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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 1979
Filed:
Mar. 31, 1977
Applicant:
Inventors:
Leonard G Copping, Nottingham, GB;
John F Garrod, Nottingham, GB;
Assignee:
The Boots Company Limited, Nottingham, GB;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N / ; A01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
71 92 ; 71 76 ;
Abstract
Regulation in the growth of plants is achieved by use of a composition comprising a growth-regulating amount of a compound having the formula ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 is alkyl, alkenyl, optionally substituted phenyl or optionally substituted benzyl and R.sup.2 is alkyl, alkenyl, optionally substituted phenyl, optionally substituted benzyl, optionally substituted 2-phenethyl or optionally substituted phenoxyalkyl of the formula PhO(CH.sub.2).sub.n where n is 2 or 3. The invention is of particular value where the plant is sugar cane or rice.