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United States Patent | 5,518,995 |
Abrams , et al. | May 21, 1996 |
The present invention relates to a composition for enhancing synchrony of germination and emergence in plants and comprises an effective amount of a compound having the following general formula (I); ##STR1##
Application Number | Filing Date | Patent Number | Issue Date | ||
1723 | Jan., 1993 | ||||
444704 | Dec., 1989 | 5201931 | |||
280102 | Dec., 1988 | ||||
Current U.S. Class: | 504/348 ; 504/193; 504/201; 504/207; 504/288; 504/291; 504/320; 504/325; 504/349; 504/350; 568/378; 568/446; 568/447 |
Current International Class: | A01N 35/00 (20060101); A01N 35/06 (20060101); A01N 43/08 (20060101); A01N 37/36 (20060101); A01N 43/20 (20060101); A01N 43/28 (20060101); A01N 43/32 (20060101); A01N 43/02 (20060101); A01N 55/00 (20060101); A01N 49/00 (20060101); C07C 49/00 (20060101); C07C 49/497 (20060101); C07D 303/40 (20060101); C07C 45/00 (20060101); C07D 303/38 (20060101); C07D 303/00 (20060101); C07D 303/14 (20060101); C07D 303/32 (20060101); C07C 45/67 (20060101); C07C 45/78 (20060101); C07D 303/16 (20060101); C07D 307/00 (20060101); C07D 307/34 (20060101); C07D 319/00 (20060101); C07D 319/08 (20060101); C07D 317/00 (20060101); C07F 7/00 (20060101); C07D 317/72 (20060101); C07F 7/18 (20060101); A01N 035/02 (); A01N 035/06 () |
Field of Search: | 504/348,193,201,207,288,291,320,325,349,350 568/446,447,378 |
4581057 | April 1986 | Nooden |
5201931 | April 1993 | Abrams et al. |
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