Plant health compositions comprising a water-soluble pesticide and a water-insoluble agrochemical

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10709134-B2
Application number	US-201113634076-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 14, 2011
Priority date	Mar 12, 2010
Publication date	Jul 14, 2020
Grant date	Jul 14, 2020

Abstract

Compositions for improving plant health, the compositions comprising at least one water-soluble pesticide and at least one non-herbicidal water-insoluble agrochemical, are described. Also described are processes for preparing the compositions and methods of improving agronomic crop plant health using the compositions.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A solid pesticidal concentrate composition comprising (i) at least one water-soluble pesticide, (ii) a surfactant component comprising at least one surfactant, and (iii) at least one water-insoluble agrochemical,
wherein,
the water-soluble pesticide concentration is at least 5 percent by weight active equivalent per unit weight of the solid pesticidal concentrate composition,
the water-insoluble agrochemical concentration is from about 3 to about 20 percent by weight active equivalent per unit weight of the solid pesticidal concentrate composition,
and wherein at least 50% by weight of the water-insoluble agrochemical is present as a solute in the surfactant component.

2. The composition of claim 1 wherein the water-insoluble agrochemical concentration is from about 5 to about 20 percent by weight active equivalent per unit weight of the solid pesticide composition.

3. The composition of claim 1 wherein at least 75% by weight of the water-insoluble agrochemical is present as a solute in the surfactant component.

4. The composition of claim 1 wherein the weight ratio of the water-soluble pesticide on an active equivalent basis to water-insoluble agrochemical on an active equivalent basis is from about 1:1 to about 100:1.

5. The composition of claim 1 wherein the water-soluble pesticide comprises at least one water-soluble herbicide selected from the group consisting of glyphosate, dicamba, 2,4-D, MCPA, quizalofop, glufosinate, diclofop-methyl, derivatives thereof and combinations thereof.

6. The composition of claim 1 wherein the water-insoluble agrochemical is a fungicide selected from the group consisting of triazoles, strobilurins, acylamino acids, pyrimidines, pyridines, arylphenyl ketones, amides, benzanilides, imidazoles, dinitrophenols, morpholines, phenylsulfamides and organophosphorus, derivatives thereof and combinations thereof.

7. The composition of claim 6 wherein the water-insoluble agrochemical is selected from the group consisting of triazoles and strobilurins, derivatives thereof and combinations thereof.

8. The composition of claim 7 wherein the water-insoluble agrochemical is tebuconazole or pyraclostrobin.

9. The composition of claim 1 wherein the surfactant is selected from the group consisting of amidoalkylamines, alkoxylated tertiary amines, alkoxylated quaternary amines, alkoxylated tertiary etheramines, alkoxylated quaternary etheramines, alkyl amine oxides, alkylpolyglucosides, alkoxylated alcohols, phosphate esters and siloxanes, and combinations thereof.

10. The composition of claim 1 wherein the composition comprises no effective amount of an organic solvent.

11. The composition of claim 1 wherein the water-soluble pesticide concentration is at least 40 percent by weight active equivalent per unit weight of the concentrate composition.

12. The composition of claim 1 wherein the weight ratio of the surfactant component to the water-insoluble agrochemical on an active equivalent basis is from 2:1 to 10:1.

13. The composition of claim 1 wherein the weight ratio of the water-soluble pesticide on an active equivalent basis to the surfactant component is from 2:1 to 10:1.

14. The composition of claim 1 wherein the water-soluble herbicide comprises glyphosate or a salt thereof.

15. The composition of claim 1 wherein the water-insoluble agrochemical has a molecular weight of from 100 to 600 grams per mole and a melting point of from 45° C. and 110° C.

16. The composition of claim 1 consisting essentially of the water-soluble pesticide, the surfactant component and the water-insoluble agrochemical.

17. A method of increasing the vigor and/or yield of an agronomic plant and of controlling weeds growing in a crop of the agronomic plants, the method comprising:
forming an application mixture from the composition of claim 1 ,
wherein
the application mixture comprises (i) a water-soluble herbicide selected from the group consisting of organophosphorus herbicides, ALS inhibitor herbicides, synthetic auxin herbicides, acetyl CoA carboxylase inhibitor herbicides, ACCase inhibitor herbicides, derivatives thereof and combinations thereof and (ii) a water-insoluble non-herbicidal agrochemical selected from the group consisting of triazoles, strobilurins, derivatives thereof and combinations thereof, and
applying the application mixture to the agronomic plant or agronomic plant propagation material in an amount effective to increase the vigor and/or yield of the agronomic plant wherein the agronomic plant has an herbicidal tolerant trait conferring tolerance to the organophosphorus herbicide, ALS inhibitor herbicide, synthetic auxin herbicide, acetyl CoA carboxylase inhibitor herbicide, ACCase inhibitor herbicide, or combination thereof.

18. The composition of claim 1 wherein at least 90% by weight of the water-insoluble agrochemical is present as a solute in the surfactant component.

19. The composition of claim 1 wherein at least 95% by weight of the water-insoluble agrochemical is present as a solute in the surfactant component.

Assignees

• Zhang Junhua
• Kohn Frank C
• Wright Daniel R
• Dyszlewski Andrew D
• Abraham William
• Hemminghaus John W
• Monsanto Technology Llc

Inventors

• Zhang Junhua
• Kohn Frank C
• Wright Daniel R
• Dyszlewski Andrew D
• Abraham William
• Hemminghaus John W

Classifications

• A01N25/04 Primary

  Dispersions, {emulsions, suspoemulsions, suspension concentrates} or gels (foams A01N25/16) · CPC title

• A01N47/24

  containing the groups [IMAGE cpc-sch-A01N-0944.gif], [IMAGE cpc-sch-A01N-0945.gif] or[IMAGE cpc-sch-A01N-0946.gif]; Thio analogues thereof · CPC title

• A01N43/653

  1,2,4-Triazoles; Hydrogenated 1,2,4-triazoles · CPC title

• A01N43/40

  six-membered rings · CPC title

• A01N37/40

  having at least one carboxylic group or a thio analogue, or a derivative thereof, and one oxygen or sulfur atom attached to the same aromatic ring system · CPC title