Compositions comprising abscisic acid and a fungicidally active compound
View Patent ↗The present invention relates to methods comprising applying to a useful plant, the locus thereof or propagation material thereof a combination of abscisic acid and a fungicidally active compound, which fungicidally active compound is a succinate dehydrogenase inhibitor, in particular for increasing the potency of a fungicidally active compound. The invention also relates to compositions comprising abscisic acid and the fungicidally active compounds as well as seeds comprising the combinations.
1. A method comprising applying to a useful plant, the locus thereof or propagation material thereof a combination of abscisic acid and isopyrazam, and wherein the combination exhibits an increase in fungicidal activity as compared to isopyrazam without abscisic acid.
2. A method according to claim 1 , wherein the useful plant is at risk of an infection of Septoria tritici ( Mycosphaerella graminicola ).
3. A method according to claim 1 , wherein the useful plant is a cereal.
4. A method according to claim 1 , wherein the useful plant is wheat.
5. A method of increasing the fungicidal activity of isopyrazam, the method comprising applying a combination of abscisic acid and isopyrazam to a useful plant, the locus thereof or propagation material thereof, and wherein the combination exhibits an increase in fungicidal activity as compared to isopyrazam without abscisic acid.
6. A composition comprising abscisic acid and isopyrazam wherein the composition, when in contact with a fungal pathogen, exhibits an increase in fungicidal activity as compared to isopyrazam without abscisic acid.
7. A composition according to claim 6 , comprising a further active ingredient.
8. A seed comprising a combination of abscisic acid and isopyrazam, wherein the combination, when in contact with a fungal pathogen, exhibits an increase in fungicidal activity as compared to isopyrazam without abscisic acid.