| abstract |
This invention relates to the use of an indolinone compound of formula (I) or an agriculturally acceptable salt thereof, where the radicals have the meanings given in the claims, for regulating plant growth, to a composition which comprises one or more compounds of formula (I) or an agriculturally acceptable salt, carrier and/or surfactant thereof intended for use in plant growth regulating formulations, to the use of the plant growth regulating composition wherein the plants are classified as monocots or dicots, and to a method for regulating plant growth in plant cultures, which comprises applying an effective amount of a compound of formula (I) to the site where the action is desired, which method includes applying to plants, to the seeds from which these plants grow, or to the site where they grow, non-phytotoxic, effective for p regulating plant growth an amount of one or more compounds of formula (I). |