ADJUVANT COMPRISING A 2-PROPYLHEPTYLAMINE ALKOXYLATE, SUGAR-BASED SURFACTANT, AND DRIFT-CONTROL AGENT AND HUMECTANT

• Main Authors: STAAL, Maarten, SCHNABEL, Gerhard, KLINGELHOEFER, Paul, BOWE, Steven, CANNAN, Terrance M, THOMAS, Walter, ETCHEVERRY, Mariano Ignacio, BROMMER, Chad, NOLTE, Marc, BRATZ, Matthias, FRIHAUF, John
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 29.04.2015
• Subjects: AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES, AS HERBICIDES; FISHING; FORESTRY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTSTHEREOF; TRAPPING

The present invention relates to an adjuvant comprising a sugar-based surfactant; a drift control agent and/or a humectant; and an alkoxylate, wherein the alkoxylate is an amine alkoxylate (A) or a quaternized derivative (AQ) of the amine alkoxylate (A) as defined below. It further relates to a method of preparing said adjuvant by contacting the sugar-based surfactant; the drift control agent and/or the humectant; and the amine alkoxylate (A) or the quaternized derivative (AQ) of the amine alkoxylate (A); and to a method of controlling phytopathogenic fungi and/or undesired vegetation and/or undesired insect or mite attack and/or for regulating the growth of plants, wherein the tank mix according is allowed to act on the respective pests, their environment or the plants to be protected from the respective pest, on the soil and/or on undesired plants and/or the crop plants and/or their environment.