Application of 7-carboxybenzo[1,2,3]thiadiazole amides as plant stimulants

Abstract

Disclosed herein are amide 7-carboxybenzo[1,2,3]thidiazoles and derivatives thereof having a general Formula I, as described herein. Combinations and compositions of these compounds are also disclosed. The compounds and compositions can be used as a plant stimulant. For example, the compounds compositions can be used to regulate the plant's growth, regulate the plant's metabolic processes, regulate the plant's physiological processes, prevent against effects of biotic stress in the plant, or prevent against effects of abiotic stress in the plant. In some embodiments, the composition can provide multiple disease resistance to plants infected with a fungus, virus, or bacteria.

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         74 . A method of improving plant growth, the method comprising contacting a healthy plant with an agriculturally effective amount of a composition comprising an amide 7-carboxybenzo[1,2,3]thiadiazole of Formula I to improve growth in the plant, 
       
         
           
           
               
               
           
         
         wherein R 1  is selected from a C 1 -C 10  linear alkyl group, a C 3 -C 10  branched alkyl group, and a C 3 -C 10  cyclic alkyl group, 
         R 2  is selected from a C 1 -C 10  linear alkoxy group, a C 3 -C 10  cyclic alkoxy group, or a C 3 -C 10  branched alkoxy group, 
         wherein the composition does not further comprise a fertilizer. 
       
     
     
         75 . The method according to  claim 74 , wherein R 1  is selected from a C 1 -C 6  linear alkyl group, and R 2  is selected from a C 1 -C 6  linear alkoxy group. 
     
     
         76 . The method according to  claim 74 , wherein the composition comprises N-methoxy-N-methyl-1,2,3-benzothiadiazole-7-carboxamide. 
     
     
         77 . The method according to  claim 74 , wherein the composition comprises an aqueous solution, an organic solvent, or a mixture thereof. 
     
     
         78 . The method according to  claim 74 , wherein the composition comprises a mixture of organic and inorganic solvents, wherein the organic and inorganic solvents are in a ratio of from 1:1000 to 1000:1. 
     
     
         79 . The method according to  claim 77 , wherein the composition comprises water and an alcohol. 
     
     
         80 . The method according to  claim 74 , wherein the composition is an emulsion. 
     
     
         81 . The method according to  claim 74 , wherein the compound of Formula I is applied at a rate of from 0.01 g ai/ha to 100 g ai/ha. 
     
     
         82 . The method according to  claim 74 , wherein the composition further comprises an adjuvant in an amount of 10% by volume or less, based on the volume of the composition. 
     
     
         83 . The method according to  claim 74 , wherein the roots or leaves of the plant are contacted with the composition. 
     
     
         84 . The method according to  claim 74 , wherein the composition is contacted to the roots of the plant by spraying the soil, mechanical incorporation, mixing with a fertilizer, or by soil improvement. 
     
     
         85 . The method according to  claim 74 , wherein the plant is selected from forage crop, oilseed crop, grain crop, fruit crop, vegetable crop, fiber crop, spice crop, nut crop, turf crop, sugar crop, beverage crop, and forest crop. 
     
     
         86 . The method according to  claim 74 , wherein the plant is selected from alfalfa, apple, arabidopsis, banana, barley, canola, castor bean, chrysanthemum, clover, cocoa, coffee, cotton, cottonseed, corn, crambe, cranberry, cucumber, dendrobium, dio-scorea, eucalyptus, fescue, flax, gladiolus, liliacea, linseed, millet, muskmelon, mustard, oat, oil palm, oilseed rape, papaya, peanut, pineapple, an ornamental plant, phaseolus, potato, rapeseed, rice, rye, ryegrass, safflower, sesame, sorghum, soybean, sugarbeet, sugarcane, sunflower, strawberry, tobacco, tomato, turfgrass, wheat, lettuce, celery, broccoli, cauliflower, cucurbits, onions, a fruit or nut tree, a fruit shrub or bramble, and a forest tree. 
     
     
         87 . The method according to  claim 74 , wherein the composition is contacted to the plant at least two times. 
     
     
         88 . The method according to  claim 74 , wherein the composition is contacted to the plant once per 5 to 21 days.