Active Ingredient Contains -c(=x)x-, Wherein The Xs Are The Same Or Diverse Chalcogens Patents (Class 504/142)
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Patent number: 6455469Abstract: The present invention provides to a herbicidal composition comprising as the effective components A) at least one substituted acetanilide derivative of the formula I: □EMBED ChemDraw.Document.4.5 □□□ wherein n is an integer of 1 or 2 R is H, halogen, C1-4 alkyl or C1-2 alkoxy Q is cyanomethyl or propargyl X is halogen B) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of aryloxyalkanoic acids, aromatic carboxylic acids, ureas, triazines, anilides, hydroxybenzonitriles, quaternary ammonium salts, triketones, aryloxyphenoxypropionic acids, oximes, sulfonylureas, imidazolinones, dinitroanilines, chloroacetanilides, oxyacetamides, thiocarbamates, amides, semicarbazones, amino acids, and inhibitors of protoporphyrinogen oxidase that includes diphenyl ethers, substituted uracils, pyrazoles, triazolinones and triazolopyridinones.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2000Date of Patent: September 24, 2002Assignee: Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha, Ltd.Inventors: Kevin E. Crosby, Jeffrey R. Schussler, Takahiro Haga
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Patent number: 6455470Abstract: A herbicidal composition comprising a sulfonylurea derivative of formula (I) wherein Q is —CH═CH— or —S—, R is straight or branched C1-3 alkyl, and X is —CH3 or —CH3, or an agriculturally acceptable salt thereof, and at least one co-herbicide selected from: urea herbicides, imidazolinone herbicides, diphenyl ether herbicides, hydroxybenzonitrile herbicides, 2-(4-aryloxyphenoxy)alkanoic acid herbicides and oxime herbicides, carbamate and thiocarbamate herbicides, quaternary ammonium salt herbicides, triazole herbicides, phytohormone herbicides, including aryloxyalkanoic acid herbicides, arenecarboxylic acid herbicides, pyridinecarboxylic acid herbicides, and pyridyloxyacetic acid herbicides, 2,6-dinitroaniline herbicides, amide herbicides, and anilide herbicides, the respective herbicidal constituents being present in amounts such that the compositions display selectivity of herbicidal action with respect to crops being treated pre- or post-emergent anType: GrantFiled: May 19, 2000Date of Patent: September 24, 2002Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLCInventor: Scott K. Parrish
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Patent number: 6403529Abstract: An aqueous agricultural composition containing: (a) at least one water-insoluble agrochemical; and (b) an additive corresponding to formula (I): RO—(C2H4O)n(C3H6O)m—R′ (I) wherein RO is an alcohol selected from the group consisting of branched or linear, saturated or unsaturated monohydric alcohols having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms or polyols having from 2 to 12 carbon atoms and from 2 to 6 hydroxyl groups, and R′ is hydrogen or an ester group —CO—R″ wherein R″ is a branched or linear, saturated or unsaturated alkyl group having from 5 to 20 carbon atoms, m is a number from 1 to 10 and n is a number up to 40, and wherein the agrochemical and the additive are present in a ratio by weight of from 1:2 to 1:5.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2001Date of Patent: June 11, 2002Assignee: Cognis Deutschland GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Horst-Werner Wollenweber, Ansgar Behler, Hans Christian Raths, Hans-Georg Mainx, Juergen Reinhardt
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Publication number: 20020068680Abstract: Aqueous compositions containingType: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2001Publication date: June 6, 2002Applicant: FALCON LAB LLCInventor: Robert A. Smiley
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Patent number: 6310003Abstract: The invention relates to a composition and procedure for manipulating the behavior of the orange wheat blossom midge, Sitodiplosis mosellana. More importantly, this invention relates to the preparation and use of 2,7-nonanediyl dibutyrate or stereoisomers thereof for manipulating the behavior of S. mosellana.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2000Date of Patent: October 30, 2001Assignees: Simon Fraser University, Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaInventors: Regine Gries, Gerhard Gries, Khaskin Grigori, Olfert Owen, Lori-Ann Kaminski
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Patent number: 6271176Abstract: The present invention provides plant growth promoters each comprising, as an active ingredient, a jasmonic acid derivative represented by the following formula: wherein R1 represents a pentyl group or a pentenyl group and R2 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group. These promoters exhibit excellent growth promotion effects particularly on root vegetables, potatoes (tuber crops), cereals, fruit vegetables, fruit trees, flowers and ornamental plants and industrial crops.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2000Date of Patent: August 7, 2001Assignee: Nippon Zeon Co Ltd.Inventors: Yasuo Kamuro, Shinichi Hirakawa, Hiroshi Fujisawa
