1-HYDROXYETHYL-AZOLE DERIVATIVES

A 1-Hydroxyethyl-azole compound of the formula (I) wherein R is an alkyl radical with 1 to 4 carbon atoms; a cycloalkyl radical which has 3 to 7 carbon atoms and is optionally substituted by alkyl with 1 or 2 carbon atoms or a phenyl radical which is optionally substituted by halogen, alkyl with 1 to 4 carbon atoms or haloalkyl with 1 or 2 carbon atoms and 1 to 5 halogen atoms; or else is phenyl which is optionally mono- or di-substituted by identical or different substituents selected form fluorine, chlorine, methyl and trifluoromethyl X is -CH-; Y is a grouping -OCH2-; Z is a halogen atom an alkyl radical with 1 to 4 carbon atoms; a cycloalkyl radical with 5 to 7 carbon atoms, an alkoxy radical with 1 to 4 carbon atoms, an alkylthio radical with 1 to 4 carbon atoms, a haloalkyl radical 1 or 2 carbon atoms and 1 to 5 halogen atoms, a haloalkoxy radical with 1 or 2 carbon atoms and 1 to 5 halogen atoms, a haloalkylthio radical with 1 or 2 carbon atoms and 1 to 5 halogen atoms, a phenyl radical which is optionally substituted by halogen or alkyl with 1 to 4 carbon atoms, a phenoxy radical which is optionally substituted by halogen or alkyl with 1 to 4 carbon atoms, a phenylalkyl radical which has 1 or 2 carbon atoms in the alkyl part and is optionally substituted by halogen or alkyl with 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or a phenylalkoxy radical which has 1 or 2 carbon atoms in the alkoxy part and is optionally substituted by halogen or alkyl with 1 to 4 carbon atoms; and m is 0, 1, 2 or 3 and physiologically acceptable acid addition salts thereof or metal salt complexes thereof. Such compound being useful as a plant growth regulant and a fungicide.