An object of the present invention is to provide a novel plant growth inhibiting agent and a plant growth inhibiting method using the same. The plant growth inhibiting agent of the present invention comprises, as an active ingredient, a compound represented by the following formula (I′) and/or a salt thereof. In the formula (I′), R.sup.1a represents a substituted or unsubstituted C.sub.1 to C.sub.20 alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C.sub.6 to C.sub.14 aryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C.sub.3 to C.sub.13 heteroaryl group, or the like; R.sup.2 represents a substituted or unsubstituted C.sub.1 to C.sub.20 alkylene group, a substituted or unsubstituted C.sub.6 to C.sub.14 arylene group, or the like; R.sup.3a represents OH, a substituted or unsubstituted C.sub.1 to C.sub.6 alkoxy group, or the like; X represents an oxygen atom; Y represents a substituent; q represents any integer of 0 to 3; n represents 0 or 1; and m represents 0 or 1. ##STR00001##

Object of the invention are mesylates of heterocyclic cytokinins of general formula I: (I) wherein R is selected from the group comprising C3-C15 cycloalkyl, furfuryl, allyl, 4-hydroxy-3-methylbut-2-en-1-yl, 3-methylbut-2-en-1-yl, 4-hydroxy-3-methylbutyl, 4-hydroxy-1,3-dimethylbut-2-en-1-yl, 4-hydroxy-1,3-dimethylbutyl, benzyl, wherein the cycloalkyl, allyl, benzyl and furfuryl may be unsubstituted or optionally substituted with 1 to 3 substituents selected from the group comprising hydroxy, halogen, methyl, hydroxymethyl and methoxy, and salts, solvates and addition salts therof. These compounds are particularly suitable for agricultural and biotechnological use, and their great advantage is increased water solubility as compared to the corresponding free bases of heterocyclic cytokinins

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Object of the invention are mesylates of heterocyclic cytokinins of general formula I: (I) wherein R is selected from the group comprising C3-C15 cycloalkyl, furfuryl, allyl, 4-hydroxy-3-methylbut-2-en-1-yl, 3-methylbut-2-en-1-yl, 4-hydroxy-3-methylbutyl, 4-hydroxy-1,3-dimethylbut-2-en-1-yl, 4-hydroxy-1,3-dimethylbutyl, benzyl, wherein the cycloalkyl, allyl, benzyl and furfuryl may be unsubstituted or optionally substituted with 1 to 3 substituents selected from the group comprising hydroxy, halogen, methyl, hydroxymethyl and methoxy, and salts, solvates and addition salts therof. These compounds are particularly suitable for agricultural and biotechnological use, and their great advantage is increased water solubility as compared to the corresponding free bases of heterocyclic cytokinins

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The proposed solution refers to agricultural biotechnology and microbiology. It represents Bacillus mojavensis PS17 strain that was isolated from the seeds of the Sadokat variety of spring wheat and was deposited in the National Bioresource Center - Russian National Collection of Industrial Microorganisms (NBC VKPM), NRC “Kurchatov Institute” - GosNIIgenetika under registration number VKPM B-13415. The strain has a broad spectrum of activity against plant pathogenic fungi and improves the yield of agricultural crops. The strain is non-toxic to animals, exhibits growth-stimulating activity for plants and can be used to produce of biopreparations on the basis thereof for the protection of plants from diseases caused by fungal pathogens.

The proposed solution refers to agricultural biotechnology and microbiology. It represents Bacillus mojavensis PS17 strain that was isolated from the seeds of the Sadokat variety of spring wheat and was deposited in the National Bioresource Center - Russian National Collection of Industrial Microorganisms (NBC VKPM), NRC “Kurchatov Institute” - GosNIIgenetika under registration number VKPM B-13415. The strain has a broad spectrum of activity against plant pathogenic fungi and improves the yield of agricultural crops. The strain is non-toxic to animals, exhibits growth-stimulating activity for plants and can be used to produce of biopreparations on the basis thereof for the protection of plants from diseases caused by fungal pathogens.

The present disclosure includes seed coating compositions and methods for coating seeds that can improve the longevity of microbes that are inoculated on the seeds.

The present disclosure includes seed coating compositions and methods for coating seeds that can improve the longevity of microbes that are inoculated on the seeds.

An aqueous suspension concentrate composition of prohexadione comprising prohexadione-calcium, ammonium sulfate and an amine.

An aqueous suspension concentrate composition of prohexadione comprising prohexadione-calcium, ammonium sulfate and an amine.

The invention relates to compositions including a microbial consortium, for example a microbial consortium that includes at least one of the following isolated microbes: Pseudomonas putida, Bacillus mojavensis, Rhodopseudomonas palustris, Pseudomonas protegens, and Lactobacillus plantarum. The invention also includes formulations that include such compositions, and methods for the use of such formulations.