AU2002302114B2 - Fungicidal mixtures based on amide compounds and pyridine derivatives - Google Patents

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I

P/00/01128/5/91 Regulation 3.2(2)

AUSTRALIA

Patents Act 1990 COMPLETE SPECIFICATION STANDARD PATENT Application Number: Lodged: Invention Title: FUNGICIDAL MIXTURES BASED ON AMIDE COMPOUNDS AND PYRIDINE

DERIVATIVES

The following statement is a full description of this invention, including the best method of performing it known to us FUNGICIDAL MIXTURES BASED ON AMIDE COMPOUNDS AND PYRIDINE

DERIVATIVES

This application is a divisional application of Australian Patent Application No. 24137/99.

The present invention relates to fungicidal mixtures for controlling harmful fungi, which mixtures comprise a) an amide compound of the formula I in which

R

4 is halogen and

R

1 is phenyl which is substituted by halogen, and b) compounds of the formula II, their N-oxide or one of their salts where the substituents are as defined below:

R

12

R

13

R

14

R

15 independently of one another are hydrogen, hydroxyl, nitro, halogen, C 1

-C

4 -alkyl, C 1

-C

4 -haloalkyl, C 1

-C

4 alkoxy, C1-C 4 -haloalkoxy, C1-C 4 -alkylthio, C 1

-C

4 haloalkylthio;

R

16

R

17

R

18 independently of one another are hydrogen, hydroxyl, cyano, nitro, halogen, C 1

-C

7 -alkyl, C 1

-C

7 -haloalkyl, Ci- Cy-alkoxy, C 1

-C

7 -haloalkoxy, C 1

-C

7 -alkylthio, C 1

-C

7 haloalkylthio, C 1

-C

7 -hydroxyalkyl, C 2

-C

4 -acyl, aryl, aryloxy, where the radicals containing an aryl group may for their part carry from one to three of the following groups: cyano, nitro, halogen, C 1

-C

4 -alkyl,

C

1

-C

4 -haloalkyl, C 1

-C

4 -alkoxy, Ci-C 4 -haloalkoxy, Cl-

C

4 -alkylthio and C 1

-C

4 -haloalkylthio in a synergistically effective amount.

The amide compounds of the formula I are known per se and are described in the literature (EP-A 545 099).

WO 97/08952 describes fungicidal mixtures which, in addition to compounds of the formula I, also comprise fenazaquin as further components.

These are described as being very effective against Botrytis.

The compounds of the formula II are known per se and are described, for example, in US-A 5,240,940. Fungicidal mixtures which comprise the compounds of the formula II in addition to other fungicidally active compounds are also already known and are described in EP-A-0 797 386.

It is an object of the present invention to provide mixtures which have an improved activity against harmful fungi combined with a reduced total amount of active ingredients applied (synergistic mixtures), with a view to reducing the application rates and to improving the activity spectrum of the known compounds.

We have found that this object is achieved by the mixtures defined at the outset. Moreover, we have found that better control of harmful fungi is possible by applying the compounds I and II simultaneously, that is either together or separately, or by applying the compounds I and II in succession than when the compounds I or III are applied on their own.

The mixtures according to the invention have synergistic action and are therefore particularly suitable for controlling harmful fungi and in particular powdery mildew fungi in vegetables, grapevines and cereals.

In the context of the present invention, halogen is fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine and is in particular fluorine, chlorine and bromine.

