Method of preventing plants from damage by frost
US4207091A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 30, 1978 |
| Grant date | Jun 10, 1980 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 30, 1998 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA01N37/52
- WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The present invention provides a method of preventing plants, such as fruit, vegetables etc. from damage by frost. The method consists in treating the said plants, before outbreak of frost, with an effective amount of a hydroxamic acid derivative of formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is alkyl or cycloalkyl, PA1 R.sub.2 represents hydrogen or the methyl group, PA1 R.sub.3 is hydrogen, methyl, alkyl-carbonyl or a cation, and PA1 R.sub.4 is hydrogen, methyl or ethyl.
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