Owner Syngenta Limited

Inventors viner, Russell; Thompson, Paul Anthony; Mitchell, Glynn; Hadfield, Stephen Thomas; Zhang, Yan; Hawkes, Timothy Robert

Agent Davies Collison Cave

Pub. Number AU-B-2003207323

PCT Number PCT/GB03/00683

PCT Pub. Number WO2003/072792

Priority 0223359.1 08.10.02 GB; 0204484.0 26.02.02 GB

Filing date 14 February 2003

Wipo publication date 9 September 2003

Acceptance publication date 13 September 2007

A01H 1/00 (2006.01) Processes

A01N 37/34 (2006.01) Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing organic compounds containing a carbon atom having three bonds to hetero atoms with at the most two bonds to halogen, e.g. carboxylic acids - Nitriles

A01N 37/44 (2006.01) Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing organic compounds containing a carbon atom having three bonds to hetero atoms with at the most two bonds to halogen, e.g. carboxylic acids - containing at least one carboxylic group or a thio-analogue, or a derivative thereof, and a nitrogen atom attached to the same carbon skeleton by a single or double bond, this nitrogen atom not being a member of a derivative or of a thio-analogue of a carboxylic group, e.g. amino-carboxylic acids

A01N 39/02 (2006.01) Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing aryloxy- or arylthio-aliphatic or cycloaliphatic compounds, containing the group or , e.g. phenoxyethylamine, phenylthio-acetonitrile, phenoxyacetone

A01N 43/40 (2006.01) Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing heterocyclic compounds

A01N 43/60 (2006.01) Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing heterocyclic compounds

A01N 43/76 (2006.01) Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing heterocyclic compounds

A01N 57/20 (2006.01) Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing organic phosphorus compounds

A01N 63/00 (2006.01) Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing micro-organisms, viruses, microbial fungi, animals, e.g. nematodes, or substances produced by, or obtained from micro-organisms, viruses, microbial fungi or animals, e.g. enzymes or fermentates

C12N 9/06 (2006.01) Enzymes, e.g. ligases (6.) - acting on nitrogen containing compounds as donors (1.4, 1.5, 1.7)

C12N 9/18 (2006.01) Enzymes, e.g. ligases (6.) - Carboxylic ester hydrolases

C12N 15/09 (2006.01) Mutation or genetic engineering - Recombinant DNA-technology

C12N 15/82 (2006.01) Mutation or genetic engineering - for plant cells

C12P 9/00 (2006.01) Preparation of organic compounds containing a metal or atom other than H, N, C, O, S, or halogen

C12P 13/04 (2006.01) Preparation of nitrogen-containing organic compounds

C12P 41/00 (2006.01) Processes using enzymes or micro-organisms to separate optical isomers from a racemic mixture