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Patent number: 6242383Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an agricultural/horticultural preparation having improved photostability, comprising MK 8383 substance. A composition according to the present invention comprises a compound of formula (I): wherein R1 represents hydrogen atom, or a lower alkyl or alkyl carbonyl group, and R2 represents hydroxyl group or a lower alkoxy group, or its salt, and cyclodextrins.Type: GrantFiled: February 29, 2000Date of Patent: June 5, 2001Assignee: Meiji Seika Kaisha, Ltd.Inventors: Fujio Wakui, Haruki Mikoshiba, Kunitaka Tachibana
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Patent number: 6238685Abstract: Both a process and a method of using peracid compositions, especially mixed peracid systems, to treat field or greenhouse grown plant tissue, seeds, fruits, and growing media and containers. The peracid can lower the natural, plant pathogen and human pathogenic microbial load resulting in less waste to molding, spoilage, and destruction because of pathogenic poisons.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2000Date of Patent: May 29, 2001Assignee: Ecolab Inc.Inventors: Robert D. P. Hei, Leanne J. Adkins, Keith D. Lokkesmoe, Heidi M. Hanson, Bruce R. Cords
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Patent number: 6228885Abstract: When used in admixture with mancozeb, chlorothalonil, a copper salt, folpet, fluazinam or cymoxanil (this being possible for the latter to be used also together with one of the other five components), metalaxyl having a high R-enantiomer content of more than 70% by weight, or pure R-metalaxyl, exhibits a markedly increased fungicidal action against plant diseases as compared with a similar mixture in which metalaxyl is used in the form of the racemate.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 1999Date of Patent: May 8, 2001Assignee: Isagro S.p.A.Inventors: Ottorino Palla, Luigi Mirenna, Laura Colombo, Guido Zini, Lucio Filippini, Giampaolo Zanardi
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Patent number: 6218336Abstract: The invention provides, improved herbicide compositions, methods of making the compositions and methods of controlling plant growth. The subject invention relates to combining fatty acid based and other herbicides with succinic acid, succinic acid derivatives and other additives such as those having essentially no herbicidal activity to increase the activity of the herbicide and provide methods of controlling plant growth by applying a combination of a herbicidal fatty acid with succinic acid and/or succinic acid derivative chemicals and/or other additives. In addition to the use of succinic acid, combining other Krebs cycle acids with herbicides can also provide beneficial effects. Concentrations of herbicides and additives applied to plants in accordance with the invention can include compositions involving 0.1 to 30% herbicide, preferably 0.5 to 15% herbicide and additive and more preferably 1-8% herbicide.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 1999Date of Patent: April 17, 2001Assignees: Applied CarboChemicals, Summerdale, Inc.Inventor: Robert Coleman
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Patent number: 6204220Abstract: Pyruvate acid analogues are provided which have utility as herbicidal agents.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 1999Date of Patent: March 20, 2001Assignee: Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyInventors: Frank Jordan, Angela Marie Brown
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Patent number: 6096687Abstract: A herbicidal composition comprising a sulfonylurea derivative of formula (I) ##STR1## wherein Q is --CH.dbd.CH-- or --S--, R is straight or branched C1-3 alkyl, and X is --OCH.sub.3 or --CH.sub.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 1997Date of Patent: August 1, 2000Assignee: Monsanto CompanyInventor: Scott K. Parrish
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Patent number: 6034034Abstract: Described and claimed are methods and compositions for the control of unwanted vegetation. According to the subject invention, a fatty acid or mixture of fatty acids can be combined with one or more chemical herbicides to achieve synergistic control of a broad range of plants.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 1995Date of Patent: March 7, 2000Assignee: Mycogen Corp.Inventors: Jerry Caulder, R. Hugh Crowley, Paul S. Zorner, Steven L. Evans
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Patent number: 6034035Abstract: A liquid enhancer composition for bipyridinium series herbicides comprising specific tertiary amine and a derivative thereof, at least one oxalic acid or a salt thereof selected from the group consisting of oxalic acid, potassium oxalate, alkanolamine salts of oxalic acid, and lower alkylamine salts of oxalic acid, wherein the ratio of oxalic acid or the salt thereof is 0.1 to 10 times mole per mole of the nitrogen-containing compound. The enhancer composition of the present invention has an excellent stability with lapse of time to a change in temperatures and can markedly enhance the medicinal efficacy of an bipyridinium series herbicide even when the composition is used in a liquid form in combination with the herbicide.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 1997Date of Patent: March 7, 2000Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Keiko Hasebe, Tadayuki Suzuki, Yuichi Hioki
