING FISHING
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CHEMICALS WHICH ALTER THE PRODUCTION OF METABOLITES IN CULTIVATED P...
- Publication number 20220183290
- Publication date Jun 16, 2022
- Impello Biosciences, Inc
- Michael KEY
- A01 - AGRICULTURE FORESTRY ANIMAL HUSBANDRY HUNTING TRAPPING FISHING
Information Patent Application
METHODS OF MAKING ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOSITIONS AND/OR VIRUCIDAL DISIN...
- Publication number 20220049181
- Publication date Feb 17, 2022
- POET RESEARCH, INC.
- Tyler L. Jordison
- A23 - FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
Information Patent Application
METHODS OF IMPROVING STRESS TOLERANCE, GROWTH AND YIELD IN PLANTS
- Publication number 20220015360
- Publication date Jan 20, 2022
- Valent BioSciences LLC
- Srirama Krishna Reddy
- A01 - AGRICULTURE FORESTRY ANIMAL HUSBANDRY HUNTING TRAPPING FISHING

containing within the same carbon skeleton a carboxylic group or a thio analogue, or a derivative thereof, and a carbon atom having only two bonds to hetero atoms with at the most one bond to halogen

Industry

Parent Industries

Current Industry

Patents Grantslast 30 patents

Insecticidal active mixtures comprising carboxamide compound

3′-alkynyl abscisic acid derivatives as ABA antagonists

Synergistic formulations for control and repellency of biting arthr...

Plant growth regulation

Antimicrobial, disinfecting, and wound healing compositions and met...

Compounds and compositions for nematode treatment

Methods and compositions for pest control

Composition and method for increasing the content of glucosinolates...

Control of ripening and senescence in pre-harvest and post-harvest...

Compounds, compositions, and methods for the treatment and preventi...

Herbicidal compositions based on nonanoic acid and ketoacids

Agent for inducing stress tolerance in plants

Stable S-(+)-abscisic acid nonaqueous liquid solutions

Stable S-(+)-abscisic acid nonaqueous liquid solutions

Stable S-(+)-abscisic acid nonaqueous liquid solutions

Methods of improving stress tolerance, growth and yield in plants

Plant activator

Biofilm inhibitor and method of inhibiting biofilm

1-amino-1-cyclopropanecarboxylic acid hydrochloride formulations

Compositions comprising peroxyacid and methods for producing and us...

Synergistic biting arthropod repellent formulations

Feeding deterrence of pests such as Hemiptera, Lepidoptera and Cole...

Anti-adherent compositions and methods of inhibiting the adherence...

Compositions and methods for increasing salt tolerance in plants

Chemicals which alter the production of metabolites in cultivated p...

Antimicrobial organic preservatives

Carbonyl containing compounds for controlling and repelling Cimicid...

Control and repellency of bed bugs

Methods to increase corn growth

Composition for stimulating plant growth and resistance to stress f...

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

METHOD FOR PROMOTING PLANT GROWTH

PLANT PART QUALITY

Insecticidal Active Mixtures Comprising Carboxamide Compound

POWDERY PLANT ACTIVATOR

SYNERGISTIC PLANT GROWTH STIMULANT COMPOSITIONS OF POTASSIUM MONO/D...

1-AMINO-1-CYCLOPROPANECARBOXYLIC ACID AND PROHYDROJASMON MIXTURES A...

1-AMINO-1-CYCLOPROPANECARBOXYLIC ACID AND METHYL JASMONATE MIXTURES...

1-AMINO-1-CYCLOPROPANECARBOXYLIC ACID AND JASMONIC ACID MIXTURES AN...

NON-PROTEIN PHENYLALANINE ANALOGUES FOR INHIBITING CYANOBACTERIA AN...

COMPOUNDS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR NEMATODE TREATMENT

INSECT REPELLENT COMPOSITIONS

COMPOUNDS, COMPOSITIONS, AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT AND PREVENTI...

OXALOACETATE AND RELATED COMPOUNDS AS HERBICIDAL AGENTS

HERBICIDAL COMPOSITIONS RELATED TO OXALOACETATE AND METHODS AND USE...

CONTROL OF RIPENING AND SENESCENCE IN PRE-HARVEST AND POST-HARVEST...

IMPROVEMENTS IN FOLIAR FERTILIZERS

NEW TRINEXAPAC-ETHYL MICROEMULSION COMPOSITIONS

PROHEXADIONE PLANT GROWTH REGULATOR COMPOSITION

PLANT GROWTH REGULATOR AND FUNGICIDE

PLANT ACTIVATOR

Stable S-(+)-Abscisic Acid Nonaqueous Liquid Solutions

Stable S-(+)-Abscisic Acid Nonaqueous Liquid Solutions

Stable S-(+)-Abscisic Acid Nonaqueous Liquid Solutions

Stable S-(+)-Abscisic Acid Nonaqueous Liquid Solutions

CYCLIC DIONES AS HERBICIDAL COMPOUNDS

Methods and Compositions for Pest Control

FORMULATION

CHEMICALS WHICH ALTER THE PRODUCTION OF METABOLITES IN CULTIVATED P...

METHODS OF MAKING ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOSITIONS AND/OR VIRUCIDAL DISIN...

METHODS OF IMPROVING STRESS TOLERANCE, GROWTH AND YIELD IN PLANTS