Abstract: A dehydration step provides a good storage stability to clethodium formulation. A herbicidal composition comprising clethodim as an active ingredient, wherein the content of water in the herbicidal composition is less than approximately 0.20% by weight provides a good storage stability of the clethodim in the composition.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 5, 2005
Date of Patent:
March 16, 2010
Assignees:
Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited, Valent U.S.A. Corp.
Inventors:
Toshiro Otsubo, Atsushi Watanabe, Aleksander Edward Karczewski, Jane Qing Liu