Patent ID: 7867507
Filing Date: 2011-01-11
Classification: A01N

Abstract:
1. A pesticide granule comprising: a carrier particle having a diameter of between 500 and 3000 micrometers; a liquid coating of bifenthrin, a solvent, and a binder component selected from the group consisting of bentonite clay, carbohydrate, protein, lipid, synthetic polymer, glycolipid, glycoprotein, lignin, a lignin derivative, and a carbohydrate-based composition, wherein said coating has sufficient tack to adhere it to the carrier particle; and carbaryl in powder form and sized to a mean diameter of less than 10% of the carrier diameter, wherein said carbaryl is adhered to said liquid coating; wherein the pesticide granule contains no other binding, tackifying or sticking agent to further adhere said liquid coating to the carrier particle or said carbaryl to said liquid coating.