AQUEOUS HERBICIDE CONCENTRATES CONTAINING FATTY ACID ALKYL ESTERS FATTY ACID AMIDES OR TRIGLYCERIDE FATTY ACID ESTERS AND METHODS OF USE

• Main Authors: LIU LEI, LI MEI, ZHANG HONG, SHAO HUI, WILSON STEPHEN L, QIN KUIDE, TANK HOLGER
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 24.04.2015
• 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

Aqueous herbicide concentrates containing a herbicide (such as an auxinic herbicide) a surfactant and a fatty acid alkyl ester a fatty acid amide and/or a triglyceride fatty acid ester and the use of aqueous herbicide spray mixtures incorporating such concentrates are described. The aqueous herbicide concentrates described herein include from 5 to 90 weight percent of a water soluble salt of a herbicide from 0.1 to 20 weight percent of a surfactant and from 0.1 to 20 weight percent of a fatty acid alkyl ester fatty acid amide and/or a triglyceride fatty acid ester. The aqueous herbicide concentrate is a transparent homogeneous liquid that forms a stable emulsion upon dilution into a spray solution.