Abstract:
The present invention relates to composition comprising a pesticide and an alkoxylate of the formula (I) as defined below. The invention further relates to said alkoxylate. The invention further relates to a method of preparing said composition by bringing the alkoxylate and the pesticide into contact. Finally, the invention relates to a method of controlling phytopathogenic fungi and/or undesired plant growth and/or undesired insect or mite attack and/or for regulating the growth of plants, wherein said composition is allowed to act on the respective pests, their environment or the crop plants to be protected from the respective pest, on the soil and/or on undesired plants and/or on the crop plants and/or on their environment; and to seed containing said composition.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for a preparation of a solid composition comprising the steps of a) dissolving a premix in a premix-solvent, or melting a premix, wherein the premix contains a pesticide and a nonionic, amphiphilic polyalkoxylate, b) solidifying the premix by removing the premix-solvent, or by cooling, and c) contacting the premix with at least one auxiliary. The invention further relates to a solid composition obtainable by said method; to a method for the preparation of an aqueous tank mix, in which a pesticide is present as suspended particles having a particle size below 1.0 μm, comprising the step of mixing water and a solid composition obtainable by the said method; and to a method for controlling phytopathogenic fungi and/or undesired plant growth and/or undesired attack by insects or mites and/or for regulating the growth of plants, where a solid composition obtainable by said method is allowed to act on the particular pests, their habitat or the plants to be protected from the particular pest, the soil and/or on undesired plants and/or the useful plants and/or their habitat.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to an aqueous co-formulation of metalaxyl, which contains:
i. metalaxyl, in particular metalaxyl-M; ii. at least one organic pesticide compound PC1, which has a solubility in water of at most 1 g/l at 20° C. and a melting point in the range from 40 to 100° C.; and iii. an aqueous phase containing water and at least one surfactant; wherein the at least one organic pesticide compound PC1 is present in the form of particles suspended in the aqueous phase and where metalaxyl is essentially present dissolved in the aqueous phase and where the surfactant comprises at least one salt of an oligomer or polymer having a plurality of arylsulfonyl groups.
The invention also relates to a process for preparing such formulations, which comprises the following steps:
a) providing a suspension of metalaxyl in an aqueous phase containing water, at least one surfactant, which comprises at least one salt of an oligomer or polymer having a plurality of arylsulfonyl groups, b) treating the suspension until metalaxyl is essentially dissolved, to obtain an aqueous composition of metalaxyl, wherein metalaxyl is present in dissolved form; c) mixing the aqueous composition of metalaxyl obtained in step b) with an aqueous suspension of the further organic pesticide compound PC1.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a stable agrochemical composition in form of a microemulsion comprising a watersoluble pesticide and a water insoluble pesticide together with a specific combination of organosulfate surfactant components for use in agricultural application methods.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a liquid herbicidal composition comprising a) protoporphyrinogen-IX oxidase inhibitors, or an agrochemically acceptable salt, stereoisomer, tautomer, or N-oxide thereof, and b) a compound of formula (I) [R-(A)x-OSO3-]-M+; wherein the protoporphyrinogen-IX oxidase inhibitor is a compound of formula (II) and wherein al variables have a meaning as defined herein. The invention also relates to a method for controlling undesirable vegetation, which method comprises applying the herbicidal composition to a locus where undesirable vegetation is present or is expected to be present.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a hyperbranched polymer comprising:a) a hyperbranched polycondensate with hydroxyl end groups, amino end groups, or a combination thereof condensed to b) one or more linking groups connected to c1) one or more polyethylene glycol monomethyl ethers and c2) one or more poly(C2-C3)alkylene glycol mono-(C8-C22)-alkyl ethers, wherein the weight ratio of components c1):c2) is from 9:1 to 1:9. It further relates to a process for producing the polymer, to a composition comprising the polymer and an active ingredient, and to a method for controlling phytopathogenic fungi or undesired vegetation or insect or acarid infestations or for regulating the growth of plants.
Abstract:
Use of a mixturea) of a hydroxy-terminated polyether of the block structure (A) (EO)x1′-(PO)y1-(EO)x1″, where y1 is 40 to 70 and (x1′+x1″) is 30-60 and (x1′+x1″)/y1 is less than 1 (component A), andb) of a hydroxy-terminated polyether of the block structure (B) (EO)x2′-(PO)y2-(EO)x2″, where y2 is 15 to 55 and (x2′+x2″) is 2-50 and (x2′+x2″)/y2 is less than 1 (component B), where (x1′+x1″)/y1 is >(x2′+x2″)/y2, for solubilizing sparingly water-soluble active ingredients, which have a solubility in water of not more than 5 g/l at 25° C. and 0.1013 MPa, in aqueous formulations.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a composition comprising a pesticide and a copolymer, which contains in polymerized form acrylic acid and/or methacrylic acid (monomer A); a mono C12-C22 alkyl terminated poly(C2-6 alkylene glycol)(meth)acrylate (monomer B); and a C1-C8 alkyl(meth)acrylate (monomer C). Further on, it provides a process for preparing said composition by contacting the pesticide and the copolymer; a method for controlling phytopathogenic fungi and/or unwanted plant growth and/or unwanted insect or mite infestation and/or for regulating the growth of plants, wherein said composition is caused to act on the respective pests, their habitat or the plants to be protected from the respective pest, to the soil and/or to unwanted plants and/or the crop plants and/or their habitat; and a plant propagation material comprising said composition.
Abstract:
A microparticle composition comprising trifludimoxazin, wherein trifludimoxazin is present in the form of microparticles, which comprise solid trifludimoxazin, which is surrounded or embedded by an aminoplast polymer, which is a polycondensation product of one or more amino compounds and one or more aldehydes.
Abstract:
A polyether dendrimer of formula (I), wherein the symbols and indices have the following meanings: each Y is independently [R1—(O—CH2—CH2)p—O—]; each Z is independently [R2—(O—CH2—CH2)q(O—CH(CH3)—CH2)r—O—]; each R1 is independently H, CH3 or C2-C4-alkyl; each R2 is independently linear or branched C8-C22-alkyl; X is H or C1-C4-alkyl; m is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6; n, o are rational positive numbers >0, with the proviso that the sum of n and o is 2m; p is a natural number from 5 to 50; q is a natural number from 1 to 50; r is 0 or is a natural number from 1 to 30, with the proviso that 5≤q+r≤50, and ˜ denotes the bonding of the respective group to the dendron scaffold, is useful for solubilizing sparingly-water soluble active ingredients, in particular pesticides.