The present invention provides a method for promoting plant growth, which comprises treating a plant with at least one compound selected from a group consisting of a compound represented by the following Formula (1):
and an agriculturally acceptable salt thereof, provided that a method for promoting plant growth which comprises treating plants with a compound corresponding to any one of the following (1) to (5) and an agriculturally acceptable salt thereof is excluded: (1) 4-(Trifluoromethyl)benzo[b]thiophene-2-carboxylic acid, (2) 5-(Trifluoromethyl)benzo[b]thiophene-2-carboxylic acid, (3) 6-(Trifluoromethyl)benzo[b]thiophene-2-carboxylic acid, (4) 7-(Trifluoromethyl)benzo[b]thiophene-2-carboxylic acid, and (5) Benzo[b]thiophene-2-carboxylic acid.
本发明提供了一种促进植物生长的方法,包括将植物处理至少一种化合物,所述化合物选自以下公式(1)表示的化合物组中的至少一种:以及其农业上可接受的盐,但是排除了使用与以下任一化合物(1)至(5)及其农业上可接受的盐相对应的化合物来促进植物生长的方法:(1)4-(三
氟甲基)苯并[b]
噻吩-2-
羧酸,(2)5-(三
氟甲基)苯并[b]
噻吩-2-
羧酸,(3)6-(三
氟甲基)苯并[b]
噻吩-2-
羧酸,(4)7-(三
氟甲基)苯并[b]
噻吩-2-
羧酸和(5)苯并[b]
噻吩-2-
羧酸。