Use of derivatives of (1-cyanocyclopropyl)phenylphosphinic acid, esters thereof and/or salts thereof for enhancing tolerance in plants to abiotic stress

US8912124B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BAYER CROPSCIENCE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT · DE

Inventors

• Lothar Willms · Hillscheid, DE
• Hans-Joachim Zeiβ · Pocking, DE
• Marco Busch · Burscheid, DE
• Christopher Hugh Rosinger · Hofheim, DE
• Ines Heinemann · Hofheim, DE
• Isolde Häuser-Hahn · Leverkusen, DE
• Martin Jeffrey Hills · Idstein, DE
• Pascal Von Koskull-Döring · Leverkusen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 6, 2011
• Grant date: Dec 16, 2014
• Expiry date: Sep 14, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07F9/58
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to derivatives of (1-cyanocyclopropyl)phenylphosphinic acid of the formula (I)and to salts thereof, of the formula (II),for enhancing stress tolerance in plants to abiotic stress, preferably to drought stress, especially for enhancing plant growth and/or for increasing plant yield.