2-methoxyimino-2-(pyridinyloxymethyl)phenyl acetamides with carboxylic acid derivatives on the pyridine ring

A fungicidal method which comprises applying to the locus to be treated a fungicidally-effective amount of a compound of formula (1) ##STR61## wherein m is an integer 0-3;

• Y is H, halogen, C.sub.1-4 alkyl, C.sub.1-4 alkoxy, C.sub.1-4 alkylthio;
• X is H, C.sub.1-6 alkyl, C.sub.1-6 alkoxy, halo-C.sub.1-6 alkyl, halo-C.sub.1-6 alkoxy, halo, nitro, carbo-C.sub.1-6 alkoxy, cyano, C.sub.1-6 alkylthio, or halo-C.sub.1-6 alkylthio;
• W or W' is independently O or S;
• R is H, C.sub.1-6 alkyl, or C.sub.3-7 cycloalkyl;
• optionally substituted by halo-C.sub.1-6 alkyl, halo-C.sub.1-6 alkoxy, C.sub.2-6 alkenyl, halo-C.sub.2-6 alkenyl, C.sub.2-6 alkynyl, --C.tbd.N, C.sub.1-6 alkoxy, halogen, aryl, substituted aryl, or pyridyl;
• and
• L is --O--, --CH.sub.2 --, --SO.sub.n --, --CH.sub.2 O--, --OCH.sub.2 --, --CH.sub.2 S--, --SCH.sub.2 --, --CH.dbd.CH--, --C.tbd.C--, or ##STR62## wherein n is an integer 0-2.