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US 4,906,280 AGranted
Tertiary butylhydrazides as plant growth regulators
AssigneePennwalt Corporation
InventorsStanley R. Sandler, Shyam B. Advani
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Abstract
T-butylhydrazides of carboxylic acid anhydrides and carboxylic acid chlorides useful as plant growth regulants in the free acid form or their equivalent salts.
Claims11
A compound of the formula
- RNHNR.sup.1 C(CH.sub.3).sub.3
- where R and R.sup.1, which can be the same or different, are independently selected from the group of radicals consisting of ##STR11## and the alkali metal or ammonium salts of each of the aforegoing carboxy containing radicals, with the proviso that R.sup.1 can also be hydrogen.
A plant growth regulating composition comprising a plant growth regulating compound of the formula
- RNHNR.sup.1 C(CH.sub.3).sub.3
- where R and R.sup.1 are the same or different radicals selected from the group consisting of ##STR14##
A method for regulating plant growth which comprises treating the plants with a plant growth regulating effective amount of a compound of the formula
- RNHNR.sup.1 C(CH.sub.3).sub.3
- where R and R.sup.1 are the same or different radicals selected from the group consisting of ##STR17##
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.