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A composition comprising a compound of formula (I) CH 3 CH(OH)C(═O)NR 1 R 2 where R 1 and R 2 are each independently hydrogen; or C 1-6 alkyl, C 2-6 alkenyl or C 3-6 cycloalkyl, each of which is optionally substituted by up to three substituents independently selected from phenyl, hydroxy, C 1-5 alkoxy, morpholinyl and NR 3 R 4 where R 3 and R 4 are each independently C 1-3 alkyl; or phenyl optionally substituted by up to three substituents independently selected from C 1-3 alkyl; or R 1 and R 2 together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached form a morpholinyl, pyrrolidinyl, piperidinyl or azepanyl ring, each of which is optionally substituted by up to three substituents independently selected from C 1-3 alkyl; and at least one biologically active compound, which comprises at least one aromatic five and/or six membered ring wherein the ring contains at least one nitrogen as a ring member, with the provisos (i) that the composition does not contain cyproconazole when the compound of formula (1) is selected from the group consisting of N-butoxypropyl lactamide; 1-(hydroxyethyl) piperidinyl lactamide; N-methyl-N-propyl lactamide; N-(1-ethylpropyl) lactamide; N,N-dimethyl lactamide; N-1,4-dimethylpentyl lactamide; N-(2-hydroxyethyl)-N-benzyl lactamide; N-Morpholinyl lactamide; N-methyl-N-butyl lactamide; N-Isobutyl lactamide; N-AlIyI lactamide; N-Ethyl lactamide; N-Ethyl-N-(2-hydroxyethyl) lactamide; and N-isopropyl lactamide; and (ii) that the biologically active compound is not nicotinic acid when the compound of formula (1) is diethyl-lactamide. Such compositions may be, or may be comprised by, emulsion concentrates, particularly so in the case that the compound of formula (I) is dimethyl lactamide and the biologically active compound is the fungicide 3-difluoromethyl-1-methyl-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxylic acid(9-isopropyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-1,4-methano-naphthalen-5-yl)-amide shown in FIG. 2. |