1-11. (canceled)
12. An agent for increasing the sugar content of sugarcane, which comprises at least one compound represented by the formula,
wherein A denotes an oxygen atom, sulfur atom, or hydroxymethylene group; Y denotes a free type or salt type carboxyl group, alkyloxycarbonyl group, halogenated methylsulfonylamino group or diphenylmethylideneiminoxycarbonyl group; R denotes a halogen atom, alkyl group, hydroxy-, alkoxy- or alkoxyimino alkyl group or 4,6-dimethoxypyrimidin-2-yloxy group; and Y and R may be bonded each other to form a group of \u2014C(\u2550O)\u2014O\u2014CH(CH3)\u2014.
13. The agent for increasing the sugar content of sugarcane according to claim 12, which comprises at least one compound selected from the group consisting of those represented by the formulae,
14. The agent for increasing the sugar content of sugarcane according to claim 13, which comprises a compound represented by the formula,
15. The agent for increasing the sugar content of sugarcane according to claim 13, which comprises a compound represented by the formula,
16. The agent for increasing the sugar content of sugarcane according to claim 13, which comprises a compound represented by the formula,
17. The agent for increasing the sugar content of sugarcane according to claim 13, which comprises a compound represented by the formula,
18. The agent for increasing the sugar content of sugarcane according to claim 13, which comprises a compound represented by the formula,
19. The agent for increasing the sugar content of sugarcane according to claim 13, which comprises a compound represented by the formula,
20. The agent for increasing the sugar content of sugarcane according to claim 12, which further comprises at least one compound selected from the group consisting of prohexadione, trinexapac-ethyl, gibberellins and ethephon and salts thereof, chlormequat, and mepiquat chloride.
21. The agent for increasing the sugar content of sugarcane according to claim 20, wherein the salt of prohexadione is prohexadione-calcium.
22. A method for accelerating ripening of sugarcane, which comprises applying the agent for increasing the sugar content according to claim 12 to sugarcane under cultivation 15-60 days before the harvesttime.
23. The method according to claim 22, wherein the agent is used in combination with at least one compound selected from the group consisting of prohexadione, trinexapac-ethyl, gibberellins and ethephon and salts thereof, chlormequat, and mepiquat chloride.
24. The method according to claim 23, wherein the salt of prohexadione is prohexadione-calcium.
25. The method according to claim 23, wherein prohexadione or trinexapac-ethyl is added in a dose of 10-1000 gha to 5-200 gha of the agent.
26. The method according to claim 23, wherein gibberellins is added in a dose of 0.1-1000 gha to 5-200 gha of the agent.
27. A method for accelerating ripening of sugarcane, which comprises applying the agent for increasing the sugar content according to claim 12 to sugarcane under cultivation when the concentration of a soluble solid matter (Brix) in a juice of the stem reaches 80-90% of an average Brix value of sugarcane in the harvesttime.
28. The method according to claim 27, wherein the agent is used in combination with at least one compound selected from the group consisting of prohexadione, trinexapac-ethyl, gibberellins and ethephon and salts thereof, chlormequat, and mepiquat chloride.
29. The method according to claim 28, wherein the salt of prohexadione is prohexadione-calcium.
30. The method according to claim 28, wherein prohexadione or trinexapac-ethyl is added in a dose of 10-1000 gha to 5-200 gha of the agent.
31. The method according to claim 28, wherein gibberellins is added in a dose of 0.1-1000 gha to 5-200 gha of the agent.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A waterproof connector comprising:
a housing for housing terminals connected to electric wires;
a waterproof member provided between the housing and the electric wires; and
a rear holder attached to the housing and configured to prevent the waterproof member from coming off the housing,
wherein the rear holder comprises a pair of mating members having an identical shape to be coupled with each other with contact surfaces of the mating members being in contact with each other and with the electric wires being interposed in between the mating members,
wherein the mating members are configured to form wire housing portions for housing the corresponding electric wires with the contact surfaces being in contact with each other,
wherein the mating members comprise engaging portions configured to symmetrically engage with each other and maintain a coupled state of the mating members with the contact surfaces being in contact with each other,
wherein the engaging portions comprise engaging recesses and engaging projections to be inserted in the corresponding engaging recesses,
wherein the engaging projections are insertable in the corresponding engaging recesses in an extending direction of the electric wires, parallel to an axis of a through hole formed by the wire housing portions, to engage with the corresponding engaging recesses,
wherein the wire housing portions are aligned in a first direction perpendicular to the extending direction of the electric wires, and
wherein each of the engaging portions is provided in a middle of the contact surfaces between the wire housing portions in the first direction.
2. The waterproof connector according to claim 1, wherein
a cross section of the engaging projections in the extending direction is substantially constant from a back face of the rear holder to a front face of the rear holder.
3. The waterproof connector according to claim 1, wherein
an inner diameter of the wire housing portions is set to be smaller than an outer diameter of the electric wires.