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Patent number: 6020288Abstract: The present invention provides methods for treating plants which comprise application of an oxidant that induces NADPH:cytochrome P450 reductase and application of a reductant that induces cytochrome P450 monooxygenase. The present invention also provides methods for increasing cytochrome P450 in plants and for enhancing the growth of plants. The present invention also provides compositions and systems useful in the methods of the present invention.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 1997Date of Patent: February 1, 2000Inventors: Arthur M. Nonomura, Andrew A. Benson, John N. Nishio
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Patent number: 5994269Abstract: This invention relates to a novel aqueous agriculturally acceptable formulation, a process used to prepare it and a pesticidal method of using it in application to plants or weeds to kill or control plants or weeds. The formulation comprises an effective amount of N-phosphonomethylglycine or an agriculturally acceptable salt of N-phosphonomethylglycine and an effective amount of at least one C.sub.5 to C.sub.16 or preferably a C.sub.8 to C.sub.12 agriculturally acceptable fatty acid itself or in the form of an agriculturally acceptable water soluble salt or mixtures thereof. Other ingredients are optional, including surfactant(s), antifoam(s) and antimicrobial(s) or other ingredients such as pesticides including herbicides, insecticides and fungicides.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 1997Date of Patent: November 30, 1999Assignee: Monsanto CompanyInventors: M. Wayne Bugg, Kristin A. Arnold, Randall J. White
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Patent number: 5990047Abstract: Herbicidal compositions comprisingA) at least one compound from the group of the substituted phenylsulfonylureas of the formula I and their agriculturally acceptable salts ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 is (C.sub.1 -C.sub.8)alkyl, (C.sub.3 -C.sub.4)alkenyl, (C.sub.3 -C.sub.4)alkynyl or (C.sub.1 -C.sub.4)alkyl which is mono- to tetrasubstituted by radicals selected from the group consisting of halogen and (C.sub.1 -C.sub.2)alkoxy,andB) at least one herbicidally active compound from the group of compounds composed ofBa) herbicides which act selectively against grasses in cereals and/or maize,Bb) herbicides which act selectively against dicots in cereals and/or maize,Bc) herbicides which act selectively against grasses and dicots in cereals and/or maize andBd) herbicides which act non-selectively against grass weeds and broad-leaved weeds in non-crop areas and/or selectively against grass weeds and broad-leaved weeds in transgenic crops.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 1996Date of Patent: November 23, 1999Assignee: Hoechst Schering AgrEvo GmbHInventors: Erwin Hacker, Martin Hess, Heinz Kehne
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Patent number: 5981440Abstract: Crop protection active compound formulations, comprising a cyclohexenone oxime ether of the general formula I ##STR1## where the radicals R.sup.1 -R.sup.6 have the following meanings: R.sup.1 is ethyl or propyl;R.sup.2 is hydrogen or an equivalent of an agriculturally utilizable cation;R.sup.3 is 2-thioethylpropyl, tetrahydrothiopyran-3-yl, tetrahydrothiopyran-4-yl, tetrahydropyran-3-yl, tetrahydropyran-4-yl, 1-methylthiocyclopropyl, 5-isopropylisoxazol-3-yl, 2,5-dimethylpyrazol-3-yl, 2,4,6-trimethylphenyl or 2,4,6-trimethyl-3-butyrylphenyl;R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 independently of one another are hydrogen, methyl or methoxycarbonyl;Alk is CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2, CH.sub.2 CH(CH.sub.3), CH.sub.2 CH.dbd.CH, CH.sub.2 CH.dbd.C(Cl) or CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 CH.dbd.CH;R.sup.6 is hydrogen, phenyl, halophenyl, dihalophenyl, phenoxy, halophenoxy or dihalophenoxy;and a water-soluble basic salt of an acid having a pK.sub.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 1997Date of Patent: November 9, 1999Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Matthias Bratz, Karl-Friedrich Jager, Rainer Berghaus, Hans Ziegler
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Patent number: 5965487Abstract: Homogeneous herbicidal compositions were prepared by dissolving a water-insoluble ester of fluroxypyr or triclopyr in an aqueous solution of an alkali metal or amine salt of an herbicidal acid, such as 2,4-D, MCPA, or dicamba.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 1997Date of Patent: October 12, 1999Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLCInventor: Eamon Flahive
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Patent number: 5888938Abstract: A herbicidal composition, which can be formulated for selective or total kill of vegetation or as a growth regulator, comprises a synergistic combination of acetic acid and citric acid.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 1997Date of Patent: March 30, 1999Assignee: Ecoval Inc.Inventor: John S. Lojek
