Substituted pyridines as systemic plant protectants
AssigneeThe Dow Chemical Company
InventorRobert L. Noveroske
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Abstract
A method for protecting plants for extended time periods from attack by soil-borne plant disease organisms, which method comprises applying to plant parts, a non-phytotoxic but plant protecting amount of a systemic plant protectant corresponding to the formula ##STR1## wherein X represents chloro, fluoro or bromo; Z represents trichloromethyl, dichloromethyl or dichlorofluoromethyl and R represents lower alkyl of 1 to 4 carbon atoms or phenyl.
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A method for protecting plants planted in soil containing soil-borne plant disease organisms of the genera Verticillium, Rhizoctonia, Phytophthora, Phythium and Pseudomonas for an extended time period, of a minimum of 3 weeks, from attack by said soil-borne plant disease organisms which comprises contacting plant parts with a non-phytotoxic plant protecting amount of a systemic plant protectant corresponding to the formula ##STR9## wherein X represents chloro, fluoro or bromo;
- Z represents trichloromethyl, dichloromethyl or dichlorofluoromethyl and R represents lower alkyl of 1 to 4 carbon atoms or phenyl, in intimate admixture with an inert adjuvant therefor.
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