Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited

Hiroaki Tamaki

Fujio Mukumoto

Mitsuhiko Iwakoshi

Shintaro Kusaka

Yutaka Matsushima

The present invention provides a method for promoting plant growth, which comprises treating a plant with at least one compound selected from a group consisting of a compound represented by the following Formula (1): and an agriculturally acceptable salt thereof, provided that a method for promoting plant growth which comprises treating plants with a compound corresponding to any one of the following (1) to (5) and an agriculturally acceptable salt thereof is excluded: (1) 4-(Trifluoromethyl)benzo[b]thiophene-2-carboxylic acid, (2) 5-(Trifluoromethyl)benzo[b]thiophene-2-carboxylic acid, (3) 6-(Trifluoromethyl)benzo[b]thiophene-2-carboxylic acid, (4) 7-(Trifluoromethyl)benzo[b]thiophene-2-carboxylic acid, and (5) Benzo[b]thiophene-2-carboxylic acid.

Method for promoting plant growth

The present invention provides a method for promoting plant growth, which comprises treating a plant with a compound represented by the following Formula (1): 

The present invention provides a method for promoting plant growth, which comprises treating a plant with a compound represented by the following Formula (1): provided that a method for promoting plant growth which comprises treating plants with a compound corresponding to the following (1) or an agriculturally acceptable salt thereof are excluded,

An agrichemical composition comprising a compound represented by the formula (1) and at least one fungicidally active compound selected from Group (A). Group (A): metalaxyl, metalaxyl-M, benalaxyl, benalaxyl-M, pyraclostrobin, trifloxystrobin, azoxystrobin, dimoxystrobin, fluoxastrobin, kresoxim methyl, picoxystrobin, metconazole, ipconazole, tebuconazole, difenoconazole, epoxiconazole, fluquinconazole, triticonazole, triadimenol, prothioconazole, propioconazole, prochloraz, penconazole, flusilazole, diniconazole, bromuconazole, cyproconazole, triflumizole, tetraconazole, myclobutanil, bitertanol, imazalil and the like. 

Agrichemical composition and method of promoting growth of plant

Disclosed is a method for promoting the growth of a plant, comprising treating the plant with an effective amount of a compound represented by the following formula (1): wherein any one of R, R, Rand Rrepresents a trifluoromethyl group, and the others represent a hydrogen atom, or an agriculturally acceptable salt thereof. 

An agrichemical composition comprising a compound represented by the formula (1) and at least one insecticidally active compound selected from Group (A): 

Disclosed is a method for promoting the growth of a plant, comprising treating the plant with an effective amount of a compound represented by the following formula (1): wherein any one of R, R, Rand Rrepresents a trifluoromethyl group, the others represent a hydrogen atom, and Rrepresents a methyl group or an ethyl group. 

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Takarazuka, Japan

Hiroaki Tamaki