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Patent number: 5846908Abstract: Methods and compositions for enhancing plant growth provide for foliar application of a substance which enhances the accumulation of formylterahydropteroyl polyglutamate (C.sub.1 -THF) in a treated plant. Treatment with substance that contribute to the structure of (C.sub.1 -THF) increase the rate and quantity of carbon fixation by the plant. Thereafter, plant growth is further improved either by exposure of the plant to elevated oxygen, illumination and heat or by foliar input of single carbon fragment sources. Opitmal results are obtained by combined treatment with a substance that can serve as a sink for C.sub.1 fragments produced in the leaf.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 1996Date of Patent: December 8, 1998Inventors: Arthur M. Nonomura, John N. Nishio, Andrew A. Benson
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Patent number: 5705455Abstract: A herbicidal composition, which can be formulated for selective or total kill of vegetation of as a growth regulator, comprises a synergistic combination of acetic acid and citric acid.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 1996Date of Patent: January 6, 1998Assignee: Ecoval Inc.Inventor: John S. Lojek
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Patent number: 5703012Abstract: Described and claimed are methods and compositions for the control of unwanted vegetation. According to the subject invention, a fatty acid or mixture of fatty acids can be combined with one or more chemical herbicides to achieve synergistic control of a broad range of plants.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 1995Date of Patent: December 30, 1997Assignee: Mycogen CorporationInventors: Jerry Caulder, R. Hugh Crowley, Paul S. Zorner, Steven L. Evans
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Patent number: 5703011Abstract: Described and claimed are methods and compositions for the control of unwanted vegetation. According to the subject invention, a fatty acid or mixture of fatty acids can be combined with one or more chemical herbicides to achieve synergistic control of a broad range of plants.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 1995Date of Patent: December 30, 1997Assignee: Mycogen CorporationInventors: Jerry Caulder, R. Hugh Crowley, Paul S. Zorner, Steven L. Evans
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Patent number: 5703013Abstract: Described and claimed are methods and compositions for the control of unwanted vegetation. According to the subject invention, a fatty acid or mixture of fatty acids can be combined with one or more chemical herbicides to achieve synergistic control of a broad range of plants.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 1995Date of Patent: December 30, 1997Assignee: Mycogen CorporationInventors: Jerry Caulder, R. Hugh Crowley, Paul S. Zorner, Steven L. Evans
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Patent number: 5703014Abstract: Described and claimed are methods and compositions for the control of unwanted vegetation. According to the subject invention, a fatty acid or mixture of fatty acids can be combined with one or more chemical herbicides to achieve synergistic control of a broad range of plants.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 1995Date of Patent: December 30, 1997Assignee: Mycogen CorporationInventors: Jerry Caulder, R. Hugh Crowley, Paul S. Zorner, Steven L. Evans
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Patent number: 5700759Abstract: Described and claimed are methods and compositions for the control of unwanted vegetation. According to the subject invention, a fatty acid or mixture of fatty acids can be combined with one or more chemical herbicides to achieve synergistic control of a broad range of plants.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 1995Date of Patent: December 23, 1997Assignee: Mycogen CorporationInventors: Jerry Caulder, R. Hugh Crowley, Paul S. Zorner, Steven L. Evans
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Patent number: 5683959Abstract: Described and claimed are methods and compositions for the control of unwanted vegetation. According to the subject invention, a fatty acid or mixture of fatty acids can be combined with one or more chemical herbicides to achieve synergistic control of a broad range of plants.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 1995Date of Patent: November 4, 1997Assignee: Mycogen CorporationInventors: Jerry Caulder, R. Hugh Crowley, Paul S. Zorner, Steven L. Evans
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Patent number: 5683961Abstract: Described and claimed are methods and compositions for the control of unwanted vegetation. According to the subject invention, a fatty acid or mixture of fatty acids can be combined with one or more chemical herbicides to achieve synergistic control of a broad range of plants.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 1995Date of Patent: November 4, 1997Assignee: Mycogen CorporationInventors: Jerry Caulder, R. Hugh Crowley, Paul S. Zorner, Steven L. Evans
