Pesticide Preparations

1 . A composition comprising

a) one or more water-soluble pesticides,

b) one or more quaternary ammonium compounds of the formula (I)

R 1 R 2 R 3 N + —(C m H 2m O) p H X −   (I)

wherein

R 1 is a linear or branched alkyl group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms,

R 2 and R 3 may be identical or different and in each case independently of one another are an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms,

m is 2 or 3,

p is a number from 1 to 5 and

X is chlorine, and

c) water.

2 . The composition as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the one or more water-soluble pesticides of component a) are selected from the group of the herbicides, preferably from among the water-soluble salts of 2,4-D, bentazone, dicamba, fomesafen, glyphosate, glufosinate, MCPA and paraquat, and particularly preferably from among the water-soluble salts of glyphosate.

3 . The composition as claimed in claim 1 or 2 , wherein, in the one or more quaternary ammonium compounds of the formula (I),

R 1 is a linear or branched alkyl group having 8 to 10 carbon atoms,

R 2 and R 3 are identical and are in each case a methyl or ethyl group,

m is 2 or 3,

p is 1 or 2 and

X is chlorine.

4 . The composition as claimed in one or more of claims 1 to 3 , wherein, in the one or more quaternary ammonium compounds of the formula (I),

R l is a linear or branched alkyl group having 8 to 10 carbon atoms,

R 2 and R 3 are identical and are in each case a methyl group,

m is 2,

p is 1 and

X is chlorine.

5 . The composition as claimed in one or more of claims 1 to 4 , wherein, in the one or more quaternary ammonium compounds of the formula (I),

R 1 is a linear or branched alkyl group having 8 carbon atoms,

R 2 and R 3 are identical and are in each case a methyl group,

m is 2,

p is 1 and

X is chlorine.

6 . The composition as claimed in one or more of claims 1 to 4 , wherein, in the one or more quaternary ammonium compounds of the formula (I),

R 1 is a linear or branched alkyl group having 10 carbon atoms,

R 2 and R 3 are identical and are in each case a methyl group,

m is 2,

p is 1 and

X is chlorine.

7 . The composition as claimed in one or more of claims 1 to 6 , wherein the amount of the one or more water-soluble pesticides of component a) in the composition is from 80 to 800 g/l, preferably from 200 to 700 g/l and particularly preferably from 300 to 650 g/l.

8 . The composition as claimed in one or more of claims 1 to 7 , wherein the amount of the one or more quaternary ammonium compounds of the formula (I) in the composition is from 20 to 250 g/l, preferably from 40 to 200 g/l and particularly preferably from 50 to 150 g/l.

9 . The composition as claimed in one or more of claims 1 to 8 , which has a cloud point of greater than 55° C., preferably of greater than 70° C. and particularly preferably of greater than 80° C.

10 . The composition as claimed in one or more of claims 1 to 9 , which comprises, besides the one or more quaternary ammonium compounds of the formula (I), one or more further adjuvants (II).

11 . The composition as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the one or more adjuvants (II) are selected from the group consisting of:

(IIa) one or more fatty amine ethoxylates of the formula (IIa)

wherein

R 4 is a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon group, having 8 to 22 carbon atoms, and

b and c in each case independently of one another are numbers from 1 to 10,

(IIb) one or more ether amine ethoxylates of the formula (IIb)

wherein

R 4 is a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon group, having 8 to 22 carbon atoms,

d is 2 or 3,

e is a number from 1 to 5 and

b and c in each case independently of one another are numbers from 1 to 10,

(IIc) one or more betaines, amidoalkylbetaines of the formula (IIc)

R 4 —[CONH—(CH 2 ) n ] a N + R 5 R 6 —CH 2 —COO −   (IIc)

wherein

R 4 is a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon group, preferably an alkyl group, having 8 to 22 carbon atoms,

R 5 and

R 6 in each case independently of one another are a methyl or ethyl group,

n is a number from 1 to 5 and

a is 0 or 1,

(IId) one or more amine oxides, amidoalkylamine oxides of the formula (IId)

R 4 —[CONH—(CH 2 ) n ] a N + R 5 R 6 —O −   (IId)

wherein

R 4 is a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon group, preferably an alkyl group, having 8 to 22 carbon atoms,

R 5 and

R 6 in each case independently of one another are a methyl or ethyl group,

n is a number from 1 to 5 and

a is 0 or 1,

(II) one or more polyglycosides of the formula (IIe)

wherein

R 4 is a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon group, having 8 to 22 carbon atoms, and

h is a number from 1 to 5, and

(IIf) one or more copolymers (IIf), which are obtainable copolymerization of

i) glycerol,

ii) one or more dicarboxylic acids and

iii) one or more monocarboxylic acids R 7 —COOH, wherein R 7 is (C 5 -C 29 )-alkyl, (C 7 -C 29 )-alkenyl, phenyl or naphthyl, and which comprise 19.9 to 99% by weight of component i), 0.1 to 30% by weight of component ii) and 0.9 to 80% by weight of component iii).

12 . The composition as claimed in claim 10 or 11 , wherein the weight ratio of the one or more quaternary ammonium compounds of the formula (I) to the one or more further adjuvants (II) is from 95 to 5 up to 5 to 95 and preferably from 80 to 20 up to 20 to 80.

13 . The composition as claimed in one or more of claims 1 to 12 , which is present as a concentrate formulation which is diluted before use and which comprises from 5 to 80% by weight, preferably from 10 to 70% by weight and particularly preferably from 20 to 60% by weight of the one or more water-soluble pesticides of component a) and from 1 to 25% by weight, preferably from 2 to 20% by weight and particularly preferably from 3 to 15% by weight of the one or more quaternary ammonium compounds of the formula (I).

14 . The composition as claimed in one or more of claims 1 to 12 , which is present as a spray mixture and which comprises from 0.001 to 10% by weight, preferably from 0.02 to 3% by weight and particularly preferably from 0.025 to 2% by weight of the one or more water-soluble pesticides of component a) and from 0.001 to 3% by weight, preferably from 0.005 to 1% by weight and especially preferably from 0.01 to 0.5% by weight of the one or more quaternary ammonium compounds of the formula (I).

15 . The use of a composition as claimed in one or more of claims 1 to 14 for controlling and/or combating weeds, fungal diseases or insect attack, preferably for controlling and/or combating weeds.

16 . The use as claimed in claim 15 by the tank-mix method.