Plant Growth Regulators With Soil Life Extenders Patents (Class 504/113)
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Patent number: 10638745Abstract: The combination of a repellent agent or an attractant agent with a wavelength-specific visual cue agent has been found to produce an unexpected and synergistic effect of increased repellency or attraction in dichromatic animals who are not maximally sensitive to the wavelength of the repellent or attractant agent. The method of the invention may be used to repel dichromatic-animal pests; or to prevent or minimize monetary damage, particularly to agricultural products, natural resources or private property. The method of the invention may also be used to attract dichromatic animals for the purpose of agricultural production, recreational opportunities (e.g., wild-rodent feeders), or the effective administration of target-animal pharmaceuticals or mitigation techniques.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2017Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignees: Arkion Life Sciences, LLC, United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of AgricultureInventors: Scott J. Werner, Kenneth E. Ballinger, Jr.
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Patent number: 10488331Abstract: The nitrate-nitrogen concentration in soil is estimated based on the nitrate-nitrogen 200 nm absorption peak. In one embodiment, a device measures the attenuation spectrum of a soil-extractor mixture over a wavelength range that includes wavelengths in the vicinity of the 200 nm absorption peak (the spectral operating range) and then determines the nitrate-nitrogen concentration based on the attenuation spectrum.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2017Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: WinField Solutions, LLCInventors: Michael John Preiner, Nicholas Carleton Koshnick, Justin Stewart White, John Paul Strachan
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Patent number: 10285402Abstract: The present application relates to compositions comprising 4-chloroindole-3-acetic acid (4Cl-IAA) or an analogue thereof, or a combination of the latter, in acid, salt or ester form. For example, such compositions can be used to curb weeds.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2015Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignee: PREMIER TECH TECHNOLOGIES LTÉEInventors: Pierre Talbot, Alain Bélanger, George Kanellos, Shaun Purcell, Paul Lefebvre, Geneviève Roy, Dominique Lequere
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Patent number: 9714901Abstract: The nitrate-nitrogen concentration in soil is estimated based on the nitrate-nitrogen 200 nm absorption peak. In one embodiment, a device measures the attenuation spectrum of a soil-extractant mixture over a wavelength range that includes wavelengths in the vicinity of the 200 nm absorption peak (the spectral operating range) and then determines the nitrate-nitrogen concentration based on the attenuation spectrum.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2016Date of Patent: July 25, 2017Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLCInventors: Michael John Preiner, Nicholas Carleton Koshnick, Justin Stewart White, John Paul Strachan
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Patent number: 9447134Abstract: Disclosed are compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, which are useful as inhibitors of IMPDH. In certain embodiments, a compound selectively inhibits a parasitic IMPDH versus a host IMPDH. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more compounds of the invention. Related methods of treating various parasitic and bacterial infections in mammals are disclosed. Moreover, the compounds may be used alone or in combination with other therapeutic or prophylactic agents, such as anti-virals, anti-inflammatory agents, antimicrobials and immunosuppressants.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2013Date of Patent: September 20, 2016Assignees: Brandeis University, The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.Inventors: Lizbeth K. Hedstrom, Gregory D. Cuny, Suresh K. Gorla, Mandapati Kavitha
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Patent number: 9034793Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and compositions for supplementing the soil/diet of plants in order to enhance plant growth, yield, hardening, as well as the recovery of plants which undergo transplantation. The present invention provides ribose and other pentose sugars and their derivatives, alone or in combination with other carbohydrates, electrolytes, minerals, enzymes, micronutrients, macronutrients, or other ingredients to enhance plant growth, yield, hardening, and aid in the recovery during and following transplantation.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2013Date of Patent: May 19, 2015Assignee: Bioenergy, Inc.Inventors: John G Seifert, Linda M Shecterle
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Patent number: 8987167Abstract: The present invention relates to a salt comprising an anionic pesticide and a cationic polyamine of the formula (A) or (B) as described in the description. The invention further relates to an agrochemical composition comprising said salt. It also relates to a method for preparing said salt comprising combining the pesticide in its neutral form or as salt, and the polyamine in its neutral form or as salt. In addition, the invention relates to a method of combating harmful insects and/or phytopathogenic fungi. It also relates to a method of controlling undesired vegetation. Finally, the invention relates to seed comprising said salt.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2010Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Wen Xu, Paul Ch. Kierkus, Steven Brunt, Steven Bowe, Adam Hixson, Terrance M. Cannan
