Provided is a method which exerts an excellent effect in controlling a pest in a field of soybean, corn or cotton. A method of controlling a pest (weed, harmful arthropod) in a field of soybean, corn or cotton, including treating a field before, at or after seeding with a seed of soybean, corn or cotton treated with one or more diamide compounds, with one or more PPO-inhibiting compounds selected from the group consisting of flumioxazin, sulfentrazone, saflufenacil, oxyfluorfen, fomesafen, fomesafen sodium and a compound represented by the formula (I): ##STR00001##

Provided is a method which exerts an excellent effect in controlling a pest in a field of soybean, corn or cotton. A method of controlling a pest (weed, harmful arthropod) in a field of soybean, corn or cotton, including treating a field before, at or after seeding with a seed of soybean, corn or cotton treated with one or more diamide compounds, with one or more PPO-inhibiting compounds selected from the group consisting of flumioxazin, sulfentrazone, saflufenacil, oxyfluorfen, fomesafen, fomesafen sodium and a compound represented by the formula (I): ##STR00001##

The present invention relates to a method of controlling a glyphosate-resistant weed, including the step of applying 5 to 200 g per 10000 m.sup.2 of trifludimoxazin to the glyphosate-resistant weed or a habitat of the glyphosate-resistant weed. The present invention can provide a method whereby it becomes possible to exert an excellent control effect in the control of a weed.

The present invention relates to a method of controlling a glyphosate-resistant weed, including the step of applying 5 to 200 g per 10000 m.sup.2 of trifludimoxazin to the glyphosate-resistant weed or a habitat of the glyphosate-resistant weed. The present invention can provide a method whereby it becomes possible to exert an excellent control effect in the control of a weed.

The present invention relates to a method of controlling a glyphosate-resistant weed, including the step of applying 5 to 200 g per 10000 m.sup.2 of trifludimoxazin to the glyphosate-resistant weed or a habitat of the glyphosate-resistant weed. The present invention can provide a method whereby it becomes possible to exert an excellent control effect in the control of a weed.

A pyrimidinone compound represented by formula (1):

##STR00001##

wherein: A.sup.1 represents a nitrogen atom or a CR.sup.4; A.sup.2 represents a nitrogen atom and A.sup.3 represents a CR.sup.3b, or A.sup.2 represents a CR.sup.3a and A.sup.3 represents a nitrogen atom; Q represents an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom; G represents a C2-C10 chain hydrocarbon group having one or more halogen atoms, etc.; R.sup.1 represents a C1-C6 chain hydrocarbon group optionally having one or more halogen atoms; R.sup.2 represents a C1-C6 chain hydrocarbon group optionally having one or more halogen atoms, etc.; R.sup.4 represents a hydrogen atom, etc.; R.sup.3, R.sup.3a, and R.sup.3b represent independently of each other a hydrogen atom, etc.; n represents 0, 1, or 2; and p represents 0, 1, 2, or 3 has an excellent efficacy for controlling harmful arthropods.

A pyrimidinone compound represented by formula (1):

##STR00001##

wherein: A.sup.1 represents a nitrogen atom or a CR.sup.4; A.sup.2 represents a nitrogen atom and A.sup.3 represents a CR.sup.3b, or A.sup.2 represents a CR.sup.3a and A.sup.3 represents a nitrogen atom; Q represents an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom; G represents a C2-C10 chain hydrocarbon group having one or more halogen atoms, etc.; R.sup.1 represents a C1-C6 chain hydrocarbon group optionally having one or more halogen atoms; R.sup.2 represents a C1-C6 chain hydrocarbon group optionally having one or more halogen atoms, etc.; R.sup.4 represents a hydrogen atom, etc.; R.sup.3, R.sup.3a, and R.sup.3b represent independently of each other a hydrogen atom, etc.; n represents 0, 1, or 2; and p represents 0, 1, 2, or 3 has an excellent efficacy for controlling harmful arthropods.

The present invention concerns: a plant growth-promoting agent comprising a compound represented by Formula (I) or a salt thereof:

##STR00001##

wherein Ar.sup.1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group, NZ represents a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic ring group or an acyclic nitrogen-containing group having a partial structure of the nitrogen-containing heterocyclic ring group, n is 0, 1, or 2, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 each represent a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted C.sub.1-3-alkyl group, a cyano group, or a carboxyl group, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 may together form an oxo group, and when n is 2, R.sup.1 or R.sup.2 may be the same or different; and a method for promoting plant growth using the plant growth-promoting agent.

The present invention concerns: a plant growth-promoting agent comprising a compound represented by Formula (I) or a salt thereof:

##STR00001##

wherein Ar.sup.1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group, NZ represents a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic ring group or an acyclic nitrogen-containing group having a partial structure of the nitrogen-containing heterocyclic ring group, n is 0, 1, or 2, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 each represent a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted C.sub.1-3-alkyl group, a cyano group, or a carboxyl group, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 may together form an oxo group, and when n is 2, R.sup.1 or R.sup.2 may be the same or different; and a method for promoting plant growth using the plant growth-promoting agent.

The present specification discloses honeybee repellents exhibiting repellent properties similar to 2-heptanone, compositions comprising such repellents, uses to repel a honeybee from a mammal, location, plant, structure treated of such repellents, and methods of treating a mammal, location, plant, structure by applying such repellents.