Patent ID: 11944091
Assignee: ADAMA MAKHTESHIM LTD.
Field: Basic materials chemistry (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC A  C | IPC A  C

Claim 0:
1. A packaged stable, self-dispersible, low foaming granule comprising:
(a) 70-95% by weight of a single pesticide based on the total weight of the granule selected from the group consisting of captan and folpet;
(b) 0.2-5% by weight of a silicon(e)-based anti-foaming agent based on the total weight of the granule;
(c) 3-25% by weight of an effervescent system based on the total weight of the granule, wherein the effervescent system comprises an acid and a base; and
(d) less than 3% moisture;
wherein the granule is characterized as any of extruded granule, dry granule, water dispersible granule, soluble granule, and combinations thereof, and
wherein the anti-foaming agent is selected from the group consisting of silicon(e) on carrier flowable powders; polysiloxane on a neutral carrier; liquid based on polydimethylsiloxane oil and silica;
wherein the effervescent system in the packaged granule does not react when exposed to the moisture in the granule, and wherein the packaging is sufficiently impermeable to moisture such that the effervescent system comprised in the granule contained in the package does not substantially react when the package is exposed to humid air, and said package contains no additional pesticides other than either captan or folpet, so that the packaged self-dispersible, low foaming granule is stable when the moisture present in the air is any selected from,
i. less than 40% RH;
ii. 40% RH or greater than 40% RH;
iii. from 40% RH to 50% RH; and
iv. from 50% RH to 60% RH.