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US 4,359,334 AGranted
Composition for plant growth regulation
AssigneeGAF Corporation
InventorMichael J. Brown
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Abstract
This invention relates to a composition comprising a mixture of a N-heterocyclic amide, such as N-methylpyrrolidone, and a 2-haloethylsulfinate having from 3 to 22 carbon atoms for the treatment of plants, including trees, shrubs, farm crops and ornamentals to achieve promotional and sustained hormonal ethylene plant growth regulatory effects; and the method of using and preparing said composition.
Claims15
A coacting plant growth promoting composition consisting essentially of a 2-haloethyl sulfinate having the formula:
- ##STR4## wherein X is a halogen atom and Y is alkyl or alkenyl of 1 to 20 carbon atoms optionally substituted with halogen and a promotional ethylene generating amount of a pyrrolidone selected from the group consisting of N-methylpyrrolidone, pyrrolidone, and polyvinylpyrrolidone in a mole ratio of between about 0.5:1 and about 3:1.
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