A plant growth accelerator or an agent for growing vigourous seedlings, which comprises a compound represented by formula (1) as an active ingredient:wherein R1 and R2 each independently represent a C1-4 alkyl group Y represents a hydrogen atom, a halogeno group, a C1-4 alkyl group, or a C1-4 haloalkyl group each R3 independently represents a halogeno group, a cyano group, a nitro group, a C1-4 alkyl group or a C1-4 haloalkyl group and n represents the number of R3 and is an integer of 0 to 6.
