Patent ID: 6713433
Filing Date: 2004-03-30
Classification: A01N

Abstract:
A liquid concentrate herbicidal emulsion composition comprising:(i) a water-soluble herbicide in water, the water-soluble herbicide being present in a concentration that is biologically effective when the composition is diluted in a suitable volume of water and applied to the foliage of a susceptible plant; (ii) an oil-soluble herbicide present in a concentration that is biologically effective when the composition is diluted in a suitable volume of water and applied to the foliage of a susceptible plant; (iii) a stabilizing amount of one or more water-soluble chlorides selected from hydrochloric acid, alkali metal chlorides, ammonium chloride, low molecular weight organic ammonium chlorides and quaternary ammonium chloride surfactants sufficient to inhibit substantial degradation of the oil-soluble herbicide; and (iv) one or more surfactants present in a concentration sufficient to provide acceptable physical stability of the emulsion and provide acceptable dispersion of the emulsion upon dilution thereof in a suitable volume of water for application to plants; wherein the oil-soluble herbicide is selected from the group consisting of acetochlor, alachlor, ametryn, amidosulfuron, anilofos, atrazine, azafenidin, azimsulfuron, benfluralin, benfuresate, bensulfuron-methyl, bensulide, benzfendizone, benzofenap, bromobutide, bromofenoxim, butachlor, butafenacil, butamifos, butralin, butylate, cafenstrole, carbetamide, chlorbromuron, chloridazon, chlorimuron-ethyl, chlorotoluron, chlorpropham, chlorsulfuron, chlorthal-dimethyl, chlorthiamid, cinidon-ethyl, cinmethylin, cinosulfuron, clomazone, clomeprop, cloransulam-rnethyl, cyanazine, cycloate, cyclosulfamuron, daimuron, desmedipham, desmetryn, dichlobenil, diflufenican, dimefuron, dimepiperate, dirnethachlor, dimethametryn, dimethenamid, dinitramine, dinoterb, diphenamid, dithiopyr, diuron, EPTC, esprocarb, ethalfiuralin, ethametsulifuron-methyl, ethofumesate, ethoxysulfuron, etobenzanid, ferioxaprop-ethyl, fenuron, flamprop-methyl, flazasulfuron, fluazolate, fluchloralin, flumetsulam, flumiclorac-pentyl, flumioxazin, fluometuron, fluorochloridone, flupoxam, flurenol, fluridone, fluroxypyr-1-methylheptyl, flurtamone, fluthiacet-methyl, halosulfuron, hexazinone, imazosulfuron, indanof an, isoproturon, isouron, isoxaben, isoxaiflutole, lenacil, linuron, mefenacet, metamitron, metazachlor, methabenzthiazuron, methyldymron, metobenzuron, metobromuron, metolachlor, metosulam, metoxuron, metribuzin, metsulifuron, molinate, monolinuron, naproanilide, napropamide, neburon, nicosulfuron, norfiurazon, orbencarb, oryzalin, oxadiargyl, oxadiazon, oxasulfuron, pebulate, pendimethalin, pentanochlor, pentoxazone, phenmedipham, piperophos, pretilachlor, primisulfuron, prodiamine, profluazol, prometon, prometryn, propachlor, propanhl, propazine, propham, propisochlor, propyzamide, prosulfocarb, prosulfuron, pyraflufen-ethyl, pyrazogyl, pyrazolynate, pyrazosulfuron-ethyl, pyrazoxyfen, pyributicarb, pyridate, pyriminobac-methyl, quinclorac, quinmerac, rimsulfuron, siduron, simazine, simetryn, sulcotrione, sulfentrazone, sulfometuron, sulfosulfuron, tebutam, tebuthiuron, terbacil, terbumeton, terbuthylazine, terbutryn, thenyichlor, thiazopyr, thidiazimin, thifensulfuron, thiobencarb, tiocarbazil, triallate, triasulfuron, tribenuron, trietazine, trifluralin, triflusulfuron and vernolate.