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1314283 Plant growth regulation BAYCHEM CORP 19 Nov 1971 [20 Nov 1970] 53866/71 Heading C1B [Also in Division C2] A method of plant-growth regulation comprises applying to the plants or a habitat thereof, a heterocyclic alkyl thiocyanate or isothiocyanate of the general formula in which X is -N = C = S or -S-C = N, R and R<SP>1</SP>, which may be identical or different, are each hydrogen or C 1 -C 5 alkyl, and Z is furfuryl, furyl, dihydrofuryl, tetrahydrofuryl benzofuryl, pyranyl, dihydropyranyl, tetrahydropyranyl, thienyl, pyridyl, pyrrolyl, picolyl, indolyl, dihydrothienyl-1-oxide, dihydrothienyl- 1,1 - dioxide, tetrahydrothienyl - 1,1 - dioxide or a C 1 -C 5 alkyl, chloro, bromo or nitro substitution product of any of these heterocyclic radicals, alone or in admixture with a diluent or carrier. Other active ingredients which may be present are maleic hydrazide and S,S,S-tributyl phosphorotrithio-ite and -ate. |