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Michiyuki Kohno

Tetsuo Takematsu

Yasutomo Takeuchi

Koichi Moriya

Akihiko Aoki

Nobuo Aoki

Toshiro Watanuki

Substituted 1,3-dibenzylureas are represented by the following general formula: ##STR1## wherein X is a chlorine atom, a bromine atom, an iodine atom, a trifluoromethyl group, a methyl group or a methoxy group. These compounds are used as a herbicidal composition comprising at least one of said compounds and a carrier, if desired, together with a suitable adjuvant.

Substituted 1,3-dibenzylureas and herbicidal compositions containing them

Compound of the formula, ##STR1## wherein X is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a lower alkyl group or a lower alkoxyl group, R.sup.1 is a methyl group or an ethyl group, R.sup.2 is a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group or an allyl group, and each of R.sup.3 and R.sup.4, independently, is a hydrogen atom, a methyl group or an ethyl group; provided that R.sup.1, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are not methyl groups simultaneously when both X and R.sup.2 are hydrogen atoms, and compositions containing these compounds exhibit herbicidal activity.

Urea compounds and herbicidal compositions containing them

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