| abstract |
The invention relates to herbalicide compositions for use in agriculture. The aim of the invention is to provide novel compositions for use as herbicides and plant growth regulators. According to the invention, as active ingredient in the novel herbicidal compositions, novel phosphorus salts of N-phosphono-bi-glycine are used with the formula in which R1, R2, R3 and R4 are in each case inactive from the C1-C10-alkyl, phenyl, benzyl, sub-substituted benzyl WHEREAS THE SUBSTITUTES IN QUESTION ARE SELECTED INDEPENDENTLY OF HALOGEN, A LOW ALKOXY GROUP OR A LOWER ALKYL GROUP, PROVIDED THAT AT AT LEAST ONE OF THE RADICALS R1, R2, R3 AND R4, BENZYL, SUBSTITUTED BENZYL OR SUBSTITUTED PHENYL ACT. |