The term "alkyl" includes straight-chain and branched alkyl groups. These are straight-chain or branched C 1

-C

4 -alkyl or C 1

-C

7 -alkyl groups. Examples of such alkyl groups are methyl, ethyl, propyl, 1-methylethyl, butyl, 1-methylpropyl, 2-methylpropyl, 1,1-dimethylethyl, n-pentyl, 1-methylbutyl, 2-methylbutyl, 3methylbutyl, 1,2-dimethylpropyl, 1,1-dimethylpropyl, 2,2-dimethylpropyl, 1ethylpropyl, n-hexyl, 1-methylpentyl, 2-methylpentyl, 3-methylpentyl, 4methylpentyl, 1,2-dimethylbutyl, 1,3-dimethylbutyl, 2,3-dimethylbutyl, 1,1dimethylbutyl, 2,2-dimethylbutyl, 3,3-dimethylbutyl, 1,1,2-trimethylpropyl, 1,2,2trimethylpropyl, 1-ethylbutyl, 2-ethylbutyl, 1-ethyl-2-methylpropyl, n-heptyl, 1methylhexyl, 1-ethylpentyl, 2-ethylpentyl, 1-propylbutyl.

Haloalkyl is an alkyl group as defined above which is partially or fully halogenated by one or more halogen atoms, in particular by fluorine and chlorine.

Preferably, there are from 1 to 3 halogen atoms present, and the difluoromethyl or the trifluoromethyl group is particularly preferred.

The above statements for the alkyl group and the haloalkyl group apply in a corresponding manner to the alkyl and haloalkyl groups in alkoxy, haloalkoxy, alkylthio, haloalkylthio, and hydroxyalkyl.

Aryl is preferably phenyl.

According to a preferred embodiment, the compositions comprise as amide compound a compound of the formula below: 0 0 N N H H N CI N Cl F Cl Useful amide compounds of the formula I are mentioned in EP-A-545 099 and 589 301 which are incorporated herein in their entirety by reference.

The preparation of the amide compounds of the formula I is known, for example, from EP-A-545 099 or 589 301 or can be carried out by similar processes.

Particularly preferred components b) are the compounds Ila of Table 1 below.

Table I

R

1 2 0~ 1 (Iha) No.

11.2 11.3 11.5 11.6 11.7 11.8 11.9 11.10 11.1 11. 12 11. 13 11.14 11.15 11. 16 11.17 11.18 11.19 11.20 11.21 11.22 11.23 11.24 11.25 11.26 11.27 11.28 11.29

R

1 2

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H1 R1___4 _R15 R16 it R 13 j~H j2-C (CH 3 3 H Cl H 2-CH 3 H Cl H 2-OCH 3 H Cl H 3-F H Cl H 3-C1 H Cl H 3-CF 3 [H jH ci H 3 -OCH3 H 1. 4 3-phenyl 3-phenyl

I

H

H

H

Cl JH 1 4-Cl Cl IH 1-Br H I I H 4-CF3 H 1 1 4 4-CH 3 H 4-CH3 H H Cl H 4-CH (CHA) 2 H H Cl H 4 -CN H H Cl1 H 2-Cl-4-F H H Cl1 H 2, 4-di-Br H H Cl H 2, 4-di-N0 2 H H Cl H 2-CH 3 -4-F H H Cl H 2, 6-di-F H H Cl H 2,4,6-tri-CH 3 F H H H 4-F Cl H H H 4-F

