Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited

Shintaro Kusaka

Mitsuhiko Iwakoshi

Fujio Mukumoto

Hiroaki Tamaki

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,

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. 

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

Shintaro Kusaka