Use of fluoroalkyl-substituted 2-amidobenzimidazoles of the formula (I), or agriculturally acceptable salts thereof,for the treatment of plants for inducing growth regulating responses on plants, on seeds from which they grow or on the locus in which they grow in their normal habitat and in the absence of extraordinary environmental conditions and which result in superior growth of these treated plants, certain parts of these plants or, more generally, crop yield.
