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Fungicides

Patent Number: 8440595
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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Fungicidal compounds of the general formula (I), wherein the substituents are as defined in claim ...

Pyridothiazines having herbicidal action

Patent Number: 8440594
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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Substituted pyridines of the formula I

in which the variables are defined according to the description, processes and intermediates for preparing the compounds of the formula I and their N-oxides, their agriculturally suitable salts, compositions comprising them and their use as herbicides, and also methods for controlling unwanted ...

Herbicidal formulations for triethanolamine salts of glyphosate

Patent Number: 8440593
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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A high strength herbicidal composition including water; glyphosate, predominantly in the form of a combination of triethanolamine salt and potassium salt in solution in the water in an amount of about 350 grams or greater of acid equivalent per liter of the composition wherein the composition is formulated to include triethanolamine in an amount to form a salt with about 10% or greater, by weight, of total glyphosate and to include potassium in an amount to form a salt with a percentage of ...

Use of abscisic acid combinations for thinning

Patent Number: 8440592
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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The present invention is directed to the treatment of a plant at the flowering or fruiting stage with an effective amount of abscisic acid, its analogs or derivatives and salts thereof to reduce the number of fruits that the plant sets and grows to ...

Pesticidal composition comprising synthetic compound useful as nodulation agent of leguminous plants and a fungicide compound

Patent Number: 8440591
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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A composition comprising at least a compound (a) of general formula (I):

and a fungicide compound (b) in a (a)/(b) weight ratio of from 1/1 to 1/10¹⁴.

A method for preventively or curatively combating the pests and diseases of crops and increasing their yield by using this ...

Method for controlling soybean rust

Patent Number: 8440590
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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A method for controlling asian soybean rust comprising (α) applying a pesticidal composition (A) to a glyphosate tolerant soybean plant propagation material, and (β) applying a pesticidal composition (B) to the resulting soybean plant, part of plant and/or the locus thereof one or more times: i) before emergence, ii) after emergence, or iii) both (i) and (ii), provided that composition (A) comprises one or more of flutriafol, triticonazole, tebuconazole, ipconazole, epoxyconazole, ...

Flavored packaging insert for smokeless tobacco

Patent Number: 8440023
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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A package of smokeless tobacco includes a flavor patch located in the package to provide flavor to smokeless tobacco. Also disclosed is a method of packaging smokeless tobacco by combining a package with a flavor patch disposed inside the package, the flavor patch comprising a flavor and an adsorbent, so that the flavor patch resides in an interior of the package; and adding smokeless tobacco to the package with the flavor ...

Composite mesoporous/microporous materials and their use in smoking articles for removing certain gas phase constituents from tobacco smoke

Patent Number: 8439047
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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Cut filler compositions, cigarettes, methods for making cigarettes and methods for smoking cigarettes are provided, which involve the use of a composite mesoporous/microporous material. The composite material is capable of removing at least one constituent from tobacco smoke, preferably selectively. The composite material may also be used for removing at least one constituent from tobacco smoke through sorption and/or catalysis. The composite material comprises channels interconnecting at ...

Filter cigarette

Patent Number: 8439046
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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In a filter cigarette having a tobacco strand, a wrapping and a filter, the filter possesses at least one gas phase-active filter part which contains at least one gas phase-reducing substance. The gas phase-reducing substances are embedded in a filter material matrix. They are introduced in a quantity of at least 75 mg per filter and at least 5 mg/mm of the length of the gas phase-active filter part. The filter cigarette exhibits a filter ventilation of at most 30% (or of from 30% to 70%). ...

1-aminocyclopropane carboxylic acid as a fruit thinner

Patent Number: 8435929
Publication Date: 2013-05-07
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The present invention relates to agricultural methods and compositions of 1-aminocyclopropane carboxylic acid (ACC) alone or in combination with 2-chloroethylphosphonic acid (ethephon) to reduce crop load of fruit ...

Herbicidal composition

Patent Number: 8435928
Publication Date: 2013-05-07
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To provide a herbicidal composition and a method for its application, whereby the effect of a herbicidally active ingredient is improved to reduce the environmental load on a site where the herbicide is applied or the periphery thereof, more than ever, and its dose can be reduced.

A herbicidal composition comprising (1) a compound represented by the formula (I) or its salt:

where T and Z are as defined in the specification, and (2) a ...

High-load glyphosate formulations

Patent Number: 8435927
Publication Date: 2013-05-07
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By the present invention, a surfactant system containing glyphosate has been created which can be used to yield formulations containing an ultra-high load of glyphosate, in which the glyphosate concentration is higher than previously possible in any agriculturally-acceptable formulation. Higher loadings are desirable to reduce shipping and container costs, as well as reduce wastes. The higher loading reduces storage requirements and allows the farmer to handle less volume of pesticide. The ...

