PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a Striga germination adjustment agent having different basic skeleton from Strigolactone which is a natural germination promotion material and a derivative thereof, high in stability in a solution and having a compound which can be manufactured at low cost as an active ingredient.SOLUTION: There is provided a Striga germination adjustment agent containing a compound represented by the formula (1), a salt thereof, a hydrate thereof or a solvation thereof. (1), where R1 is an alkyl group, m is an integer of 0 to 3, R2 is a halogen atom, a substituted and unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy group or the like, n is an integer of 0 to 5, P is a substituted or unsubstituted piperazine-1,4-diyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted morpholine-2,4-diyl group, Q is an aromatic ring or heterocycle, Y is O or S and Z is -SO2-, -CO2CH2-, -SO2NH-, -CH2O-, -CH2OSO2- or the like.SELECTED DRAWING: NoneCOPYRIGHT: (C)2017,JPO&INPIT【課題】天然の発芽促進物質であるストリゴラクトン及びその誘導体とは基本骨格が異なり、水溶液中での安定性が高く、且つ安価に製造可能な化合物を有効成分とする、ストライガ発芽調節剤の提供。【解決手段】式(1)で表わされる化合物、その塩、その水和物又はその溶媒和物を含有する、ストライガ発芽調節剤。[R1はアルキル基;mは0~3の整数;R2はハロゲン原子、置換又は非置換のアルキル基、置換又は非置換のアルコキシ基等;nは0~5の整数;Pは置換又は非置換のピペラジン-1,4-ジイル基、置換又は非置換のモルホリン-2,4-ジイル基;Qは芳香環又は複素環;YはO又はS;Zは-SO2-、-CO2CH2-、-SO2NH-、-CH2O-、-CH2OSO2-等]【選択図】なし