| abstract |
A SOIL FUNGICIDE AND A METHOD FOR PROTECTING SEEDS AND SEEDLINGS FROM ATTACH BY PATHOGENIC ORGANISMS WHICH INHABIT SOIL IS DISCLOSED WHICH COMPRISES APPLYING AN EFFECTIVE AMOUNT OF SELECTIVE, SUBSITUTED 1,3 DIKETONES HAVING THE GENERAL FORMULA R-CO-CH2-CO-R1(-X)M WHEREIN R REPRESENTS THE FOLLOWING GROUPS (HALOGEN(S)-)THIOPHENE (HALOGEN(S)-)BENZOFURAN (HALOGEN(S)ANDMETHOXY-)PHENYL (HALOGEN(S)-)NAPHTHYL AND R1 REPRESENTS AN ALKYLENE RADICAL CONTAINING FROM 1 TO 3 CARBON ATOMS, X IS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF CHLORINE, BROMINE, FLOURINE AND IODINE, AND M IS AN INTEGER FROM 1 THROUGH 7. THE DIKETONE CAN BE APPLIED AS SUCH AS THE METAL CHELATE. |