Articulated combine with unloading and rear bogey steering architecture

Patent Number: 8435104
Publication Date: 2013-05-07
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An articulated harvester is composed of a forward bogey having an operator's cab, an engine, a grain harvesting assembly, a grain transfer assembly, but being devoid of an on-board grain bin. A rearward bogey is attached by a joint to the forward bogey and has a powered wheel assembly, an on-board grain bin for receiving grain from the forward bogey grain transfer assembly, and a grain off-loading assembly. The grain separating and cleaning assembly including a grain cleaning fan are ...

Filter design for improving sensory profile of carbon filter-tipped smoking articles

Patent Number: 8434499
Publication Date: 2013-05-07
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A filter for a smoking article, which includes an upstream segment having a carbon filter and a downstream segment of filtering material. The upstream segment includes a carbon filter with a hollow tubular member concentrically positioned within the carbon filter, and one or more holes around an outer circumference of the hollow tubular member to allow mainstream smoke to bypass the carbon filter during the first puff. During use, the hollow tubular member has a lower resistance to draw ...

Degradable filter element

Patent Number: 8434498
Publication Date: 2013-05-07
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A filter material adapted for use as a filter element of a smoking article is provided, the filter material including at least one segment of fibrous tow having a plurality of degradable particles dispersed therein, the degradable particles comprising a starch material. Exemplary starch materials include naturally-occurring starch, hydroxyalkylated starch, starch esters, ionically modified starch, oxidized starch, hydrolyzed starch, plasticized starch, gelatinized starch, grafted starch, ...

Package for cigarettes of different sizes and/or brands

Patent Number: 8434497
Publication Date: 2013-05-07
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A cigarette pack capable of carrying different-sized and different-branded cigarettes is disclosed. The cigarette pack may consist of a first portion, a second portion hingedly coupled to the first portion, and a top portion hingedly coupled to a sliding portion slidably disposed within the second portion. The cigarette pack may also include sleeves disposed within the first portion and second portion and configured to support cigarettes within the sleeve. The cigarette pack may also ...

Thermal treatment process for tobacco materials

Patent Number: 8434496
Publication Date: 2013-05-07
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A method of thermally processing a tobacco material is provided, the method including the steps of (i) mixing a tobacco material, water, and an additive selected from the group consisting of lysine, glycine, histidine, alanine, methionine, glutamic acid, aspartic acid, proline, phenylalanine, valine, arginine, di- and trivalent cations, asparaginase, saccharides, phenolic compounds, reducing agents, compounds having a free thiol group, oxidizing agents, oxidation catalysts, plant extracts, ...

Tobacco cut filler including metal oxide supported particles

Patent Number: 8434495
Publication Date: 2013-05-07
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A smoking article composition and a method of making a smoking article composition and an additive, wherein the additive comprises particles anchored to the cut filler by a metal oxide support. The additive can be formed by combining particles and a metal oxide precursor solution with the smoking article composition. The smoking article composition can comprise tobacco cut filler, cigarette paper and/or cigarette filter ...

Gravity pipe for smokers

Patent Number: 8434494
Publication Date: 2013-05-07
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A gravity type water pipe providing enhanced cooling of smoke generated thereby. The water pipe comprises a water reservoir and a movable assembly which in operation is raised and lowered in water contained in the water reservoir. The movable assembly may comprise a vertical conduit, a bowl for containing ignited substances, and an enlarged chamber below the vertical conduit. A supplementary cooling chamber for containing ice is contained in the smoke flow path of the movable assembly. The ...

Soil shaping system for precision ground engaging implement

Patent Number: 8434417
Publication Date: 2013-05-07
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In an embodiment, an agricultural implement includes a frame configured to couple to a tool bar, a parallel linkage coupled to the frame and a ground engaging tool extending from a shank, where the shank is coupled to the parallel linkage. The agricultural implement also includes a packer wheel configured to control a depth of a valley opened in a soil region by the ground engaging tool and is configured to pack the soil region as the implement is towed through a field and a soil shaping ...

Variable geometry meter roller

Patent Number: 8434416
Publication Date: 2013-05-07
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An agricultural metering device with a variable geometry meter roller is provided. The agricultural metering device includes a meter roller having a plurality of flutes. An aggregate cross sectional area of the flutes increases along a longitudinal axis of the meter ...

4-cyano-3-benzoylamino-N-phenyl-benzamides for use in pest control

Patent Number: 8431514
Publication Date: 2013-04-30
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The present invention relates to bis-amide derivatives of formula (I), to processes and intermediates for preparing them, to methods of using them to control insect, acarine, nematode and mollusc pests, and to insecticidal, acaricidal, nematicidal and molluscicidal compositions comprising ...

V-Wedge crop deflectors

Patent Number: 8430732
Publication Date: 2013-04-30
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A crop guide comprising one or more generally wedge-shaped guides configured to interact with a crop discharge stream as it is discharged from an agricultural mower having a counter-rotating disc cutterbar. The guides are positioned rearward from the cutterbar, with one guide being generally positioned on an axis centered between each pair of converging-rotation disc cutterheads where crop material flow is concentrated. Each guide is generally pyramidal in shape, having a pair of surfaces ...

