Method of defoliating crop plants and minimizing regrowth following defoliation, plant compositions for defoliating crop plants and minimizing regrowth and plant growth

摘要

"METHOD OF DEFOLIATING CROP PLANTS AND MINIMIZING THE GROWTH FOLLOWING DEFOLIATION, PLANT COMPOSITIONS TO DEFOLIATE CROP PLANTS AND MINIMIZE THE GROWTH AND GROWTH OF THE PLANT". Concurrent or sequential application of an auxin transport inhibitor and a defoliating agent synergistically improves the defoliation of crop plants and minimizes regrowth of the crop plant. Preferably, the auxin transport inhibitor is a semicarbazone compound. The defoliating agent can be an ethylene response or ethylene type response agent such as a phosphonic acid derivative. More preferably, the semicarbazone compound is diflufenzopyr and the phosphonic acid derivative is etefon (i.e., etphon (2-chloroethyl) phosphonic acid).