Union Carbide Corporation

Union Carbide Agricultural Products, Inc.

Wilbur F Evans

Anson Richard Cooke

Charles D Fritz

A growth regulation process involving certain phosphonic acid compounds having the general formula: ##STR1## The growth regulation process of the present invention relates mainly, though not entirely, to the inducement of an ethylene response or ethylene-type response in plants and part thereof including, but not limited to, stems, roots, leaves, flowers, buds, and harvested as well as unharvested fruit. The method of the present invention produces a wide variety of plant growth responses including:

Growth regulation process

A method for controlling apical dominance which comprises applying to the plant an effective amount, ranging between about 0.1 lb. and about 16 lbs. per acre of plants being treated, of 2-chloroethylphosphonic acid.

Method for controlling apical dominance

A method for the inhibition of plant growth which comprises applying thereto an effective amount of 2-chloroethylphosphonic acid.

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Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Wilbur F Evans