摘要 |
A method for treating plants in need of growth promotion, comprising applying to said plants, to the seeds from which they grow or to the locus in which they grow, a non-phytotoxic, effective plant growth promoting amount of an amide compound having the formula IA-CO-NRRin which A is; Ris a hydrogen atom; Ris a phenyl group which has a phenyl substituent in the 2 position comprising from 1 to 5 halogen atoms and/or from 1 to 3 substituents selected independently of one another from C-C-alkyl, C-C-haloalkyl, C-C-alkoxy, C-C-haloalkoxy, C-C-alkylthio and C-C-haloalkylthio, and Ris trifluoromethyl or chlorine. |