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Patent number: 8969342Abstract: Described herein are compounds, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and prodrugs thereof, which are useful as inhibitors of IMPDH. In certain embodiments, a compound of the invention selectively inhibits a parasitic IMPDH versus a host IMPDH. Further, the invention provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more compounds of the invention. The invention also relates to methods of treating various parasitic and bacterial infections in mammals. Moreover, the compounds may be used alone or in combination with other therapeutic or prophylactic agents, such as anti-virals, anti-inflammatory agents, antimicrobials and immunosuppressants.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2010Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignees: Brandeis University, University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc., The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.Inventors: Lizbeth K. Hedstrom, Gregory D. Cuny, Deviprasad R. Gollapalli, Boris Striepen, Suresh Kumar Gorla, Mandapati Kavitha
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Patent number: 8822379Abstract: A seed composition comprising a seed and a first component comprising an agriculturally acceptable complex mixture of dissolved organic material characterized by natural organic matter that is partially humified and methods of seed treating. A method comprising contacting a seed with a first component comprising an agriculturally acceptable complex mixture of dissolved organic material characterized by natural organic matter that is partially humified, where the first component enhances at least one of germination, emergence, root development, seedling vigor, seedling growth, mortality resistance, chlorophyll production, cold resistance, water log resistance, and nutrient uptake compared to similar seed not contacted with the first component.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2012Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: FBSciences Holdings, Inc.Inventor: Brian B. Goodwin
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Patent number: 8815271Abstract: This document discloses molecules having the following formula (“Formula One”): and processes related thereto.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2011Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: Dow AgroSciences, LLC.Inventors: Maurice C. H. Yap, Ann M. Buysse, Daniel Knueppel, Yu Zhang, Negar Garizi, Noormohamed M. Niyaz, Christian T. Lowe, Ricky Hunter, Tony K. Trullinger, David A. Demeter, Dan Pernich, Carl Deamicis, Ronald Ross, Jr., Timothy C. Johnson
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Patent number: 8808720Abstract: A product comprising microcapsules which themselves comprise (a) a polymeric shell; and (b) a core which comprises (i) a solid agrochemical dispersed in a matrix and (ii) a water-immiscible liquid characterized in that the matrix is distributed non-continuously throughout the water-immiscible liquid.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2006Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignee: Syngenta LimitedInventors: Patrick Joseph Mulqueen, Anne Waller, Julia Lynne Ramsay, Geoffrey William Smith
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Patent number: 8759254Abstract: The present invention relates to a product for use with new plants comprising a package which is optionally degradable, wherein said package forms an enclosed space is provided. At least one plant enhancer at least one pesticide, and/or at least one pesticide is located in the enclosed space formed by the package. The invention further is directed to method for treating a plant and to method for reducing shock to a plant.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2009Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: Bayer Cropscience LPInventors: Rui Luiz Correa Picanco, Guillaume Huchet, Charles William Boyd, Stephanie Darnell, Kenneth James Essig, Raymond L. Cheek
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Patent number: 8734820Abstract: Soil amendment compositions and methods for using the same are provided. The subject compositions are aqueous compositions consisting essentially of a carbon-skeleton energy component, a predisposing agent and a vitamin-cofactor component. The subject compositions find use in a variety of soil amendment applications, including: the control of soil born pests and pathogens; the improvement in soil fertility and/or characteristics, e.g. mineral release, water filtration; the neutralization and/or degradation of toxins, etc.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2012Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Inventor: Thomas T. Yamashita
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Patent number: 8728460Abstract: A biological soil nutrient system that combines beneficial soil fungi and bacteria in a growth promoting nutrient medium, embedded in an inorganic porous ceramic particle for direct delivery during soil aerification to the rhizosphere of adventitious plants, including sports turf, landscape and agricultural applications.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2010Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: Profile Products, L.L.C.Inventor: Kevin S. Spittle
