Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited

Central Glass Company, Limited

Tosoh Corporation

Toyo Soda Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

Tetsuo Takematsu

Yuji Nonaka

Akira Nakanishi

Hideo Morinaka

Takeo Komata

Kenji Mori

Kenji Tsuzuki

Hiromichi Oshio

Takashi Kume

Kaoru Mori

Kiyoshi Suzuki

Mitsuyuki Murakami

Takeshi Uotani

Yumiko Shirakawa

Matsue Minezaki

Masayuki Sakakibara

Kazuo Iwata

N-acyl-N-phenyltetrahydrophthalamic acid derivatives, methods of

Fungicidal composition comprising a fungicidally effective amount of the N-pyridylcarbamate derivative having the formula (I) as an active ingredient: ##STR1## wherein X is 2-naphthyl, 5-indanyl, 5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-2-naphthyl, 1,4-methano-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-6-naphthyl, 1,4-ethano-1,2,3,4,-tetrahydro-6-naphthyl, 2-quinolyl, or a phenyl group having one or two of the same or different substituents selected from the group of halogen atom, lower alkyl, lower alkenyl, lower alkoxy, lower alkenyloxy, halogenated lower alkyl, lower alkylthio, lower alkyl-sulfonyl, lower alkylamino, nitro, and methylenedioxy; Y is an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom; Z is lower alkyl group; W is pyridyl group having one or two of the same substituents selected from the group of lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, lower alkenyloxy, and lower alkylamino, and biologically inert carriers has excellent fungicidal activity against a variety of molds, and can be used to protect plants from fungal infections.

Fungicidal methods containing N-pyridylcarbamates

An antifungal composition comprising an effective amount of carbamate derivative having the formula (I): ##STR1## where X is 2-naphthyl, 5-indanyl, 5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-2-naphthyl, 1,4-methano-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-6-naphthyl, 1,4-ethano-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-6-naphthyl, 2-quinolyl, or a phenyl group having one or two of the same or different substituents selected from the group of halogen atom, lower alkyl, lower alkenyl, lower alkoxy, lower alkenyloxy, halogenated lower alkyl, lower alkylthio, lower alkylsulfonyl, lower alkylamino, nitro, and methylenedioxy;

Antifungal compositions

22R,23R-Homobrassinolide of the formula: ##STR1## which is useful as a plant growth regulator.

Homobrassinolide, and its production and use

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Tochigi, Japan

Tetsuo Takematsu