Use of aryl carbamates in agriculture and other plant-related areas

A method of preventing, removing or inhibiting microbial biofilm formation or microbial infection in a plant or plant part thereof, wherein said plant is a tomato plant, comprising applying to said plant or plant part a treatment effective amount of a compound of Formula (I):

• wherein:
• R1 is an aryl, an amine-substituted aryl, or a heteroaryl having at least one nitrogen atom;
• n=0 to 10, saturated or unsaturated;
• each occurrence of Rx and Ry is present or absent (depending upon chain saturation), and is each independently H or alkyl;
• R2 is selected from the group consisting of:
• H, alkyl, alkenyl and alkynyl;
• and
• R3 is alkyl, substituted cycloalkyl or unsubstituted cycloalkyl,
• or an agriculturally acceptable salt thereof.

A method of preventing, removing or inhibiting microbial biofilm formation or microbial infection in a plant or plant part thereof, wherein said plant is a citrus tree, and wherein said biofilm formation or microbial infection is citrus huanglongbing (HLB), comprising applying to said plant or plant part a treatment effective amount of a compound of Formula (I):

• wherein:
• R1 is an aryl, an amine-substituted aryl, or a heteroaryl having at least one nitrogen atom;
• n=0 to 10, saturated or unsaturated;
• each occurrence of Rx and Ry is present or absent (depending upon chain saturation), and is each independently H or alkyl;
• R2 is selected from the group consisting of:
• H, alkyl, alkenyl and alkynyl;
• and
• R3 is alkyl, substituted cycloalkyl or unsubstituted cycloalkyl,
• or an agriculturally acceptable salt thereof.