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Patent number: 8716180Abstract: The present invention provides a method of reducing mycotoxin contamination of a plant and/or harvested plant material, said method comprising treating plant propagation material with one or more fungicides, germinating or growing said plant propagation material to produce a plant, and harvesting plant material from said plant.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2006Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection LLCInventors: Edmond Sztor, Pascal Poels, Michael Oostendorp, Franz Brandl
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Patent number: 8486859Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and compositions for supplementing the soil/diet of plants in order to enhance plant growth, yield, hardening, as well as the recovery of plants which undergo transplantation. The present invention provides ribose and other pentose sugars and their derivatives, alone or in combination with other carbohydrates, electrolytes, minerals, enzymes, micronutrients, macronutrients, or other ingredients to enhance plant growth, yield, hardening, and aid in the recovery during and following transplantation.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2002Date of Patent: July 16, 2013Assignee: Bioenergy, Inc.Inventors: John G. Seifert, Linda M. Shecterle
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Patent number: 8367087Abstract: Soil amendment compositions and methods for using the same are provided. The subject compositions are aqueous compositions consisting essentially of a carbon-skeleton energy component, a predisposing agent and a vitamin-cofactor component. The subject compositions find use in a variety of soil amendment applications, including: the control of soil born pests and pathogens; the improvement in soil fertility and/or characteristics, e.g. mineral release, water filtration; the neutralization and/or degradation of toxins, etc.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2010Date of Patent: February 5, 2013Inventor: Thomas T. Yamashita
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Patent number: 8198216Abstract: A dry spreadable or broadcast granule having an applied composition comprising an active chemical agent capable of forming a microemulsion upon dilution with water.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2007Date of Patent: June 12, 2012Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection LLCInventor: Randall C. Cush
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Patent number: 8017553Abstract: Superabsorbent polymer (SAP) products for use in agricultural applications, and methods of making and using the same are disclosed. Certain of the SAPs include a monomer or a mixture of monomers, selected from acrylic acid, acrylamide, acrylonitrile, methacrylamide, 2-acryloamido-2-methyl-propanesulfonic acid, methacrylic acid, vinyl sulfonic acid, ethyl acrylate, potassium acrylate, derivatives thereof or mixtures thereof, that is graft polymerized onto a starch in the presence of an initiator to form a starch graft copolymer.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2008Date of Patent: September 13, 2011Assignee: Absorbent Technologies, Inc.Inventors: William McKee Doane, Steven William Doane, Milan H. Savich
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Patent number: 8002870Abstract: Soil amendment/foliar nutrient compositions and methods for their manufacture and use are provided. The compositions are aqueous compositions that include a carbon skeleton energy component (CSE); a macronutrient; a vitamin cofactor; a complexing agent; and at least one of exotic micronutrient component and an ionophore component.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2008Date of Patent: August 23, 2011Inventor: Thomas T. Yamashita
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Patent number: 7964203Abstract: Soil amendment compositions and methods for using the same are provided. The subject compositions are aqueous compositions consisting essentially of a carbon-skeleton energy component, a predisposing agent and a vitamin-cofactor component. The subject compositions find use in a variety of soil amendment applications, including: the control of soil born pests and pathogens; the improvement in soil fertility and/or characteristics, e.g. mineral release, water filtration; the neutralization and/or degradation of toxins, etc.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2007Date of Patent: June 21, 2011Inventor: Thomas T. Yamashita
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Patent number: 7906459Abstract: Soluble and stable liquid compositions containing a plant growth regulator selected from the group consisting of cytokinin and a gibberellin, an acid solubilizer such as citric acid, tartaric acid or glycolic acid and a solvent; as well as methods for making and using the composition are disclosed. The compositions improve solubility, handling, stability, safety, as well as activity improvements such as improved plant growth, yield, fruit thinning or sizing and quality. The compositions are soluble and stable by adding an ethoxylated alkyl alcohol wherein the growth regulator is 6-benzyladenine (6-BA) or forchlorfenuron (CPPU) and the ethoxylated alcohol surfactant is C12-15 alkyl alcohol in propylene glycol. The compositions may also contain a cytokinin such as 6-benzyladenine (6-BA) or forchlorfenuron (CPPU) that is increased in solubility and activity and by synergistically combined with GA3 or GA4A7 as well as in storage stability by adding an antioxidant.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2009Date of Patent: March 15, 2011Assignee: Valent BioSciences CorporationInventors: Yueh Wang, Mark Beach, Bruce Kirkpatrick, Gregory Clarke, John Lopez, Prem Warrior, Bruce Baldi
