SUBSTITUTED BENZOIC OR PHENYLACETIC ACID ESTERS HAVING PLANT GROWTH REGULATING PROPERTIES

摘要

This invention relates to substituted benzoic acid or phenylacetic acid ester compounds exhibiting meristematic activity and to the use of such compounds in regulating plant growth. The compounds are represented by the formula: < IMG > wherein, X is hydrogen, halogen, or C1 to C4 alkyl or alkoxy; X is hydrogen, halogen, nitro, or < IMG > wherein R2 and R3 are the same or different and represent hydrogen, C1 to C4 alkyl, alkoxy or haloalkyl or < IMG > wherein R4 is C1 to C4 alkyl; X2 is halogen; X3 is hydrogen, halogen, nitro, amino, or C1 to C4 alkyl, alkoxy or haloalkyl, provided that either X1 or X3 is other than hydrogen; R is hydrogen or C1 to C4 alkyl; R1 is hydorgen, C1 to C10 alkyl, haloalkyl or alkoxyalkyl, or an agronomically acceptable ionic species; and n is 0 or 1.