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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 1980
Filed:
Aug. 30, 1978
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hanspeter Fischer, Bottmingen, CH;
Assignee:
Ciba-Geigy Corporation, Ardsley, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
71113 ; 71 97 ; 71118 ; 71121 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a method of preventing plants, such as fruit, vegetables etc. from damage by frost. The method consists in treating the said plants, before outbreak of frost, with an effective amount of a hydroxamic acid derivative of formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is alkyl or cycloalkyl,