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Patent number: 5683962Abstract: Described and claimed are methods and compositions for the control of unwanted vegetation. According to the subject invention, a fatty acid or mixture of fatty acids can be combined with one or more chemical herbicides to achieve synergistic control of a broad range of plants.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 1995Date of Patent: November 4, 1997Assignee: Mycogen CorporationInventors: Jerry Caulder, R. Hugh Crowley, Paul S. Zorner, Steven L. Evans
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Patent number: 5681792Abstract: Described and claimed are methods and compositions for the control of unwanted vegetation. According to the subject invention, a fatty acid or mixture of fatty acids can be combined with one or more chemical herbicides to achieve synergistic control of a broad range of plants.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 1995Date of Patent: October 28, 1997Assignee: Mycogen CorporationInventors: Jerry Caulder, R. Hugh Crowley, Paul S. Zorner, Steven L. Evans
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Patent number: 5674807Abstract: The efficacy of defined aryloxypicolinamide herbicides, in particular their spectrum of weed control and selectivity for the crop species, is synergistically enhanced by combination with one or more selected second herbicidal compounds.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 1995Date of Patent: October 7, 1997Assignee: American Cyanamid CompanyInventor: Helmut Baltruschat
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Patent number: 5650373Abstract: Combinations of active substances of the formula (I) ##STR1## (i.e., sulcotrione), with herbicides from the group comprising fenoxaprop-ethyl, fenoxaprop-P-ethyl, quinchlorac, molinate, thiobencarb, butachlor, pretilachlor, mefenacet, esprocarb, dimepiperate, HW-52, cinmethylin, anilophos, benfuresate, triazofenamide, benzofenap, pyrazoxyfen and TFH-450, have advantages on application, for example a synergistic increase in action, in particular in the case of important weeds in cereals, maize and rice.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 1995Date of Patent: July 22, 1997Assignee: Hoechst AktiengesellschaftInventors: Oswald Ort, Lothar Willms, Hans-Joachim Zeiss, Klaus Bauer, Hermann Bieringer
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Patent number: 5650375Abstract: The invention relates to herbicidal compositions which compriseA) a compound of the formula I or salts thereof ##STR1## in combination with B) one or more compounds selected from the group comprising growth-regulator-type herbicides, dicamba and its salts, diflufenican, nitrodiphenyl ethers, sulfonylureas which differ from that of the formula (I) and their salts, and selective grass herbicides.They are particularly suitable for selectively controlling weeds in rice, soya and other crops.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 1995Date of Patent: July 22, 1997Assignee: Hoechst AktiengesellschaftInventors: Erwin Hacker, Martin Hess, Hans-Philipp Huff, Hans Schumacher
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Patent number: 5624884Abstract: The present invention relates to novel stable aqueous suspension concentrate or aqueous flowable compositions of the low-melting dinitroaniline pesticide, pendimethalin, in combination with secondary herbicide(s) melting at temperatures greater than 70.degree. C. or herbicides which are water soluble. Uniquely, pendimethalin may be present in the compositions of the invention in a ratio of orange crystal form to yellow crystal form of 4:96, up to totally orange crystal form. Additionally are provided methods for preparing the compositions containing pendimethalin alone or in combination with the secondary herbicides.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 1995Date of Patent: April 29, 1997Assignee: American Cyanamid CompanyInventors: Leonard J. Morgan, Mark Bell
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Patent number: 5624883Abstract: The present invention includes a process for methylating free fatty acids in an acidulated soybean soapstock without altering a neutral oil component in the soybean soapstock. The present invention also includes a methylated acidulated soybean soapstock as well a herbicidal mixture that includes the methylated acidulated soybean soapstock.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 1996Date of Patent: April 29, 1997Assignee: Cenex/Land O'Lakes Agronomy CompanyInventors: Hemendra N. Basu, Joe V. Gednalske, Robert W. Herzfeld
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Patent number: 5573997Abstract: An aqueous herbicidal composition consisting essentially of about 1-5 wt. % acetic acid and 0.25 to 2.5 wt. % citric acid in a ratio of acetic:citric of about 4:1 to about 2:1.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 1994Date of Patent: November 12, 1996Assignee: Ecoval Inc.Inventor: John S. Lojek
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Patent number: 5434122Abstract: An herbal treatment for plant growth comprising a water solution of extracts of the type withdrawn at elevated temperature from Artemesia plants and the like, applicable to the root structure of plants and as an external spray.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 1993Date of Patent: July 18, 1995Assignee: Allor FoundationInventors: Marianne Lorina, Robert H. Rines, Carol M. Rines, Justice C. Rines
