Plant growth regulators

US3985773A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Monsanto Company · US

Inventors

• Gerhard H. Alt · Waldkirch, DE
• John E. Franz · Kirkwood, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 26, 1974
• Grant date: Oct 12, 1976
• Expiry date: Dec 26, 1994

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07D307/90
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The disclosure herein pertains to the use of certain 3-[(naphthyl, or substituted-phenyl)imino]-phthalides, some of whose members are novel, to regulate the natural growth or development of plants.