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Patent number: 7892311Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of ulvans, in particular extracted from green algae of the genus Ulva or Enteromorpha, or of ulvan-derived oligosaccharides, as elicitors of mechanisms for nitrogen absorption and protein synthesis. It also relates to a fertilizing product containing ulvans and to the use thereof in a plant treatment method.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2005Date of Patent: February 22, 2011Assignee: Timac Agro InternationalInventors: Xavier Briand, Stéphanie Cluzet, Bernard Dumas, Marie-Thérése Esquerre-Tugaye, Sylvie Salamagne
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Patent number: 7854926Abstract: A biological soil nutrient system that combines beneficial soil fungi and bacteria in a growth promoting nutrient medium, embedded in an inorganic porous ceramic particle for direct delivery during soil aerification to the rhizosphere of adventitious plants, including sports turf, landscape and agricultural applications.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2007Date of Patent: December 21, 2010Assignee: Profile Products L.L.C.Inventor: Kevin S. Spittle
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Patent number: 7846416Abstract: Anitrate-nitrogen-reducing agent for a farm product, comprising as an active ingredient a hydroxide solid solution represented by the formula (1), [(M12+)1-x(M22+)x]1-z(M3+)z(OH)2(An?)z/n·mH2O??(1) wherein M12+ represents Ca and/or Mg, M22+ represents at least one essential mineral selected from Fe, Mn, Zn, Cu, Ni and Co, M3+ represents at least one trivalent metal, An? represents an anion having a valence of n, x is a positive number in the range of 0<x<0.5, m is 0 or a positive number in the range of 0?m<10, z is a positive number in the range of 0<z<0.4, and n is a positive number in the range of 1?n?10, and/or the formula (2), (M12+)1-x(M22+)x(OH)2??(2) wherein M12+, x and M22+ are as defined in the formula (1).Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2005Date of Patent: December 7, 2010Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Kaisui Kagaku KenkyujoInventor: Shigeo Miyata
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Publication number: 20100234223Abstract: A controlled release agricultural absorbent based product including particles of an absorbent material containing capillaries/voids between 10-200 microns in cross-sectional diameter which is impregnated in an amount of 40-95% of the capillaries/voids volume with an agriculturally beneficial material, at least including ureaform, and said beneficial material being selected from the group consisting of fertilizers, insecticides, herbicides and fungicides, being produced by a process including steps of 1) introducing water to particles of absorbent material to result in absorption of water within the absorbent material, 2) heating the absorbent particles and water to transform the water within the absorbent particles to steam, 3) introducing the absorbent particles to an agriculturally beneficial material, at least including ureaform, to saturate the beneficial material, 4) granulating the beneficial material and saturated absorbent particles to solidify and harden the mixture, resulting in the agglomeration ofType: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2010Publication date: September 16, 2010Inventors: Taylor Pursell, Timothy G. Holt, Keith D. Cochran, Arthur R. Shirley, JR., Gregory S. Peeden
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Publication number: 20100105557Abstract: The present invention relates to novel active substance combinations which comprise firstly a known herbicide selected from among glyphosate derivatives, cyclohexenone oximes, imidazolinone derivatives, dinitroaniline derivatives, amide derivatives and quaternary ammonium salts, and at least one fungicidal active substance, and which are suitable for controlling undesirable phytopathogenic fungi, in particular soybean rust.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2008Publication date: April 29, 2010Inventors: Christine Habicher, Michael Merk, Egon Haden
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Publication number: 20090056209Abstract: A degradable plastic film for use as an agricultural mulch film comprises two longitudinal bands each adjacent to a respective longitudinal edge of the film, and a middle section between the bands. The bands and middle section contain degradants. In use, the bands along the edges of the mulch film are buried in the soil and the middle section is exposed to sunlight. By reason of different degradants in the bands and middle section respectively, or different levels of the same degradants, the entire film degrades by the time of the next cycle of cultivation. The film is produced by means of extrusion from two extruders through one circular die which has a die opening with one segment which receives resin with one degradant and another segment which receives resin with a second degradant. The extruded cylindrical film is blown and then slit longitudinally.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2007Publication date: March 5, 2009Applicant: EPI ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES (NEVADA) INC.Inventors: Radu Baciu, Joseph G. Gho
