Cyclohexenone oxime ethers I ##STR1## R.sup.1 =C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl; W=unsubstituted or C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 -alkyl-substituted C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 -alkylene chain;X=NO.sub.2, CN, halogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -haloalkyl; n=0-3 or 1-5 if all X's are halogen;R.sup.2 =C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy-C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkylthio-C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted C.sub.3 -C.sub.7 -cycloalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted C.sub.5 -C.sub.7 -cycloalkenyl, a substituted or unsubstituted 5-membered saturated heterocycle containing 1 or 2 oxygen and/or sulfur atoms, substituted or unsubstituted 6- or 7-membered heterocycle having 1 or 2 non-adjacent oxygen and/or sulfur atoms and which is saturated or mono- or diunsaturated, substituted or unsubstituted 5-membered heteroaromatic containing 1 or 2N atoms and one O or S atom, phenyl or pyridyl, both of which are unsubstituted or bear 1-3 halogen, NO.sub.2, CN, alkyl, alkoxy, alkyl-thio, haloalkyl, alkenyloxy, alkynyloxy and/or --NR.sup.a R.sup.b substituents;R.sup.a =H, alkyl, alkenyl or alkynyl andR.sup.b =H, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, acyl or substituted or unsubstituted benzoyl;and agriculturally utilizable salts and esters of compounds I with C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 -carboxylic acids and inorganic acids.