NO

2 H H H 4-F H F H H 4-F H Cl IH H 4-F H

CH

3 H JH 4-F NO-: 4-F No. R2R 1 3

R

1 4 R1 i 11.30 H 0C 2

H

5 H H 4-F 11.31 H H F H 4-F 11.32 H H Cl H 4-F 11.33 H H Br H 4-F 11.34 H H NO 2 H 4-F 11.35 H H

OCF

3 H 4-F 11.36 H H C 2 HS H 4-F 11.37 H H

SCF

3 H 4-F 11.38 H H O-C 2

H

5 H 4-F 11.39 H H H F 4-F 11.40 H H H Cl 4-F 11.41 H H H CF3 4-F 11.42 F H F H 4-F 11.43 O-CH 3 H

OC

3 H 4-F 11.44 Cl F H H 4-F 11.45 Cl cl H H 4-F 11.46 Cl CH 3 H H 4 -F.

11.47 H Br H Cl1 4-F 11.48 H c 1 H OH 4 -F 11.49 H O-CH 3 H N0 2 4-F 11.50 H F cl H 4-F 11.51 H

CH

3 Cl H 4-F 11.52 H H c 1c 1 4-F 11.53 Cl1 H H Cl1 4-F 11.54 Cl F Cl H 4-F 11.55 H H Cl CN 4-F 11.56 Cl1 CH 3 cl H 4-F 11.57 Cl Cl Cl H 4-F 11.58 Cl Cl Cl Cl 4-F 11.59 H H H Cl 2-F-4-Br 11.60 H H H Cl 2,3-di-CH 3 11.61 H H H Cl 2-F-4-Cl 11.62 H H H Cl 2,4-di-Cl-6-F 11.63 H H H Cl 2,4-di-F 11.64 H H H Cl 2,4-di-CH 3 11.65 H H H Cl 2-C 2

H

11.66 H H H Cl 2-CH 3 -4-F 11.67 H H H Cl 3-CH 3 -4-Cl 11.68 H H ICl H

H

Very particular preference is given to the compounds IIa of Table 2 and to the hydrochloride and the N-oxide of the compound 2.78 mentioned therein.

Table 2 No.

11.71 11.72 11.73 11.74 11.75 11.76 11.77 11.78 11.79 1I.80 R13 R14 R15 R16

H

H

H

H

H Cl H 2-Cl

H

H

H

Cl H 2-Br C1 2-CN 1 _1 -4- Cl 2-CF3

I

I I

H

H

H

Cl

H

CH

3

H

H

C1 H 2-NO2 C1 H 4-F

I

H

H

H

H

Cl Cl

H

H

H

Cl 2,4-di-F 4-F 2-C1-4-F

I

CH

3 H 14-F The compounds of the formula IIa mentioned in or in connection with Tables 1 and 2 are known from US-A 5 240 940 and/or ACS Sympos. Ser. 443, page 538 to page 552 (1991).

To unfold the synergistic activity, even a small amount of the amide compound of the formula I is sufficient. Preference is given to employing amide compound and active ingredient of the formula II in a weight ratio in the range of from 50:1 to 1:50, in particular from 10:1 to 1:10. It is also possible here to employ ternary mixtures which, in addition to amide compounds I, comprise both compounds II and compounds II. In such mixtures, the mixing ratio of the compounds II and III with each other is usually in the range of from 50:1 to 1:50, preferably from 10:1 to 1:10.

Owing to the basic character of their nitrogen atoms, the compounds II are capable of forming salts or adducts with inorganic or organic acids or with metal ions.

Examples of inorganic acids are hydrohalic acids such as hydrofluoric acid, hydrochloric acid, hydrobromic acid and hydriodic acid, sulfuric acid, phosphoric acid and nitric acid.

Suitable organic acids are, for example, formic acid, carbonic acid and alkanoic acids, such as acetic acid, trifluoroacetic acid, trichloroacetic acid and propionic acid, and also glycolic acid, thiocyanic acid, lactic acid, succinic acid, citric acid, benzoic acid, cinnamic acid, oxalic acid, alkylsulfonic acids (sulfonic acids having straight-chain or branched alkyl radicals of 1 to 20 carbon atoms), arylsulfonic acids or aryldisulfonic acids (aromatic radicals, such as phenyl and naphthyl, which carry one or two sulfo groups), alkylphosphonic acids (phosphonic acids having straight-chain or branched alkyl radicals of 1 to carbon atoms), arylphosphonic acids or aryldiphosphonic acids (aromatic radicals, such as phenyl and naphthyl, which carry one or two phosphoric acid radicals), it being possible for the alkyl or aryl radicals to carry further substituents, e.g. p-toluenesulfonic acid, salicylic acid, p-aminosalicylic acid, 2phenoxybenzoic acid, 2-acetoxybenzoic acid, etc.

