Abstract: Oxime ethers of the general formula ##STR1## where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are hydrogen or alkyl,R.sup.3 is hydrogen, halogen, cyano, aryl or aryloxy, the aromatic ring being unsubstituted or substituted, or R.sup.3 is heteroaryl, adamantyl, fluorenyl or cycloalkyl or cycloalkenyl, these radicals being unsubstituted or substituted,X is saturated or unsaturated C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 -alkylene which is unsubstituted or substituted, andn is 0 or 1,and fungicides containing these compounds.

Abstract: .alpha.-Arylacrylates of the general formula I ##STR1## where Y is substituted or unsubstituted, alkenylene, alkynylene, O,S(O).sub.m, N, oxycarbonyl, carbonyloxy, oxycarbonylalkylene, carbonyloxyalkylene, oxyalkyleneoxy, oxyalkylene, alkyleneoxy, thioalkylene, azo, carbonylamino, aminocarbonyl or aminocarbonyloxy, andZ is hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, alkynyl, aryl, arylalkyl, arylalkenyl, aryloxy, aryloxyalkyl, alkoxyalkyl, haloalkyl, aryloxyalkoxy, alkoxycarbonyl, which are substituted or unsubstituted, or is a 5-membered heterocyclic structure in which two adjacent substituents may form an aromatic or heteroaromatic ring,and fungicides containing these compounds.

Abstract: Ortho-substituted phenol ethers of the general formula I ##STR1## where R.sup.1 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkylthio or amino which is unsubstituted or mono- or disubstituted by C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl,R.sup.2 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl,R.sup.3 is aryloxy, arylthio or arylalkoxy, the aromatic ring being unsubstituted or substituted by one or more of the following radicals: halogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkoxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkylthio, C.sub.1 -C.sub.2 -haloalkyl, aryl, aryl-C.sub.1 -C.sub.2 -alkoxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkylcarbonyl, mono- or di-C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkylsubstituted amino, cyano, nitro,X is CH or N, andY is saturated or unsaturated C.sub.2 -C.sub.12 -alkylene,and fungicides containing these compounds.

Abstract: X is hydrogen, halogen, cyano, nitro, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy, substituted or unsubstituted haloalkyl,n is 1, 2, 3 or 4,Y is substituted or unsubstituted alkylene, alkenylene, alkynylene, O, S(O), unsubstituted or alkyl-substituted N, oxycarbonyl, carbonyloxy, carbonyloxyalkylene, oxycarbonylalkylene, oxyalkylene, thioalkylene, azo, carbonylamino, aminocarbonyl, ##STR2## methylenoxy or methylenethio and Z is hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, aralkyl, aralkenyl, aralkoxy, aryloxy, aryloxyalkyl, hetaryl, alkoxy, alkoxyalkyl, alkylthio, or haloalkyl, these radicals being unsubstituted or substituted by halogen, cyano, nitro, alkyl, alkenyl, haloalkenyl, alkoxy, haloalkyl, alkoxycarbonyl or unsubstituted or substituted phenyl,and fungicides containing these compounds.

Abstract: Benzyl carboxylates of the formula ##STR1## where R.sup.1 is alkyl,R.sup.2 is hydrogen, alkyl or alkoxy,R.sup.3 is hydrogen, halogen, cyano, aryl or aryloxy, the aromatic ring being unsubstituted or substituted, or R.sup.3 is heteroaryl, adamantyl, fluorenyl or cycloalkyl or cycloalkenyl, the radicals being unsubstituted or substituted,X is saturated or unsaturated, substituted or unsubstituted alkylene, andn is 0 or 1, and fungicides containing these compounds.

Abstract: Substituted N-hydroxypyrazoles of the general formula ##STR1## where R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are identical or different and are hydrogen, alkyl, haloalkyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxycarbonyl, halogen, aryl or arylalkyl, the aromatic ring being unsubstituted or substituted,or R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 form, with the pyrazole ring, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic or aliphatic ring,X is CH or N, and their plant-tolerated acid addition salts and metal complexes,and fungicides containing these compounds.

Abstract: Substituted hydrazones of the formula I ##STR1## where R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are hydrogen or alkyl,X (m=1 to 5) is halogen, cyano, trifluoromethyl, nitro, alkyl, alkoxy, substituted or unsubstituted phenyl, substituted or unsubstituted phenoxy, substituted or unsubstituted benzyloxy or hydrogen, andY is methyleneoxy, oxymethylene, ethylene, ethenylene, ethynylene, carboxymethylene, carbonylamino, methyleneamino or oxygen,and fungicides containing these compounds.

Abstract: Substituted crotonates of the formula ##STR1## where R.sup.1 is alkyl, R.sup.2 is hydrogen, alkyl or alkoxy, X is halogen, cyano, trifluoromethyl, nitro, alkyl, alkoxy, phenyl, phenoxy, benzyloxy or hydrogen, m is from 1 to 5, and Y is methylenoxy, oxymethylene, ethylene, ethenylene, ethynylene or oxygen, and fungicides containing them.

Abstract: Oxime ethers of the formula ##STR1## where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are hydrogen or alkyl, X(m=1 to 5) is halogen, cyano, trifluoromethyl, nitro, alkyl, alkoxy, unsubstituted or substituted phenyl, unsubstituted or substituted phenoxy, unsubstituted or substituted benzyloxy or hydrogen, and Y is methyleneoxy, oxymethylene, ethylene, ethynylene or oxygen, and fungicides containing these compounds.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula I ##STR1## where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are identical or different and are each hyrogen or alkyl of 1 to 5 carbon atoms, the radicals X are identical or different substituents selected from the group consisting of halogen, cyano, trifluoromethyl, nitro, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy, unsubstituted or substituted phenyl or hydrogen, m is from zero to 5, n is an integer from 2 to 6 and Y is --CO-- or --CH(OH)--, their intermediates of the formula (II) ##STR2## and the use of the compounds (I) as plant growth regulators.