Method of safening crops using isoxazoline carboxylates

A method as claimed in claim 2 wherein in formula (I)

• R1 is phenyl which is unsubstituted or substituted by one or more radicals selected from the group consisting of halogen, cyano, nitro, amino, (C1-C4)haloalkyl, (C1-C4)haloalkoxy, (C1-C4)alkyl, (C1-C4)alkoxy, mono(C1-C4)alkyl-amino, di(C1-C4)alkyl-amino, (C1-C4)alkylthio and (C1-C4)alkylsulfonyl,
• R2 is (C1-C6)alkyl, (C3-C6)cycloalkyl or phenyl, each of the 3 last-mentioned radicals is unsubstituted or substituted by one or more radicals selected from the group consisting of halogen, cyano, nitro, amino, (C1-C4)haloalkyl, (C1-C4)haloalkoxy, (C1-C4)alkyl, (C1-C4)alkoxy, mono(C1-C4)alkyl-amino, di(C1-C4)alkyl-amino, (C1-C4)alkylthio and (C1-C4)alkylsulfonyl,
• R3 is hydrogen or a hydrocarbon radical having 1 to 18 C-atoms which is unsubstituted or substituted by one or more radicals selected from the group consisting of
• halogen, cyano, thio, nitro, hydroxyl, (C1-C6)alkyl, (C1-C6)haloalkyl, the 2 last-mentioned radicals as substituents of cyclic radicals only, (C1-C6)alkoxy, (C2-C6)alkenyloxy, (C2-C6)alkinyloxy, (C1-C6)haloalkoxy, (C2-C6)alkylthio, (C3-C6)cycloalkyl, (C3-C6)cycloalkoxy, (C1-C8)alkoxy-carbonyl, (C2-C6)alkenyloxy-carbonyl, (C2-C6)alkinyloxy-carbonyl, (C1-C8)alkyl-carbonyl, (C1-C6)alkyl-carbonyloxy, phenyl, phenyl-(C1-C6)alkoxy, phenyl-(C1-C6)alkoxy-carbonyl, phenoxy, phenoxy-(C1-C6)alkoxy, phenoxy-(C1-C6)alkoxy-carbonyl, phenoxycarbonyl, phenylcarbonyloxy and phenyl-(C1-C6)alkyl-carbonyloxy,
• wherein the 9 last-mentioned radicals are unsubstituted or substituted in the phenyl ring by one or more radicals selected from the group consisting of halogen, (C1-C4)alkyl, (C1-C4)alkoxy, (C1-C4)haloalkyl, (C1-C4)haloalkoxy and nitro,
• and radicals of the formula —O—N═CR′2, —N═CR′2,
• wherein the R′ in the formulae independently of one another are hydrogen, (C1-C4)alkyl or phenyl, which is unsubstituted or substituted by one or more radicals selected from the group consisting of halogen, (C1-C4)alkyl, (C1-C4)alkoxy, (C1-C4)haloalkyl, (C1-C4)haloalkoxy and nitro, or together are a (C2-C6)alkylene chain.