Suitable metal ions are, in particular, the ions of the elements of the first to eighth sub-group, in particular chromium, manganese, iron, cobalt, nickel, copper, zinc and furthermore of the second main group, in particular calcium and magnesium, and of the third and fourth main group, in particular aluminum, tin and lead. The metals can exist in the various valencies which they can assume.

When preparing the mixtures, it is preferred to employ the pure active ingredients of compounds I and II, to which further active ingredients against harmful fungi or other pests, such as insects, arachnids or nematodes, or else herbicidal or growth-regulating active ingredients or fertilizers can be admixed.

The mixtures of the compounds I and II, or the compounds I and II used simultaneously, jointly or separately, exhibit outstanding activity against a wide range of phytopathogenic fungi, in particular from the classes of the Ascomycetes, Basidiomycetes, Phycomycetes and Deuteromycetes. Some of them act systemically and can therefore be employed as foliar- and soil-acting fungicides.

They are especially important for controlling a large number of fungi in a variety of crop plants, such as cotton, vegetable species cucumbers, beans, tomatoes, potatoes and cucurbits), barley, grass, oats, bananas, coffee, maize, fruit species, rice, rye, soya, grapevine, wheat, ornamentals, sugar cane, and a variety of seeds.

They are particularly suitable for controlling the following phytopathogenic fungi: Erysiphe graminis (powdery mildew) in cereals, Erysiphe cichoracearum and Sphaerotheca fuliginea in cucurbits, Podosphaera leucotricha in apples, Uncinula necator in grapevines, Puccinia species in cereals, Rhizoctonia species in cotton, rice and lawns, Ustilago species in cereals and sugar cane, Venturia inaequalis (scab) in applies, Helminthosporium species in cereals, Septoria nodorum in wheat, Botrytis cinera (gray mold) in strawberries, vegetables, ornamentals and grapevines, Cercospora arachidicola in groundnuts, Pseudocercosporella herpotrichoides in wheat and barley, Pyricularia oryzae in rice, Phytophthora infestans in potatoes and tomatoes, Plasmopara viticola in grapevines, Pseudoperonospora species in hops and cucumbers, Alternaria species in vegetables and fruit, Mycosphaerella species in bananas and Fusarium and Verticillium species.

The mixtures according to the invention may particularly preferably be employed for controlling powdery mildew fungi in crops of grapevines and vegetables, and also in ornamentals and cereals.

The compounds I and II can be applied simultaneously, either together or separately, or in succession, the sequence, in the case of separate application, generally not having any effect on the result of the control measures.

Depending on the kind of effect desired, the application rates of the mixtures according to the invention are, in particular in agricultural crop areas, from 0.01 to 8 kg/ha, preferably 0.1 to 5 kg/ha, in particular 0.2 to 3.0 kg/ha.

The application rates of the compounds I are from 0.01 to 2.5 kg/ha, preferably 0.05 to 2.5 kg/ha, in particular 0.1 to 1.0 kg/ha.

Correspondingly, in the case of the compounds II, the application rates are from 0.001 to 5 kg/ha, preferably 0.005 to 2 kg/ha, in particularly 0.01 to kg/ha.

For seed treatment, the application rates of the mixture are generally from 0.001 to 250 g/kg of seed, preferably 0.01 to 100 g/kg, in particular 0.01 to g/kg.

If phytopathogenic harmful fungi are to be controlled, the separate or joint application of the compounds I and II or of the mixtures of the compounds I and II is effected by spraying or dusting the seeds, the plants or the soils before or after sowing of the plants, or before or after plant emergence.

The fungicidal synergistic mixtures according to the invention, or the compounds I and II, can be formulated for example in the form of ready-to-spray solutions, powders and suspensions or in the form of highly concentrated aqueous, oily or other suspensions, dispersions, emulsions, oil dispersions, pastes, dusts, materials for broadcasting or granules, and applied by spraying, atomizing, dusting, broadcasting or watering. The use form depends on the intended purpose; in any case, it should ensure as fine and uniform as possible a distribution of the mixture according to the invention.

