Abstract: The present invention relates to a water-soluble concentrate composition comprising a phenoxy acid herbicide or the salts thereof and an in-built adjuvant composition. The water-soluble concentrate composition has favorable low temperature stability and wetting performance as well as favorable bioefficacy.

Abstract: The present application relates to an adjuvant concentrate composition comprising a liquid medium, a drift reduction agent, a non-ionic surfactant and water. The present application further comprise an agricultural concentration composition comprising the same and the preparation method thereof.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a suspension of a polymer comprising, in addition to said polymer, a) a liquid medium; b) a monovalent cation salt; c) an alginate.

Abstract: A concentrated adjuvant composition comprises an incompletely hydrated water-soluble polymer suspended in a liquid medium, a suspension agent and a hydration inhibitor component.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an aqueous formulation comprising at least one plant nutrient, one fatty acid (C1-C3) alkyl ester, and a betaine surfactant, wherein the fatty acid (C1-C3) alkyl ester is present in an amount ranging from 0.5 to 16 pbw, for instance from 1 to 16 pbw, based on 100 pbw of the formulation, the betaine surfactant is present in an amount of at least 5 pbw, based on 100 pbw of the formulation, and the weight ratio between the betaine surfactant and the fatty acid (C1-C3) alkyl ester is greater than 0.9. It also relates to the use of such formulations as an agricultural adjuvant composition.

Abstract: The invention relates to a non-aqueous, emulsifiable and pourable concentrate formulation comprising: (a) at least 20% by weight of at least one non-ionic surfactant chosen from polyethylene glycol esters of fatty acids surfactants, relative to the total weight of the concentrate formulation; (b) a liquid medium wholly or partly formed from at least one non esterified vegetable oil or mixtures thereof; (c) at least one phyllosilicate, said phyllosilicate being present in a content of less than or equal to 5% by weight relative to the total weight of the concentrate formulation; and (d) at least one activator of said phyllosilicate. The invention also relates to the use of such a concentrate formulation for preparing a liquid aqueous emulsion, a suspoemulsion or an agricultural oil dispersion.

Abstract: The invention relates to a non-aqueous, emulsifiable and pourable concentrate formulation, comprising: (a) at least one non-ionic surfactant; (b) at least one alkyl-benzene sulfonate surfactant as anionic surfactant; (c) a liquid medium wholly or partly formed from at least one vegetable oil alkyl ester or mixtures thereof; (d) at least 4% by weight of at least one phyllo silicate as thickener; and (e) at least one activator of said phyllo silicate. The invention also relates to the use of a concentrate formulation ac cording to the invention for preparing a liquid aqueous emulsion, a suspoemulsion or a pesticidal oil dispersion.

Abstract: A method of spray applying an agricultural pesticide composition through an induction flat spray tip nozzle, wherein the agricultural pesticide composition comprises: a liquid medium; at least one pesticide dissolved or dispersed in the liquid medium; and a guar or a guar derivative, wherein at least a portion of the guar or guar derivative, typically a cationic guar, is in the form of particles and at least a portion of the particles are dispersed in the liquid medium, wherein the induction flat spray tip nozzle comprises: a spray tip nozzle body comprising: a first end capable of being connected to a liquid supply, a venturi compartment; and a discharge orifice.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compositions comprising from 10 to 90 wt % of a mixture M of compounds A having formula R1CONR2R3, wherein R1, R2, and R3 are described herein, and from 10 to 90 wt % of at least one compound B selected from the amide solvents, optionally combined with an ester solvent, and methods for producing the same. The present disclosure further relates to phytosanitary formulations comprising such compositions.

Abstract: The present invention concerns the use of a furfural derivative of formula (I) in which R represents (i) a —CH?CR?1—COR1 group, a group a group a group or a —CHO and R? represents a hydrogen atom or a (C1-C4)alkyl group, as a chemical vehicle, as a solvent, co-solvent, coalescing agent, crystallization inhibitor, plasticising agent, degreasing agent, etchant, cleaning agent or agent for increasing biological activity, and more particularly as a solvent. It also concerns phytosanitary formulations or resin-solubilising formulations comprising at least one such furfural derivative of formula (I).

Abstract: The present invention concerns a suspension of a polymer comprising, in addition to said polymer, a) a liquid medium; b) a monovalent cation salt; c) an alginate.

Abstract: Soil/seed hydrophilization polymers comprising: monomer Ab comprising at least one betaine group or at least one cationic group; and optionally, monomer Ba comprising at least one non-ionic group or at least one anionic group, wherein the polymer is water-soluble or water-dispersible; and provided that if the monomer Ab comprises a cationic group, the monomer Ba must be present and comprise an anionic group. Also disclosed are methods for treating soil comprising contacting the hydrophilization polymer with the soil, with improvements including increase in hydrophilicity of the soil, increase in root characteristics, increase in germination rates, as compared to soil without the hydrophilization polymer.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compositions comprising from 10 to 90 wt % of a mixture M of compounds A having formula R1CONR2R3, wherein R1, R2, and R3 are described herein, and from 10 to 90 wt % of at least one compound B selected from the amide solvents, optionally combined with an ester solvent, and methods for producing the same. The present disclosure further relates to phytosanitary formulations comprising such compositions.

Abstract: The present invention provides a new copolymer comprising zwitterionic units and other units, a new composition comprising the copolymer, and the use of the copolymer or the compositions for treating or modifying surfaces.

Abstract: The invention relates to a copolymer having a backbone that is obtained by radical polymerisation of: a fatty body (A) comprising unsaturations and/or hydroxyl functions; and at least one monomer (B) including at least one function that can be polymerised by means of radical polymerisation and comprising either (i) at least one linear or branched alkyl chain having preferably between 16 and 44 carbon atoms, and more preferably at least 18 carbon atoms, e.g. at least 20 carbon atoms, in particular 22 carbon atoms or 44 carbon atoms, or (ii) a reactive function. The invention also relates to a method for modifying the rheological properties of an non-aqueous medium with the addition of a copolymer of the invention. The invention further relates to a composition formed totally or partially by a copolymer of the invention. Preferably, the composition is an emulsifiable composition. Furthermore, the invention relates to a composition comprising a copolymer of the invention and an emulsifying agent.

Abstract: Hydrophilized compositions including normally hydrophobic thermoplastic polymers, e.g., polypropylene, and hydrophilizing amounts of anionic surfactants, e.g., sodium alkylsulfonates, are shaped into such articles as molded objects having hydrophilic surfaces.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a phytosanitary formulation capable of generating nanoparticles. The formulation includes a solvent having a low water miscibility, an active ingredient and at least one amphiphilic compound. The formulation is concentrated and is intended to be diluted in water by a farmer. The present invention also relates to a method for preparing nanoparticles of a phytosanitary active ingredient using the formulation of the invention.

Abstract: The present invention provides a new copolymer comprising zwitterionic units and other units, a new composition comprising the copolymer, and the use of the copolymer or the compositions for treating or modifying surfaces.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method for preparing thermoplastics to obtain a hydrophilic behaviour of the surface of objects made from said thermoplastics. The invention also concerns the additives used to obtain said surface hydrophily, said additives being mixed and jointly melted with the thermoplastics (mass-additivation process). The melted mixtures of thermoplastics and additives are shaped by any conventional means (extrusion, injection film stretching) to obtain the desired objects. The invention further concerns the uses of said thermoplastic objects with hydrophilized surfaces.

Abstract: The invention relates to a solid formulation containing a liquid composition containing a water-insoluble solid phytosanitary product. The invention especially relates to a solid formulation enabling the formation of nanoparticles of the phytosanitary product during a dispersion in water.