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Publication number: 20080280760Abstract: Disclosed are growth media that can be applied to soil surfaces and utilized to protect, feed, and encourage growth and development of plants, such as grass. Growth media can include a hygroscopic particulate material as well as a hygroscopic fibrous component. Media can include an adhesive as may be used to bind fibers to one another and encourage stability of the medium following application to a ground surface. Growth media can include additional materials such as seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, soil conditioners, and the like. Growth media can be completely organic and can retain moisture and structure so as to provide long term protection and nutrient deliver to developing plants.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2007Publication date: November 13, 2008Inventor: John F. Oliver
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Patent number: 7291199Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the production of plant growth stimulator from fly ash, comprising treating fly ash with effluent NOx gases in a reactor under agitation at a temperature in the range of 60 to 100 degree celsius, for a time period in the range of 2 to 5 hours and treating the resulting material with effluent ammonia gas in the same reactor under ambient conditions for time period in the range of 20 to 50 minutes.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2004Date of Patent: November 6, 2007Assignee: Council of Scientific and Industrial ResearchInventors: Sukuru Ramakrishna Rao, Swapan Kumar Ghosh, Gulab Singh, Sushanta Kumar Hazra
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Publication number: 20070173409Abstract: This invention relates to a new formulation activating the absorption of mineral nutrients by plants. Consequently, it has also an effect on the metabolization of these mineral compounds by the plant. These formulations that have been discovered with this property activating nutrient absorption have as main component the compounds represented by general formula I CH3-S—CH2-CH2—CH(OR1)—COR2 I where R1 is selected from the group formed by hydrogen, alkyl rests, (preferably methyl or ethyl), and aryl: while R2 is selected from the group formed by hydroxyl, amides, alkyl rest esters (preferably methyl or ethyl), or aryl. When the rest is hydroxyl, acid salts with monovalent cations, preferably Na+ and K+, polyvalent cations, preferably Cu++ and Fe+++, and electropositive organic compounds such as amines (e.g., ethanolamine) are also considered.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2007Publication date: July 26, 2007Applicant: Inabonos, S.A.,Inventors: Jose Maria Garcia-Mina Freire, Fabrice Houdusse, Angel Ma Zamarreno, Esther Cassanova
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Patent number: 7147872Abstract: Environmentally friendly processes for prevention of qualitative deterioration and quantitative loss of plant matter and foodstuffs, during all stages of storage and handling, including pre- and post-harvest, pre- and post-planting, distribution and marketing involves the use of H2O2 compositions including Ag and at least one of Cu and Zn ions. The processes can also be used to prevent sprouting and rooting, and to promote fecundity of certain plant matter, and can also be used to eliminate or reduce quantities of harmful organisms and substances from soil, other growth media and substrates, equipment, materials water, workspaces and surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2005Date of Patent: December 12, 2006Assignee: Pimi Marion Holdings, Ltd.Inventors: Nimrod Ben-Yehuda, Eliahu Margalit
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Patent number: 7018643Abstract: In one embodiment, the present invention relates to a pesticide delivery system, containing a continuous film having a thickness from about 1 ?m to about 1,000 ?m and noncontinuous areas having sizes less than about 100 ?m, the continuous film containing a particulate material wherein at least 90% by weight of the particulate material has a particle size of about 10 microns or less, and a pest control agent at least partially coating the particulate material.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2002Date of Patent: March 28, 2006Assignees: Engelhard Corporation, The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of AgricultureInventors: Gary J. Puterka, David Michael Glenn, Dennis G. Sekutowski
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Patent number: 6972273Abstract: An environmentally safe selective herbicide is provided that includes at least one metal component and at least one chelating agent. The metal component can have a variety of forms, but is preferably in the form of a metal salt, a metal chelate, or combinations thereof. The chelating agent can also have a variety of forms, but is preferably in the form of a metal chelate, a salt, an acid, or combinations thereof. Methods of use are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2003Date of Patent: December 6, 2005Assignee: W. Neudorff GmbH KGInventors: Frederick S. Sedun, Kim F. Taylor, Cameron D. Wilson, Diana L. Parker, David S. Almond
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Patent number: 6833359Abstract: A method for reducing bacterial and fungal soil pathogens which comprises applying to a soil a chemically effective amount of a lignosulfonate, the amount preferably being between 0.05% and about 5% on a volume/weight basis. The method is effective in controlling a number of soil pathogens and can be used to treat the soil for diseases such as potato scab disease.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2001Date of Patent: December 21, 2004Assignee: Earth Alive Resources Inc.Inventor: George Lazarovits