The formulations are prepared in a known manner, e.g. by extending the active ingredient with solvents and/or carriers, if desired using emulsifiers and dispersants, it being possible also to use other organic solvents as auxiliary solvents if water is used as the diluent. Suitable auxiliaries for this purpose are essentially: solvents such as aromatics xylene), chlorinated aromatics (e.g.

chlorobenzenes), paraffins mineral oil fractions), alcohols methanol, butanol), ketones cyclohexanone), amines ethanolamine, dimethylformamide) and water; carriers such as ground natural minerals (e.g.

kaolins, clays, talc, chalk) and ground synthetic minerals finely divided silica, silicates); emulsifiers such as nonionic and anionic emulsifiers (e.g.

polyoxyethylene fatty alcohol ethers, alkylsulfonates and arylsulfonates) and dispersants such as lignosulfite waste liquors and methylcellulose.

Suitable surfactants are the alkali metals salts, alkaline earth metal salts and ammonium salts of aromatic sulfonic acids, e.g. ligno-, phenol-, naphthaleneand dibutylnaphthalenesulfonic acid, and of fatty acids, alkyl- and alkylaurylsulfonates, alkyl, lauryl ether and fatty alcohol sulfates, and salts of sulfated hexa-, hepta- and octadecanols, or of fatty alcohol glycol ethers, condensates of sulfonated naphthalene and its derivatives with formaldehyde, condensates of naphthalene or of the naphthalenesulfonic acids with phenol and formaldehyde, polyoxyethylene octylphenol ether, ethoxylated isooctyl-, octyl- or nonylphenol, alkylphenol polyglycol ethers, tributylphenyl polyglycol ethers, alkylaryl polyether alcohols, isotridecyl alcohol, fatty alcohol/ethylene oxide condensates, ethoxylated castor oil, polyoxyethylene alkyl ethers or polyoxypropylene, lauryl alcohol, polyglycol ether acetate, sorbitol esters, lignosulfite waste liquors or methylcellulose.

Powders, materials for broadcasting and dusts can be prepared by mixing or jointly grinding the compounds I and II, or the mixture of the compounds I and II, with a solid carrier.

Granules coated granules, impregnated granules or homogeneous granules) are usually prepared by binding the active ingredient, or active ingredients, to a solid carrier.

Fillers or solid carriers are, for example, mineral earths, such as silicas, silica gel, silicates, talc, kaolin, limestone, lime, chalk, bole, loess, clay, dolomite, diatomaceous earth, calcium sulfate, magnesium sulfate, magnesium oxide, ground synthetic materials and fertilizers, such as ammonium sulfate, ammonium phosphate, ammonium nitrate, ureas, and products of vegetable origin, such as cereal meal, tree bark meal, wood meal and nutshell meal, cellulose powders or other solid carriers.

The formulations generally comprise from 0.1 to 95% by weight, preferably 0.5 to 90% by weight, of one of the compounds I or II. The active ingredients are employed in a purity of from 90% to 100%, preferably 95% to 100% (according to NMR or HPLC spectra).

The compounds I and II, the mixtures, or the corresponding formulations, are applied by treating the harmful fungi, their habitat, or the plants, seeds, soils, areas, materials or spaces to be kept free from them with a fungicidally effective amount of the mixture, or of the compounds I and II, in the case of separate application.

Application can be effected before or after infection by the harmful fungi.

