Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited

Yoshiaki Kosuge

Ryo Yoshida

Katsuzo Kamoshita

Seizo Sumida

Hirofumi Oshita

Soji Otsuki

Hiroshi Fukui

Satoshi Senbo

Kenji Tsuda

Michihisa Toriba

Yoichiro Tsubaki

A snake-controlling agent contains at least one pyrethroid compound as an active ingredient. It is used for controlling snakes. According to the present invention, the effective controlling of snakes is possible by utilizing the snake-controlling property of pyrethroid compounds.

Snake-controlling agent

Oximecarbamate derivatives of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is methyl or methoxy, R.sub.2 is lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, methylenedioxy, methylthio, halogen or trifluoromethyl, R.sub.3 is hydrogen, methyl or ethyl, X and Z are each oxygen or sulfur, m is an integer of 0 to 5 when R.sub.2 is fluorine or an integer of 0 to 3 when R.sub.2 is other than fluorine, R.sub.2 being same or different in case of m being an integer of 2 or 3, n and r are each an integer of 0 or 1 but when one of them is zero, the other is not zero, q is an integer of 0 or 1 and t is an integer of 0 to 4, which are useful as herbicides having high selectivity to crop plants.

Oximecarbamate derivatives, and their production and use

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Takarazuka, Japan

Yoshiaki Kosuge