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Publication number: 20040087446Abstract: The instant invention relates to a thermoplastic polymer composition useful in greenhouse films to enhance plant growth or in general bio-mass production. Further aspects of the invention are a process for enhancing plant growth in greenhouses by incorporating a photoactive additive together with light stabilizers into the greenhouse film and the use of the condensation product of dialkylamino benzaldehyde and barbituric acid together with light stabilizers as a plant growth enhancing additive in polymeric greenhouse films.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2003Publication date: May 6, 2004Inventors: Mara Destro, Michela Bonora, Galileo Magnani
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Patent number: 6727204Abstract: The invention concerns the use, in an aqueous spray mixture comprising a phytosanitary formulation, of an anti-leaching agent comprising: at least a polyhydroxyl and/or polycarboxyl polymer or copolymer; at least a crosslinking agent comprising a metal selected among columns IVA, IB and IIIB of the periodic table; said anti-leaching agent being, in the aqueous spray mixture, in the form of an aqueous solution or dispersion having a polymer or copolymer concentration such that the viscosity of the anti-leaching agent is not more than 10 times the viscosity of the aqueous solution in polymer or copolymer without crosslinking agent, having the same concentration.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2002Date of Patent: April 27, 2004Assignee: Rhodia ChimieInventors: Vance Bergeron, Cécile Bonnet-Gonnet, Jean-Christophe Castaing, Giles Guerin
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Patent number: 6524600Abstract: Soil amendment compositions and methods for using the same are provided. The subject compositions are aqueous compositions consisting essentially of a carbon-skeleton energy component, a predisposing agent and a vitamin-cofactor component. The subject compositions find use in a variety of soil amendment applications, including: the control of soil born pests and pathogens; the improvement in soil fertility and/or characteristics, e.g. mineral release, water filtration; the neutralization and/or degradation of toxins, etc. Further, an aqueous composition containing 10 to 50% w/w of a molasses and lignosulfonate, as well as 0.001 to 10% w/w of gallic acid and a yeast extract is also disclosed. In addition, the composition does not include nitrogen, phosphorous, zinc, iron or manganese.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2000Date of Patent: February 25, 2003Inventor: Thomas T. Yamashita
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Publication number: 20030004062Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for manufacturing a soil treatment composition, to soil treatment compositions and to the use of such compositions. The process according to the invention comprises a step of selecting one or more slags having a predetermined free lime content of greater than or equal to a first threshold value, a step (B1) of adding free lime to the slag or slags and a step of grinding the slag or slags in order to obtain a soil treatment composition having a predetermined free lime content of greater than or equal to a second value.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2002Publication date: January 2, 2003Inventors: Jean-Yves Bompay, Jean-Michel Prunevieille, Kenneth Wright
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Patent number: 6471975Abstract: A plurality of releasably loaded elastomeric microspheres comprising a plurality of elastomeric microspheres loaded with at least one releasable agriculturally active agent within the optical boundaries of the elastomeric microspheres and post-polymerization addition and in-situ polymerization processes for preparing the releasably loaded elastomeric microspheres are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 1998Date of Patent: October 29, 2002Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: John P. Banovetz, Kent E. Nielsen, Kai Li
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Publication number: 20020072473Abstract: The invention concerns a method of removing soil from a surface, comprises the steps of:Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2001Publication date: June 13, 2002Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Alexander Thomas Ashcroft, Melvin Carvell, Clare Thomas Evans, Peter Graham, Matthew James Leach, Colina Mackay, Antonius Maria Neplenbroek, Steven Rannard, Bouke Suk, David William Thornthwaite
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Patent number: 6271174Abstract: Improved cation exchange zeolite crystalline and zeolite-like plant bed structures are disclosed, preferably saturated with water-based extracts of particular plant/herb materials exhibiting plant growth acceleration properties and synergistically providing also nutrient, and sometimes anti-microbial and insect and fungus repellent properties, as well, and with the adaptability to present the structures in solid, gel and liquid form.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 1997Date of Patent: August 7, 2001Assignee: Allor FoundationInventors: Robert H. Rines, Lisa Toth, Suzi Rines Toth