Examples of such preparations comprising the active ingredients are: I. A solution of 90 parts by weight of the active ingredients and 10 parts by weight of N-methylpyrrolidone; this solution is suitable for use in the form of microdrops; II. A mixture of 20 parts by weight of the active ingredients, parts by weight of xylene, 10 parts by weight of the 0 adduct of 8 to 10 mol of ethylene oxide to 1 mol of oleic acid N-monoethanolamide, 5 parts by weight of the calcium salt of dodecylbenzenesulfonate, 5 parts by weight of the adduct of 40 mol of ethylene oxide and 1 mol of castor oil; a dispersion is obtained by finely distributing the solution in water; III. An aqueous dispersion of 20 parts by weight of the active ingredients, 40 parts by weight of cyclohexanone, 30 parts by weight of isobutanol, 20 parts by weight of the adduct of 40 mol of ethylene oxide and 1 mol of castor oil; IV. An aqueous dispersion of 20 parts by weight of the active ingredients, 25 parts by weight of cyclohexanol, 65 parts by weight of a mineral oil fraction of boiling point 210 to 2800C, and 10 parts by weight of the adduct of 40 mol of ethylene oxide and 1 mol of castor oil; V. A mixture, ground in a hammer mill, of 80 parts by weight of the active ingredients, 3 parts by weight of the sodium salt of diisobutylnaphthalene-l-sulfonate, 10 parts by weight of the sodium salt of a lignosulfonic acid from a sulfite waste liquor and 7 parts by weight of pulverulent silica gel; a spray mixture is obtained by finely distributing the mixture in water; VI. An intimate mixture of 3 parts by weight of the active ingredients and 97 parts by weight of finely divided kaolin; this dust comprises 3% by weight of active ingredient; VII. An intimate mixture of 30 parts by weight of the active ingredients, 92 parts by weight of pulverulent silica gel and 8 parts by weight of paraffin oil which had been 12 sprayed onto the surface of this silica gel; this formulation imparts good adhesion to the active ingredient; VIII. A stable aqueous dispersion of 40 parts by weight of the active ingredients, 10 parts by weight of the sodium salt of a phenolsulfonic acid/urea/formaldehyde condensate, 2 parts by weight of silica gel and 48 parts by weight of water; this dispersion may be diluted further; IX. A stable oily dispersion of 20 parts by weight of the active ingredients, 2 parts by weight of the calcium salt of dodecylbenzenesulfonate, 8 parts by weight of fatty alcohol polyglycol ether, 20 parts by weight of the sodium salt of a phenolsulfonic acid/urea/formaldehyde condensate and 88 parts by weight of a paraffinic mineral oil.

Use Example The synergistic activity of the mixtures according to the invention can be demonstrated by the following experiments: The active ingredients, separately or together, are formulated as a 10% emulsion in a mixture of 63% by weight of cyclohexanone and 27% by weight of emulsifier, and diluted with water to the desired concentration.

Evaluation is carried out by determining the infected leaf areas in percent. These percentages are converted into efficacies. The efficacy is calculated as follows using Abbot's formula: W (1 a)-100/p a corresponds to the fungal infection of the treated plants in and p corresponds to the fungal infection of the untreated (control) plants in An efficacy of 0 means that the infection level of the treated plants corresponds to that of the untreated control plants; an efficacy of 100 means that the treated plants were not infected.

The expected efficacies of the mixtures of the active ingredients were determined using Colby's formula Colby, Weeds 20-22 (1967)] and compared with the observed efficacies.

Sr 13 Colby formula: E x y x-y/100 E expected efficacy, expressed in of the untreated control, when using the mixture of the active ingredients A and B at the concentrations a and b x efficacy, expressed in of the untreated control, when using active ingredient A at a concentration of a y efficacy, expressed in of the untreated control, when using active ingredient B at a concentration of b Activity against powdery mildew of wheat Leaves of potted weed seedlings of the variety "FrUhgold" were sprayed to runoff point with an aqueous formulation of active ingredient prepared from a stock solution consisting of 10% of active ingredient, 63% of cyclohexanone and 27% of emulsifier.

24 hours after the spray coating had dried on, the leaves were dusted with spores of powdery mildew of wheat (Erysiphe graminis forma specialis tritici). The test plants were subsequently kept in a greenhouse at 20-240C and 60-90% relative atmospheric humidity. After 7 days, the extent of the mildew development was determined visually in infection of the total leaf area.

