Abstract:
Tankmix additive concentrates containing a surfactant and a petroleum derived paraffinic oil and the use of aqueous pesticide spray mixtures incorporating such tankmix additive concentrates are described. The tankmix additive concentrates described herein include from 0.5 to 50 weight percent of a polymeric surfactant, a anionic ester surfactant, a nonionic surfactant, or mixtures thereof, and from 1 to 95 weight percent of a petroleum derived paraffinic oil. The tankmix additive concentrates form a stable emulsion upon dilution into a pesticide spray mixture.
Abstract:
Spray drift during the application of an aqueous mixture of glyphosate and an auxinic herbicide is reduced by incorporating certain tertiary amine or tertiary amine oxide surfactants into the aqueous solution or mixture to be sprayed.
Abstract:
Spray drift during the application of an aqueous mixture of a herbicide, such as an auxinic herbicide, is reduced by incorporating into a spray mixture one or more alkylbenzene sulfonate surfactants.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a stable suspoemulsion which includes an oil-in-water miniemulsion which includes at least one agriculturally active ingredient and a suspension that includes at least one agriculturally active ingredient and methods of using such suspoemulsions to treat plants. The miniemulsion comprises oily globules that include at least one agriculturally active ingredient, and are coated with a polymeric adsorption layer. The polymeric adsorption layer coating the oily globules includes (1) at least one polymeric surface-active agent having an HLB values in the range of about 16 to about 18, and (2) at least one ionic surface-active agent. The oily globules of the miniemulsion have a mean particle diameter of less than about 800 nanometers, are resistant to Ostwald ripening and are well suited for the treatment of plants. Agriculturally active ingredients that can be used with the suspoemulsion include pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, mitocides, bactericides and the like.