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Patent number: 6239071Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I) and their salts in which R1 is optionally substituted (C1-C6)alkyl or optionally substituted phenyl, A is an optionally substituted hydrocarbon diradical and R2, R3, R4, R5, X and n are as defined in claim 1, are suitable as herbicides and plant growth regulators. The compounds (I) can be prepared according to processes as claimed in claim 6 by means of intermediates which are novel in some cases, e.g. of the formula (IV) as claimed in claim 10.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 1996Date of Patent: May 29, 2001Assignee: Hoecht Schering AgrEvo GmbHInventors: Wolfgang Giencke, Klemens Minn, Lothar Willms, Hermann Bieringer, Klaus Bauer, Christopher Rosinger
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Publication number: 20010000325Abstract: Soil amendment compositions and methods for using the same are provided. The subject compositions are aqueous compositions consisting essentially of a carbon-skeleton energy component, a predisposing agent and a vitamin-cofactor component. The subject compositions find use in a variety of soil amendment applications, including: the control of soil born pests and pathogens; the improvement in soil fertility and/or characteristics, e.g. mineral release, water filtration; the neutralization and/or degradation of toxins, etc.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2000Publication date: April 19, 2001Inventor: Thomas T. Yamashita
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Patent number: 6200928Abstract: The present invention discloses an effervescent preparation for plants comprising a solid composition containing at least carbonate and/or hydrogencarbonate, water-soluble solid acid, yeast extract and/or methionine. As a result, the present invention is able to provide an effervescent preparation for plants that can be easily dissolved and diffused when applying to a field, has good storage stability by being resistant to putrefaction and deterioration caused by contamination by sundry germs in comparison with the case of dissolving in water and so forth, is handled easily, and can be applied to watered rice paddies directly by throwing, thereby enabling shortening of working time and conservation of manpower.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 1998Date of Patent: March 13, 2001Inventor: Hiroshi Kawai
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Patent number: 6187326Abstract: Soil amendment compositions and methods for using the same are provided. The subject compositions are aqueous compositions consisting essentially of a carbon-skeleton energy component, a predisposing agent and a vitamin-cofactor component. The subject compositions find use in a variety of soil amendment applications, including: the control of soil born pests and pathogens; the improvement in soil fertility and/or characteristics, e.g. mineral release, water filtration; the neutralization and/or degradation of toxins, etc. Further, an aqueous composition containing 10 to 50% w/w of a molasses and lignosulfonate, as well as 0.001 to 10% w/w of gallic acid and a yeast extract is also disclosed. In addition, the composition does not include nitrogen, phosphorous, zinc, iron or manganese.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 1998Date of Patent: February 13, 2001Inventor: Thomas T. Yamashita
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Patent number: 6165483Abstract: 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: April 6, 1998Date of Patent: December 26, 2000Assignee: 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: 5900387Abstract: Improved cation exchange zeolite crystalline and zeolite-like plant bed structures are disclosed, preferably saturated with water-based extracts of particular plant/herb materials exhibiting plant growth acceleration properties and synergistically providing also nutrient, and sometimes anti-microbial and insect and fungus repellent properties, as well, and with the adaptability to present the structures in solid, gel and liquid form.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 1996Date of Patent: May 4, 1999Assignee: Allor FoundationInventor: Robert H. Rines
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Patent number: 5766615Abstract: A composition comprising a long-chain alkylpyrrolidone, a surfactant, and film-forming water-soluble polymer wherein the amounts of the components are such that on dilution with water, a clear liquid is formed. The composition may be used as a medium for agriculturally active ingredients as well as other active ingredients which are suitable for film formation, e.g., wood protectants, and the like.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 1992Date of Patent: June 16, 1998Assignee: ISP Investments Inc.Inventor: Kolazi S. Narayanan
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Patent number: 5698211Abstract: The present invention relates to the stabilization of an agricultural chemical concentrate in aqueous solution and the stabilized concentrate which comprises:(a) between about 0.1 and about 20 wt. % of a stabilizer composition comprising:(1) between about 10 and about 90 wt. % of a water-insoluble, non-crosslinked, film forming polymer, and(2) a polymer solubilizing amount of an aromatic petroleum distillate or an oxygen-containing solvent of an N-alkyl pyrrolidone, a C.sub.3 to C.sub.8 alkanol, a dibasic acid lower alkyl ester, an ether having a boiling point above 150.degree. C. or mixtures thereof and(b) between about 80 and about 99.9 wt. % concentrate containing a water-insoluble active agricultural chemical, a solvent for said agricultural chemical and a surfactant for said concentrate. The invention also relates to the use of said stabilized concentrate.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 1993Date of Patent: December 16, 1997Assignee: ISP Investments Inc.Inventor: Kolazi S. Narayanan