Kaken Pharmaceutical Company, Ltd.

Chisso Corporation

Sagami Chemical Research Center

Ryusuke Taguchi

Katsuhiro Nakamura

Yukio Miyazaki

Masahide Nomura

Hideo Sugawara

Machiko Sugiyama

Yasuhiko Hamazaki

Akiya Furuichi

Goro Yabuta

Hideo Saito

Taku Mizuno

Kenji Hirai

Shoin Nagato

Masahiro Yokota

Hiroaki Hirose

Substance F-0368 of the formula: ##STR1## or salts thereof is prepared by culturing Kitasatosporia sp. F-0368 in a culture medium thereby producing substance F-0368, and then isolating and collecting substance F-0368 from the culture medium.

Novel substance for agricultural use

Disclosed in the present invention are: a substance F-0368 or salts thereof having the following structural formula ##STR1## a method for production of the substance F-0368 or salts thereof, wherein an F-0368-substance-producing-microorganism belonging to a genus Kitasatosporia is cultured, and the substance F-0368 is isolated and collected from the cultured substance; a method for production of the substance F-0368 or salts thereof, wherein 3-methyl-4-lower alkoxy carbonyl-2(5H)-furanone represented by the following general formula is subjected to hydrolytic reaction ##STR2## (where: R represents a straight or branched lower alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms); a composition which consists essentially of the substance F-0368 or salt thereof, a diluent permissible in the agricultural chemicals, and a carrier or an excipient; a preventive agent for plant diseases such as rice blast disease and bacterial leaf blight disease, which consists essentially of an effective amount of the substance F-0368 or salts thereof as the active component, a diluent permissible in the agricultural chemicals, and a carrier or an excipient; a method for preventing plant diseases, wherein plants are treated with the preventive agent; a disinfectant for agricultural use to prevent plant disease such as rice blast disease and bacterial leaf blight disease, which consists essentially of an effective amount of the substance F-0368 or salts thereof, as the active component, a diluent permissible in the agricultural chemicals, and a carrier or an excipient; materials for agricultural use containing therein the substance F-0368 or salts thereof; a method for growing plants, wherein the plants are cultivated by use of the agricultural materials; and an F-0368-substance-producing microorganism (Kitasatosporia sp. F-0368; FERM BP-2259).

Lactone compound of agricultural utility

A herbicidal composition comprising at least one oxazolidinedione derivative expressed by the following formula: ##STR1## (wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 independently denote hydrogen atoms, halogen atoms, nitro groups, alkyl groups, alkoxy groups, alkenyloxy groups, alkynyloxy groups or cycloalkyloxy groups; R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 independently denote hydrogen atoms, alkyl groups or aryl groups or may be combined with each other to form a polymethylene chain; and said alkyl groups, alkoxy groups, alkenyloxy groups, alkynyloxy groups, cycloalkyloxy groups and aryl groups may be substituted); and at least one organic phosphorus herbicide, as active ingredients.

Herbicidal composition and herbicidal method

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Yokohama, Japan

Ryusuke Taguchi