Patent ID: 8722580

Claim:
A plant growth regulating method comprising applying an effective amount of a compound represented by the general formula (I): wherein R represents a group represented by NR 1 R 2 , and X represents an optionally substituted hydrocarbon group, a group represented by NR 1 R 2 , a group represented by OR 3 , a group represented by S(O) m R 4 , a nitro group or a halogen atom, in which R 1 represents a hydrogen atom or an optionally substituted hydrocarbon group, R 2 represents a hydrogen atom, an optionally substituted hydrocarbon group, a group represented by NR 5 R 6 (in which R 5 and R 6 are the same or different and represent a hydrogen atom or an optionally substituted C1-6 alkyl group) or a group represented by OR 7 (in which R 7 represents a hydrogen atom or an optionally substituted C1-6 alkyl group), or R 1 and R 2 are taken together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached to form an optionally substituted cyclic amino group, R 3 and R 4 each represent an optionally substituted hydrocarbon group, l represents an integer of 0 to 1, m represents an integer of 0 to 2, n represents an integer of 0 to 4, when n is 2 or more, each X is the same or different from each other, and Ar represents a phenyl group which is optionally substituted by at least one halogen or C1-3 alkyl group or an agriculturally acceptable salt thereof to a plant or a habitat of the plant.