Plant growth regulant compositions

US4350520A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• BAYER HEALTHCARE LLC · DE

Inventors

• Gunther Beck · Leverkusen, DE
• Helmut Heitzer · Leverkusen, DE
• Klaus Lurssen · Wittlich, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 5, 1980
• Grant date: Sep 21, 1982
• Expiry date: Dec 5, 2000

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07D233/90
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The imidazole-2-carboxylic acid amides of the general formula ##STR1## in which R represents alkyl, have powerful growth-regulating properties. The invention provides a method of regulating the growth of plants, which comprises applying to the plants, or to a habitat thereof, a compound of the formula (I) alone or in the form of a composition containing as active ingredient a compound of the formula (I) in admixture with a diluent or carrier.