The compounds of the formula I used were the following components: CO- NH 1.1 N Cl

F

CO--NH

1.2 Nh Cl Cl The results are shown in Tables 3 and 4 below.

S Table 3 Ex. Active ingredient Concentration of active Efficacy in of ingredient in the spray liquor the untreated in ppm control 1C Control 0 (98% infection) 0 (untreated) 2C 1.1 63 0 16 0 3C 1.2 63 0 16 0 4C Compound 11.78 1 0 from Table 2 0.25 0 Table 4 Ex. Mixtures according to the Observed efficacy Calculated efficacy*) invention (content in ppm) 6 63 ppm 1.1 29 0 1 ppm 11.78 7 63 ppm 1.2 59 0 1 ppm 11.78 8 16 ppm 1.2 19 0 0.25 ppm 11.78 calculated using Colby's formula The test results show that the observed efficacy is higher than the efficacy which was calculated beforehand using Colby's formula.

"Comprises/comprising" and grammatical variations thereof when used in this specification are to be taken to specify the presence of stated features, integers, steps or components but does not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, components or groups thereof.

Claims (7)

1. A fungicidal mixture, comprising as active components a) an amide compound of the formula I in which R 4 is halogen and R 11 is phenyl which is substituted by halogen, and b) compounds of the formula II, their N-oxide or one of their salts where the substituents are as defined below: R 12 R 13 R 14 R 15 independently of one another are hydrogen, hydroxyl, nitro, halogen, C 1 -C 4 -alkyl, C 1 -C 4 -haloalkyl, C 1 -C 4 alkoxy, C 1 -C 4 -haloalkoxy, C 1 -C 4 -alkylthio, C1-C4- haloalkylthio; R 16 R 17 R 18 independently of one another are hydrogen, hydroxyl, cyano, nitro, halogen, C 1 -C 7 -alkyl, C 1 -C 7 -haloalkyl, Ci- Cy-alkoxy, C1-C 7 -haloalkoxy, C1-C7-alkylthio, Ci-C7- haloalkylthio, C1-C 7 -hydroxyalkyl, C 2 -C 4 -acyl, aryl, aryloxy, where the radicals containing an aryl group may for their part carry from one to three of the following groups: cyano, nitro, halogen, Ci-C 4 -alkyl, 0 1 0 16 C 1 -C 4 -haloalkyl, C 1 -C 4 -alkoxy, Ci-C 4 -haloalkoxy, C 1 C 4 -alkylthio and C 1 -C 4 -haloalkylthio in a synergistically effective amount.

2. A fungicidal mixture as claimed in claim 1, which comprises as amide compound a compound of the formulae below: N 0 N H H N CI N CI F Cl

3. A method for controlling harmful fungi which comprises treating the fungi, their habitat, or the materials, plants, seeds, soils, areas or spaces to be protected against fungal attack with the compounds of formulae I and II in a synergistically effective manner, and wherein formulae I and II are as defined in claim 1.

4. A method as claimed in claim 3 wherein the application of the compounds of formulae I and II are applied simultaneously, that is either together or separately, or in succession.

A fungicidal mixture as claimed in claim 1 or 2 when used according to the method of claim 3 or 4, the mixture being conditioned in two parts, one part comprising the amide compound of formula I in a solid or liquid carrier and the other part comprising the compound of formula II in a solid or liquid carrier.

6. A fungicidal mixture according to claim 1 wherein the compounds of formula II are substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to Table 1. 6 17

7. A fungicidal mixture according to claim 1 substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the preparation examples. DATED this 21st day of November 2002 BASF AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT WATERMARK PATENT TRADEMARK ATTORNEYS 290 BURWOOD ROAD HAWTHORN VICTORIA 3122 AUSTRALIA P17663AU00 DIVISIONAL CJH/KJS/JPFNRH/SH