Volatilization device

Patent Number: 8430106
Publication Date: 2013-04-30
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A device for delivering volatilized material to a user comprises a heat delivery component (11), which includes a heat sink (14) in heat transfer relationship with a heat transfer device such a s a heat pipe (36), and a volatilization component (20), which includes a source (22) of volatilizable material, such as tobacco, a flavour material or a therapeutic substance. The volatilization component (20) is detachably mounted on the heat delivery ...

Method of improving grass quality

Patent Number: 8426343
Publication Date: 2013-04-23
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The invention relates to a method of improving grass quality comprising applying an effective amount of a composition containing a phthalocyanine to the grass in the substantial absence of phosphorous acid, monoalkyl esters of phosphorous acid, or salts ...

Method for weed control in lawn

Patent Number: 8426342
Publication Date: 2013-04-23
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The invention relates to the use of one or more compounds of the formula (I) or salts thereof,

wherein

the groups R¹to R⁸are defined as set forth herein, optionally in the presence of additional agrochemical active ingredients, for selective weed control on turf or ...

Herbicide formulation

Patent Number: 8426341
Publication Date: 2013-04-23
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A composition containing a herbicide compound in acid form and an alcohol ethoxylate surfactant, wherein the composition contains less than 2.0% free un-reacted ...

Plant growth enhancement with combinations of PESA and plant growth regulators

Patent Number: 8426340
Publication Date: 2013-04-23
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A combination treatment of N-(phenylethyl)succinamic acid or its salts and a plant growth regulator applied as a seed treatment or applied directly on or near the root zone of the seedling or growing plant promotes plant growth is ...

Method of minimizing herbicidal injury

Patent Number: 8426339
Publication Date: 2013-04-23
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The present invention provides a method of reducing phytotoxicity or plant injury at a crop plant locus caused by a herbicide application at the locus which method includes applying to the crop plant locus a chloronicotinyl insecticide before the herbicide ...

Chelating agents for micronutrient fertilisers

Patent Number: 8426338
Publication Date: 2013-04-23
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The invention describes a method and product for chelating micronutrients when used to provide the micronutrients to a plant, which comprises applying to an area of the plant or soil/substrate surrounding the plant an effective amount of a plant fertiliser composition comprising a chelating polymer having the general formula (I), capable of forming coordinate bonds with the micronutrients, transporting the micronutrients across a membrane of the plant and releasing the micronutrients for ...

Tobacco-free oral flavor delivery pouch product

Patent Number: 8424541
Publication Date: 2013-04-23
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Provided is a tobacco-free oral flavor delivery pouch product that provides and engaging and flavorful experience to a user. The pouch product includes a porous pouch wrapper and an inner filling material. The inner filling material can include a non-tobacco, botanical component, at least one functional ingredient and a solid flavor component dispersed throughout the inner filling material. The pouch product delivers multiple textures to the user's ...

Smoking article with valved restrictor

Patent Number: 8424540
Publication Date: 2013-04-23
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A smoking article filter includes a valved flow restrictor and a cavity downstream of the flow restrictor. The flow restrictor includes an orifice or flow channel for directing smoke into the cavity. The filter is attached to the tobacco rod with tipping paper and includes an air-admissible ventilating zone at a location downstream of the restrictor. The valved restrictor can be used to isolate a sorbent bearing component of the filter from a flavor bearing ...

Smoking article with single piece restrictor and chamber

Patent Number: 8424539
Publication Date: 2013-04-23
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A smoking article having a filter segment that establishes both a desired resistance to draw and a mixing of mainstream smoke with ventilation air. The filter segment includes a fluted portion, a frusto-conical portion and axially extending orifices establishing fluid communication between the frusto-conical portion and voids between one or more walls of the fluted ...

Segmented smoking article with shaped insulator

Patent Number: 8424538
Publication Date: 2013-04-23
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A cigarette includes lighting and mouth ends. It may include a smokable segment disposed at the lighting end. It also includes a mouth-end segment; an aerosol-generation system disposed between the lighting and mouth ends, which includes (i) a heat-generation segment adjacent the smokable segment, including a heat source configured to be activated by combustion of a smokable material and an insulation layer of a non-glass material that is woven, knit, or both, and (ii) an aerosol-generating ...

Vaporizer apparatus and methods

Patent Number: 8424537
Publication Date: 2013-04-23
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A vaporizing device with two concentric tubes for volatizing and inhaling one or more constituents of various vaporizable substances, such as medicines and plant materials. Devices may be successfully operated using the flame from a standard butane cigarette lighter or the like as the sole heat source. Concentric tubes, an inner tube with two open ends and an outer tube with one closed end provide a serpentine pathway for an airflow. An additional embodiment of the device provides a ...