| abstract |
The invention concerns substituted N-(4-pyridyl)-carboxylic acid amides of the formula (I) in which Q is substituted pyridyl, A is hydrogen, alkyl, acyl or aralkyl and Y-Z is an optionally modified hydrocarbon group or Y is a bond or a bivalent group and Z is aryl, O-aryl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl or heterocyclyl, all of which may be substituted. The invention also concerns methods of preparing such compounds, intermediates used in their preparation and their use as pest-control agents, in particular insecticides, acaricides and nematicides, as well as their use as fungicides. |