SEED, SOIL, AND PLANT TREATMENT COMPOSITIONS

• Main Authors: RATHS, Rachel Ann, JOHNSON, Evan Everette, LANOUE, Andrew Paul, JOHNSON, Michael David
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 18.06.2020
• Subjects: AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES, AS HERBICIDES; CHEMISTRY; FERTILISERS; FERTILISERS CHARACTERISED BY THEIR FORM; FERTILISERS PRODUCING CARBON DIOXIDE; FISHING; FORESTRY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; INORGANIC FERTILISERS NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C05B, C05C; MANUFACTURE THEREOF; METALLURGY; MIXTURES OF FERTILISERS COVERED INDIVIDUALLY BY DIFFERENTSUBCLASSES OF CLASS C05; MIXTURES OF ONE OR MORE FERTILISERS WITH MATERIALS NOT HAVINGA SPECIFIC FERTILISING ACTIVITY, e.g. PESTICIDES,SOIL-CONDITIONERS, WETTING AGENTS; PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTSTHEREOF; TRAPPING

Embodiments of the present disclosure describe a seed, soil, or plant treatment composition comprising a nickel compound, an iron compound, and an optional molybdenum compound. Embodiments also describe a treatment composition comprising nickel lactate. Embodiments of the present disclosure further describe a method of preparing a seed, soil, or plant treatment composition comprising contacting a compound including nickel with a carboxylic acid to form a nickel chelated compound in solution, adding one or more of an iron compound and a molybdenum compound to the solution, and mixing the solution to form a seed, soil, or plant treatment composition.