Basf Aktiengesellschaft

Dale R Carlson

Bruno Wuerzer

Hubert Sauter

Karl-Otto Westphalen

Wilhelm Rademacher

Matthias Zipplies

Paul S Zorner

Barbara A Moore

Helmut Walter

Michael Keil

Norbert Meyer

Ulrich Schirmer

Johann Jung

Reiner Kober

Matthias Bratz

Rainer Seele

Juergen Kast

Stefan Karbach

Dieter Kolassa

Manfred Lauer

Eberhard P Schott

Charles W Helpert

David E Millhouse

Lisa P Schell

William M Fletcher

Hans J Von Amsberg

A process for improvement of the soil by reducing microbially formed ethylene in the soil by bringing compounds which bind ethylene or of which it is known that they inhibit ethylene biosynthesis between S-adenosyl-L-methionine and 1-aminocyclopropane-carboxylic acid or 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid and ethylene respectively, into the soil zone relevant for the root growth of higher plants and allowing them to act there on the soil microorganisms.

Process and composition for soil improvement by reducing microbially formed ethylene in the soil

Cyclohexenone compounds of the formula I ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, A and X have the meanings given in the disclosure and claims, their preparation and their use as growth-regulating agents or herbicides.

Cyclohexenone compounds and use as herbicides or as plant growth

Triazole compounds I ##STR1## where A is C.sub.7 -C.sub.20 -alkyl or unsubstituted or substituted phenyl, naphthyl or pyridyl, and R is hydrogen or unsubstituted or substituted C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.6 -alkenyl or C.sub.3 -C.sub.6 -alkynyl or is --COR.sup.x or --SO.sub.2 R.sup.x, where R.sup.x is hydrogen or unsubstituted or substituted C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 -alkyl or phenyl, and their environmentally compatible salts, and herbicides containing one or more triazole compounds I, IA or IB ##STR2## where R.sup.1 is hydrogen, cyclopropyl or unsubstituted or substituted C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.6 -alkenyl or C.sub.2 -C.sub.6 -alkynyl or is C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy, C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 -alkenyloxy or C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 -alkynyloxy, and R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are each hydrogen, adamantyl or C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 -alkyl or, together with the carbon atom to which they are bonded, form unsubstituted or substituted C.sub.3 -C.sub.7 -cycloalkyl, C.sub.6 -C.sub.10 -bicycloalkyl, C.sub.6 -C.sub.10 -bicycloalkenyl, or their environmentally compatible salts and a benzothiadiazone.

Synergistic triazole compounds

N-aminotriazole derivatives of the general formulae Ia and Ib ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 -alkyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.8 -cycloalkyl, C.sub.5 -C.sub.8 -cycloalkenyl, tetrahydropyranyl or norbornyl, or phenyl, biphenyl, naphthyl or pyridyl, and the aromatic radicals may carry from one to five halogen atoms and/or from one to three of the following groups: hydroxyl, phenoxy, nitro, amino, cyano, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -haloalkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -haloalkoxy and/or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkylthio, and their salts which are environmentally compatible and tolerated by crops.

N-aminotriazole derivatives

Growing community of inventors

Hillsborough, NC, United States of America

Dale R Carlson