Cyclobutylcarboxamide Pesticides for Vegetable Disease Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods are inadequate for effectively controlling or preventing infestation of vegetable, tomato, and potato plants by phytopathogenic microorganisms such as Erysiphe sp., Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, Fusarium oxysporum, and Alternaria solani, leading to significant yield losses and crop damage.
Innovation Solution
The use of cyclobutylcarboxamide compounds, particularly those with specific structural configurations, applied as pesticidal compositions, to control or prevent infestation by these pathogens.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If common practices are used for controlling or preventing phytopathogenic microorganisms, then some disease control is achieved, but the control is inadequate leading to significant yield losses
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies parameter changes by introducing novel cyclobutylcarboxamide chemical compounds with specific molecular structures (formula I) that have not been previously used for disease control. These compounds represent a fundamental change in the chemical parameters of the pesticidal agents, providing superior efficacy against multiple phytopathogenic microorganisms including Erysiphe sp., Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, Fusarium oxysporum, and Alternaria solani, thereby resolving the inadequacy of common practices
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs composite materials by formulating the cyclobutylcarboxamide compounds (formula I) in combination with various carriers, adjuvants, and formulation agents to create optimized pesticidal compositions. These composite formulations enhance the delivery, stability, and effectiveness of the active compounds, ensuring reliable disease control and protecting crop yield from significant losses
2Reliability
If higher efficacy compounds are used, then disease control improves, but the complexity of the solution increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent achieves high disease control efficacy through parameter changes by optimizing the chemical structure of the cyclobutylcarboxamide compounds (formula I) with specific substituents at defined positions. This structural optimization provides potent activity against multiple pathogens while maintaining a manageable solution complexity through systematic molecular design rather than complex application systems
Solution Approach 2:
The cyclobutylcarboxamide compounds of formula (I) exhibit multi-functionality by demonstrating broad-spectrum activity against diverse phytopathogenic microorganisms including powdery mildew (Erysiphe sp.), white mold (Sclerotinia sclerotiorum), fusarium wilt (Fusarium oxysporum), and early blight (Alternaria solani). This universal efficacy across multiple disease types reduces the need for multiple specialized treatments, thereby managing solution complexity while maintaining high reliability
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AI summary
The present invention relates to methods for controlling or preventing infestation of vegetable, tomato and potato plants by phytopathogenic microorganisms selected from Sphaerotheca fuliginea, Leveillula taurica, Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, Cercospora, Fusarium oxysporum, Fusarium solani, Helminthosporium solani, Phoma tuberosa, Rhizoctonia solani, Phytophthora infestans, Verticillium dahlia, Didymella biyoniae, Botiytis cinerea and Alternaria solani, comprising applying to a crop of plants, the locus thereof, or propagation material thereof, a compound according to formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, Y, A, B are as defined herein.