Combating fungi and controlling plant growth with 1-amido-1-azolyl-2-hydroxy- or -keto-alkanes

Claim 1

A 1-amido-1-azolyl-2-hydroxy- or -keto-alkane of the formula ##STR107## in which X is ##STR108## R 1 is phenyl, phenyl substituted by at least one halogen or alkyl with 1 or 2 carbon atoms, R 4 --so 2 -- or R 5 --CO--, R 2 is hydrogen, or R 1 and R 2 conjointly with the linking nitrogen atom are phthalimide, R 3 is alkyl with 1 to 4 carbon atoms, phenyl, or phenyl substituted by at least one halogen or alkyl with 1 or 2 carbon atoms, R 4 is alkyl with 1 to 4 carbon atoms, halogenoalkyl with up to 2 carbon atoms and up to 5 halogen atoms, cycloalkyl with 5 to 7 carbon atoms optionally substituted by alkyl with 1 or 2 carbon atoms, or aryl, aralkyl or aryloxyalkyl each with 6 to 10 carbon atoms in the aryl part and the last two each having up to 4 carbon atoms in the alkyl part, which alkyl part is optionally substituted by halogen whereas the aryl part of these three radicals optionally carries a substituent selected from the group consisting of halogen, alkyl with 1 to 4 carbon atoms, halogenoalkyl with up to 2 carbon atoms and up to 4 halogen atoms, methoxy, ethoxy, methylthio, ethylthio, nitro, cyano, phenyl, halophenyl, phenoxy and halophenoxy, R 5 is alkyl with 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and Az is imidazol-1-yl, 1,2,4-triazol-1-yl, 1,2,4-triazol-4-yl or 1,2,3-triazol-1-yl or a physiologically tolerated salt thereof.