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Patent number: 5420098Abstract: A herbicidal composition comprising, as active ingredients, 2',3'-dichloro-4-ethoxymethoxybenzanilide (compound 1) and one member selected from the group consisting of 2-chloro-4-ethylamino-6-isopropylamino-1,3,5-triazine (compound 2, atrazine), 2-(4-chloro-6-ethylamino-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl)amino-2-methylpropiononitrile compound 3, cyanazine), 4-hydroxy-3,5-diiodobenzonitrile (compound 4, ioxynil), 4-octanoyloxy-3,5-dibromobenzonitrile (compound 5, bromoxynil), 2-(2-chloro-4-mesylbenzoyl)cyclohexane-1,3-dione (compound 6) and 4-amino-6-tert-butyl-3-methylthio-1,2,4-triazine-5(4H)-one (compound 7, metribuzin).Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 1994Date of Patent: May 30, 1995Assignee: Hodogaya Chemical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tatsuo Ansai, Yukihiko Inayoshi, Shihoko Aizawa
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Patent number: 5342630Abstract: This invention provides a novel pesticide composition having a bicarbonate-containing inorganic salt ingredient which exhibits fungicidal activity, and which enhances the efficacy of a C.sub.8 -C.sub.22 fatty acid insecticidal ingredient for the treatment of agricultural and horticultural plants. An invention pesticide composition also can contain a water-soluble organic compound which functions as a compatibility enhancing agent for the active ingredients, and improves the spreadability and adhesiveness of the composition ingredients when applied to foliage as an aqueous pesticide formulation.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 1992Date of Patent: August 30, 1994Assignee: Church & Dwight Co., Inc.Inventor: Keith A. Jones
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Patent number: 5298482Abstract: A method for treating plants with a plant growth promoter comprising 5-aminolevulinic acid or a salt thereof as an active ingredient. This treatment method is effective in enhancing the photosynthetic activity of a plant, enhancing its ability to absorb CO.sub.2, suppressing its respiration, increasing its chlorophyll content and promoting its growth. As a result, the treatment greatly contributes to the promotion of rooting, the reduction of lodging, an increase in yield, an improvement in cold resistance, maintenance of freshness, an improvement and maintenance of green color, the growth of good seedlings, the promotion of organs, an increase in tillers, a shortening of the time required for growth, a relief of chemical damage and an increase in the rooting ratio in, for example, cutting.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 1992Date of Patent: March 29, 1994Assignee: Cosmo Research InstituteInventors: Tohru Tanaka, Kiyoshi Takahashi, Yasushi Hotta, Yasutomo Takeuchi, Makoto Konnai
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Patent number: 5284819Abstract: The subject invention pertains to novel methods and compositions utilizing novel fatty acid esters which exhibit excellent herbicidal activity in controlling unwanted vegetation. The novel compositions and methods described here facilitate effective weed control using a wide range of fatty acids.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 1992Date of Patent: February 8, 1994Assignee: Mycogen CorporationInventors: Paul S. Zorner, Yasuko Tsujino, Osamu Kamioka
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Patent number: 5276005Abstract: An herbal treatment for plant growth comprising a water solution of extracts of the type withdrawn at elevated temperature from Artemesia plants and the like, applicable to the root structure of plants and as an external spray.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 1992Date of Patent: January 4, 1994Assignee: Allor FoundationInventors: Marianne Lorina, Robert H. Rines, Carol M. Rines, Justice C. Rines
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Patent number: 5242891Abstract: The invention described here concerns the unique utility of fatty acids and their derivatives to act as fruit thinning agents. Proper use of the methods and compositions will result in the advantageous thinning of fruit which can improve the quality of the harvested fruit and result in more consistent crops from one year to the next.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 1992Date of Patent: September 7, 1993Assignee: Mycogen CorporationInventors: Thomas E. Larsen, Kenneth D. Abercrombie, R. Hugh Crowley
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Patent number: 5196044Abstract: Described and claimed are methods and compositions for the control of unwanted vegetation. According to the subject invention, a fatty acid or mixture of fatty acids can be combined with one or more chemical herbicides to achieve synergistic control of a broad range of plants.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 1991Date of Patent: March 23, 1993Assignee: Mycogen CorporationInventors: Jerry Caulder, R. Hugh Crowley, Paul S. Zorner, Steven L. Evans